Top 100 Men’s Names From The Last 100 Years

I love helping name things, whether it be dogs or babies or just admiring the given names to people. In fact, I have always had a slight obsession with it. Maybe because I grew up with an unusual name for the time I was born and at first loathed my name until I matured. Or, maybe I just think about names when I meet people and whether or not their names fit their faces. As a child, I always imagined if I had a son or daughter, what would I name them? And to date, I still keep lists of names for fun whenever I got into a conversation about who is naming something, be it a pet or person or thing. Regardless, there is something about the evolution of names in relation to events that have transpired during that time period that I have always found quite fascinating. The following table shows the five most frequent given names for male babies born in each year between 1917-2016. Over the last 100 years, the male name Michael has held the top spot most often (44 times). The Social Security Administration has compiled a real list of the top baby names of the last 100 years. The super official U.S. organization tallied up all of the names given to 172,891,221 male babies from the years 1917 to 2016 to result in the Top 100 list of male names below. Although the most popular moniker for males is James, the SSA notes that it doesn’t mean the name has been uber-popular each year for the past 100 years. In fact, James has ranked as low as number 19, really, not too shabby. For some very classic name inspiration, check the Top 100 list below. Here Are The Top 100 Men's Names Of The Last 100 Years: 1. James 2. John 3. Robert 4. Michael 5. William 6. David 7. Richard 8. Joseph 9. Thomas 10. Charles 11. Christopher 12. Daniel 13. Matthew 14. Anthony 15. Donald 16. Mark 17. Paul 18. Steven 19. Andrew 20. Kenneth 21. George 22. Joshua 23. Kevin 24. Brian 25. Edward 26. Ronald 27. Timothy 28. Jason 29. Jeffrey 30. Ryan 31. Gary 32. Jacob 33. Nicholas 34. Eric 35. Stephen 36. Jonathan 37. Larry 38. Justin 39. Scott 40. Frank 41. Brandon 42. Raymond 43. Gregory 44. Benjamin 45. Samuel 46. Patrick 47. Alexander 48. Jack 49. Dennis 50. Jerry 51. Tyler 52. Aaron 53. Henry 54. Douglas 55. Jose 56. Peter 57. Adam 58. Zachary 59. Nathan 60. Walter 61. Harold 62. Kyle 63. Carl 64. Arthur 65. Gerald 66. Roger 67. Keith 68. Jeremy 69. Terry 70. Lawrence 71. Sean 72. Christian 73. Albert 74. Joe 75. Ethan 76. Austin 77. Jesse 78. Willie 79. Billy 80. Bryan 81. Bruce 82. Jordan 83. Ralph 84. Roy 85. Noah 86. Dylan 87. Eugene 88. Wayne 89. Alan 90. Juan 91. Louis 92. Russell 93. Gabriel 94. Randy 95. Philip 96. Harry 97. Vincent 98. Bobby 99. Johnny 100. Logan Take a look to see if your name made the list (and the famous face you might share it with)! Let us know in the comments if you spot yourself or even if you have a more distinct name. And don’t forget to SHARE with your friends! (Source: Mother Mag)