Top 100 Popular Baby Names in the US (SSA)

Explore the top 100 most popular baby names in the United States based on official SSA birth records from 1880 to 2025. This ranking totals births across the selected years so you can compare trends by gender and discover the names families have loved most.

Coverage: 1880 – 2025

#1
James
Total births: 5,250,515
#2
John
Total births: 5,182,497
#3
Robert
Total births: 4,849,663
#4
Michael
Total births: 4,426,620
#5
William
Total births: 4,199,549
#6
David
Total births: 3,676,524
#7
Joseph
Total births: 2,669,343
#8
Richard
Total births: 2,577,510
#9
Charles
Total births: 2,434,583
#10
Thomas
Total births: 2,358,541
#11
Christopher
Total births: 2,069,544
#12
Daniel
Total births: 1,982,674
#13
Matthew
Total births: 1,653,993
#14
Anthony
Total births: 1,487,953
#15
George
Total births: 1,487,260
#16
Donald
Total births: 1,414,814
#17
Paul
Total births: 1,398,259
#18
Mark
Total births: 1,362,185
#19
Andrew
Total births: 1,329,390
#20
Edward
Total births: 1,303,578
#21
Steven
Total births: 1,293,112
#22
Kenneth
Total births: 1,283,957
#23
Joshua
Total births: 1,248,832
#24
Kevin
Total births: 1,184,502
#25
Brian
Total births: 1,173,741
#26
Timothy
Total births: 1,084,138
#27
Ronald
Total births: 1,082,226
#28
Jason
Total births: 1,052,055
#29
Jacob
Total births: 988,092
#30
Jeffrey
Total births: 979,593
#31
Ryan
Total births: 964,092
#32
Nicholas
Total births: 926,012
#33
Frank
Total births: 915,982
#34
Gary
Total births: 902,139
#35
Eric
Total births: 888,892
#36
Jonathan
Total births: 870,813
#37
Stephen
Total births: 864,733
#38
Benjamin
Total births: 826,724
#39
Samuel
Total births: 820,054
#40
Larry
Total births: 807,572
#41
Justin
Total births: 790,439
#42
Raymond
Total births: 779,762
#43
Scott
Total births: 775,012
#44
Brandon
Total births: 770,475
#45
Henry
Total births: 768,845
#46
Jack
Total births: 756,879
#47
Alexander
Total births: 736,047
#48
Gregory
Total births: 711,898
#49
Patrick
Total births: 686,593
#50
Walter
Total births: 631,164
#51
Dennis
Total births: 620,996
#52
Jerry
Total births: 615,087
#53
Aaron
Total births: 614,411
#54
Tyler
Total births: 603,922
#55
Jose
Total births: 592,457
#56
Peter
Total births: 589,587
#57
Nathan
Total births: 587,459
#58
Adam
Total births: 580,361
#59
Douglas
Total births: 560,016
#60
Zachary
Total births: 551,735
#61
Harold
Total births: 551,628
#62
Arthur
Total births: 548,704
#63
Noah
Total births: 529,383
#64
Carl
Total births: 504,822
#65
Albert
Total births: 491,852
#66
Ethan
Total births: 487,303
#67
Kyle
Total births: 485,764
#68
Lawrence
Total births: 461,163
#69
Christian
Total births: 453,899
#70
Joe
Total births: 453,238
#71
Willie
Total births: 450,180
#72
Gerald
Total births: 448,961
#73
Jeremy
Total births: 446,428
#74
Roger
Total births: 442,137
#75
Austin
Total births: 437,994
#76
Keith
Total births: 437,903
#77
Jesse
Total births: 432,394
#78
Terry
Total births: 424,522
#79
Harry
Total births: 423,860
#80
Sean
Total births: 423,652
#81
Dylan
Total births: 418,630
#82
Ralph
Total births: 414,010
#83
Roy
Total births: 408,620
#84
Louis
Total births: 406,450
#85
Jordan
Total births: 401,147
#86
Gabriel
Total births: 395,675
#87
Bryan
Total births: 389,586
#88
Logan
Total births: 387,928
#89
Bruce
Total births: 386,871
#90
Billy
Total births: 384,228
#91
Eugene
Total births: 380,702
#92
Elijah
Total births: 380,415
#93
Juan
Total births: 365,568
#94
Alan
Total births: 363,303
#95
Vincent
Total births: 363,268
#96
Russell
Total births: 359,764
#97
Liam
Total births: 358,358
#98
Wayne
Total births: 354,807
#99
Howard
Total births: 346,670
#100
Philip
Total births: 344,026