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The 200 most popular boys’ names of 2017

14,262 different boys’ names were recorded in 2017, covering 1,850,956 births. These are the top 200.

#NameBirths
1Liam18,874
2Noah18,507
3William15,046
4James14,362
5Logan14,061
6Benjamin13,858
7Mason13,602
8Elijah13,449
9Jacob13,269
10Oliver13,224
11Lucas13,032
12Michael12,726
13Alexander12,577
14Ethan12,483
15Daniel11,758
16Matthew11,732
17Aiden11,357
18Joseph10,488
19Henry10,482
20Jackson10,469
21Samuel10,449
22David10,244
23Sebastian10,197
24Carter9,833
25Wyatt9,727
26Jayden9,594
27John9,536
28Owen9,363
29Dylan9,315
30Luke9,224
31Gabriel9,178
32Isaac8,894
33Anthony8,877
34Grayson8,718
35Levi8,478
36Jack8,477
37Julian8,455
38Joshua8,353
39Christopher8,319
40Andrew8,290
41Lincoln8,202
42Mateo7,774
43Jaxon7,725
44Ryan7,706
45Nathan7,442
46Isaiah7,262
47Aaron7,219
48Charles7,193
49Thomas7,187
50Caleb7,154
51Josiah7,079
52Christian7,025
53Hunter6,760
54Eli6,637
55Jonathan6,534
56Connor6,422
57Landon6,358
58Adrian6,236
59Asher6,062
60Cameron5,975
61Theodore5,973
62Leo5,965
63Jeremiah5,887
64Hudson5,789
65Robert5,566
66Easton5,520
67Nolan5,400
68Nicholas5,372
69Ezra5,349
70Colton5,294
71Angel5,278
72Brayden5,178
73Jordan5,176
74Dominic5,111
75Austin5,060
76Ian5,033
77Adam4,933
78Elias4,931
79Jaxson4,866
80Greyson4,849
81Jose4,815
82Ezekiel4,777
83Carson4,766
84Maverick4,731
85Evan4,727
86Bryson4,679
87Jace4,656
88Cooper4,618
89Xavier4,521
90Parker4,382
91Roman4,282
92Jason4,256
93Santiago4,204
94Chase4,186
95Sawyer4,171
96Gavin4,159
97Leonardo4,131
98Kayden4,014
99Ayden3,964
100Jameson3,932
101Bentley3,841
102Kevin3,834
103Zachary3,822
104Axel3,789
105Tyler3,788
106Everett3,781
107Micah3,711
108Vincent3,668
109Weston3,656
110Miles3,631
111Wesley3,577
112Nathaniel3,541
113Harrison3,521
114Brandon3,497
115Declan3,470
116Cole3,468
117Luis3,385
118Braxton3,352
119Damian3,344
120Silas3,340
121Tristan3,309
122Ryder3,270
123Bennett3,180
124George3,169
124Emmett3,169
126Kai3,158
127Justin3,155
128Max3,145
129Diego3,102
130Luca3,091
131Ryker3,088
132Kingston3,087
133Maxwell3,081
134Carlos3,075
135Ivan3,048
136Maddox3,044
137Juan2,997
138Ashton2,955
139Jayce2,917
140Rowan2,847
141Kaiden2,815
142Giovanni2,803
143Eric2,782
144Jesus2,749
145Abel2,714
146Calvin2,703
147King2,696
148Camden2,671
149Blake2,626
150Amir2,619
151Alex2,606
152Brody2,554
153Malachi2,549
154Jonah2,524
155Emmanuel2,520
156Jude2,515
157Beau2,511
158Antonio2,489
159Alan2,442
160Elliott2,438
161Elliot2,437
162Waylon2,427
163Timothy2,420
164Xander2,414
165Victor2,410
166Bryce2,396
167Finn2,382
168Brantley2,338
169Edward2,328
169Abraham2,328
171Patrick2,304
172Hayden2,300
173Grant2,294
174Richard2,286
174Karter2,286
176Miguel2,280
177Joel2,265
178Gael2,239
179Tucker2,223
180Rhett2,202
181Avery2,200
182Steven2,168
183Jasper2,117
184Kaleb2,116
185Graham2,111
186Jesse2,106
187Dean2,083
188Matteo2,082
189Zayden2,081
190Preston2,073
191August2,061
192Oscar2,048
193Jeremy2,047
194Marcus2,037
195Alejandro2,032
196Dawson2,018
197Lorenzo2,004
198Messiah1,987
199Zion1,978
200River1,969

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 2017 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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