Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1999

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1999. 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 1999, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1999.

Rank Name Count
1 Jacob 497,432
2 Michael 456,934
3 William 410,651
4 Matthew 399,321
5 Noah 396,976
6 Ethan 388,685
7 Daniel 387,669
8 Joshua 381,786
9 Alexander 366,271
10 James 357,717
11 Joseph 357,619
12 Christopher 348,331
13 Andrew 347,901
14 Anthony 343,529
15 David 340,466
16 Benjamin 319,967
17 John 308,133
18 Ryan 299,463
19 Logan 295,250
20 Elijah 291,395
21 Samuel 285,786
22 Liam 281,740
23 Nicholas 281,387
24 Mason 280,637
25 Dylan 272,522
26 Christian 255,232
27 Tyler 254,917
28 Jonathan 254,860
29 Gabriel 253,993
30 Nathan 251,832
31 Jackson 241,848
32 Aiden 238,024
33 Jayden 236,092
34 Lucas 227,379
35 Brandon 224,776
36 Caleb 223,089
37 Jack 215,756
38 Zachary 213,296
39 Luke 212,499
40 Isaac 212,158
41 Thomas 204,237
42 Austin 203,604
43 Robert 196,479
44 Jose 194,746
45 Hunter 193,533
46 Isaiah 193,336
47 Justin 193,244
48 Jordan 190,603
49 Cameron 189,466
50 Aaron 181,508

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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