Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1995

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1995. 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 1995, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1995.

Rank Name Count
1 Jacob 623,064
2 Michael 602,034
3 Matthew 519,902
4 Joshua 492,905
5 William 480,921
6 Daniel 477,571
7 Christopher 462,482
8 Joseph 446,729
9 Andrew 442,732
10 James 429,666
11 Alexander 429,582
12 David 421,556
13 Anthony 417,624
14 Noah 412,052
15 Ethan 409,536
16 Nicholas 388,532
17 John 387,642
18 Ryan 380,707
19 Benjamin 361,950
20 Tyler 357,364
21 Samuel 331,651
22 Brandon 324,786
23 Jonathan 323,616
24 Logan 320,259
25 Dylan 317,455
26 Christian 310,000
27 Austin 300,413
28 Zachary 299,056
29 Elijah 298,956
30 Mason 289,084
31 Nathan 288,925
32 Gabriel 271,887
33 Justin 269,479
34 Liam 268,557
35 Robert 260,514
36 Thomas 251,516
37 Caleb 248,355
38 Jackson 245,571
39 Jordan 243,314
40 Jose 238,985
41 Kevin 235,253
42 Lucas 232,778
43 Jayden 231,171
44 Aiden 231,170
45 Jack 225,917
46 Luke 225,037
47 Isaac 224,913
48 Aaron 223,993
49 Hunter 223,769
50 Cameron 218,578

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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