Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1994

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1994. These names are taken directly from the Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States.

The table below shows the top 50 most popular baby boy names since 1994, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1994.

Rank Name Count
1 Jacob 660,081
2 Michael 655,335
3 Matthew 560,578
4 Joshua 529,421
5 Daniel 514,677
6 William 513,693
7 Christopher 502,816
8 Joseph 480,230
9 Andrew 473,866
10 James 466,466
11 Alexander 458,354
12 David 454,165
13 Anthony 445,778
14 Noah 432,751
15 Ethan 421,972
16 Nicholas 419,917
17 John 419,754
18 Ryan 409,135
19 Tyler 390,097
20 Benjamin 385,583
21 Brandon 356,037
22 Samuel 352,137
23 Jonathan 346,854
24 Dylan 336,680
25 Logan 333,288
26 Austin 326,954
27 Zachary 326,438
28 Christian 326,427
29 Elijah 313,556
30 Nathan 304,827
31 Mason 299,873
32 Justin 292,485
33 Liam 289,681
34 Robert 285,122
35 Gabriel 284,609
36 Thomas 272,890
37 Jordan 261,352
38 Caleb 260,251
39 Jackson 255,575
40 Jose 254,701
41 Kevin 254,622
42 Lucas 247,697
43 Aaron 242,873
44 Aiden 239,055
45 Jayden 237,792
46 Jack 237,584
47 Luke 236,475
48 Isaac 235,099
49 Hunter 232,917
50 Cameron 230,354

More Popular Baby Names

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Top 1000 most popular boy names: 1-250 | 251-500 | 501-750 | 751-1000

Top 1000 most popular girl names: 1-250 | 251-500 | 501-750 | 751-1000

Historical Data for Baby Names

If you're interested to see how the trends and popularity of baby names have changed, you can use the links below to view the historical data by decade.

Most popular first names, 1880-present | since 1950 | since 1960 | since 1970 | since 1980 | since 1990 | since 2000 | since 2010

Most popular boy names, 1880-present | since 1950 | since 1960 | since 1970 | since 1980 | since 1990 | since 2000 | since 2010

Most popular girl names, 1880-present | since 1950 | since 1960 | since 1970 | since 1980 | since 1990 | since 2000 | since 2010

Data Source(s)

All of the data on this page is sourced from the Social Security Administration (SSA) and excludes any names with fewer than 5 occurrences in any geographic area.

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