The names of a generation

Popular boy names.

The most popular boy names in United States births in 2016.

Birth year

Boys · 2016

US rank	Name	Recorded births
301	Jeffrey pledge of peace	1,173
302	Walter army ruler	1,172
303	Seth appointed, placed	1,169
304	Anderson	1,162
305	Cesar	1,161
306	Donovan dark	1,160
307	Mario	1,156
308	Enzo estate ruler	1,152
309	Garrett	1,149
310	Legend	1,148
311	Conner	1,147
312	Caiden	1,133
313	Beckham homestead by the stream	1,120
314	Jett	1,117
315	Ronan little seal	1,111
316	Troy	1,106
317	Edwin wealthy friend	1,105
318	Karson	1,104
319	Hector holding fast	1,100
320	Trevor	1,095
321	Cohen	1,089
322	Ali supreme, exalted	1,087
323	Conor	1,086
324	Orion	1,072
325	Shane	1,068
326	Marco warlike	1,063
327	Andy strong and manly	1,060
328	Dalton the settlement in the valley	1,050
329	Angelo angel, messenger	1,049
330	Quinn descendant of Conn, chief leader, intelligen…	1,049
331	Tyson	1,048
332	Walker cloth-walker	1,048
333	Sergio	1,043
334	Ace one, unity	1,042
335	Johnny God is gracious	1,038
336	Gideon	1,034
337	Colt young horse	1,033
338	Dominick	1,033
339	Julius	1,029
340	Johnathan gift of Jehovah	1,028
341	Cruz cross	1,015
342	Edgar wealthy spearman	1,013
343	Prince chief, prince	1,012
344	Dante enduring	1,011
345	Marshall one who looks after horses	1,011
346	Joaquin	1,003
347	Ellis my God is Yahweh; benevolent	999
348	Major	990
349	Arlo between two hills	977
350	Alexis defender	965

United States · 2016 births. Each spelling is counted separately. Rankings are calculated separately for boys and girls. Linked names have a complete profile; additional profiles are being prepared.