Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 2003

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 2003. 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 2003, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 2003.

Rank Name Count
1 Jacob 364,449
2 Noah 342,216
3 Michael 333,044
4 William 329,042
5 Ethan 321,945
6 Daniel 300,330
7 Alexander 297,136
8 Matthew 288,368
9 James 287,137
10 Joshua 274,972
11 Liam 269,843
12 Joseph 267,654
13 Anthony 265,081
14 Benjamin 263,638
15 David 262,304
16 Elijah 258,938
17 Andrew 255,957
18 Mason 253,346
19 Christopher 252,979
20 Logan 250,695
21 Aiden 232,245
22 John 231,325
23 Samuel 228,191
24 Jayden 226,354
25 Ryan 222,239
26 Jackson 215,963
27 Gabriel 214,973
28 Dylan 209,825
29 Lucas 208,062
30 Nathan 200,387
31 Christian 194,343
32 Jonathan 189,255
33 Nicholas 186,861
34 Jack 183,105
35 Luke 182,520
36 Isaac 181,809
37 Caleb 181,105
38 Tyler 173,206
39 Owen 168,828
40 Isaiah 160,258
41 Oliver 159,673
42 Carter 158,934
43 Henry 158,736
44 Thomas 155,367
45 Sebastian 152,410
46 Wyatt 151,966
47 Angel 149,899
48 Brandon 148,667
49 Julian 147,416
50 Landon 147,303

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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