Liam has held the number one spot for baby boy names since 2017 and Noah and William have been somewhere in the top five since 2011.

Most popular male name america. Considering all spellings together Jackson is actually the most popular name for boys in the US and Sophia the top name for girls. Popular Given Names US 1801-1999. Another way to estimate the most common first names in America is to look at names of babies registered at birth with the Social Security Administration SSA.

A name of English origin this one means scribe. Bryant also rose in popularity from 829 to 658. Henry joined the top 10 list of boy names.

20 Whitest Boy Names. Joshua Arkansas 2008 Jacob. Most Common Male Names.

301 rows The following tables include the most common male first names in the US population during the 1990 census according to the US. Since the SSA gets a record of every new baby in the country it has the most up-to-date information about the popularity of names. For more details see our Playground Analysis.

Other boy names with the largest positive change include. Jaxtyn Jakobe Kylo Aziel Ander Dior Truett and Karsyn. Census Bureaus Population Division.

Throughout the years names for boys remained popular more consistently than names for girls. The tables below provide links to text files of GINAP version 1 standardized given names. The following table shows the five most frequent given names for male and female babies born in each year 1921-2020.