NameRank
Every name given to a US baby since 1880,
ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records.
105,966 names ·
375,362,447 births · public domain.
Browse
By Year
39,902 names
* ≥5% of bearers are the minority sex
(3,194 names) ·
** ≥20%, genuinely unisex (3,590 names).
11,854 names appear under both sexes at some level, so presence
alone isn't meaningful — these flags use the minority sex's share of all bearers.
# Name M / F split
All-time Since 2016
Years
1
James
M
5,274,520
129,335
1880–2025
2
John
M
5,204,377
86,127
1880–2025
3
Robert
M
4,869,849
45,968
1880–2025
4
Michael
M
4,448,633
102,117
1880–2025
5
William
M
4,215,725
127,353
1880–2025
6
David
M
3,689,613
85,912
1880–2025
7
Joseph
M
2,680,213
86,770
1880–2025
8
Richard
M
2,587,082
18,938
1880–2025
9
Charles
M
2,447,135
62,623
1880–2025
10
Thomas
M
2,367,087
67,913
1880–2025
11
Christopher
M
2,079,103
64,544
1880–2025
12
Daniel
M
1,991,091
99,522
1880–2025
13
Matthew
M
1,659,655
87,830
1880–2025
14
George
M
1,497,260
29,463
1880–2025
15
Anthony
M
1,495,156
73,654
1880–2025
16
Donald
M
1,420,387
4,821
1880–2025
17
Paul
M
1,404,135
14,913
1880–2025
18
Mark
M
1,366,672
16,236
1880–2025
19
Andrew
M
1,334,415
62,918
1880–2025
20
Edward
M
1,308,955
19,556
1880–2025
21
Steven
M
1,297,590
17,094
1880–2025
22
Kenneth
M
1,289,312
14,820
1880–2025
23
Joshua
M
1,253,882
63,611
1880–2025
24
Kevin
M
1,189,844
26,135
1912–2025
25
Brian
M
1,178,298
13,645
1909–2025
26
Timothy
M
1,088,520
20,531
1880–2025
27
Ronald
M
1,086,091
5,449
1883–2025
28
Jason
M
1,057,058
32,356
1880–2025
29
Ryan
97%M
991,747
61,159
1906–2025
30
Jacob
M
990,532
95,791
1880–2025
31
Jeffrey
M
983,099
8,082
1885–2025
32
Nicholas
M
929,199
41,653
1880–2025
33
Frank
M
920,589
7,412
1880–2025
34
Gary
M
905,438
2,897
1880–2025
35
Eric
M
893,184
19,809
1880–2025
36
Jonathan
M
874,440
50,219
1880–2025
37
Stephen
M
867,669
10,552
1880–2025
38
Benjamin
M
829,312
120,107
1880–2025
39
Samuel
M
823,085
90,681
1880–2025
40
Larry
M
811,148
2,942
1880–2025
41
Justin
M
794,273
23,896
1880–2025
42
Raymond
M
783,311
10,277
1880–2025
43
Scott
M
777,605
5,353
1880–2025
44
Brandon
M
774,654
24,295
1914–2025
45
Henry
M
773,564
110,532
1880–2025
46
Jack
M
759,677
88,695
1880–2025
47
Alexander
M
740,668
100,763
1880–2025
48
Gregory
M
714,753
6,923
1880–2025
49
Patrick
M
689,424
18,775
1880–2025
50
Walter
M
634,804
12,858
1880–2025
51
Jerry
97%M
632,416
3,915
1880–2025
52
Dennis
M
623,692
4,552
1880–2025
53
Tyler
97%M
621,493
29,269
1880–2025
54
Aaron
M
618,857
53,431
1880–2025
55
Jose
M
596,732
41,533
1880–2025
56
Willie**
75%M
596,385
2,042
1880–2025
57
Peter
M
591,531
18,296
1880–2025
58
Nathan
M
589,271
60,186
1880–2025
59
Adam
M
582,453
40,685
1880–2025
60
Douglas
M
562,086
3,536
1880–2025
61
Harold
M
554,280
2,571
1880–2025
62
Zachary
M
553,281
28,292
1900–2025
63
Arthur
M
551,930
24,236
1880–2025
64
Jordan**
75%M
536,795
49,245
1880–2025
65
Noah
M
534,622
194,716
1880–2025
66
Terry*
81%M
521,478
2,669
1880–2025
67
Carl
M
508,017
2,912
1880–2025
68
Kyle
M
494,713
12,166
1881–2025
69
Albert
M
494,420
5,568
1880–2025
70
Ethan
M
488,144
100,276
1882–2025
71
Christian
96%M
473,843
53,953
1880–2025
72
Joe
98%M
464,574
3,163
1880–2025
73
Lawrence
M
463,357
5,597
1880–2025
74
Gerald
M
451,351
2,254
1880–2025
75
Jeremy
M
448,737
16,340
1923–2025
76
Jesse
97%M
444,920
20,828
1880–2025
77
Roger
M
443,830
3,688
1880–2025
78
Austin
M
443,723
41,981
1880–2025
79
Keith
M
440,123
4,638
1888–2025
80
Dylan
96%M
434,951
82,454
1953–2025
81
Sean
M
426,606
10,405
1925–2025
82
Harry
M
425,883
3,681
1880–2025
83
Logan*
92%M
419,837
101,909
1880–2025
84
Ralph
M
415,858
1,925
1880–2025
85
Roy
M
411,331
5,255
1880–2025
86
Louis
M
409,317
14,011
1880–2025
87
Gabriel
M
402,627
77,415
1880–2025
88
Bryan
M
391,306
13,980
1883–2025
89
Billy
M
389,665
2,370
1880–2025
90
Bruce
M
388,275
5,984
1880–2025
91
Eugene
M
383,340
2,709
1880–2025
92
Elijah
M
381,915
126,197
1880–2025
93
Juan
M
368,366
26,950
1880–2025
94
Angel**
73%M
366,174
57,129
1888–2025
95
Vincent
M
364,716
33,124
1880–2025
96
Alan
M
364,389
21,649
1882–2025
97
Russell
M
361,476
8,433
1880–2025
98
Liam
M
359,085
202,895
1947–2025
99
Wayne
M
356,422
3,361
1880–2025
100
Howard
M
348,342
2,168
1880–2025
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Data: SSA national baby names ,
public domain. Only names given to 5 or more US babies in a year are published,
so rare names are systematically absent.