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 www.jamesdean.com 2. John 3. Robert 4. Michael Billboard 5. William William Shatner - The Nerd Stash 6. David 7. Richard 8. Joseph Joe Pesci (Born Joseph Frank Pesci) - Yahoo 9. Thomas 10. Charles 11. Christopher Christopher Reeves - Syfy 12. Daniel 13. Matthew Matthew Broderick (Pinterest) 14. Anthony 15. Donald DNA India 16. Mark 17. Paul Paul Newman - Thrillist 18. Steven Steve McQueen (born Steven Rodney "Steve" McQueen) - thestandardedition.com 19. Andrew Andrew Jackson - nymag.com.com 20. Kenneth Kenny Rogers (born Kenneth Ray Rogers) - A&E's Biography 21. George George Burns - NY Daily News 22. Joshua 23. Kevin 24. Brian 25. Edward 26. Ronald Ronald Regan (slate.com) 27. Timothy Timothy Dalton (James Bond Wiki - Fandom) 28. Jason 29. Jeffrey 30. Ryan 31. Gary Gary Coleman (Legacy.com) 32. Jacob 33. Nicholas Nicolas Cage (digitaltrends.com) 34. Eric 35. Stephen 36. Jonathan Jonathan Winters Comedian, Actor (1925–2013) - Biography.com 37. Larry Larry Hagman (hollywoodreporter.com) 38. Justin 39. Scott 40. Frank Frank Sinatra - MetroLyrics 41. Brandon 42. Raymond Raymond Burr (Wikipedia) 43. Gregory Gregory Peck (A&E's Biography) 44. Benjamin Benjamin Franklin (Wikipedia) 45. Samuel Sam Elliott born Samuel Pack Elliott (The Columbian) 46. Patrick 47. Alexander Alexander Hamilton (A&E's Biography) 48. Jack Jack Nicholson (FHM) 49. Dennis 50. Jerry Jerry Lewis (Rolling Stone) 51. Tyler 52. Aaron 53. Henry 54. Douglas Born Douglas Richard Flutie (iCollector.com) 55. Jose José Ferrer IIMDb) 56. Peter Peter Falk (Author Tony Piazza - WordPress.com) 57. Adam Adam West - CNN.com 58. Zachary 59. Nathan 60. Walter Walter Matthau (host.madison.com) 61. Harold Plumfield and Paideia 62. Kyle 63. Carl 64. Arthur 65. Gerald 66. Roger Roger Moore - Daily Mirror 67. Keith 68. Jeremy 69. Terry 70. Lawrence Lawrence Welk - TV Club - The AV Club 71. Sean Sean Connery - Film School Rejects 72. Christian 73. Albert Albert Einstein - www.history.com 74. Joe Joe Dimaggio - A&E's Biography 75. Ethan Ethan Hawke - The Independent 76. Austin Austin Powers - YouTube 77. Jesse 78. Willie 79. Billy 80. Bryan 81. Bruce 82. Jordan 83. Ralph Ralph Waite (Pinterest) 84. Roy Roy Rogers - A&E's Biography 85. Noah Noah Wyle (Fanpop) 86. Dylan 87. Eugene Eugene Levy - ZetaBoards 88. Wayne Wayne's World (Mike Myer plays Wayne Campbell) - nypost.com 89. Alan Alan Alda - CBS News 90. Juan Juan Valdez - Pinterest 91. Louis 92. Russell 93. Gabriel Gabriel Byrne - The Apricity Forum 94. Randy Randy Travis - KOKE FM 95. Philip 96. Harry 97. Vincent Vincent Price - A&E's Biography 98. Bobby Bobby Sherman - Killed By Fish - blogger 99. Johnny Johnny Carson - PBS 100. Logan Logan's Run - ShowClix 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)