The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1996
10,536 different boys’ names were recorded in 1996, covering 1,894,300 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 38,373 |
| 2 | Matthew | 32,077 |
| 3 | Jacob | 31,925 |
| 4 | Christopher | 30,904 |
| 5 | Joshua | 29,175 |
| 6 | Nicholas | 27,724 |
| 7 | Tyler | 26,956 |
| 8 | Brandon | 25,847 |
| 9 | Austin | 25,663 |
| 10 | Andrew | 25,244 |
| 11 | Daniel | 25,128 |
| 12 | Joseph | 24,758 |
| 13 | David | 23,022 |
| 14 | Zachary | 22,369 |
| 15 | John | 22,188 |
| 16 | Ryan | 21,809 |
| 17 | James | 21,165 |
| 18 | William | 20,546 |
| 19 | Anthony | 20,508 |
| 20 | Justin | 20,015 |
| 21 | Jonathan | 18,602 |
| 22 | Alexander | 17,964 |
| 23 | Robert | 17,676 |
| 24 | Christian | 15,824 |
| 25 | Kyle | 15,600 |
| 26 | Kevin | 14,589 |
| 27 | Jordan | 13,852 |
| 28 | Thomas | 13,804 |
| 29 | Benjamin | 13,784 |
| 30 | Samuel | 13,629 |
| 31 | Cody | 12,954 |
| 32 | Jose | 12,155 |
| 33 | Dylan | 12,037 |
| 34 | Aaron | 11,971 |
| 35 | Eric | 11,611 |
| 36 | Brian | 10,476 |
| 37 | Nathan | 10,287 |
| 38 | Steven | 9,650 |
| 39 | Adam | 9,557 |
| 40 | Timothy | 8,919 |
| 41 | Jason | 8,695 |
| 42 | Logan | 8,374 |
| 43 | Charles | 8,248 |
| 44 | Patrick | 8,194 |
| 45 | Richard | 8,182 |
| 46 | Sean | 7,896 |
| 47 | Hunter | 7,603 |
| 48 | Caleb | 7,550 |
| 49 | Cameron | 7,388 |
| 50 | Noah | 7,184 |
| 51 | Jesse | 7,075 |
| 52 | Juan | 7,010 |
| 53 | Alex | 6,915 |
| 54 | Connor | 6,911 |
| 55 | Mark | 6,599 |
| 56 | Jeremy | 6,412 |
| 57 | Luis | 6,407 |
| 58 | Dakota | 6,067 |
| 59 | Stephen | 6,008 |
| 60 | Devin | 6,001 |
| 61 | Gabriel | 5,900 |
| 62 | Ethan | 5,853 |
| 63 | Trevor | 5,842 |
| 64 | Jared | 5,821 |
| 65 | Evan | 5,577 |
| 66 | Bryan | 5,560 |
| 67 | Carlos | 5,464 |
| 68 | Tristan | 5,458 |
| 69 | Nathaniel | 5,420 |
| 70 | Ian | 5,411 |
| 71 | Isaiah | 5,324 |
| 72 | Jeffrey | 5,263 |
| 73 | Travis | 5,159 |
| 74 | Jesus | 5,115 |
| 75 | Luke | 5,017 |
| 76 | Chase | 4,992 |
| 77 | Kenneth | 4,973 |
| 78 | Paul | 4,883 |
| 79 | Dustin | 4,874 |
| 80 | Antonio | 4,866 |
| 81 | Elijah | 4,818 |
| 82 | Taylor | 4,798 |
| 83 | Bradley | 4,755 |
| 84 | Blake | 4,747 |
| 85 | Garrett | 4,653 |
| 86 | Isaac | 4,566 |
| 87 | Marcus | 4,546 |
| 88 | Mitchell | 4,391 |
| 89 | Jack | 4,245 |
| 90 | Tanner | 4,180 |
| 91 | Miguel | 4,160 |
| 92 | Adrian | 4,112 |
| 93 | Lucas | 4,106 |
| 94 | Corey | 4,087 |
| 95 | Peter | 4,082 |
| 96 | Edward | 4,073 |
| 97 | Malik | 4,026 |
| 98 | Gregory | 3,994 |
| 99 | Dalton | 3,980 |
| 100 | Victor | 3,924 |
| 101 | Derek | 3,920 |
| 102 | Angel | 3,913 |
| 103 | Seth | 3,886 |
| 104 | Mason | 3,882 |
| 105 | Colton | 3,788 |
| 106 | Cole | 3,737 |
| 107 | Alejandro | 3,676 |
| 108 | Scott | 3,672 |
| 109 | Spencer | 3,609 |
| 110 | Brett | 3,577 |
| 111 | Shawn | 3,505 |
| 112 | Shane | 3,488 |
| 113 | Jorge | 3,463 |
| 114 | Jake | 3,449 |
| 115 | Collin | 3,358 |
| 116 | Vincent | 3,344 |
| 117 | Alec | 3,308 |
| 118 | George | 3,228 |
| 119 | Grant | 3,205 |
| 120 | Bryce | 3,090 |
| 121 | Dillon | 3,025 |
| 122 | Erik | 3,020 |
| 123 | Eduardo | 3,017 |
| 124 | Joel | 3,004 |
| 125 | Oscar | 3,000 |
| 126 | Colin | 2,954 |
| 127 | Devon | 2,907 |
| 128 | Ricardo | 2,883 |
| 129 | Julian | 2,857 |
| 130 | Cristian | 2,847 |
| 131 | Brendan | 2,817 |
| 132 | Raymond | 2,816 |
| 133 | Francisco | 2,811 |
| 134 | Wyatt | 2,789 |
| 135 | Dominic | 2,669 |
| 136 | Jackson | 2,645 |
| 137 | Wesley | 2,616 |
| 138 | Johnathan | 2,564 |
| 139 | Henry | 2,556 |
| 140 | Omar | 2,518 |
| 141 | Xavier | 2,507 |
| 142 | Casey | 2,464 |
| 143 | Alan | 2,447 |
| 144 | Cory | 2,446 |
| 145 | Manuel | 2,410 |
| 146 | Riley | 2,393 |
| 147 | Mario | 2,377 |
| 148 | Edgar | 2,359 |
| 149 | Clayton | 2,339 |
| 150 | Phillip | 2,309 |
| 151 | Nicolas | 2,298 |
| 152 | Martin | 2,282 |
| 153 | Javier | 2,247 |
| 154 | Chance | 2,243 |
| 155 | Troy | 2,239 |
| 156 | Ronald | 2,229 |
| 157 | Chandler | 2,187 |
| 158 | Donald | 2,184 |
| 159 | Keith | 2,183 |
| 160 | Andres | 2,170 |
| 161 | Chad | 2,168 |
| 162 | Frank | 2,149 |
| 163 | Levi | 2,127 |
| 164 | Jeremiah | 2,103 |
| 165 | Drew | 2,101 |
| 166 | Ivan | 2,093 |
| 167 | Sergio | 2,049 |
| 168 | Hayden | 2,015 |
| 169 | Derrick | 1,995 |
| 170 | Cesar | 1,990 |
| 171 | Jonathon | 1,972 |
| 172 | Hector | 1,966 |
| 173 | Andre | 1,964 |
| 174 | Marco | 1,923 |
| 175 | Roberto | 1,919 |
| 176 | Brady | 1,915 |
| 177 | Maxwell | 1,901 |
| 178 | Fernando | 1,875 |
| 179 | Parker | 1,797 |
| 180 | Alexis | 1,795 |
| 181 | Douglas | 1,793 |
| 182 | Darius | 1,768 |
| 183 | Calvin | 1,759 |
| 184 | Liam | 1,748 |
| 185 | Philip | 1,725 |
| 186 | Kaleb | 1,717 |
| 187 | Trenton | 1,707 |
| 188 | Erick | 1,705 |
| 189 | Preston | 1,672 |
| 190 | Ruben | 1,663 |
| 191 | Curtis | 1,645 |
| 192 | Gavin | 1,633 |
| 193 | Johnny | 1,612 |
| 194 | Jerry | 1,609 |
| 195 | Sebastian | 1,590 |
| 196 | Edwin | 1,586 |
| 197 | Jonah | 1,569 |
| 198 | Pedro | 1,566 |
| 199 | Conner | 1,560 |
| 200 | Bailey | 1,550 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1996 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.