Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 2017

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 2017. 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 2017, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 2017.

Rank Name Count
1 Liam 119,690
2 Noah 111,528
3 Oliver 84,449
4 William 79,121
5 James 77,703
6 Elijah 77,408
7 Benjamin 75,037
8 Lucas 71,784
9 Henry 65,137
10 Mason 64,538
11 Alexander 64,042
12 Michael 62,512
13 Logan 62,408
14 Ethan 62,166
15 Daniel 61,023
16 Jacob 60,983
17 Sebastian 57,289
18 Jackson 57,271
19 Aiden 55,294
20 Samuel 54,850
21 Levi 54,239
22 Jack 53,988
23 Owen 53,877
24 Matthew 53,390
25 Joseph 53,383
26 Mateo 53,300
27 David 52,655
28 John 51,726
29 Wyatt 50,928
30 Theodore 49,753
31 Luke 48,964
32 Carter 48,810
33 Grayson 47,609
34 Julian 47,584
35 Gabriel 46,738
36 Jayden 46,532
37 Isaac 46,192
38 Dylan 45,637
39 Anthony 44,818
40 Asher 44,146
41 Leo 43,349
42 Lincoln 42,278
43 Hudson 41,108
44 Thomas 40,104
45 Christopher 40,066
46 Ezra 39,940
47 Jaxon 39,295
48 Andrew 39,011
49 Joshua 38,856
50 Josiah 38,379

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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