All names

12,250 names with a published curve.

The 60 most-registered names on record

James

5,338,989 births

John

5,288,371 births

Robert

4,918,800 births

Michael

4,503,930 births

William

4,285,368 births

Mary

4,186,865 births

David

3,754,598 births

Joseph

2,704,461 births

Richard

2,616,496 births

Charles

2,467,247 births

Thomas

2,412,445 births

Christopher

2,108,376 births

Daniel

2,024,626 births

Elizabeth

1,724,185 births

Matthew

1,687,303 births

Patricia

1,599,394 births

George

1,548,722 births

Anthony

1,515,388 births

Jennifer

1,493,431 births

Linda

1,469,119 births

Barbara

1,454,264 births

Donald

1,434,082 births

Paul

1,433,949 births

Mark

1,393,121 births

Andrew

1,365,225 births

Edward

1,335,543 births

Steven

1,310,052 births

Margaret

1,305,993 births

Kenneth

1,304,144 births

Joshua

1,282,876 births

Kevin

1,208,777 births

Brian

1,198,454 births

Susan

1,144,031 births

Dorothy

1,131,538 births

Sarah

1,126,381 births

Ronald

1,101,794 births

Timothy

1,101,579 births

Jason

1,074,495 births

Jessica

1,073,495 births

Helen

1,044,152 births

Nancy

1,017,753 births

Jacob

1,014,225 births

Betty

1,012,381 births

Karen

1,006,548 births

Ryan

1,006,010 births

Jeffrey

987,498 births

Lisa

982,756 births

Nicholas

945,054 births

Anna

931,464 births

Frank

928,584 births

Emily

920,057 births

Gary

915,224 births

Eric

906,044 births

Stephen

890,657 births

Sandra

888,936 births

Jonathan

884,683 births

Ashley

881,805 births

Benjamin

855,117 births

Kimberly

851,430 births

Samuel

849,275 births

SOURCE·US SSA (1880–2025) + NZ DIA (1900–2025) birth registrations·ranks and shares computed from the source files, see method·REVIEWED JUL 2026