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The 200 most popular boys’ names of 2018

14,118 different boys’ names were recorded in 2018, covering 1,816,158 births. These are the top 200.

#NameBirths
1Liam19,977
2Noah18,441
3William14,646
4James13,650
5Oliver13,500
6Benjamin13,488
7Elijah13,020
8Lucas12,665
9Mason12,526
10Logan12,447
11Alexander12,110
12Ethan11,931
13Jacob11,897
14Michael11,756
15Daniel11,296
16Henry10,714
17Jackson10,424
18Sebastian10,137
19Aiden10,062
20Matthew10,009
21Samuel9,854
22David9,812
23Joseph9,682
24Carter9,385
25Owen9,337
26John9,204
27Wyatt9,183
28Jack8,894
29Jayden8,626
30Luke8,624
31Dylan8,610
32Grayson8,606
33Levi8,540
34Isaac8,503
35Gabriel8,439
36Julian8,368
37Mateo8,221
38Anthony8,048
39Jaxon7,774
40Joshua7,446
41Lincoln7,408
42Christopher7,341
43Andrew7,315
44Theodore7,088
45Caleb6,997
46Ryan6,943
47Asher6,879
48Nathan6,850
49Thomas6,840
50Leo6,773
51Isaiah6,719
52Josiah6,684
53Charles6,667
54Christian6,582
55Hudson6,576
56Hunter6,117
57Eli6,094
58Connor6,086
59Ezra6,048
60Aaron5,996
61Landon5,860
62Adrian5,817
63Jonathan5,779
64Jeremiah5,632
65Nolan5,629
66Easton5,463
67Elias5,351
68Colton5,314
69Cameron5,313
70Carson5,259
71Robert5,191
72Angel5,065
73Maverick5,041
74Nicholas4,847
75Dominic4,795
76Jaxson4,770
77Greyson4,754
78Adam4,711
79Ian4,706
80Jordan4,703
81Austin4,693
82Santiago4,670
83Cooper4,473
84Brayden4,422
85Evan4,392
86Roman4,390
87Ezekiel4,366
88Xavier4,345
89Jose4,318
90Jace4,304
91Jameson4,252
92Bryson4,225
93Leonardo4,223
94Axel4,074
95Everett4,029
96Parker4,007
97Kayden4,004
98Miles3,994
99Jason3,880
100Sawyer3,878
101Declan3,812
102Weston3,782
103Micah3,780
104Ayden3,685
105Wesley3,628
106Luca3,615
107Zachary3,577
108Vincent3,572
109Damian3,553
110Silas3,518
111Gavin3,475
112Kai3,463
113Chase3,460
114Emmett3,435
115Harrison3,413
116Nathaniel3,391
117Kingston3,383
118Cole3,348
119Tyler3,341
120Bennett3,301
121Bentley3,279
122Ryker3,247
123Tristan3,230
124Brandon3,214
125Kevin3,143
126Luis3,100
127George3,083
128Ashton3,056
129Rowan3,041
130Braxton3,016
131Ryder3,015
132Gael2,931
133Ivan2,911
134Maxwell2,907
135Diego2,884
136Max2,878
137Kaiden2,866
138Carlos2,864
139Juan2,844
140Maddox2,811
141Justin2,809
142Waylon2,790
143Giovanni2,772
144Calvin2,761
145Jonah2,725
146Abel2,682
147Jayce2,659
148Jesus2,643
149King2,613
150Amir2,608
151Beau2,598
152Camden2,562
153Alex2,526
154Malachi2,514
155Jasper2,506
156Jude2,497
157Brody2,483
158Blake2,466
159Emmanuel2,424
160Eric2,410
161Brooks2,379
162Elliot2,375
163Abraham2,373
163Antonio2,373
165Timothy2,356
166Finn2,329
167Rhett2,313
168Elliott2,308
169August2,291
170Edward2,286
171Xander2,275
172Dean2,257
173Lorenzo2,252
174Alan2,250
175Bryce2,244
176Karter2,239
177Victor2,224
178Milo2,200
179Miguel2,185
180Hayden2,183
180Zion2,183
182Graham2,174
183Tucker2,171
184Grant2,167
185Zayden2,147
186Jesse2,146
187Richard2,138
188Joel2,132
189Patrick2,124
190Avery2,117
191Emiliano2,116
192Brantley2,107
193Myles2,103
194Dawson2,101
195Nicolas2,098
196Matteo2,095
197River2,078
198Steven2,045
199Zane2,033
200Thiago2,023

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 2018 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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