Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 2009

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 2009. 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 2009, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 2009.

Rank Name Count
1 Noah 237,238
2 Liam 222,213
3 William 202,250
4 Jacob 201,735
5 Mason 187,409
6 Ethan 187,024
7 Michael 182,531
8 Alexander 179,633
9 James 178,220
10 Elijah 175,289
11 Benjamin 171,334
12 Daniel 169,686
13 Aiden 162,242
14 Logan 158,988
15 Jayden 157,133
16 Matthew 156,321
17 Lucas 150,898
18 David 147,892
19 Joseph 146,772
20 Jackson 146,429
21 Anthony 141,946
22 Samuel 137,057
23 Joshua 135,064
24 Gabriel 132,469
25 Andrew 131,300
26 Oliver 131,077
27 John 131,007
28 Christopher 130,228
29 Dylan 121,118
30 Henry 120,392
31 Carter 117,933
32 Isaac 117,913
33 Luke 117,159
34 Owen 116,494
35 Ryan 113,982
36 Jack 113,013
37 Wyatt 111,129
38 Nathan 111,092
39 Sebastian 110,353
40 Caleb 109,008
41 Christian 106,272
42 Julian 101,913
43 Levi 101,283
44 Jonathan 100,216
45 Landon 98,708
46 Isaiah 96,980
47 Hunter 91,392
48 Thomas 90,630
49 Charles 89,319
50 Aaron 88,201

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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