Most Popular Baby Boy Names in the US in 2025

According to US Social Security Administration data for 2025, Liam was the most popular baby boy name in the United States, followed by Noah and Oliver. The list below shows the top 50 names ranked by the number of recorded births.

Source and year

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name data for 2025. These rankings describe recorded historical births, not predictions.

Methodology

Rankings are separated by gender and ordered by recorded birth count. This page uses the latest official source year currently validated for Name Finder.

Top 10 summary

Liam ranked #1 with 20,818 recorded births. The top 10 names were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore, Henry, James, Elijah, Mateo, William, Lucas. The top 50 list represents 427,807 recorded births. Rank 1 had 10,599 more recorded births than rank 10.

Ranked names

• 1. Liam (M) — 20,818 recorded births
• 2. Noah (M) — 20,358 recorded births
• 3. Oliver (M) — 14,939 recorded births
• 4. Theodore (M) — 13,355 recorded births
• 5. Henry (M) — 12,020 recorded births
• 6. James (M) — 11,945 recorded births
• 7. Elijah (M) — 11,111 recorded births
• 8. Mateo (M) — 11,045 recorded births
• 9. William (M) — 10,545 recorded births
• 10. Lucas (M) — 10,219 recorded births
• 11. Benjamin (M) — 9,762 recorded births
• 12. Levi (M) — 9,642 recorded births
• 13. Elias (M) — 8,837 recorded births
• 14. Luca (M) — 8,759 recorded births
• 15. Jack (M) — 8,748 recorded births
• 16. Sebastian (M) — 8,605 recorded births
• 17. Hudson (M) — 8,583 recorded births
• 18. Samuel (M) — 8,334 recorded births
• 19. Leo (M) — 8,173 recorded births
• 20. Ezra (M) — 8,126 recorded births
• 21. Michael (M) — 8,094 recorded births
• 22. Daniel (M) — 8,085 recorded births
• 23. John (M) — 8,027 recorded births
• 24. Ethan (M) — 7,852 recorded births
• 25. Julian (M) — 7,603 recorded births
• 26. Santiago (M) — 7,554 recorded births
• 27. Cooper (M) — 7,472 recorded births
• 28. Asher (M) — 7,456 recorded births
• 29. Joseph (M) — 7,303 recorded births
• 30. Alexander (M) — 7,230 recorded births
• 31. Owen (M) — 7,190 recorded births
• 32. Matthew (M) — 7,003 recorded births
• 33. Luke (M) — 6,948 recorded births
• 34. Thomas (M) — 6,917 recorded births
• 35. David (M) — 6,794 recorded births
• 36. Jackson (M) — 6,582 recorded births
• 37. Gabriel (M) — 6,569 recorded births
• 38. Wyatt (M) — 6,480 recorded births
• 39. Mason (M) — 6,291 recorded births
• 40. Bennett (M) — 6,268 recorded births
• 41. Dylan (M) — 6,208 recorded births
• 42. Roman (M) — 6,162 recorded births
• 43. Jacob (M) — 6,152 recorded births
• 44. Miles (M) — 6,072 recorded births
• 45. Carter (M) — 6,024 recorded births
• 46. Anthony (M) — 5,967 recorded births
• 47. Isaac (M) — 5,953 recorded births
• 48. Charles (M) — 5,898 recorded births
• 49. Maverick (M) — 5,894 recorded births
• 50. Thiago (M) — 5,835 recorded births

Observations

The top three names were Liam, Noah, Oliver. Noah, Oliver, and Theodore also appear in the England and Wales boys top 10 for 2024. The top 50 list is ranked by recorded count, so names with close counts can sit near each other in the list. Spelling variants are shown separately when the official source records them as separate names.