The 200 most popular boys’ names of 2012
14,250 different boys’ names were recorded in 2012, covering 1,896,946 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob | 19,110 |
| 2 | Mason | 18,994 |
| 3 | Ethan | 17,697 |
| 4 | Noah | 17,385 |
| 5 | William | 16,917 |
| 6 | Liam | 16,824 |
| 7 | Michael | 16,211 |
| 8 | Jayden | 16,152 |
| 9 | Alexander | 15,259 |
| 10 | Aiden | 14,924 |
| 11 | Daniel | 14,304 |
| 12 | Matthew | 13,993 |
| 13 | Elijah | 13,914 |
| 14 | James | 13,458 |
| 15 | Anthony | 13,228 |
| 16 | Benjamin | 12,835 |
| 17 | Joshua | 12,681 |
| 18 | Andrew | 12,643 |
| 19 | Joseph | 12,594 |
| 20 | David | 12,565 |
| 21 | Jackson | 12,498 |
| 22 | Logan | 12,488 |
| 23 | Christopher | 11,921 |
| 24 | Gabriel | 11,580 |
| 25 | Samuel | 11,470 |
| 26 | Ryan | 10,944 |
| 27 | Lucas | 10,718 |
| 28 | John | 10,638 |
| 29 | Nathan | 10,431 |
| 30 | Isaac | 10,065 |
| 31 | Dylan | 10,001 |
| 32 | Caleb | 9,977 |
| 33 | Christian | 9,640 |
| 34 | Jonathan | 9,372 |
| 35 | Landon | 9,356 |
| 36 | Carter | 9,274 |
| 37 | Luke | 9,022 |
| 38 | Owen | 8,695 |
| 39 | Brayden | 8,513 |
| 40 | Gavin | 8,260 |
| 41 | Wyatt | 8,233 |
| 42 | Isaiah | 8,190 |
| 43 | Eli | 8,079 |
| 44 | Henry | 8,075 |
| 45 | Hunter | 8,053 |
| 46 | Jack | 7,941 |
| 47 | Evan | 7,912 |
| 48 | Jordan | 7,828 |
| 49 | Nicholas | 7,742 |
| 50 | Tyler | 7,706 |
| 51 | Aaron | 7,545 |
| 52 | Jeremiah | 7,498 |
| 53 | Julian | 7,389 |
| 54 | Cameron | 7,376 |
| 55 | Levi | 7,244 |
| 56 | Brandon | 7,041 |
| 57 | Angel | 7,024 |
| 58 | Austin | 7,014 |
| 59 | Connor | 6,983 |
| 60 | Robert | 6,963 |
| 61 | Adrian | 6,952 |
| 62 | Charles | 6,947 |
| 63 | Thomas | 6,855 |
| 64 | Sebastian | 6,744 |
| 65 | Colton | 6,362 |
| 66 | Jaxon | 6,316 |
| 67 | Zachary | 6,263 |
| 68 | Ayden | 6,234 |
| 69 | Kevin | 6,232 |
| 70 | Dominic | 6,189 |
| 71 | Blake | 6,047 |
| 72 | Jose | 6,041 |
| 73 | Oliver | 5,924 |
| 74 | Justin | 5,906 |
| 75 | Bentley | 5,895 |
| 76 | Jason | 5,759 |
| 77 | Chase | 5,706 |
| 78 | Ian | 5,696 |
| 79 | Josiah | 5,538 |
| 80 | Xavier | 5,386 |
| 81 | Parker | 5,370 |
| 82 | Adam | 5,323 |
| 83 | Cooper | 5,194 |
| 84 | Nathaniel | 4,795 |
| 85 | Jace | 4,724 |
| 86 | Grayson | 4,717 |
| 87 | Carson | 4,597 |
| 88 | Tristan | 4,441 |
| 89 | Nolan | 4,427 |
| 90 | Luis | 4,373 |
| 91 | Brody | 4,366 |
| 92 | Juan | 4,284 |
| 93 | Hudson | 4,222 |
| 94 | Bryson | 4,042 |
| 95 | Carlos | 4,010 |
| 96 | Easton | 3,943 |
| 97 | Kayden | 3,884 |
| 98 | Alex | 3,870 |
| 99 | Damian | 3,860 |
| 100 | Ryder | 3,821 |
| 101 | Jesus | 3,783 |
| 102 | Cole | 3,779 |
| 103 | Micah | 3,765 |
| 104 | Vincent | 3,733 |
| 105 | Max | 3,697 |
| 106 | Jaxson | 3,669 |
| 107 | Eric | 3,637 |
| 108 | Asher | 3,560 |
| 109 | Hayden | 3,547 |
| 110 | Diego | 3,337 |
| 111 | Miles | 3,269 |
| 112 | Steven | 3,241 |
| 113 | Ivan | 3,233 |
| 113 | Maxwell | 3,233 |
| 115 | Elias | 3,229 |
| 116 | Aidan | 3,225 |
| 117 | Bryce | 3,184 |
| 118 | Timothy | 3,123 |
| 119 | Antonio | 3,117 |
| 120 | Giovanni | 3,093 |
| 121 | Bryan | 3,083 |
| 122 | Santiago | 3,050 |
| 123 | Richard | 3,029 |
| 124 | Colin | 3,022 |
| 125 | Braxton | 3,018 |
| 126 | Kaleb | 2,997 |
| 127 | Kyle | 2,968 |
| 128 | Jonah | 2,955 |
| 128 | Kaden | 2,955 |
| 130 | Preston | 2,945 |
| 131 | Miguel | 2,942 |
| 132 | Lincoln | 2,912 |
| 133 | Riley | 2,890 |
| 134 | Leo | 2,879 |
| 135 | Victor | 2,873 |
| 136 | Brady | 2,860 |
| 137 | Mateo | 2,840 |
| 138 | Jeremy | 2,837 |
| 139 | Jaden | 2,835 |
| 140 | Patrick | 2,823 |
| 141 | Brian | 2,820 |
| 142 | Ashton | 2,814 |
| 143 | Declan | 2,781 |
| 144 | Joel | 2,780 |
| 145 | Sean | 2,777 |
| 146 | Gael | 2,745 |
| 147 | Sawyer | 2,741 |
| 148 | Alejandro | 2,729 |
| 149 | Marcus | 2,718 |
| 150 | Jesse | 2,712 |
| 151 | Caden | 2,694 |
| 152 | Leonardo | 2,684 |
| 153 | Jake | 2,679 |
| 154 | Kaiden | 2,674 |
| 155 | Wesley | 2,649 |
| 156 | Camden | 2,600 |
| 157 | Edward | 2,597 |
| 158 | Brantley | 2,588 |
| 159 | Roman | 2,577 |
| 160 | Silas | 2,497 |
| 161 | Jude | 2,486 |
| 162 | Axel | 2,482 |
| 163 | Grant | 2,470 |
| 164 | Cayden | 2,378 |
| 165 | Emmanuel | 2,351 |
| 166 | George | 2,334 |
| 167 | Malachi | 2,329 |
| 168 | Maddox | 2,312 |
| 169 | Bradley | 2,300 |
| 170 | Alan | 2,285 |
| 171 | Weston | 2,284 |
| 172 | Gage | 2,274 |
| 173 | Devin | 2,244 |
| 174 | Greyson | 2,237 |
| 175 | Kenneth | 2,224 |
| 176 | Mark | 2,204 |
| 177 | Oscar | 2,198 |
| 178 | Tanner | 2,182 |
| 179 | Rylan | 2,171 |
| 180 | Nicolas | 2,131 |
| 181 | Harrison | 2,126 |
| 182 | Derek | 2,116 |
| 183 | Ezra | 2,090 |
| 184 | Peyton | 2,075 |
| 185 | Tucker | 2,044 |
| 186 | Emmett | 2,027 |
| 187 | Avery | 2,019 |
| 188 | Cody | 2,011 |
| 189 | Calvin | 1,966 |
| 190 | Paul | 1,958 |
| 191 | Abraham | 1,954 |
| 192 | Abel | 1,952 |
| 193 | Andres | 1,947 |
| 194 | Theodore | 1,945 |
| 195 | Jorge | 1,941 |
| 196 | Ezekiel | 1,939 |
| 197 | Kai | 1,938 |
| 198 | Collin | 1,933 |
| 199 | Omar | 1,921 |
| 200 | Jayce | 1,919 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 2012 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.