300 Most Common Male Names in the U.S. How many boys / men are named . . . in the United States? The following tables include the most common male first names in the US population during the 1990 census.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, Population Analysis & Evaluation Staff. Last update: 20 November 2005.

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Name%
FrequencyApproximate
NumberRank JAMES3.318 4,840,833 1 JOHN3.271 4,772,262 2 ROBERT3.143 4,585,515 3 MICHAEL2.629 3,835,609 4 WILLIAM2.451 3,575,914 5 DAVID2.363 3,447,525 6 RICHARD1.703 2,484,611 7 CHARLES1.523 2,221,998 8 JOSEPH1.404 2,048,382 9 THOMAS1.38 2,013,366 10 CHRISTOPHER1.035 1,510,025 11 DANIEL0.974 1,421,028 12 PAUL0.948 1,383,095 13 MARK0.938 1,368,506 14 DONALD0.931 1,358,293 15 GEORGE0.927 1,352,457 16 KENNETH0.826 1,205,102 17 STEVEN0.78 1,137,990 18 EDWARD0.779 1,136,531 19 BRIAN0.736 1,073,795 20 RONALD0.725 1,057,747 21 ANTHONY0.721 1,051,911 22 KEVIN0.671 978,963 23 JASON0.66 962,914 24 MATTHEW0.657 958,538 25 GARY0.65 948,325 26 TIMOTHY0.64 933,735 27 JOSE0.613 894,343 28 LARRY0.598 872,459 29 JEFFREY0.591 862,246 30 FRANK0.581 847,656 31 SCOTT0.546 796,593 32 ERIC0.544 793,675 33 STEPHEN0.54 787,839 34 ANDREW0.537 783,462 35 RAYMOND0.488 711,973 36 GREGORY0.441 643,402 37 JOSHUA0.435 634,648 38 JERRY0.432 630,271 39 DENNIS0.415 605,469 40 WALTER0.399 582,126 41 PATRICK0.389 567,536 42 PETER0.381 555,864 43 HAROLD0.371 541,275 44 DOUGLAS0.367 535,439 45 HENRY0.365 532,521 46 CARL0.346 504,801 47 ARTHUR0.335 488,752 48 RYAN0.328 478,539 49 ROGER0.322 469,786 50 JOE0.321 468,327 51 JUAN0.316 461,032 52 JACK0.315 459,573 53 ALBERT0.314 458,114 54 JONATHAN0.313 456,655 55 JUSTIN0.311 453,737 56 TERRY0.311 453,737 57 GERALD0.309 450,819 58 KEITH0.308 449,360 59 SAMUEL0.306 446,442 60 WILLIE0.302 440,606 61 RALPH0.282 411,427 62 LAWRENCE0.282 411,427 63 NICHOLAS0.275 401,214 64 ROY0.273 398,296 65 BENJAMIN0.27 393,920 66 BRUCE0.263 383,707 67 BRANDON0.26 379,330 68 ADAM0.259 377,871 69 HARRY0.251 366,199 70 FRED0.251 366,199 71 WAYNE0.249 363,281 72 BILLY0.248 361,822 73 STEVE0.246 358,904 74 LOUIS0.243 354,528 75 JEREMY0.242 353,069 76 AARON0.24 350,151 77 RANDY0.232 338,479 78 HOWARD0.23 335,561 79 EUGENE0.23 335,561 80 CARLOS0.229 334,102 81 RUSSELL0.224 326,807 82 BOBBY0.223 325,348 83 VICTOR0.222 323,889 84 MARTIN0.216 315,136 85 ERNEST0.215 313,677 86 PHILLIP0.213 310,759 87 TODD0.213 310,759 88 JESSE0.209 304,923 89 CRAIG0.206 300,546 90 ALAN0.204 297,628 91 SHAWN0.2 291,792 92 CLARENCE0.197 287,415 93 SEAN0.197 287,415 94 PHILIP0.197 287,415 95 CHRIS0.197 287,415 96 JOHNNY0.195 284,497 97 EARL0.193 281,580 98 JIMMY0.191 278,662 99 ANTONIO0.19 277,203 100 DANNY0.19 277,203 101 BRYAN0.19 277,203 102 TONY0.19 277,203 103 LUIS0.189 275,744 104 MIKE0.189 275,744 105 STANLEY0.186 271,367 106 LEONARD0.186 271,367 107 NATHAN0.185 269,908 108 DALE0.184 268,449 109 MANUEL0.181 264,072 110 RODNEY0.18 262,613 111 CURTIS0.18 262,613 112 NORMAN0.177 258,236 113 ALLEN0.174 253,859 114 MARVIN0.171 249,482 115 VINCENT0.168 245,105 116 GLENN0.167 243,647 117 JEFFERY0.166 242,188 118 TRAVIS0.166 242,188 119 JEFF0.166 242,188 120 CHAD0.165 240,729 121 JACOB0.165 240,729 122 LEE0.162 236,352 123 MELVIN0.162 236,352 124 ALFRED0.162 236,352 125 KYLE0.16 233,434 126 FRANCIS0.16 233,434 127 BRADLEY0.159 231,975 128 JESUS0.155 226,139 129 HERBERT0.155 226,139 130 FREDERICK0.154 224,680 131 RAY0.153 223,221 132 JOEL0.152 221,762 133 EDWIN0.148 215,926 134 DON0.145 211,549 135 EDDIE0.144 210,090 136 RICKY0.141 205,714 137 TROY0.138 201,337 138 RANDALL0.138 201,337 139 BARRY0.134 195,501 140 ALEXANDER0.132 192,583 141 BERNARD0.127 185,288 142 MARIO0.125 182,370 143 LEROY0.125 182,370 144 FRANCISCO0.124 180,911 145 MARCUS0.124 180,911 146 MICHEAL0.123 179,452 147 THEODORE0.123 179,452 148 CLIFFORD0.123 179,452 149 MIGUEL0.122 177,993 150 OSCAR0.122 177,993 151 JAY0.118 172,157 152 JIM0.118 172,157 153 TOM0.117 170,698 154 CALVIN0.115 167,781 155 ALEX0.115 167,781 156 JON0.115 167,781 157 RONNIE0.113 164,863 158 BILL0.112 163,404 159 LLOYD0.112 163,404 160 TOMMY0.112 163,404 161 LEON0.112 163,404 162 DEREK0.112 163,404 163 WARREN0.11 160,486 164 DARRELL0.108 157,568 165 JEROME0.108 157,568 166 FLOYD0.107 156,109 167 LEO0.106 154,650 168 ALVIN0.105 153,191 169 TIM0.104 151,732 170 WESLEY0.104 151,732 171 GORDON0.104 151,732 172 DEAN0.104 151,732 173 GREG0.104 151,732 174 JORGE0.104 151,732 175 DUSTIN0.103 150,273 176 PEDRO0.103 150,273 177 DERRICK0.103 150,273 178 DAN0.101 147,355 179 LEWIS0.099 144,437 180 ZACHARY0.099 144,437 181 COREY0.098 142,978 182 HERMAN0.097 141,519 183 MAURICE0.097 141,519 184 VERNON0.097 141,519 185 ROBERTO0.097 141,519 186 CLYDE0.095 138,601 187 GLEN0.094 137,142 188 HECTOR0.094 137,142 189 SHANE0.093 135,683 190 RICARDO0.093 135,683 191 SAM0.092 134,224 192 RICK0.091 132,765 193 LESTER0.091 132,765 194 BRENT0.09 131,307 195 RAMON0.09 131,307 196 CHARLIE0.09 131,307 197 TYLER0.089 129,848 198 GILBERT0.089 129,848 199 GENE0.087 126,930 200 MARC0.087 126,930 201 REGINALD0.084 122,553 202 RUBEN0.082 119,635 203 BRETT0.082 119,635 204 ANGEL0.082 119,635 205 NATHANIEL0.081 118,176 206 RAFAEL0.081 118,176 207 LESLIE0.081 118,176 208 EDGAR0.08 116,717 209 MILTON0.08 116,717 210 RAUL0.079 115,258 211 BEN0.078 113,799 212 CHESTER0.078 113,799 213 CECIL0.078 113,799 214 DUANE0.077 112,340 215 FRANKLIN0.077 112,340 216 ANDRE0.076 110,881 217 ELMER0.074 107,963 218 BRAD0.073 106,504 219 GABRIEL0.073 106,504 220 RON0.072 105,045 221 MITCHELL0.072 105,045 222 ROLAND0.072 105,045 223 ARNOLD0.072 105,045 224 HARVEY0.072 105,045 225 JARED0.071 103,586 226 ADRIAN0.069 100,668 227 KARL0.069 100,668 228 CORY0.068 99,209 229 CLAUDE0.068 99,209 230 ERIK0.068 99,209 231 DARRYL0.067 97,750 232 JAMIE0.066 96,291 233 NEIL0.066 96,291 234 JESSIE0.065 94,832 235 CHRISTIAN0.065 94,832 236 JAVIER0.065 94,832 237 FERNANDO0.065 94,832 238 CLINTON0.065 94,832 239 TED0.064 93,374 240 MATHEW0.064 93,374 241 TYRONE0.064 93,374 242 DARREN0.064 93,374 243 LONNIE0.064 93,374 244 LANCE0.063 91,915 245 CODY0.063 91,915 246 JULIO0.063 91,915 247 KELLY0.063 91,915 248 KURT0.062 90,456 249 ALLAN0.061 88,997 250 NELSON0.061 88,997 251 GUY0.06 87,538 252 CLAYTON0.06 87,538 253 HUGH0.06 87,538 254 MAX0.059 86,079 255 DWAYNE0.059 86,079 256 DWIGHT0.058 84,620 257 ARMANDO0.058 84,620 258 FELIX0.058 84,620 259 JIMMIE0.058 84,620 260 EVERETT0.057 83,161 261 JORDAN0.056 81,702 262 IAN0.056 81,702 263 WALLACE0.056 81,702 264 KEN0.055 80,243 265 BOB0.055 80,243 266 JAIME0.055 80,243 267 CASEY0.054 78,784 268 ALFREDO0.054 78,784 269 ALBERTO0.053 77,325 270 DAVE0.053 77,325 271 IVAN0.053 77,325 272 JOHNNIE0.052 75,866 273 SIDNEY0.052 75,866 274 BYRON0.052 75,866 275 JULIAN0.052 75,866 276 ISAAC0.051 74,407 277 MORRIS0.051 74,407 278 CLIFTON0.05 72,948 279 WILLARD0.05 72,948 280 DARYL0.05 72,948 281 ROSS0.05 72,948 282 VIRGIL0.049 71,489 283 ANDY0.049 71,489 284 MARSHALL0.049 71,489 285 SALVADOR0.049 71,489 286 PERRY0.049 71,489 287 KIRK0.049 71,489 288 SERGIO0.049 71,489 289 MARION0.048 70,030 290 TRACY0.048 70,030 291 SETH0.048 70,030 292 KENT0.048 70,030 293 TERRANCE0.048 70,030 294 RENE0.048 70,030 295 EDUARDO0.047 68,571 296 TERRENCE0.047 68,571 297 ENRIQUE0.046 67,112 298 FREDDIE0.046 67,112 299 WADE0.045 65,653 300