Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 2011

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 2011. 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 2011, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 2011.

Rank Name Count
1 Noah 203,524
2 Liam 202,720
3 William 167,268
4 Mason 161,872
5 Jacob 158,412
6 James 150,122
7 Ethan 149,170
8 Elijah 148,555
9 Michael 146,221
10 Benjamin 145,781
11 Alexander 144,637
12 Daniel 136,287
13 Lucas 130,903
14 Aiden 130,676
15 Logan 130,501
16 Matthew 126,186
17 Jayden 122,649
18 Jackson 122,489
19 Oliver 122,127
20 David 118,234
21 Joseph 117,999
22 Samuel 112,932
23 Anthony 110,131
24 Henry 108,097
25 John 107,323
26 Gabriel 106,760
27 Andrew 102,177
28 Joshua 101,961
29 Carter 101,604
30 Owen 100,176
31 Luke 99,695
32 Christopher 99,587
33 Dylan 99,238
34 Isaac 98,994
35 Sebastian 98,003
36 Wyatt 96,352
37 Jack 95,467
38 Levi 90,248
39 Ryan 88,898
40 Nathan 87,591
41 Caleb 87,537
42 Julian 86,946
43 Christian 82,522
44 Isaiah 79,151
45 Landon 78,068
46 Grayson 77,840
47 Jonathan 77,699
48 Jaxon 76,967
49 Hunter 76,325
50 Thomas 75,777

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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