Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 2002

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 2002. 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 2002, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 2002.

Rank Name Count
1 Jacob 387,425
2 Michael 352,467
3 William 337,885
4 Ethan 335,786
5 Noah 335,664
6 Daniel 312,603
7 Matthew 306,497
8 Alexander 306,179
9 Joshua 295,823
10 James 292,074
11 Joseph 281,783
12 Anthony 278,117
13 David 273,249
14 Andrew 272,856
15 Christopher 269,130
16 Benjamin 266,283
17 Elijah 257,011
18 Logan 256,093
19 Mason 253,235
20 Liam 252,768
21 John 240,855
22 Ryan 235,526
23 Samuel 234,416
24 Aiden 227,279
25 Jayden 223,745
26 Gabriel 219,843
27 Dylan 217,947
28 Jackson 216,046
29 Nathan 208,091
30 Nicholas 204,628
31 Christian 204,498
32 Lucas 202,534
33 Jonathan 200,591
34 Tyler 189,220
35 Caleb 187,028
36 Luke 183,868
37 Isaac 183,427
38 Jack 183,214
39 Owen 164,472
40 Isaiah 163,862
41 Brandon 163,184
42 Thomas 160,195
43 Carter 156,088
44 Hunter 154,611
45 Jose 153,881
46 Zachary 153,033
47 Angel 153,022
48 Robert 151,484
49 Henry 150,848
50 Jordan 150,693

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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