The most common boy names in America

This list ranks first names by how many people who have them are alive today, not by total births, so names from the 1950s and names from the 2010s are compared fairly. Michael leads with about 3,806,434 living people. Figures are estimates from Social Security birth records (1880–2025), adjusted for how much of each generation is still alive.

Most Common Boy Names in the U.S., top 200
#	Name	Est. living	Births on record	Peak year	2025 rank
1	Michael	3,806,434	4,426,620	1957	#21
2	James	3,065,122	5,250,515	1947	#6
3	John	2,863,742	5,182,497	1947	#23
4	David	2,840,883	3,676,524	1955	#35
5	Robert	2,695,248	4,849,663	1947	#92
6	William	2,299,501	4,199,549	1947	#9
7	Christopher	2,064,758	2,069,544	1984	#68
8	Joseph	1,796,691	2,669,343	1956	#29
9	Daniel	1,747,620	1,982,674	1985	#22
10	Matthew	1,675,635	1,653,993	1983	#32
11	Thomas	1,524,014	2,358,541	1952	#34
12	Richard	1,492,620	2,577,510	1946	#234
13	Joshua	1,316,167	1,248,832	1989	#66
14	Anthony	1,300,298	1,487,953	1990	#46
15	Charles	1,254,882	2,434,583	1947	#48
16	Andrew	1,234,303	1,329,390	1987	#73
17	Mark	1,141,575	1,362,185	1960	#245
18	Kevin	1,118,245	1,184,502	1963	#221
19	Steven	1,108,418	1,293,112	1956	#271
20	Brian	1,105,646	1,173,741	1972	#339
21	Jason	1,064,226	1,052,055	1977	#165
22	Jacob	1,022,587	988,092	1998	#43
23	Ryan	1,015,178	964,092	1985	#99
24	Timothy	965,316	1,084,138	1959	#203
25	Nicholas	925,133	926,012	1995	#112
26	Jonathan	892,959	870,813	1988	#89
27	Jeffrey	867,495	979,593	1962	#552
28	Eric	859,702	888,892	1970	#273
29	Paul	847,435	1,398,259	1957	#262
30	Justin	829,342	790,439	1988	#233
31	Brandon	816,596	770,475	1992	#261
32	Kenneth	809,961	1,283,957	1957	#294
33	Benjamin	786,370	826,724	1989	#11
34	Alexander	738,973	736,047	1993	#30
35	Scott	694,691	775,012	1971	#534
36	Samuel	680,622	820,054	2001	#18
37	Stephen	677,808	864,733	1952	#383
38	Donald	668,707	1,414,814	1934	#690
39	Ronald	663,143	1,082,226	1947	#638
40	Tyler	646,456	603,922	1994	#220
41	Edward	616,754	1,303,578	1924	#224
42	Aaron	616,581	614,411	1989	#80
43	Gary	610,156	902,139	1952	#1,073
44	Gregory	605,161	711,898	1962	#593
45	Nathan	591,309	587,459	2004	#63
46	Adam	588,821	580,361	1984	#101
47	Zachary	588,740	551,735	1993	#216
48	Patrick	587,558	686,593	1964	#235
49	George	569,891	1,487,260	1921	#126
50	Noah	564,901	529,383	2025	#2
51	Jose	561,218	592,457	2002	#95
52	Ethan	527,041	487,303	2004	#24
53	Kyle	507,616	485,764	1990	#509
54	Larry	501,085	807,572	1947	#1,085
55	Christian	478,713	453,899	2000	#96
56	Jeremy	460,871	446,428	1977	#292
57	Austin	456,618	437,994	1995	#113
58	Dylan	452,838	418,630	2001	#41
59	Jack	451,050	756,879	1927	#15
60	Sean	432,479	423,652	1990	#489
61	Jordan	427,947	401,147	1990	#131
62	Logan	417,786	387,928	2007	#53
63	Gabriel	415,863	395,675	2008	#37
64	Dennis	413,679	620,996	1952	#707
65	Henry	412,457	768,845	2025	#5
66	Peter	410,812	589,587	1957	#187
67	Douglas	402,072	560,016	1957	#807
68	Elijah	400,929	380,415	2011	#7
69	Liam	390,782	358,358	2024	#1
70	Bryan	384,439	389,586	1985	#336
71	Raymond	375,797	779,762	1924	#395
72	Mason	367,614	342,500	2011	#39
73	Jerry	367,352	615,087	1947	#907
74	Frank	357,426	915,982	1918	#514
75	Lucas	356,637	331,009	2017	#10
76	Keith	356,166	437,903	1957	#801
77	Jesse	351,155	432,394	1981	#184
78	Juan	350,515	365,568	2005	#159
79	Caleb	348,897	324,271	2002	#58
80	Luke	340,301	322,979	2014	#33
81	Cameron	334,015	312,628	2000	#76
82	Isaac	328,806	331,410	2007	#47
83	Jackson	314,301	297,143	2013	#36
84	Cody	310,867	291,993	1992	#318
85	Terry	310,520	424,522	1957	#1,116
86	Travis	309,136	308,559	1989	#434
87	Shawn	304,390	306,533	1971	#682
88	Evan	302,126	287,671	2007	#153
89	Bradley	300,233	312,994	1980	#403
90	Carlos	296,846	306,999	2001	#150
91	Luis	295,932	292,915	2007	#144
92	Alan	283,590	363,303	1955	#191
93	Hunter	281,685	262,156	2000	#130
94	Aiden	280,851	257,675	2009	#62
95	Angel	279,952	265,825	2006	#67
96	Adrian	279,688	272,216	2008	#74
97	Vincent	278,843	363,268	1962	#107
98	Jayden	276,650	253,898	2009	#70
99	Ian	273,265	257,631	2005	#83
100	Randy	272,309	329,464	1956	#1,089
101	Nathaniel	271,178	287,046	2002	#140
102	Isaiah	269,938	253,900	2006	#57
103	Alex	267,282	286,148	1993	#232
104	Roger	262,343	442,137	1953	#834
105	Julian	261,545	264,934	2017	#25
106	Todd	256,963	282,340	1964	#1,618
107	Victor	255,117	330,393	1990	#211
108	Connor	254,197	234,533	2004	#166
109	Craig	252,891	299,624	1960	#1,644
110	Oliver	252,557	269,793	2024	#3
111	Bruce	251,986	386,871	1956	#536
112	Joel	251,101	279,629	1985	#219
113	Antonio	248,385	262,966	1997	#176
114	Derek	245,298	239,051	1989	#284
115	Owen	245,143	245,601	2016	#31
116	Chad	240,942	240,736	1972	#1,701
117	Phillip	240,089	311,545	1960	#651
118	Marcus	237,742	241,641	1984	#258
119	Jesus	236,378	244,246	2004	#173
120	Jeremiah	236,017	225,575	2010	#88
121	Carl	234,456	504,822	1956	#1,134
122	Sebastian	233,239	217,990	2016	#16
123	Lawrence	227,865	461,163	1952	#520
124	Wyatt	223,888	208,396	2017	#38
125	Johnny	223,668	317,895	1947	#458
126	Walter	223,266	631,164	1918	#252
127	Gerald	222,338	448,961	1942	#1,206
128	Levi	222,151	214,889	2022	#12
129	Carter	220,274	206,786	2015	#45
130	Dustin	218,494	208,337	1985	#729
131	Philip	218,101	344,026	1953	#528
132	Danny	218,037	286,639	1954	#628
133	Theodore	217,342	317,116	2025	#4
134	Jared	216,935	206,343	1998	#396
135	Russell	216,290	359,764	1960	#345
136	Arthur	215,463	548,704	1921	#87
137	Martin	211,190	315,556	1963	#335
138	Wesley	208,566	247,683	2025	#52
139	Gavin	204,227	189,256	2007	#303
140	Jeffery	203,651	230,544	1962	#1,556
141	Wayne	202,160	354,807	1947	#655
142	Landon	200,930	186,565	2010	#127
143	Billy	200,621	384,228	1934	#1,068
144	Joe	200,387	453,238	1936	#994
145	Shane	197,203	192,582	1973	#636
146	Blake	197,161	186,535	2012	#316
147	Chase	195,587	181,120	2009	#192
148	Tony	194,418	251,594	1961	#784
149	Miguel	192,745	190,544	2007	#212
150	Dominic	192,150	193,388	2013	#106
151	Troy	192,101	216,299	1970	#533
152	Rodney	191,857	247,149	1965	#1,093
153	Jimmy	191,200	288,724	1947	#847
154	Corey	190,676	185,014	1989	#778
155	Ricky	187,124	223,130	1958	#949
156	Bobby	185,807	315,043	1937	#1,097
157	Curtis	184,203	260,546	1962	#985
158	Willie	181,861	450,180	1947	#1,322
159	Albert	180,136	491,852	1921	#614
160	Louis	177,150	406,450	1921	#249
161	Allen	174,093	271,789	1951	#578
162	Roy	173,817	408,620	1947	#525
163	Xavier	172,078	160,282	2007	#108
164	Seth	171,483	165,778	2000	#581
165	Trevor	170,547	161,158	1998	#680
166	Devin	166,832	156,233	1998	#548
167	Harold	166,037	551,628	1924	#993
168	Cole	165,677	154,072	2002	#182
169	Colton	164,858	151,929	2013	#103
170	Dale	161,342	278,147	1958	#1,410
171	Steve	160,993	241,227	1959	#1,617
172	Josiah	160,424	148,847	2017	#54
173	Erik	160,421	157,449	1980	#546
174	Leo	159,064	259,933	2022	#19
175	Brett	158,455	159,112	1986	#1,382
176	Calvin	157,937	221,050	1924	#132
177	Randall	156,797	198,584	1960	#1,506
178	Eli	156,624	153,408	2012	#104
179	Alejandro	153,561	146,610	2001	#195
180	Oscar	152,503	213,083	2006	#223
181	Brayden	148,642	136,518	2010	#229
182	Mitchell	147,002	164,058	1994	#954
183	Jay	145,772	195,534	1960	#392
184	Derrick	145,010	145,343	1980	#850
185	Manuel	144,251	191,572	2005	#371
186	Jorge	144,167	139,455	2006	#323
187	Dean	143,505	192,916	1961	#125
188	Ricardo	143,427	146,445	1998	#380
189	Ralph	142,747	414,010	1921	#1,048
190	Garrett	140,541	135,748	2000	#564
191	Mario	139,849	151,290	1980	#438
192	Nolan	139,733	135,470	2015	#65
193	Carson	139,632	132,744	2018	#124
194	Grayson	139,585	128,944	2017	#51
195	Glenn	139,317	248,641	1962	#1,443
196	Parker	139,205	130,914	2014	#102
197	Colin	139,035	133,707	2004	#343
198	Edwin	138,843	247,542	1922	#398
199	Mateo	137,745	126,613	2024	#8
200	Frederick	137,348	266,052	1951	#435

Top boy names by decade

The three most common names given to babies in each decade, from SSA birth records.

Decade	Boys
1900s	John, William, James
1910s	John, William, James
1920s	Robert, John, James
1930s	Robert, James, John
1940s	James, Robert, John
1950s	James, Michael, Robert
1960s	Michael, David, John
1970s	Michael, Christopher, Jason
1980s	Michael, Christopher, Matthew
1990s	Michael, Christopher, Matthew
2000s	Jacob, Michael, Joshua
2010s	Noah, Liam, Jacob
2020s	Liam, Noah, Oliver

Questions about this list

What is the most common boy name in the U.S.?

Michael, with about 3,806,434 living people, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2025 adjusted for survival.

Why is this list different from the SSA's top baby names?

The SSA ranks names by babies born in a single year. This list ranks them by how many people with the name are alive today, so older names that were given to millions of people still rank high. The most popular boy name of 2025 was Liam.

How is the number of living people estimated?

Births in each decade are multiplied by the share of that generation still alive, using SSA life tables, plus a small correction for early under-registration. The methodology page lists every constant.

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