Top Names Over the Last 100 Years
The following table shows the 100 most popular given names for male and female babies born during the last 100 years, 1924-2023. For each rank and sex, the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name. These time-tested popular names were taken from a universe that includes 178,720,219 male births and 173,137,701 female births.
Please note that popular names listed below are not necessarily consistently popular in every year. For example, the name James, ranked as the most popular male name overthe last 100 years, has been ranked as low as number 19. Similarly, the most popular female name in the table, Mary, ranked as low as 135.
Popular names for births in 1924-2023
| Males | Females | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | Number | Name | Number |
| 1 | James | 4,586,625 | Mary | 2,985,148 |
| 2 | Michael | 4,350,425 | Patricia | 1,546,373 |
| 3 | Robert | 4,305,346 | Jennifer | 1,470,260 |
| 4 | John | 4,304,850 | Linda | 1,448,217 |
| 5 | David | 3,563,511 | Elizabeth | 1,395,049 |
| 6 | William | 3,443,460 | Barbara | 1,379,146 |
| 7 | Richard | 2,406,731 | Susan | 1,101,447 |
| 8 | Joseph | 2,281,833 | Jessica | 1,048,185 |
| 9 | Thomas | 2,125,282 | Karen | 986,083 |
| 10 | Christopher | 2,054,571 | Sarah | 985,596 |
| 11 | Charles | 2,014,431 | Lisa | 965,624 |
| 12 | Daniel | 1,909,598 | Nancy | 957,210 |
| 13 | Matthew | 1,626,375 | Sandra | 873,476 |
| 14 | Anthony | 1,410,412 | Betty | 860,122 |
| 15 | Mark | 1,349,763 | Ashley | 855,088 |
| 16 | Donald | 1,292,951 | Emily | 844,051 |
| 17 | Steven | 1,285,675 | Kimberly | 843,885 |
| 18 | Andrew | 1,258,208 | Margaret | 843,625 |
| 19 | Paul | 1,240,331 | Donna | 818,300 |
| 20 | Joshua | 1,236,272 | Michelle | 814,766 |
| 21 | Kenneth | 1,196,302 | Carol | 801,415 |
| 22 | Kevin | 1,180,609 | Amanda | 774,175 |
| 23 | Brian | 1,171,294 | Melissa | 756,273 |
| 24 | Timothy | 1,075,595 | Deborah | 740,606 |
| 25 | Ronald | 1,071,048 | Stephanie | 739,794 |
| 26 | George | 1,061,539 | Rebecca | 728,978 |
| 27 | Jason | 1,045,865 | Sharon | 720,838 |
| 28 | Edward | 1,023,018 | Laura | 708,987 |
| 29 | Jeffrey | 977,893 | Cynthia | 705,809 |
| 30 | Ryan | 956,141 | Dorothy | 697,522 |
| 31 | Jacob | 954,116 | Amy | 684,043 |
| 32 | Nicholas | 900,868 | Kathleen | 675,838 |
| 33 | Gary | 900,357 | Angela | 660,858 |
| 34 | Eric | 883,570 | Shirley | 643,445 |
| 35 | Jonathan | 861,302 | Emma | 609,552 |
| 36 | Stephen | 836,870 | Brenda | 606,297 |
| 37 | Larry | 801,334 | Pamela | 592,702 |
| 38 | Justin | 785,342 | Nicole | 592,373 |
| 39 | Scott | 770,627 | Anna | 586,790 |
| 40 | Brandon | 767,081 | Samantha | 586,620 |
| 41 | Benjamin | 766,415 | Katherine | 562,316 |
| 42 | Samuel | 725,374 | Christine | 554,351 |
| 43 | Gregory | 708,663 | Debra | 548,279 |
| 44 | Alexander | 697,904 | Rachel | 545,408 |
| 45 | Patrick | 666,713 | Carolyn | 535,512 |
| 46 | Frank | 644,933 | Janet | 532,883 |
| 47 | Raymond | 634,457 | Maria | 531,945 |
| 48 | Jack | 631,149 | Olivia | 529,879 |
| 49 | Dennis | 610,240 | Heather | 524,159 |
| 50 | Jerry | 599,529 | Helen | 521,991 |
| 51 | Tyler | 599,370 | Catherine | 519,846 |
| 52 | Aaron | 596,024 | Diane | 514,893 |
| 53 | Jose | 570,514 | Julie | 507,265 |
| 54 | Adam | 563,886 | Victoria | 496,323 |
| 55 | Nathan | 563,313 | Joyce | 493,375 |
| 56 | Henry | 552,940 | Lauren | 473,780 |
| 57 | Zachary | 547,705 | Kelly | 472,633 |
| 58 | Douglas | 544,161 | Christina | 471,334 |
| 59 | Peter | 533,719 | Ruth | 470,497 |
| 60 | Kyle | 483,513 | Joan | 461,369 |
| 61 | Noah | 483,508 | Virginia | 460,276 |
| 62 | Ethan | 470,038 | Judith | 449,493 |
| 63 | Jeremy | 443,481 | Evelyn | 449,218 |
| 64 | Christian | 443,024 | Hannah | 443,141 |
| 65 | Walter | 430,324 | Andrea | 441,094 |
| 66 | Keith | 429,542 | Megan | 438,962 |
| 67 | Austin | 424,642 | Cheryl | 436,892 |
| 68 | Roger | 423,974 | Jacqueline | 419,204 |
| 69 | Terry | 422,079 | Madison | 410,119 |
| 70 | Sean | 422,063 | Teresa | 403,101 |
| 71 | Gerald | 414,685 | Abigail | 400,963 |
| 72 | Carl | 404,941 | Sophia | 400,325 |
| 73 | Dylan | 404,594 | Martha | 400,322 |
| 74 | Harold | 394,661 | Sara | 398,974 |
| 75 | Jordan | 393,902 | Gloria | 397,491 |
| 76 | Jesse | 386,423 | Janice | 397,288 |
| 77 | Bryan | 385,985 | Kathryn | 392,336 |
| 78 | Lawrence | 385,860 | Ann | 392,251 |
| 79 | Arthur | 385,299 | Isabella | 387,757 |
| 80 | Gabriel | 379,942 | Judy | 377,155 |
| 81 | Bruce | 373,817 | Charlotte | 376,098 |
| 82 | Logan | 373,584 | Julia | 374,483 |
| 83 | Billy | 372,449 | Grace | 373,257 |
| 84 | Joe | 365,058 | Amber | 372,256 |
| 85 | Alan | 354,811 | Alice | 372,214 |
| 86 | Juan | 353,072 | Jean | 372,205 |
| 87 | Elijah | 352,537 | Denise | 371,275 |
| 88 | Willie | 341,065 | Frances | 370,713 |
| 89 | Albert | 339,381 | Danielle | 370,525 |
| 90 | Wayne | 330,787 | Marilyn | 366,336 |
| 91 | Randy | 328,830 | Natalie | 365,800 |
| 92 | Mason | 327,673 | Beverly | 365,366 |
| 93 | Vincent | 324,187 | Diana | 362,823 |
| 94 | Liam | 314,543 | Brittany | 359,795 |
| 95 | Roy | 314,486 | Theresa | 359,658 |
| 96 | Bobby | 312,303 | Kayla | 343,876 |
| 97 | Caleb | 310,857 | Alexis | 343,195 |
| 98 | Bradley | 310,194 | Doris | 341,604 |
| 99 | Russell | 309,102 | Lori | 337,994 |
| 100 | Lucas | 308,351 | Tiffany | 337,966 |
| Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2024. See the limitations of this data source. | ||||
