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, 1912-2011. 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 166,148,800 male births and 163,307,183 female births.

**Popular names for births in 1912-2011**
Rank	Name	Number	Name	Number
	Males		Females
1	James	4,877,368	Mary	3,675,303
2	John	4,771,740	Patricia	1,566,852
3	Robert	4,677,163	Elizabeth	1,459,403
4	Michael	4,246,425	Jennifer	1,457,441
5	William	3,758,373	Linda	1,446,686
6	David	3,513,288	Barbara	1,421,809
7	Richard	2,517,162	Susan	1,108,187
8	Joseph	2,430,380	Margaret	1,099,230
9	Charles	2,212,351	Dorothy	1,036,364
10	Thomas	2,189,104	Jessica	1,033,915
11	Christopher	1,959,155	Sarah	992,164
12	Daniel	1,808,296	Betty	982,783
13	Matthew	1,508,790	Nancy	982,107
14	Donald	1,397,379	Karen	981,212
15	Anthony	1,354,398	Lisa	962,672
16	Paul	1,345,297	Helen	872,494
17	Mark	1,333,807	Sandra	871,149
18	George	1,299,705	Donna	827,929
19	Steven	1,263,143	Ashley	822,403
20	Kenneth	1,251,782	Kimberly	818,749
21	Andrew	1,200,088	Carol	813,402
22	Edward	1,195,800	Michelle	798,840
23	Brian	1,149,748	Amanda	767,651
24	Joshua	1,138,046	Emily	752,262
25	Kevin	1,134,920	Melissa	743,281
26	Ronald	1,072,019	Laura	739,910
27	Timothy	1,049,043	Deborah	737,553
28	Jason	997,031	Stephanie	729,196
29	Jeffrey	965,769	Rebecca	724,691
30	Gary	896,484	Sharon	719,530
31	Ryan	870,173	Ruth	712,601
32	Eric	854,900	Cynthia	702,900
33	Nicholas	852,602	Kathleen	701,709
34	Stephen	841,241	Anna	695,386
35	Jacob	811,995	Shirley	680,943
36	Frank	807,419	Amy	669,550
37	Larry	800,520	Angela	651,302
38	Jonathan	785,807	Virginia	615,441
39	Scott	765,557	Brenda	604,320
40	Justin	747,291	Catherine	595,793
41	Raymond	737,240	Pamela	592,965
42	Brandon	721,567	Katherine	581,900
43	Gregory	699,928	Christine	573,021
44	Samuel	656,343	Nicole	571,316
45	Patrick	649,712	Janet	551,203
46	Benjamin	637,128	Debra	549,973
47	Jack	614,470	Carolyn	547,632
48	Dennis	610,251	Rachel	539,999
49	Jerry	603,916	Samantha	536,186
50	Alexander	567,708	Heather	522,689
51	Douglas	552,290	Frances	520,753
52	Walter	550,843	Diane	517,104
53	Tyler	550,226	Maria	515,724
54	Peter	548,904	Joyce	503,792
55	Henry	547,713	Julie	502,250
56	Aaron	528,103	Martha	484,978
57	Jose	524,129	Joan	477,611
58	Harold	521,615	Evelyn	475,452
59	Adam	514,868	Kelly	466,671
60	Zachary	501,048	Christina	466,181
61	Nathan	484,691	Alice	454,284
62	Carl	473,836	Marie	451,662
63	Arthur	467,771	Lauren	449,269
64	Kyle	463,241	Judith	449,263
65	Gerald	441,481	Emma	447,575
66	Lawrence	436,463	Doris	446,917
67	Albert	435,113	Ann	446,185
68	Roger	434,033	Jean	445,345
69	Keith	429,639	Cheryl	438,775
70	Joe	419,856	Victoria	433,423
71	Jeremy	419,683	Megan	430,357
72	Terry	419,470	Kathryn	425,120
73	Willie	407,739	Andrea	414,686
74	Sean	404,240	Jacqueline	412,865
75	Ralph	387,672	Gloria	407,007
76	Jesse	384,720	Teresa	405,952
77	Billy	380,001	Janice	403,806
78	Bruce	375,564	Rose	402,472
79	Roy	371,408	Sara	399,853
80	Austin	369,354	Julia	391,213
81	Bryan	363,672	Theresa	386,489
82	Christian	363,029	Mildred	385,247
83	Eugene	361,075	Judy	380,669
84	Louis	357,216	Hannah	379,310
85	Harry	352,326	Beverly	375,661
86	Wayne	347,586	Grace	372,892
87	Russell	338,624	Denise	370,003
88	Alan	331,026	Marilyn	365,722
89	Jordan	330,184	Amber	363,385
90	Philip	326,632	Danielle	359,359
91	Randy	324,008	Brittany	354,250
92	Howard	322,464	Jane	351,122
93	Ethan	321,875	Diana	349,499
94	Juan	320,450	Lori	340,044
95	Bobby	311,060	Kathy	332,649
96	Vincent	310,668	Tiffany	332,044
97	Johnny	302,857	Tammy	331,382
98	Dylan	301,163	Crystal	325,383
99	Phillip	299,147	Lillian	322,399
100	Craig	296,908	Kayla	319,033
	Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of the end of February 2012. See the limitations of this data source.