Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 2001

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 2001. 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 2001, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 2001.

Rank Name Count
1 Jacob 419,979
2 Michael 382,153
3 William 357,989
4 Ethan 353,747
5 Noah 349,151
6 Daniel 333,595
7 Matthew 333,308
8 Alexander 322,894
9 Joshua 321,844
10 James 309,147
11 Joseph 303,798
12 Anthony 297,853
13 Andrew 295,272
14 David 292,600
15 Christopher 292,259
16 Benjamin 280,618
17 Logan 268,804
18 Elijah 265,350
19 Mason 260,682
20 John 259,748
21 Liam 255,796
22 Ryan 253,813
23 Samuel 249,220
24 Dylan 234,443
25 Gabriel 230,759
26 Aiden 228,866
27 Nicholas 227,472
28 Jayden 226,578
29 Jackson 222,882
30 Nathan 220,738
31 Christian 219,952
32 Jonathan 216,734
33 Tyler 208,494
34 Lucas 207,433
35 Caleb 198,204
36 Luke 191,874
37 Isaac 191,626
38 Jack 191,362
39 Brandon 181,076
40 Isaiah 172,447
41 Thomas 172,342
42 Zachary 171,219
43 Owen 167,503
44 Jose 166,020
45 Hunter 165,946
46 Robert 164,150
47 Austin 163,542
48 Jordan 161,506
49 Angel 159,998
50 Carter 159,523

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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