Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 2018

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 2018. 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 2018, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 2018.

Rank Name Count
1 Liam 80,410
2 Noah 74,454
3 Oliver 56,161
4 William 52,832
5 Elijah 52,041
6 James 51,348
7 Benjamin 50,357
8 Lucas 47,862
9 Henry 43,447
10 Mason 42,986
11 Alexander 42,823
12 Ethan 41,438
13 Michael 41,014
14 Logan 40,800
15 Daniel 40,262
16 Jacob 40,161
17 Jackson 38,767
18 Sebastian 37,758
19 Jack 36,633
20 Aiden 36,169
21 Samuel 36,083
22 Levi 36,002
23 Owen 35,979
24 Mateo 35,214
25 Joseph 35,156
26 David 34,704
27 Matthew 34,673
28 John 34,293
29 Wyatt 34,078
30 Theodore 33,037
31 Carter 32,683
32 Luke 32,408
33 Julian 31,877
34 Grayson 31,766
35 Isaac 30,628
36 Jayden 30,510
37 Gabriel 30,397
38 Asher 29,752
39 Dylan 29,628
40 Anthony 29,414
41 Leo 29,143
42 Lincoln 28,491
43 Hudson 27,441
44 Jaxon 26,772
45 Ezra 26,665
46 Thomas 26,470
47 Christopher 26,232
48 Andrew 25,623
49 Josiah 25,578
50 Joshua 25,392

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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