Most Popular US Baby Boy Names 2025: SSA Archive

Liam was the most popular baby boy name in the United States in 2025, followed by Noah and Oliver. This page preserves the official 2025 ranking as a fixed archive. The latest US boy-name ranking will move forward when a newer SSA year is imported and validated.

Source and year

The figures come from US Social Security Administration national baby-name records for 2025. They describe recorded births, not predictions or a survey of current preferences.

Methodology

Names are ranked by the number of recorded male births in the SSA 2025 dataset. Spellings remain separate when SSA records them separately. The page should stay unchanged except for source corrections, even after the latest-ranking page advances to a newer year.

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, and Lucas. The top 50 displayed rows represent 427,807 recorded births in the imported dataset. The difference between rank 1 and rank 10 was 10,599 recorded births.

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

Liam and Noah were separated by 460 recorded births, while the gap between Noah and Oliver was 5,419. Those differences describe this source year only; they do not show what parents will choose in a future year. The related links below lead to the US boy-name generator and other official ranking pages.