Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 2004

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 2004. 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 2004, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 2004.

Rank Name Count
1 Jacob 327,203
2 Noah 311,760
3 William 297,768
4 Michael 297,092
5 Ethan 292,314
6 Alexander 270,751
7 Daniel 270,231
8 James 258,214
9 Matthew 257,337
10 Liam 245,822
11 Joshua 244,728
12 Benjamin 238,723
13 Joseph 238,509
14 Anthony 238,379
15 Mason 237,462
16 Elijah 236,297
17 David 235,941
18 Logan 229,935
19 Andrew 228,679
20 Christopher 226,694
21 Aiden 218,762
22 Jayden 214,345
23 John 206,159
24 Samuel 205,178
25 Jackson 199,180
26 Ryan 198,290
27 Gabriel 195,266
28 Lucas 191,399
29 Dylan 187,424
30 Nathan 181,206
31 Christian 175,999
32 Jonathan 170,090
33 Isaac 166,180
34 Luke 165,874
35 Jack 164,900
36 Caleb 163,724
37 Nicholas 163,542
38 Owen 154,582
39 Tyler 152,769
40 Carter 148,437
41 Isaiah 146,000
42 Henry 144,045
43 Oliver 143,223
44 Wyatt 141,123
45 Landon 138,885
46 Sebastian 138,421
47 Thomas 137,969
48 Angel 135,675
49 Julian 134,738
50 Hunter 133,626

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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