Evergreen names (on the list for a century and still used)

Computed directly from official SSA figures. Methodology is described on our About page.

#	Name	Years on the list	Peak year	Total recorded births
1	James Boys	146	1947	5,250,638
2	John Boys	146	1947	5,182,633
3	Robert Boys	146	1947	4,849,730
4	Michael Boys	146	1957	4,426,753
5	William Boys	146	1947	4,199,696
6	Mary Girls	146	1921	4,141,481
7	David Boys	146	1955	3,676,654
8	Joseph Boys	146	1956	2,669,490
9	Richard Boys	146	1946	2,577,552
10	Charles Boys	146	1947	2,434,659
11	Thomas Boys	146	1952	2,358,576
12	Christopher Boys	146	1984	2,069,596
13	Daniel Boys	146	1985	1,982,812
14	Elizabeth Girls	146	1990	1,688,757
15	Matthew Boys	146	1983	1,654,075
16	Patricia Girls	142	1951	1,573,623
17	Anthony Boys	146	1990	1,488,042
18	George Boys	146	1921	1,487,297
19	Jennifer Girls	107	1972	1,471,703
20	Linda Girls	146	1947	1,455,143
21	Barbara Girls	146	1947	1,436,695
22	Donald Boys	146	1934	1,414,824
23	Paul Boys	146	1957	1,398,293
24	Mark Boys	146	1960	1,362,176
25	Andrew Boys	146	1987	1,329,454
26	Edward Boys	146	1924	1,303,594
27	Steven Boys	146	1956	1,293,124
28	Kenneth Boys	146	1957	1,283,974
29	Margaret Girls	146	1921	1,264,774
30	Joshua Boys	146	1989	1,248,929
31	Kevin Boys	114	1963	1,184,507
32	Brian Boys	116	1972	1,173,735
33	Susan Girls	146	1955	1,123,481
34	Dorothy Girls	146	1924	1,112,231
35	Sarah Girls	146	1982	1,098,498
36	Timothy Boys	146	1959	1,084,192
37	Ronald Boys	142	1947	1,082,247
38	Jason Boys	146	1977	1,052,030
39	Jessica Girls	146	1987	1,050,729
40	Helen Girls	146	1918	1,024,202
41	Nancy Girls	146	1947	1,004,448
42	Betty Girls	146	1930	1,001,238
43	Jacob Boys	146	1998	988,227
44	Karen Girls	140	1957	987,989
45	Jeffrey Boys	117	1962	979,601
46	Lisa Girls	122	1965	967,229
47	Ryan Boys	114	1985	964,123
48	Nicholas Boys	146	1995	926,047
49	Frank Boys	146	1918	915,978
50	Anna Girls	146	1918	914,859
51	Gary Boys	144	1952	902,152
52	Emily Girls	146	1999	896,487
53	Eric Boys	146	1970	888,891
54	Sandra Girls	122	1947	875,531
55	Jonathan Boys	146	1988	870,866
56	Stephen Boys	146	1952	864,739
57	Ruth Girls	146	1920	836,122
58	Donna Girls	146	1959	831,641
59	Benjamin Boys	146	1989	826,830
60	Samuel Boys	146	2001	820,196
61	Carol Girls	145	1946	816,928
62	Michelle Girls	108	1969	816,510
63	Larry Boys	146	1947	807,588
64	Laura Girls	146	1964	801,811
65	Amanda Girls	146	1987	790,638
66	Justin Boys	143	1988	790,469
67	Raymond Boys	146	1924	779,794
68	Emma Girls	146	2003	776,439
69	Scott Boys	146	1971	774,997
70	Brandon Boys	111	1992	770,509
71	Henry Boys	146	2025	768,945
72	Melissa Girls	146	1979	760,128
73	Jack Boys	146	1927	756,943
74	Rebecca Girls	146	1981	755,992
75	Stephanie Girls	135	1990	745,148
76	Deborah Girls	146	1954	742,820
77	Alexander Boys	146	1993	736,123
78	Sharon Girls	118	1947	723,024
79	Kathleen Girls	146	1951	713,645
80	Gregory Boys	142	1962	711,893
81	Cynthia Girls	146	1957	711,453
82	Amy Girls	146	1975	701,631
83	Patrick Boys	146	1964	686,590
84	Shirley Girls	145	1935	686,383
85	Angela Girls	146	1971	673,257
86	Catherine Girls	146	1956	667,789
87	Virginia Girls	146	1922	652,959
88	Katherine Girls	146	1990	650,926
89	Evelyn Girls	146	1921	639,756
90	Walter Boys	146	1918	631,172
91	Dennis Boys	146	1952	621,000
92	Jerry Boys	146	1947	615,102
93	Aaron Boys	146	1989	614,462
94	Brenda Girls	122	1957	608,478
95	Tyler Boys	131	1994	603,970
96	Frances Girls	146	1918	595,697
97	Pamela Girls	120	1954	595,076
98	Samantha Girls	146	1990	592,847
99	Jose Boys	146	2002	592,512
100	Peter Boys	146	1957	589,588

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.