Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 2016

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 2016. 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 2016, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 2016.

Rank Name Count
1 Liam 137,925
2 Noah 130,682
3 Oliver 97,499
4 William 94,904
5 James 92,590
6 Elijah 91,338
7 Benjamin 89,698
8 Lucas 84,674
9 Mason 79,805
10 Alexander 77,466
11 Michael 76,615
12 Ethan 76,000
13 Henry 75,520
14 Jacob 75,515
15 Daniel 73,985
16 Logan 73,664
17 Jackson 68,569
18 Sebastian 67,578
19 Aiden 67,534
20 Matthew 66,030
21 Samuel 65,444
22 Joseph 64,324
23 Owen 64,175
24 David 63,782
25 Jack 62,408
26 Levi 62,336
27 John 61,760
28 Wyatt 60,494
29 Mateo 59,851
30 Carter 59,011
31 Luke 58,952
32 Gabriel 56,989
33 Jayden 56,663
34 Grayson 56,291
35 Julian 55,963
36 Isaac 55,952
37 Dylan 55,340
38 Anthony 54,697
39 Theodore 54,654
40 Asher 49,659
41 Lincoln 49,400
42 Christopher 49,152
43 Leo 48,642
44 Andrew 48,419
45 Joshua 48,082
46 Thomas 47,463
47 Jaxon 47,423
48 Hudson 47,232
49 Caleb 45,629
50 Josiah 45,380

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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