Most Common First Names in the US

Top 100 by people alive in the US today

These are the 100 first names with the most people alive in the United States today, estimated from Social Security birth records since 1880 and the share of each birth year still alive. Michael leads with about 3,595,413 people. For the most common names of one gender, see girl names, boy names and gender-neutral names.

#	Name	People alive	Gender
1	Michael	3,595,413	Boy
2	James	2,933,167	Boy
3	John	2,737,543	Boy
4	David	2,705,330	Boy
5	Robert	2,587,916	Boy
6	William	2,184,188	Boy
7	Christopher	1,901,526	Boy
8	Mary	1,715,483	Girl
9	Joseph	1,681,563	Boy
10	Daniel	1,627,478	Boy
11	Matthew	1,532,905	Boy
12	Thomas	1,456,153	Boy
13	Richard	1,444,184	Boy
14	Jennifer	1,394,097	Girl
15	Anthony	1,208,050	Boy
16	Charles	1,200,833	Boy
17	Joshua	1,196,609	Boy
18	Elizabeth	1,143,984	Girl
19	Andrew	1,132,748	Boy
20	Mark	1,089,235	Boy
21	Linda	1,078,513	Girl
22	Steven	1,051,174	Boy
23	Kevin	1,044,098	Boy
24	Patricia	1,032,641	Girl
25	Brian	1,032,499	Boy
26	Jessica	1,019,821	Girl
27	Jason	979,329	Boy
28	Ryan	947,873	Boy
29	Jacob	928,992	Boy
30	Timothy	910,454	Boy
31	Sarah	889,399	Girl
32	Lisa	876,494	Girl
33	Susan	874,942	Girl
34	Ashley	853,118	Girl
35	Nicholas	843,187	Boy
36	Barbara	823,900	Girl
37	Jeffrey	820,282	Boy
38	Jonathan	816,854	Boy
39	Emily	814,621	Girl
40	Paul	812,023	Boy
41	Karen	803,345	Girl
42	Eric	797,236	Boy
43	Kimberly	791,535	Girl
44	Kenneth	779,306	Boy
45	Michelle	763,711	Girl
46	Justin	754,068	Boy
47	Amanda	747,666	Girl
48	Brandon	742,477	Boy
49	Benjamin	719,177	Boy
50	Melissa	718,152	Girl
51	Stephanie	699,935	Girl
52	Alexander	675,601	Boy
53	Sandra	659,067	Girl
54	Scott	654,995	Boy
55	Ronald	653,519	Boy
56	Donald	650,028	Boy
57	Rebecca	648,685	Girl
58	Stephen	646,037	Boy
59	Nancy	643,624	Girl
60	Amy	640,514	Girl
61	Samuel	627,417	Boy
62	Deborah	609,725	Girl
63	Laura	608,610	Girl
64	Angela	607,826	Girl
65	Tyler	601,736	Boy
66	Gary	601,058	Boy
67	Cynthia	594,713	Girl
68	Donna	594,446	Girl
69	Edward	590,424	Boy
70	Samantha	580,489	Girl
71	Gregory	576,069	Boy
72	Nicole	575,662	Girl
73	Emma	570,127	Girl
74	Aaron	565,845	Boy
75	Patrick	551,086	Boy
76	George	548,028	Boy
77	Sharon	544,809	Girl
78	Olivia	543,307	Girl
79	Nathan	539,802	Boy
80	Adam	536,830	Boy
81	Zachary	533,962	Boy
82	Carol	525,256	Girl
83	Jordan	520,673	Gender-neutral
84	Noah	518,382	Boy
85	Jose	517,557	Boy
86	Kelly	509,685	Girl
87	Kathleen	509,167	Girl
88	Rachel	507,807	Girl
89	Heather	502,462	Girl
90	Larry	499,123	Boy
91	Brenda	496,332	Girl
92	Pamela	493,324	Girl
93	Margaret	483,860	Girl
94	Katherine	481,377	Girl
95	Ethan	479,204	Boy
96	Kyle	468,041	Boy
97	Victoria	466,134	Girl
98	Maria	465,883	Girl
99	Lauren	465,238	Girl
100	Christine	461,413	Girl

Most Common Names by Age

The 10 names with the most people alive in each age group: Jacob leads under 30, Michael from 30 to 59 and James at 60 and over.

Under 30

#	Name	People
1	Jacob	611,667
2	Michael	587,682
3	Matthew	508,787
4	William	498,570
5	Emma	494,761
6	Noah	487,148
7	Daniel	479,759
8	Emily	478,535
9	Joshua	476,353
10	Olivia	472,617

30 to 59

#	Name	People
1	Michael	1,861,159
2	Christopher	1,303,998
3	Jennifer	1,167,285
4	David	1,152,791
5	James	1,113,029
6	John	1,030,398
7	Robert	1,000,738
8	Matthew	955,479
9	Jessica	819,136
10	Daniel	799,687

60 and over

#	Name	People
1	James	1,369,514
2	Robert	1,333,088
3	John	1,315,464
4	Mary	1,256,754
5	Michael	1,146,572
6	David	1,129,376
7	Linda	941,139
8	William	933,224
9	Richard	824,044
10	Patricia	811,686

Open any name to see how many people have it, its rank history and where it stands out. The guide What Makes a Name Rare or Common goes further, and you can also browse names by letter, gender, decade or state.