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The 200 most popular boys’ names of 2005

13,370 different boys’ names were recorded in 2005, covering 1,997,305 births. These are the top 200.

#NameBirths
1Jacob25,851
2Michael23,828
3Joshua23,261
4Matthew21,483
5Ethan21,318
6Andrew20,742
7Daniel20,236
8Anthony19,387
9Joseph19,241
10Christopher19,174
11William19,060
12David18,144
13Alexander18,130
14Ryan17,990
15Nicholas17,076
16Tyler16,989
17James16,140
18John15,796
19Jonathan14,443
20Nathan14,365
21Samuel14,271
22Christian14,210
23Noah13,905
24Dylan13,782
25Benjamin13,586
26Logan13,475
27Brandon12,947
28Gabriel12,759
29Zachary12,288
30Jose12,065
31Elijah11,612
32Angel10,993
33Kevin10,917
34Jack10,906
35Caleb10,894
36Justin10,518
37Robert10,166
38Austin10,111
39Evan10,109
40Thomas10,041
41Luke10,011
42Mason9,771
43Aidan9,759
44Jackson9,580
45Isaiah9,527
46Jordan9,398
47Gavin9,340
48Connor9,321
49Isaac9,127
50Aiden9,083
51Jason8,614
52Cameron8,574
53Hunter8,512
54Jayden8,264
55Juan8,231
56Charles7,933
57Aaron7,811
58Lucas7,578
59Luis7,469
60Owen7,169
61Landon7,110
62Diego6,942
63Brian6,920
64Adam6,846
65Adrian6,727
66Eric6,697
67Nathaniel6,689
68Kyle6,688
68Ian6,688
70Carlos6,563
71Alex6,488
72Bryan6,454
73Jesus6,382
74Julian6,116
75Sean5,997
76Hayden5,916
77Carter5,899
78Jeremiah5,847
79Cole5,587
80Brayden5,512
81Wyatt5,356
82Chase5,199
83Steven5,079
84Timothy5,034
85Dominic4,994
86Sebastian4,956
87Xavier4,879
88Jaden4,849
89Jesse4,746
90Devin4,715
91Seth4,713
92Antonio4,694
93Miguel4,677
94Richard4,667
95Colin4,532
96Cody4,529
97Alejandro4,482
98Caden4,438
99Blake4,418
100Kaden4,365
101Carson4,354
102Henry4,186
103Jake4,153
104Liam4,152
105Victor4,140
106Riley4,110
107Ashton4,069
108Patrick4,044
109Bryce3,904
110Brady3,781
111Vincent3,746
112Trevor3,682
113Tristan3,591
114Mark3,529
115Jeremy3,487
116Marcus3,477
117Oscar3,461
118Jorge3,441
119Parker3,404
120Cooper3,393
121Kaleb3,392
122Kenneth3,368
123Joel3,275
124Garrett3,262
125Josiah3,260
126Ivan3,240
127Conner3,207
128Alan3,205
129Eduardo3,180
130Paul3,145
131Tanner3,075
132Alexis3,050
133Braden3,046
134Edward2,975
135Omar2,967
136Nicolas2,966
137Jared2,925
138Peyton2,843
139George2,823
140Maxwell2,810
141Levi2,765
142Cristian2,746
143Stephen2,745
144Francisco2,743
145Collin2,732
146Preston2,728
147Dakota2,722
147Ayden2,722
149Nolan2,719
150Micah2,714
151Gage2,702
152Eli2,699
153Manuel2,665
154Grant2,658
155Colton2,657
156Damian2,630
157Ricardo2,626
158Giovanni2,600
159Emmanuel2,575
160Andres2,574
161Peter2,555
162Malachi2,553
163Cesar2,522
164Javier2,501
165Max2,494
166Shane2,459
167Hector2,458
168Edgar2,454
169Ty2,451
170Fernando2,440
171Jeffrey2,425
172Derek2,420
173Bradley2,409
174Shawn2,372
175Travis2,368
176Brendan2,360
177Spencer2,317
178Edwin2,307
179Mario2,304
180Dalton2,256
181Erick2,245
182Johnathan2,242
183Erik2,228
184Jonah2,222
185Donovan2,186
186Leonardo2,146
187Marco2,117
188Elias2,116
189Wesley2,113
190Trenton2,104
191Devon2,097
192Abraham2,048
193Brody2,034
194Jaylen1,999
195Bryson1,980
196Raymond1,971
197Josue1,951
198Drew1,950
198Sergio1,950
200Damien1,939

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 2005 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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