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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 over the 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

Rank	Name	Number	Name	Number
	Males		Females
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