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, 1913-2012. 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 167,739,520 male births and 164,665,490 female births.

**Popular names for births in 1913-2012**
Rank	Name	Number	Name	Number
	Males		Females
1	James	4,873,553	Mary	3,645,781
2	John	4,758,222	Patricia	1,566,802
3	Robert	4,671,697	Elizabeth	1,460,672
4	Michael	4,260,846	Jennifer	1,459,443
5	William	3,756,007	Linda	1,447,002
6	David	3,523,378	Barbara	1,421,004
7	Richard	2,516,204	Susan	1,108,052
8	Joseph	2,431,138	Margaret	1,088,523
9	Charles	2,208,407	Jessica	1,036,278
10	Thomas	2,190,077	Dorothy	1,024,035
11	Christopher	1,971,066	Sarah	994,541
12	Daniel	1,821,260	Karen	982,123
13	Matthew	1,522,521	Nancy	981,504
14	Donald	1,395,331	Betty	980,934
15	Anthony	1,365,244	Lisa	963,095
16	Paul	1,342,620	Sandra	871,582
17	Mark	1,335,840	Helen	857,164
18	George	1,290,419	Donna	827,921
19	Steven	1,266,350	Ashley	827,154
20	Kenneth	1,251,552	Kimberly	822,084
21	Andrew	1,210,899	Carol	813,273
22	Edward	1,190,576	Michelle	800,803
23	Brian	1,152,674	Amanda	768,637
24	Joshua	1,150,774	Emily	764,804
25	Kevin	1,141,218	Melissa	745,052
26	Ronald	1,072,612	Laura	738,694
27	Timothy	1,052,116	Deborah	737,873
28	Jason	1,002,840	Stephanie	730,949
29	Jeffrey	967,336	Rebecca	726,005
30	Gary	897,035	Sharon	719,879
31	Ryan	881,205	Cynthia	703,517
32	Nicholas	859,739	Ruth	702,297
33	Eric	858,523	Kathleen	701,176
34	Stephen	841,964	Anna	692,476
35	Jacob	830,530	Shirley	680,656
36	Larry	801,104	Amy	671,450
37	Frank	800,588	Angela	652,592
38	Jonathan	795,190	Virginia	611,162
39	Scott	766,308	Brenda	604,886
40	Justin	753,163	Pamela	593,182
41	Raymond	734,403	Catherine	593,060
42	Brandon	728,678	Katherine	583,339
43	Gregory	701,159	Nicole	574,004
44	Samuel	665,311	Christine	572,546
45	Patrick	652,187	Janet	550,890
46	Benjamin	648,754	Debra	550,055
47	Jack	619,585	Carolyn	547,502
48	Dennis	610,710	Samantha	543,139
49	Jerry	604,196	Rachel	541,755
50	Alexander	582,186	Heather	523,040
51	Tyler	557,953	Maria	518,036
52	Douglas	552,435	Diane	517,192
53	Henry	550,208	Frances	514,461
54	Peter	549,164	Joyce	503,879
55	Walter	545,888	Julie	503,006
56	Aaron	535,407	Martha	481,495
57	Jose	529,880	Joan	477,390
58	Adam	519,942	Evelyn	476,724
59	Harold	516,822	Kelly	467,580
60	Zachary	507,330	Christina	467,139
61	Nathan	494,627	Emma	465,196
62	Carl	471,146	Lauren	452,961
63	Kyle	466,208	Alice	450,513
64	Arthur	463,986	Judith	449,450
65	Gerald	440,934	Marie	445,565
66	Lawrence	434,635	Doris	444,371
67	Roger	434,079	Ann	443,799
68	Albert	431,302	Jean	443,367
69	Keith	430,339	Victoria	439,620
70	Jeremy	422,557	Cheryl	438,855
71	Terry	419,945	Megan	431,928
72	Joe	417,873	Kathryn	424,467
73	Sean	407,064	Andrea	417,737
74	Willie	404,641	Jacqueline	414,116
75	Jesse	386,355	Gloria	407,452
76	Ralph	384,463	Teresa	406,093
77	Billy	380,310	Janice	403,866
78	Austin	376,166	Sara	401,184
79	Bruce	375,947	Rose	398,300
80	Christian	372,606	Julia	392,296
81	Roy	369,332	Hannah	386,264
82	Bryan	366,762	Theresa	385,471
83	Eugene	359,306	Judy	380,750
84	Louis	354,723	Mildred	376,563
85	Harry	348,060	Grace	375,877
86	Wayne	347,297	Beverly	375,705
87	Ethan	339,542	Denise	370,422
88	Jordan	337,961	Marilyn	366,422
89	Russell	337,854	Amber	364,623
90	Alan	333,250	Danielle	360,760
91	Philip	326,130	Brittany	355,030
92	Randy	324,725	Diana	350,713
93	Juan	324,576	Jane	350,665
94	Howard	319,484	Lori	340,153
95	Vincent	313,243	Olivia	334,115
96	Bobby	311,414	Tiffany	332,906
97	Dylan	311,182	Kathy	332,831
98	Johnny	303,915	Tammy	331,441
99	Phillip	299,758	Crystal	326,134
100	Craig	297,201	Madison	325,505
	Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of the end of February 2013. See the limitations of this data source.