Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 2005

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 2005. 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 2005, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 2005.

Rank Name Count
1 Noah 299,854
2 Jacob 299,317
3 William 277,540
4 Michael 271,630
5 Ethan 270,106
6 Alexander 252,827
7 Daniel 249,238
8 Liam 241,995
9 James 241,748
10 Matthew 234,459
11 Mason 228,843
12 Benjamin 224,902
13 Elijah 224,585
14 Joshua 220,521
15 Anthony 218,771
16 Joseph 218,374
17 David 217,547
18 Logan 216,796
19 Aiden 211,601
20 Jayden 207,419
21 Christopher 207,058
22 Andrew 206,972
23 Samuel 191,068
24 Jackson 190,203
25 John 189,707
26 Lucas 184,686
27 Gabriel 183,708
28 Ryan 178,795
29 Dylan 172,573
30 Nathan 166,576
31 Christian 162,076
32 Isaac 157,002
33 Luke 156,278
34 Jonathan 155,722
35 Jack 155,322
36 Caleb 152,420
37 Owen 147,877
38 Nicholas 145,025
39 Carter 143,428
40 Oliver 141,732
41 Henry 140,134
42 Isaiah 136,738
43 Wyatt 136,149
44 Tyler 135,324
45 Sebastian 133,901
46 Landon 133,844
47 Julian 129,066
48 Thomas 127,468
49 Angel 126,160
50 Hunter 124,725

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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