Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 2008

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 2008. 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 2008, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 2008.

Rank Name Count
1 Noah 253,027
2 Liam 228,192
3 Jacob 224,338
4 William 220,642
5 Ethan 207,242
6 Michael 203,165
7 Alexander 198,335
8 Mason 197,893
9 James 193,401
10 Daniel 188,698
11 Elijah 188,518
12 Benjamin 184,288
13 Aiden 177,825
14 Jayden 174,287
15 Matthew 173,912
16 Logan 172,846
17 David 164,225
18 Joseph 163,355
19 Anthony 160,352
20 Lucas 160,221
21 Jackson 158,066
22 Joshua 154,278
23 Samuel 149,816
24 Christopher 148,181
25 Andrew 148,061
26 Gabriel 145,505
27 John 144,330
28 Oliver 134,678
29 Dylan 132,818
30 Ryan 128,664
31 Isaac 127,937
32 Luke 126,578
33 Henry 126,172
34 Carter 124,997
35 Nathan 124,350
36 Owen 124,291
37 Jack 122,910
38 Caleb 119,581
39 Christian 119,331
40 Wyatt 118,437
41 Sebastian 116,390
42 Jonathan 113,109
43 Julian 109,379
44 Landon 108,064
45 Isaiah 106,643
46 Levi 104,976
47 Hunter 99,432
48 Thomas 98,991
49 Nicholas 97,921
50 Aaron 96,743

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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