Top Names Over the Last 100 Years
Top Names Over the Last 100 Years
The following table shows the 100 most popular given names for boy and girl babies born during the last 100 years, 1926-2025. 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 180,126,408 boy births and 174,147,370 gril 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 boy name over the last 100 years, has been ranked as low as number 19. Similarly, the most popular girl name in the table, Mary, ranked as low as 134.
Popular names for births in 1926-2025
| Boys | Girls | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | Number | Name | Number |
| 1 | James | 4,505,076 | Mary | 2,845,637 |
| 2 | Michael | 4,359,450 | Patricia | 1,531,355 |
| 3 | John | 4,204,996 | Jennifer | 1,471,356 |
| 4 | Robert | 4,191,413 | Linda | 1,447,992 |
| 5 | David | 3,560,303 | Elizabeth | 1,380,056 |
| 6 | William | 3,358,163 | Barbara | 1,362,329 |
| 7 | Richard | 2,365,369 | Susan | 1,099,802 |
| 8 | Joseph | 2,246,662 | Jessica | 1,049,169 |
| 9 | Thomas | 2,105,675 | Karen | 986,098 |
| 10 | Christopher | 2,063,964 | Sarah | 981,437 |
| 11 | Charles | 1,966,040 | Lisa | 966,170 |
| 12 | Daniel | 1,917,450 | Nancy | 949,484 |
| 13 | Matthew | 1,638,971 | Sandra | 873,171 |
| 14 | Anthony | 1,412,681 | Ashley | 859,199 |
| 15 | Mark | 1,351,326 | Emily | 851,785 |
| 16 | Steven | 1,287,583 | Kimberly | 846,214 |
| 17 | Andrew | 1,260,300 | Michelle | 816,217 |
| 18 | Donald | 1,256,672 | Donna | 813,753 |
| 19 | Joshua | 1,246,279 | Margaret | 797,417 |
| 20 | Paul | 1,215,528 | Carol | 797,048 |
| 21 | Kevin | 1,184,001 | Betty | 796,719 |
| 22 | Kenneth | 1,178,195 | Amanda | 774,796 |
| 23 | Brian | 1,173,339 | Melissa | 757,851 |
| 24 | Timothy | 1,078,512 | Deborah | 741,045 |
| 25 | Ronald | 1,069,010 | Stephanie | 740,538 |
| 26 | Jason | 1,050,360 | Rebecca | 728,285 |
| 27 | George | 1,013,415 | Sharon | 720,759 |
| 28 | Edward | 985,046 | Cynthia | 705,440 |
| 29 | Jeffrey | 979,063 | Laura | 703,293 |
| 30 | Jacob | 965,218 | Amy | 685,447 |
| 31 | Ryan | 963,664 | Kathleen | 668,682 |
| 32 | Nicholas | 904,284 | Angela | 661,633 |
| 33 | Gary | 900,184 | Emma | 626,477 |
| 34 | Eric | 885,813 | Shirley | 623,449 |
| 35 | Jonathan | 869,088 | Dorothy | 620,441 |
| 36 | Stephen | 835,490 | Brenda | 606,261 |
| 37 | Larry | 800,069 | Nicole | 594,156 |
| 38 | Justin | 788,421 | Pamela | 592,635 |
| 39 | Benjamin | 781,939 | Samantha | 590,871 |
| 40 | Scott | 771,306 | Anna | 566,867 |
| 41 | Brandon | 770,032 | Olivia | 557,391 |
| 42 | Samuel | 733,313 | Katherine | 556,834 |
| 43 | Alexander | 710,242 | Christine | 549,791 |
| 44 | Gregory | 709,291 | Debra | 548,286 |
| 45 | Patrick | 667,585 | Rachel | 544,964 |
| 46 | Jack | 624,551 | Maria | 533,465 |
| 47 | Frank | 614,806 | Carolyn | 531,103 |
| 48 | Raymond | 610,876 | Janet | 528,177 |
| 49 | Dennis | 609,386 | Heather | 524,154 |
| 50 | Aaron | 603,094 | Diane | 514,649 |
| 51 | Tyler | 602,997 | Julie | 507,527 |
| 52 | Jerry | 597,013 | Catherine | 505,574 |
| 53 | Jose | 575,254 | Victoria | 502,571 |
| 54 | Nathan | 572,114 | Joyce | 485,486 |
| 55 | Adam | 570,018 | Lauren | 475,459 |
| 56 | Henry | 554,900 | Kelly | 473,271 |
| 57 | Zachary | 551,240 | Christina | 471,354 |
| 58 | Douglas | 541,411 | Helen | 463,040 |
| 59 | Peter | 530,702 | Joan | 454,322 |
| 60 | Noah | 524,223 | Hannah | 450,539 |
| 61 | Ethan | 486,261 | Judith | 449,174 |
| 62 | Kyle | 484,705 | Andrea | 443,783 |
| 63 | Christian | 450,857 | Evelyn | 441,724 |
| 64 | Jeremy | 445,962 | Megan | 439,641 |
| 65 | Austin | 430,280 | Cheryl | 436,896 |
| 66 | Keith | 428,003 | Ruth | 428,269 |
| 67 | Sean | 423,411 | Virginia | 425,361 |
| 68 | Terry | 421,765 | Sophia | 424,585 |
| 69 | Roger | 420,474 | Madison | 419,742 |
| 70 | Dylan | 418,372 | Jacqueline | 416,513 |
| 71 | Walter | 408,162 | Abigail | 411,567 |
| 72 | Gerald | 406,038 | Isabella | 409,068 |
| 73 | Jordan | 399,914 | Teresa | 401,981 |
| 74 | Gabriel | 392,658 | Sara | 397,864 |
| 75 | Carl | 390,817 | Charlotte | 395,057 |
| 76 | Bryan | 387,846 | Janice | 394,606 |
| 77 | Jesse | 385,824 | Kathryn | 386,277 |
| 78 | Logan | 385,411 | Martha | 383,120 |
| 79 | Lawrence | 375,643 | Gloria | 382,482 |
| 80 | Elijah | 374,672 | Ann | 382,288 |
| 81 | Arthur | 372,354 | Judy | 376,572 |
| 82 | Bruce | 372,289 | Amber | 373,414 |
| 83 | Harold | 367,395 | Danielle | 371,699 |
| 84 | Billy | 364,986 | Denise | 371,279 |
| 85 | Liam | 357,841 | Grace | 371,233 |
| 86 | Alan | 357,501 | Julia | 370,735 |
| 87 | Juan | 356,618 | Natalie | 370,302 |
| 88 | Joe | 353,441 | Diana | 364,848 |
| 89 | Mason | 340,383 | Marilyn | 360,867 |
| 90 | Lucas | 329,453 | Brittany | 360,449 |
| 91 | Randy | 328,842 | Beverly | 360,419 |
| 92 | Willie | 327,252 | Alice | 356,220 |
| 93 | Wayne | 326,183 | Theresa | 353,127 |
| 94 | Vincent | 325,266 | Jean | 349,887 |
| 95 | Caleb | 321,937 | Kayla | 345,674 |
| 96 | Albert | 320,941 | Alexis | 344,407 |
| 97 | Luke | 319,258 | Frances | 343,509 |
| 98 | Isaac | 316,718 | Ava | 339,233 |
| 99 | Bradley | 311,760 | Tiffany | 338,602 |
| 100 | Cameron | 311,567 | Lori | 337,992 |
| Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2026. See the limitations of this data source. | ||||