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.

See baby name data: 2013 | 2014

Most Common Male Names
1-300 | 301-600 | 601-900 | 901+ | Alphabetical list

Most Common Female Names
1-1000 | 1001-2000 | 2001-3000 | 3001+ | Alphabetical list

Name	% Frequency	Approximate Number	Rank
JAMES	3.318	4,840,833	1
JOHN	3.271	4,772,262	2
ROBERT	3.143	4,585,515	3
MICHAEL	2.629	3,835,609	4
WILLIAM	2.451	3,575,914	5
DAVID	2.363	3,447,525	6
RICHARD	1.703	2,484,611	7
CHARLES	1.523	2,221,998	8
JOSEPH	1.404	2,048,382	9
THOMAS	1.38	2,013,366	10
CHRISTOPHER	1.035	1,510,025	11
DANIEL	0.974	1,421,028	12
PAUL	0.948	1,383,095	13
MARK	0.938	1,368,506	14
DONALD	0.931	1,358,293	15
GEORGE	0.927	1,352,457	16
KENNETH	0.826	1,205,102	17
STEVEN	0.78	1,137,990	18
EDWARD	0.779	1,136,531	19
BRIAN	0.736	1,073,795	20
RONALD	0.725	1,057,747	21
ANTHONY	0.721	1,051,911	22
KEVIN	0.671	978,963	23
JASON	0.66	962,914	24
MATTHEW	0.657	958,538	25
GARY	0.65	948,325	26
TIMOTHY	0.64	933,735	27
JOSE	0.613	894,343	28
LARRY	0.598	872,459	29
JEFFREY	0.591	862,246	30
FRANK	0.581	847,656	31
SCOTT	0.546	796,593	32
ERIC	0.544	793,675	33
STEPHEN	0.54	787,839	34
ANDREW	0.537	783,462	35
RAYMOND	0.488	711,973	36
GREGORY	0.441	643,402	37
JOSHUA	0.435	634,648	38
JERRY	0.432	630,271	39
DENNIS	0.415	605,469	40
WALTER	0.399	582,126	41
PATRICK	0.389	567,536	42
PETER	0.381	555,864	43
HAROLD	0.371	541,275	44
DOUGLAS	0.367	535,439	45
HENRY	0.365	532,521	46
CARL	0.346	504,801	47
ARTHUR	0.335	488,752	48
RYAN	0.328	478,539	49
ROGER	0.322	469,786	50
JOE	0.321	468,327	51
JUAN	0.316	461,032	52
JACK	0.315	459,573	53
ALBERT	0.314	458,114	54
JONATHAN	0.313	456,655	55
JUSTIN	0.311	453,737	56
TERRY	0.311	453,737	57
GERALD	0.309	450,819	58
KEITH	0.308	449,360	59
SAMUEL	0.306	446,442	60
WILLIE	0.302	440,606	61
RALPH	0.282	411,427	62
LAWRENCE	0.282	411,427	63
NICHOLAS	0.275	401,214	64
ROY	0.273	398,296	65
BENJAMIN	0.27	393,920	66
BRUCE	0.263	383,707	67
BRANDON	0.26	379,330	68
ADAM	0.259	377,871	69
HARRY	0.251	366,199	70
FRED	0.251	366,199	71
WAYNE	0.249	363,281	72
BILLY	0.248	361,822	73
STEVE	0.246	358,904	74
LOUIS	0.243	354,528	75
JEREMY	0.242	353,069	76
AARON	0.24	350,151	77
RANDY	0.232	338,479	78
HOWARD	0.23	335,561	79
EUGENE	0.23	335,561	80
CARLOS	0.229	334,102	81
RUSSELL	0.224	326,807	82
BOBBY	0.223	325,348	83
VICTOR	0.222	323,889	84
MARTIN	0.216	315,136	85
ERNEST	0.215	313,677	86
PHILLIP	0.213	310,759	87
TODD	0.213	310,759	88
JESSE	0.209	304,923	89
CRAIG	0.206	300,546	90
ALAN	0.204	297,628	91
SHAWN	0.2	291,792	92
CLARENCE	0.197	287,415	93
SEAN	0.197	287,415	94
PHILIP	0.197	287,415	95
CHRIS	0.197	287,415	96
JOHNNY	0.195	284,497	97
EARL	0.193	281,580	98
JIMMY	0.191	278,662	99
ANTONIO	0.19	277,203	100
DANNY	0.19	277,203	101
BRYAN	0.19	277,203	102
TONY	0.19	277,203	103
LUIS	0.189	275,744	104
MIKE	0.189	275,744	105
STANLEY	0.186	271,367	106
LEONARD	0.186	271,367	107
NATHAN	0.185	269,908	108
DALE	0.184	268,449	109
MANUEL	0.181	264,072	110
RODNEY	0.18	262,613	111
CURTIS	0.18	262,613	112
NORMAN	0.177	258,236	113
ALLEN	0.174	253,859	114
MARVIN	0.171	249,482	115
VINCENT	0.168	245,105	116
GLENN	0.167	243,647	117
JEFFERY	0.166	242,188	118
TRAVIS	0.166	242,188	119
JEFF	0.166	242,188	120
CHAD	0.165	240,729	121
JACOB	0.165	240,729	122
LEE	0.162	236,352	123
MELVIN	0.162	236,352	124
ALFRED	0.162	236,352	125
KYLE	0.16	233,434	126
FRANCIS	0.16	233,434	127
BRADLEY	0.159	231,975	128
JESUS	0.155	226,139	129
HERBERT	0.155	226,139	130
FREDERICK	0.154	224,680	131
RAY	0.153	223,221	132
JOEL	0.152	221,762	133
EDWIN	0.148	215,926	134
DON	0.145	211,549	135
EDDIE	0.144	210,090	136
RICKY	0.141	205,714	137
TROY	0.138	201,337	138
RANDALL	0.138	201,337	139
BARRY	0.134	195,501	140
ALEXANDER	0.132	192,583	141
BERNARD	0.127	185,288	142
MARIO	0.125	182,370	143
LEROY	0.125	182,370	144
FRANCISCO	0.124	180,911	145
MARCUS	0.124	180,911	146
MICHEAL	0.123	179,452	147
THEODORE	0.123	179,452	148
CLIFFORD	0.123	179,452	149
MIGUEL	0.122	177,993	150
OSCAR	0.122	177,993	151
JAY	0.118	172,157	152
JIM	0.118	172,157	153
TOM	0.117	170,698	154
CALVIN	0.115	167,781	155
ALEX	0.115	167,781	156
JON	0.115	167,781	157
RONNIE	0.113	164,863	158
BILL	0.112	163,404	159
LLOYD	0.112	163,404	160
TOMMY	0.112	163,404	161
LEON	0.112	163,404	162
DEREK	0.112	163,404	163
WARREN	0.11	160,486	164
DARRELL	0.108	157,568	165
JEROME	0.108	157,568	166
FLOYD	0.107	156,109	167
LEO	0.106	154,650	168
ALVIN	0.105	153,191	169
TIM	0.104	151,732	170
WESLEY	0.104	151,732	171
GORDON	0.104	151,732	172
DEAN	0.104	151,732	173
GREG	0.104	151,732	174
JORGE	0.104	151,732	175
DUSTIN	0.103	150,273	176
PEDRO	0.103	150,273	177
DERRICK	0.103	150,273	178
DAN	0.101	147,355	179
LEWIS	0.099	144,437	180
ZACHARY	0.099	144,437	181
COREY	0.098	142,978	182
HERMAN	0.097	141,519	183
MAURICE	0.097	141,519	184
VERNON	0.097	141,519	185
ROBERTO	0.097	141,519	186
CLYDE	0.095	138,601	187
GLEN	0.094	137,142	188
HECTOR	0.094	137,142	189
SHANE	0.093	135,683	190
RICARDO	0.093	135,683	191
SAM	0.092	134,224	192
RICK	0.091	132,765	193
LESTER	0.091	132,765	194
BRENT	0.09	131,307	195
RAMON	0.09	131,307	196
CHARLIE	0.09	131,307	197
TYLER	0.089	129,848	198
GILBERT	0.089	129,848	199
GENE	0.087	126,930	200
MARC	0.087	126,930	201
REGINALD	0.084	122,553	202
RUBEN	0.082	119,635	203
BRETT	0.082	119,635	204
ANGEL	0.082	119,635	205
NATHANIEL	0.081	118,176	206
RAFAEL	0.081	118,176	207
LESLIE	0.081	118,176	208
EDGAR	0.08	116,717	209
MILTON	0.08	116,717	210
RAUL	0.079	115,258	211
BEN	0.078	113,799	212
CHESTER	0.078	113,799	213
CECIL	0.078	113,799	214
DUANE	0.077	112,340	215
FRANKLIN	0.077	112,340	216
ANDRE	0.076	110,881	217
ELMER	0.074	107,963	218
BRAD	0.073	106,504	219
GABRIEL	0.073	106,504	220
RON	0.072	105,045	221
MITCHELL	0.072	105,045	222
ROLAND	0.072	105,045	223
ARNOLD	0.072	105,045	224
HARVEY	0.072	105,045	225
JARED	0.071	103,586	226
ADRIAN	0.069	100,668	227
KARL	0.069	100,668	228
CORY	0.068	99,209	229
CLAUDE	0.068	99,209	230
ERIK	0.068	99,209	231
DARRYL	0.067	97,750	232
JAMIE	0.066	96,291	233
NEIL	0.066	96,291	234
JESSIE	0.065	94,832	235
CHRISTIAN	0.065	94,832	236
JAVIER	0.065	94,832	237
FERNANDO	0.065	94,832	238
CLINTON	0.065	94,832	239
TED	0.064	93,374	240
MATHEW	0.064	93,374	241
TYRONE	0.064	93,374	242
DARREN	0.064	93,374	243
LONNIE	0.064	93,374	244
LANCE	0.063	91,915	245
CODY	0.063	91,915	246
JULIO	0.063	91,915	247
KELLY	0.063	91,915	248
KURT	0.062	90,456	249
ALLAN	0.061	88,997	250
NELSON	0.061	88,997	251
GUY	0.06	87,538	252
CLAYTON	0.06	87,538	253
HUGH	0.06	87,538	254
MAX	0.059	86,079	255
DWAYNE	0.059	86,079	256
DWIGHT	0.058	84,620	257
ARMANDO	0.058	84,620	258
FELIX	0.058	84,620	259
JIMMIE	0.058	84,620	260
EVERETT	0.057	83,161	261
JORDAN	0.056	81,702	262
IAN	0.056	81,702	263
WALLACE	0.056	81,702	264
KEN	0.055	80,243	265
BOB	0.055	80,243	266
JAIME	0.055	80,243	267
CASEY	0.054	78,784	268
ALFREDO	0.054	78,784	269
ALBERTO	0.053	77,325	270
DAVE	0.053	77,325	271
IVAN	0.053	77,325	272
JOHNNIE	0.052	75,866	273
SIDNEY	0.052	75,866	274
BYRON	0.052	75,866	275
JULIAN	0.052	75,866	276
ISAAC	0.051	74,407	277
MORRIS	0.051	74,407	278
CLIFTON	0.05	72,948	279
WILLARD	0.05	72,948	280
DARYL	0.05	72,948	281
ROSS	0.05	72,948	282
VIRGIL	0.049	71,489	283
ANDY	0.049	71,489	284
MARSHALL	0.049	71,489	285
SALVADOR	0.049	71,489	286
PERRY	0.049	71,489	287
KIRK	0.049	71,489	288
SERGIO	0.049	71,489	289
MARION	0.048	70,030	290
TRACY	0.048	70,030	291
SETH	0.048	70,030	292
KENT	0.048	70,030	293
TERRANCE	0.048	70,030	294
RENE	0.048	70,030	295
EDUARDO	0.047	68,571	296
TERRENCE	0.047	68,571	297
ENRIQUE	0.046	67,112	298
FREDDIE	0.046	67,112	299
WADE	0.045	65,653	300

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