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Most popular boy names, 1950 to 2025

Liam has been the top US boy name every year since 2017, with 20,818 babies in 2025. Before him came Noah, Jacob and 38 straight years of Michael.

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What the data shows

  • In 2025, Liam ranks #1 with 20.8K, ahead of Noah (20.4K) and Oliver (14.9K).
  • Back in 1950, James was #1 with 86.2K.
  • The top spot changed hands 7 times, first to Robert in 1953, most recently to Liam in 2017.
  • Biggest climber: Liam, from #37 in 1967 to #1 in 2025.
  • Liam wasn't on the board in 1950 but is in the top 5 by 2025.

About this chart

Michael was the most popular name for American boys every year from 1961 to 1998, a 38-year run that no boy name has matched since. Jacob took over from 1999 to 2012, Noah held the top spot from 2013 to 2016, and Liam has been number one every year from 2017 through 2025.

The counts are babies given each name in each year, from Social Security card applications. Today's top names are far less dominant than the old ones: Michael peaked at 92,781 boys in 1957, while Liam's best year was 22,252 in 2024. Parents now spread their choices across many more names.

The data

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, baby names from Social Security card applications (names given to 5 or more babies), babies per year, thousands. Retrieved November 4, 2026.

Most popular boy names, US baby boys given each name, thousands, 1950 to 2025, 1950–2025
DateLiamNoahOliverTheodoreHenryJamesElijahMateoWilliamLucasBenjaminMichaelDanielJohnEthanJosephAlexanderMatthewThomasDavidMasonJacobAnthonyCharlesLoganAidenJoshuaChristopherJaydenAndrewRobertNicholasAustinJasonTylerJustinRichardMarkBrandonStevenBrianScottJeffreyGary
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19510.0K0.2K0.6K3.2K7.1K87.3K0.2K0.0K62.8K0.0K2.3K72.8K21.1K81.6K0.0K28.1K1.2K1.6K48.3K64.8K0.1K0.5K9.8K39.4K0.1K0.0K0.2K5.7K0.0K5.4K86.4K2.4K0.3K0.2K0.1K0.1K54.5K21.2K0.1K28.4K5.1K5.4K9.7K38.2K
19520.0K0.1K0.6K3.3K7.0K87.1K0.3K0.0K63.0K0.0K2.4K79.0K23.4K83.1K0.1K28.5K1.3K2.0K48.6K71.8K0.1K0.6K11.2K38.9K0.1K0.0K0.2K6.3K0.0K5.6K86.6K2.3K0.2K0.2K0.1K0.2K58.4K25.7K0.1K32.0K5.7K6.5K12.0K38.8K
19530.0K0.2K0.5K2.9K6.7K86.1K0.2K0.0K61.8K0.0K2.4K84.2K23.5K80.2K0.0K29.3K1.3K2.4K47.0K76.1K0.1K0.6K11.7K38.4K0.1K0.0K0.2K6.1K0.0K5.6K86.2K2.4K0.2K0.3K0.1K0.2K58.4K29.3K0.1K33.7K6.7K7.5K15.9K37.0K
19540.0K0.1K0.5K3.1K6.4K86.3K0.3K0.0K61.4K0.0K2.5K88.6K25.3K81.2K0.1K31.2K1.2K2.7K47.2K79.6K0.1K0.6K13.1K37.5K0.1K0.0K0.2K6.1K0.0K5.7K86.3K2.4K0.2K0.3K0.1K0.2K57.0K36.2K0.2K36.6K8.1K9.5K19.1K37.9K
19550.0K0.1K0.5K3.0K6.2K84.2K0.2K0.0K60.0K0.0K2.4K88.4K26.5K80.1K0.1K31.6K1.2K3.3K45.9K86.3K0.1K0.6K14.2K35.4K0.1K0.0K0.2K7.9K0.0K6.0K83.8K2.2K0.2K0.4K0.1K0.2K53.6K42.3K0.1K37.8K10.1K10.8K22.5K34.4K
19560.0K0.1K0.5K3.0K6.0K84.9K0.2K0.0K59.0K0.0K2.5K90.7K26.7K80.8K0.1K32.7K1.2K4.4K44.8K81.7K0.1K0.5K15.6K35.2K0.0K0.0K0.2K8.4K0.0K6.6K83.9K2.2K0.2K0.4K0.1K0.3K52.9K48.8K0.2K38.4K14.7K13.2K23.3K31.8K
19570.0K0.2K0.5K2.8K5.7K84.3K0.2K0.0K56.9K0.0K2.5K92.8K27.3K79.0K0.1K31.9K1.3K5.2K44.6K82.4K0.1K0.5K17.1K34.3K0.0K0.0K0.3K9.0K0.0K7.0K81.8K2.2K0.2K0.4K0.1K0.3K52.4K52.8K0.1K36.8K17.5K15.8K24.0K29.5K
19580.0K0.1K0.5K2.5K5.2K78.8K0.2K0.0K54.3K0.1K2.3K90.6K25.6K76.1K0.1K30.1K1.2K6.4K42.1K82.7K0.1K0.5K17.4K32.2K0.0K0.0K0.3K11.1K0.0K7.1K77.3K2.2K0.2K0.6K0.1K0.3K50.0K52.7K0.1K33.0K19.3K19.2K24.2K25.3K
19590.0K0.2K0.4K2.4K5.1K78.6K0.2K0.0K51.4K0.1K2.3K85.3K25.2K76.4K0.1K29.5K1.2K6.5K40.3K84.0K0.1K0.6K18.0K30.8K0.1K0.0K0.3K12.9K0.0K7.1K74.5K2.2K0.2K0.7K0.1K0.3K47.2K56.9K0.2K33.6K20.7K19.8K26.3K23.3K
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19610.0K0.1K0.3K2.3K4.6K76.0K0.2K0.0K48.0K0.1K2.4K87.0K25.9K80.0K0.1K29.4K1.2K7.1K37.6K84.8K0.1K0.5K20.2K29.2K0.1K0.0K0.4K17.2K0.0K8.5K73.0K2.1K0.2K1.1K0.2K0.5K41.1K57.8K0.2K32.3K22.6K23.9K32.0K22.2K
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19630.0K0.1K0.4K2.4K4.2K71.3K0.1K0.0K44.5K0.1K2.3K83.8K24.8K78.6K0.1K30.1K1.3K8.0K35.5K78.4K0.1K0.5K20.2K26.8K0.0K0.0K0.4K18.3K0.0K9.5K70.0K2.1K0.2K1.5K0.3K0.5K40.8K49.3K0.3K29.3K24.1K30.4K31.7K18.9K
19640.0K0.1K0.4K2.2K4.1K73.0K0.2K0.0K44.2K0.1K2.5K82.6K24.3K82.5K0.2K30.6K1.3K9.0K34.5K75.0K0.1K0.5K20.1K25.9K0.1K0.0K0.4K19.6K0.0K10.5K70.0K2.1K0.2K2.1K0.3K0.5K40.1K45.3K0.3K29.7K24.2K28.5K30.7K17.2K
19650.0K0.1K0.3K2.1K3.8K67.7K0.1K0.0K40.1K0.1K2.3K81.0K24.8K71.5K0.2K28.6K1.3K10.0K31.6K67.8K0.1K0.5K20.3K23.5K0.0K0.0K0.5K24.6K0.0K9.7K63.1K2.1K0.2K2.9K0.3K0.5K36.8K38.2K0.4K28.0K24.6K25.4K29.6K15.3K
19660.0K0.2K0.3K1.9K3.6K65.2K0.1K0.0K38.2K0.1K2.4K80.0K23.3K65.0K0.2K27.0K1.4K10.8K29.0K66.4K0.1K0.5K20.6K22.3K0.1K0.0K0.5K27.9K0.0K10.2K59.3K2.1K0.2K3.8K0.3K0.5K34.5K34.8K0.4K27.7K27.3K26.0K30.2K14.2K
19670.1K0.2K0.3K1.9K3.3K61.7K0.1K0.0K37.6K0.1K2.5K82.4K22.2K61.6K0.2K25.9K1.5K13.6K28.2K66.8K0.1K0.4K20.9K21.3K0.1K0.0K0.6K29.4K0.0K10.0K56.4K2.3K0.2K5.3K0.4K0.6K33.6K34.9K0.5K27.0K28.6K25.5K28.1K12.6K
19680.1K0.2K0.3K1.9K3.1K60.7K0.1K0.0K36.9K0.1K3.0K82.0K22.0K60.9K0.2K25.4K1.8K15.8K27.4K63.7K0.1K0.6K20.2K21.6K0.1K0.0K0.7K31.5K0.0K10.6K58.2K2.5K0.2K7.1K0.4K1.1K33.0K35.4K0.8K25.5K29.9K26.0K28.4K12.0K
19690.0K0.2K0.3K1.9K3.1K59.9K0.1K0.0K37.6K0.1K3.4K85.2K23.2K58.7K0.2K26.2K2.0K17.5K27.5K63.7K0.2K0.7K20.9K21.7K0.0K0.0K1.3K35.7K0.0K11.3K58.3K2.6K0.2K16.5K0.5K1.7K31.1K33.4K1.1K26.5K31.7K28.7K29.0K11.1K
19700.0K0.3K0.4K1.8K3.1K61.7K0.2K0.0K38.9K0.2K3.9K85.3K23.5K58.5K0.3K26.7K2.5K20.2K26.7K61.7K0.2K0.9K21.2K22.4K0.1K0.0K2.2K41.7K0.0K12.0K57.2K2.7K0.3K27.3K0.7K2.4K30.4K31.5K2.5K26.8K31.9K28.6K30.1K10.7K
19710.1K0.5K0.4K1.7K2.9K54.6K0.2K0.0K35.4K0.2K4.3K77.6K21.8K51.5K0.4K24.5K2.4K22.5K23.1K53.1K0.2K1.1K19.2K19.9K0.1K0.0K3.6K48.2K0.0K10.9K50.6K2.6K0.3K34.2K0.7K3.1K26.2K25.1K3.3K23.7K32.6K30.9K25.8K9.2K
19720.1K0.4K0.4K1.4K2.4K47.1K0.2K0.0K30.5K0.2K4.5K71.4K22.1K43.2K0.5K22.5K2.1K22.9K19.6K46.3K0.1K1.7K17.5K17.0K0.1K0.0K5.0K52.2K0.0K10.1K43.0K2.8K0.2K37.4K0.8K5.0K22.3K21.5K4.6K19.9K36.3K22.8K21.7K7.8K
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19910.3K1.3K0.6K1.1K2.3K30.5K1.3K0.1K23.9K3.2K13.9K60.8K30.9K27.8K6.1K29.8K17.6K41.6K16.8K30.4K2.0K25.2K24.4K11.3K3.9K0.0K41.2K47.1K0.0K31.5K26.8K27.4K9.1K9.4K25.2K26.8K12.6K9.7K26.0K16.9K14.9K7.1K9.9K2.7K
19920.3K1.4K0.7K1.1K2.3K28.5K1.5K0.1K23.1K3.4K13.5K54.4K29.2K26.3K4.9K27.9K20.1K37.7K15.3K28.4K2.2K25.7K23.2K10.5K4.2K0.0K36.2K42.5K0.0K30.5K24.1K27.8K11.5K9.2K28.8K23.6K11.3K8.7K29.6K15.0K14.1K6.4K8.5K2.4K
19930.4K1.5K0.7K1.0K2.5K26.3K1.9K0.1K22.2K3.9K12.7K49.6K28.7K25.0K4.2K27.0K20.5K35.8K14.9K27.0K2.5K27.5K21.8K9.9K4.8K0.1K33.6K38.2K0.1K27.3K22.4K28.1K17.6K8.6K29.8K21.5K10.2K8.1K28.7K13.5K12.5K5.6K7.5K2.1K
19940.7K2.1K0.6K0.9K2.4K24.8K2.6K0.1K21.5K4.0K12.8K44.5K28.1K24.2K4.2K25.7K20.1K33.7K14.9K24.9K2.8K29.4K21.6K9.0K5.5K0.1K31.4K34.8K0.2K26.0K20.6K27.8K23.2K8.6K30.5K20.9K9.5K7.5K29.5K12.1K11.6K4.9K6.5K1.9K
19951.2K3.8K0.6K1.0K2.5K22.7K4.0K0.1K20.2K4.1K12.7K41.4K26.7K23.2K4.9K25.4K19.5K32.9K14.2K23.0K3.6K31.1K20.5K8.5K7.0K0.1K30.7K32.7K0.2K25.9K18.6K29.2K25.9K9.0K29.2K21.6K8.8K6.9K26.9K10.7K11.0K4.1K5.7K1.6K
19961.7K7.2K0.6K0.9K2.6K21.2K4.8K0.2K20.5K4.1K13.8K38.4K25.1K22.2K5.9K24.8K18.0K32.1K13.8K23.0K3.9K31.9K20.5K8.2K8.4K0.2K29.2K30.9K0.3K25.2K17.7K27.7K25.7K8.7K27.0K20.0K8.2K6.6K25.8K9.7K10.5K3.7K5.3K1.5K
19972.1K9.3K0.7K1.0K2.7K20.4K5.1K0.3K20.0K4.0K13.3K37.6K23.9K21.4K7.8K23.6K17.1K31.5K12.9K21.9K4.3K34.2K20.0K7.7K8.6K0.3K28.3K29.1K0.4K25.2K16.3K27.3K25.1K8.7K24.9K18.7K7.2K6.2K25.2K8.8K9.7K3.3K4.6K1.3K
19982.2K13.4K0.7K1.0K2.8K19.7K5.7K0.4K20.8K4.1K13.1K36.6K23.2K20.6K10.5K23.2K17.5K31.1K12.9K20.9K4.7K36.0K19.6K7.8K8.6K0.4K28.1K27.0K0.6K23.7K15.5K26.6K23.5K9.4K23.7K18.0K7.0K5.9K23.8K8.1K9.1K3.1K4.2K1.3K
19992.7K14.9K0.8K0.9K2.9K18.6K6.6K0.6K20.7K4.2K13.7K33.9K22.7K20.4K11.4K23.2K17.4K30.4K12.8K20.4K5.5K35.4K19.5K7.5K9.1K0.5K27.3K25.6K1.2K23.9K14.5K25.6K20.8K9.4K22.7K18.3K6.5K5.6K21.6K7.7K8.8K2.7K3.8K1.3K
20002.8K14.3K1.0K0.9K3.1K18.0K7.5K0.6K20.7K4.8K14.8K32.0K22.3K20.1K15.2K22.8K17.3K28.6K12.6K19.8K6.5K34.5K19.7K7.5K9.7K0.9K27.5K24.9K1.8K23.7K13.7K24.7K15.9K9.8K21.5K17.8K6.4K5.2K20.3K7.4K9.0K2.5K3.6K1.2K
20013.0K13.5K1.0K0.9K3.2K17.1K8.3K0.7K20.1K4.9K14.3K29.7K21.0K18.9K18.0K22.0K16.7K26.8K12.1K19.4K7.4K32.6K19.7K7.3K12.7K1.6K26.0K23.1K2.8K22.4K12.7K22.8K15.0K10.2K19.3K16.2K5.8K4.8K17.9K6.6K8.3K2.3K3.2K1.0K
20023.4K12.1K1.2K1.0K3.3K17.0K10.1K0.8K20.1K5.4K13.5K28.3K21.4K17.5K22.1K21.9K17.7K25.2K11.3K18.7K7.9K30.6K19.6K7.2K13.0K2.8K26.0K21.7K3.9K22.0K12.0K21.4K14.5K10.0K18.3K14.9K5.3K4.2K16.3K6.2K8.1K2.0K3.0K1.0K
20033.6K11.8K1.4K1.0K3.5K16.9K10.7K0.9K20.0K5.8K14.1K27.1K21.1K17.2K21.4K21.4K17.7K24.0K10.9K18.6K7.9K29.7K20.1K7.7K13.2K5.7K25.1K20.8K5.5K22.2K11.4K19.7K11.7K9.8K18.2K13.7K5.1K4.0K15.2K5.9K7.7K1.8K2.9K0.9K
20043.8K11.9K1.5K1.0K3.9K16.5K11.7K1.0K20.2K6.7K13.8K25.5K21.0K16.5K22.2K20.1K17.9K22.9K10.5K18.4K8.6K27.9K19.6K7.7K13.1K7.2K24.2K19.6K6.9K21.7K10.7K18.5K10.7K9.1K17.4K11.9K4.8K3.8K14.1K5.4K7.3K1.6K2.7K0.9K
20054.2K13.9K1.8K1.1K4.2K16.1K11.6K1.1K19.1K7.6K13.6K23.8K20.2K15.8K21.3K19.2K18.1K21.5K10.0K18.1K9.8K25.9K19.4K7.9K13.5K9.1K23.3K19.2K8.3K20.7K10.2K17.1K10.1K8.6K17.0K10.5K4.7K3.5K12.9K5.1K6.9K1.5K2.4K0.9K
20064.5K16.3K2.4K1.1K4.7K16.3K12.1K1.3K19.0K8.1K13.8K22.7K20.1K15.2K20.5K18.5K18.2K20.3K9.5K17.7K10.4K24.9K19.4K8.0K15.2K11.6K22.3K19.7K9.6K19.7K9.9K15.7K10.3K8.5K15.6K10.0K4.5K3.3K12.7K4.8K6.5K1.4K2.3K0.9K
20075.1K16.6K2.9K1.1K5.1K16.0K12.4K1.2K18.9K8.8K13.3K22.0K20.3K14.4K21.0K17.4K18.1K18.8K8.9K17.6K10.8K24.3K19.6K7.5K15.3K13.1K20.7K20.0K15.3K18.5K9.4K14.4K9.2K8.1K14.1K10.0K4.4K3.0K12.1K4.6K6.1K1.3K2.1K0.8K
20086.0K15.8K3.6K1.1K5.8K15.2K13.2K1.4K18.4K9.3K13.0K20.7K19.0K13.3K20.2K16.6K18.7K17.6K8.4K16.3K10.5K22.6K18.4K7.3K13.9K15.6K19.2K18.0K17.2K16.8K8.8K12.5K8.0K7.7K12.7K9.4K4.1K2.9K11.5K4.2K5.3K1.0K2.0K0.7K
20098.6K17.3K4.3K1.2K5.9K14.2K12.8K1.6K17.9K9.6K13.1K19.0K17.6K12.1K19.9K15.0K18.3K16.0K7.7K15.5K10.7K21.2K16.3K7.3K14.5K16.0K17.7K16.4K17.3K14.9K7.8K10.9K7.3K6.9K11.6K8.6K3.6K2.6K9.8K3.8K4.7K0.9K1.7K0.6K
201010.9K16.5K4.7K1.3K6.4K13.9K13.9K1.6K17.1K10.4K12.4K17.4K15.9K11.6K18.0K13.9K16.8K14.1K7.1K14.2K14.9K22.2K15.5K7.1K14.0K15.5K15.5K14.3K17.2K14.3K7.6K9.7K6.9K6.3K10.5K7.9K3.2K2.4K8.5K3.4K3.8K0.9K1.6K0.5K
201113.4K16.9K5.4K1.6K7.2K13.3K14.0K2.2K17.4K10.4K13.1K16.8K15.3K11.1K16.7K13.0K15.7K14.2K6.9K13.3K19.5K20.4K14.3K7.0K13.0K15.5K13.8K13.0K17.0K13.3K7.0K8.6K7.0K5.9K8.9K7.1K3.2K2.4K7.8K3.2K3.2K0.8K1.4K0.5K
201216.8K17.4K5.9K1.9K8.1K13.5K13.9K2.8K16.9K10.7K12.8K16.2K14.3K10.6K17.7K12.6K15.3K14.0K6.9K12.6K19.0K19.1K13.2K6.9K12.5K14.9K12.7K11.9K16.2K12.6K7.0K7.7K7.0K5.8K7.7K5.9K3.0K2.2K7.0K3.2K2.8K0.8K1.5K0.5K
201318.2K18.3K7.3K2.4K8.9K13.6K13.8K3.6K16.7K11.6K13.5K15.5K14.3K10.7K16.3K12.3K14.9K13.4K6.8K12.4K17.7K18.2K12.3K7.0K12.4K13.6K11.9K10.9K14.8K11.7K6.7K7.1K6.5K5.5K6.7K4.9K2.8K2.2K6.2K2.9K2.6K0.7K1.4K0.4K
201418.5K19.3K9.5K3.2K9.4K14.5K13.9K3.7K16.9K12.2K13.8K15.5K14.0K10.7K15.7K12.2K15.4K12.9K7.0K12.3K17.2K16.9K11.6K7.4K13.7K13.4K10.9K10.4K13.0K11.2K6.7K6.8K6.3K5.6K5.9K4.0K2.9K2.2K5.9K2.8K2.5K0.7K1.4K0.5K
201518.4K19.7K11.7K4.2K10.2K14.9K13.7K5.0K15.9K12.3K13.7K14.5K13.5K10.4K15.1K11.5K14.6K12.8K7.2K11.8K16.7K16.0K10.7K7.2K12.9K13.5K9.8K9.9K11.6K10.1K6.1K6.3K5.8K5.0K5.2K3.7K2.7K2.1K5.1K2.7K2.2K0.7K1.3K0.5K
201618.3K19.2K13.1K4.9K10.4K14.9K14.0K6.6K15.8K12.9K14.7K14.1K13.0K10.1K13.9K11.0K13.4K12.7K7.4K11.2K15.3K14.6K9.9K7.1K11.3K12.3K9.3K9.1K10.2K9.4K6.0K5.8K5.4K4.9K4.5K3.6K2.5K2.1K4.1K2.4K2.0K0.7K1.2K0.4K
201718.9K18.5K13.2K6.0K10.5K14.4K13.4K7.8K15.0K13.0K13.9K12.7K11.8K9.5K12.5K10.5K12.6K11.7K7.2K10.2K13.6K13.3K8.9K7.2K14.1K11.4K8.4K8.3K9.6K8.3K5.6K5.4K5.1K4.3K3.8K3.2K2.3K1.9K3.5K2.2K1.8K0.6K1.1K0.4K
201820.0K18.4K13.5K7.1K10.7K13.7K13.0K8.2K14.6K12.7K13.5K11.8K11.3K9.2K11.9K9.7K12.1K10.0K6.8K9.8K12.5K11.9K8.0K6.7K12.4K10.1K7.4K7.3K8.6K7.3K5.2K4.8K4.7K3.9K3.3K2.8K2.1K1.9K3.2K2.0K1.6K0.5K1.0K0.4K
201920.6K19.2K14.0K7.9K10.8K13.2K13.4K9.0K13.7K12.5K13.0K10.6K10.6K8.9K11.3K9.2K11.3K9.3K6.7K9.0K11.5K10.8K7.7K6.4K10.6K9.4K6.6K7.0K8.0K6.8K4.9K4.6K4.4K3.6K3.0K2.5K2.0K1.7K2.7K2.0K1.5K0.5K0.9K0.3K
202019.9K18.5K14.3K8.6K10.8K12.4K13.2K9.0K12.7K11.4K12.3K9.8K9.5K8.3K9.6K8.5K10.3K8.1K6.5K8.3K10.1K9.3K7.0K6.2K9.2K8.6K6.0K6.2K7.2K6.1K4.4K4.1K4.0K3.1K2.8K2.3K1.8K1.6K2.3K1.7K1.3K0.5K0.8K0.3K
202120.4K18.9K14.7K9.6K11.4K12.5K12.8K9.2K12.2K11.6K11.9K9.2K9.2K8.2K8.9K8.2K9.4K7.5K6.7K7.9K9.1K8.5K6.8K6.0K8.8K8.3K5.5K5.9K6.9K5.6K4.4K3.9K3.8K2.9K2.4K2.2K1.8K1.4K2.1K1.5K1.2K0.5K0.7K0.3K
202220.6K18.8K15.2K10.8K11.3K12.1K12.1K10.4K11.4K11.0K10.9K8.9K9.1K8.0K8.3K7.8K8.8K7.1K6.5K7.8K8.1K7.7K6.6K5.9K7.6K7.9K5.2K5.6K6.5K5.2K4.1K3.6K3.4K2.6K2.3K2.1K1.7K1.4K1.8K1.4K1.2K0.5K0.7K0.2K
202320.9K19.1K14.8K11.1K11.0K11.7K11.5K11.3K10.7K10.9K10.2K8.4K8.4K7.8K7.8K7.3K7.9K7.2K6.6K7.4K7.3K7.0K6.3K5.4K6.7K6.7K5.1K5.2K5.6K4.8K3.8K3.3K3.5K2.5K2.1K1.9K1.6K1.4K1.7K1.4K1.0K0.5K0.6K0.2K
202422.3K20.4K15.4K12.1K11.6K11.9K11.2K11.3K10.6K10.7K9.9K8.2K8.4K8.1K8.2K7.3K7.5K7.1K6.6K7.4K6.5K6.5K6.4K5.6K6.3K6.3K5.3K5.1K5.2K4.8K3.8K3.0K3.3K2.5K1.9K1.8K1.5K1.4K1.6K1.3K1.1K0.5K0.6K0.2K
202520.8K20.4K14.9K13.4K12.0K11.9K11.1K11.0K10.5K10.2K9.8K8.1K8.1K8.0K7.9K7.3K7.2K7.0K6.9K6.8K6.3K6.2K6.0K5.9K5.6K5.0K4.8K4.7K4.7K4.5K3.8K3.1K3.1K2.2K1.6K1.5K1.5K1.4K1.3K1.3K1.0K0.6K0.5K0.2K

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What is the most popular boy name in the US?

Liam was the most popular boy name in 2025, given to 20,818 babies, according to the Social Security Administration. Noah was a close second with 20,358, followed by Oliver, Theodore and Henry.

What boy name was number one the longest?

Michael and John each spent 44 years as the top boy name since records began in 1880. Michael's run included 38 consecutive years, from 1961 to 1998.

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