Eras & decades
Baby Boomer names (born 1946–1964)
100 names · 50 girls · 50 boys · records through 2025
The boom years produced more births than any span before them, so these totals are the largest in the entire record — a Boomer name was given on a scale later generations never matched.
This guide has 100 names: 50 girl names and 50 boy names. Names ranked in the national top-100 in any year from 1946 to 1964. The total beside each name counts the births of the years it made that top 100 — a name ranked lower in a given year contributes nothing for it. Built from US Social Security birth records through 2025. Tap + beside any name to keep it on your shortlist as you read.
Before the names
The girls' #1 changed hands for the first time in sixty years: Linda took it in 1947, held it through 1952, and handed it back to Mary. The boys ran James, then Robert, then Michael — who was about to begin the longest reign in the data.
Because the cohort is so large and still largely alive, these names dominate the count of living Americans today. Several sit at the very top of that list while ranking nowhere near it among newborns.
Girl names
50 names
- Mary1.1M in its top-100 years
- Linda1.1M in its top-100 years
- Patricia789k in its top-100 years
- Susan750k in its top-100 years
- Barbara632k in its top-100 years
- Karen587k in its top-100 years
- Deborah579k in its top-100 years
- Nancy498k in its top-100 years
- Donna495k in its top-100 years
- Sandra492k in its top-100 years
- Debra443k in its top-100 years
- Sharon436k in its top-100 years
- Cynthia423k in its top-100 years
- Carol420k in its top-100 years
- Pamela394k in its top-100 years
- Kathleen387k in its top-100 years
- Brenda382k in its top-100 years
- Diane353k in its top-100 years
- Lisa319k in its top-100 years
- Elizabeth308k in its top-100 years
- Cheryl305k in its top-100 years
- Janet286k in its top-100 years
- Margaret277k in its top-100 years
- Kathy255k in its top-100 years
- Carolyn247k in its top-100 years
- Janice231k in its top-100 years
- Judy229k in its top-100 years
- Judith214k in its top-100 years
- Teresa213k in its top-100 years
- Christine209k in its top-100 years
- Laura205k in its top-100 years
- Joyce205k in its top-100 years
- Shirley199k in its top-100 years
- Denise197k in its top-100 years
- Rebecca191k in its top-100 years
- Betty190k in its top-100 years
- Catherine184k in its top-100 years
- Beverly171k in its top-100 years
- Julie167k in its top-100 years
- Theresa165k in its top-100 years
- Connie163k in its top-100 years
- Ann161k in its top-100 years
- Gloria156k in its top-100 years
- Lori155k in its top-100 years
- Paula152k in its top-100 years
- Joan151k in its top-100 years
- Bonnie150k in its top-100 years
- Martha149k in its top-100 years
- Diana149k in its top-100 years
- Jane149k in its top-100 years
Boy names
50 names
- James1.6M in its top-100 years
- Robert1.5M in its top-100 years
- John1.5M in its top-100 years
- Michael1.5M in its top-100 years
- David1.4M in its top-100 years
- William1.1M in its top-100 years
- Richard960k in its top-100 years
- Thomas810k in its top-100 years
- Mark684k in its top-100 years
- Charles658k in its top-100 years
- Joseph555k in its top-100 years
- Steven548k in its top-100 years
- Gary545k in its top-100 years
- Ronald504k in its top-100 years
- Kenneth486k in its top-100 years
- Donald483k in its top-100 years
- Paul469k in its top-100 years
- Larry440k in its top-100 years
- Daniel433k in its top-100 years
- Timothy369k in its top-100 years
- Jeffrey364k in its top-100 years
- Stephen350k in its top-100 years
- Dennis349k in its top-100 years
- Edward345k in its top-100 years
- George334k in its top-100 years
- Gregory319k in its top-100 years
- Kevin308k in its top-100 years
- Anthony268k in its top-100 years
- Douglas264k in its top-100 years
- Jerry259k in its top-100 years
- Terry251k in its top-100 years
- Scott250k in its top-100 years
- Brian239k in its top-100 years
- Bruce228k in its top-100 years
- Frank213k in its top-100 years
- Roger204k in its top-100 years
- Raymond201k in its top-100 years
- Randy187k in its top-100 years
- Peter185k in its top-100 years
- Patrick183k in its top-100 years
- Christopher170k in its top-100 years
- Keith165k in its top-100 years
- Lawrence158k in its top-100 years
- Wayne157k in its top-100 years
- Danny155k in its top-100 years
- Gerald155k in its top-100 years
- Alan151k in its top-100 years
- Carl145k in its top-100 years
- Walter133k in its top-100 years
- Dale131k in its top-100 years
Every rank and count here is published by the US Social Security Administration and refreshed each year when the new figures land. The method is stated at the top of this page.
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