If you’re considering naming your baby Michael, you’re not alone. In fact, Michael is officially the most common first name in the country, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. 

The agency recently released a report that shows a total of 3,476,721 people in the U.S. share this name as of the 2020 Census. The next most common name for males is John, and after that, James. 

As for female names, the most common is Mary, with 1,768,343 women having this biblical name. Following Mary, the most common names for girls are Maria, then Jennifer. 

The Census name report differs from the usual “most popular names” list that the Social Security Administration publishes each year. Instead of counting the number of babies born with the same name each year, the Census collects the first names of every person living in the United States once every 10 years. Their list ranks the most commonly used names, across all birth years. 

Looking at the breakdown of the 1,000 most commonly used names below, you’ll see more girl names than boy names. The reason: “The female population has much more first-name diversity than the male population — 16% of men have one of the 10 most frequent names among men, while only 7.8% of women have one of the top 10 names," the Census report states.

Don’t let popularity stop you from choosing one of these common names for your own baby — it’s just a guarantee they’ll be able to find their name on a souvenir keychain! 

Here’s a look at the most common names in the country. 

The most common boy names in the U.S.

  1. Michael
  2. John
  3. James
  4. David
  5. Robert
  6. William
  7. Daniel
  8. Joseph
  9. Richard
  10. Thomas
  11. Christopher
  12. Matthew
  13. Jose
  14. Charles
  15. Mark
  16. Andrew
  17. Anthony
  18. Kevin
  19. Brian
  20. Steven
  21. Joshua
  22. Paul
  23. Jason
  24. Ryan
  25. Jacob
  26. Timothy
  27. Eric
  28. Kenneth
  29. Jeffrey
  30. Jonathan
  31. Donald
  32. Nicholas
  33. Ronald
  34. Justin
  35. Stephen
  36. Gary
  37. Scott
  38. Juan
  39. Brandon
  40. George
  41. Edward
  42. Benjamin
  43. Samuel
  44. Alexander
  45. Patrick
  46. Tyler
  47. Larry
  48. Gregory
  49. Adam
  50. Aaron
  51. Luis
  52. Nathan
  53. Carlos
  54. Peter
  55. Jordan
  56. Dennis
  57. Kyle
  58. Zachary
  59. Christian
  60. Jack
  61. Frank
  62. Ethan
  63. Douglas
  64. Sean
  65. Terry
  66. Alex
  67. Jeremy
  68. Noah
  69. Jerry
  70. Chris
  71. Raymond
  72. Austin
  73. Henry
  74. Angel
  75. Gabriel
  76. Dylan
  77. Logan
  78. Victor
  79. Jesus
  80. Keith
  81. Bryan
  82. Miguel
  83. Roger
  84. Jesse
  85. Antonio
  86. Alan
  87. Jorge
  88. Cameron
  89. Shawn
  90. Joe
  91. Martin
  92. Mason
  93. Bruce
  94. Luke
  95. Caleb
  96. Steve
  97. Gerald
  98. Joel
  99. Evan
  100. Elijah
  101. Randy
  102. Lucas
  103. Cody
  104. Travis
  105. Francisco
  106. Walter
  107. Craig
  108. Carl
  109. Isaac
  110. Adrian
  111. Manuel
  112. Lawrence
  113. Jackson
  114. Todd
  115. Bradley
  116. Vincent
  117. Hunter
  118. Mike
  119. Philip
  120. Ian
  121. Liam
  122. Phillip
  123. Mario
  124. Wayne
  125. Oscar
  126. Chad
  127. Jeff
  128. Connor
  129. Arthur
  130. Russell
  131. Derek
  132. Danny
  133. Jayden
  134. Julian
  135. Aiden
  136. Albert
  137. Tony
  138. Nathaniel
  139. Ricardo
  140. Dale
  141. Harold
  142. Marcus
  143. Louis
  144. Johnny
  145. Jared
  146. Alejandro
  147. Owen
  148. Roy
  149. Isaiah
  150. Pedro
  151. Blake
  152. Billy
  153. Jimmy
  154. Roberto
  155. Rodney
  156. Dustin
  157. Gavin
  158. Hector
  159. Shane
  160. Allen
  161. Casey
  162. Lee
  163. Jay
  164. Bobby
  165. Troy
  166. Ralph
  167. Jon
  168. Edwin
  169. Carter
  170. Curtis
  171. Javier
  172. Jaime
  173. Jeremiah
  174. Chase
  175. Corey
  176. Willie
  177. Sebastian
  178. Randall
  179. Wesley
  180. Eduardo
  181. Jeffery
  182. Wyatt
  183. Fernando
  184. Landon
  185. Rafael
  186. Oliver
  187. Ricky
  188. Glenn
  189. Trevor
  190. Dominic
  191. Devin
  192. Seth
  193. Tim
  194. Eugene
  195. Brett
  196. Theodore
  197. Frederick
  198. Harry
  199. Francis
  200. Erik
  201. Ivan
  202. Levi
  203. Barry
  204. Stanley
  205. Marvin
  206. Howard
  207. Cole
  208. Max
  209. Sergio
  210. Jake
  211. Dean
  212. Edgar
  213. Raul
  214. Greg
  215. Diego
  216. Fred
  217. Dan
  218. Omar
  219. Ruben
  220. Josh
  221. Marc
  222. Leonard
  223. Julio
  224. Calvin
  225. Mitchell
  226. Colin
  227. Eli
  228. Sam
  229. Cesar
  230. Parker
  231. Xavier
  232. Brent
  233. Hayden
  234. Leo
  235. Tom
  236. Colton
  237. Garrett
  238. Nick
  239. Andres
  240. Ernest
  241. Ramon
  242. Cory
  243. Melvin
  244. Derrick
  245. Matt
  246. Carson
  247. Andre
  248. Don
  249. Tristan
  250. Eddie
  251. Norman
  252. Grant
  253. Brayden
  254. Aidan
  255. Bryce
  256. Ray
  257. Ben
  258. Marco
  259. Spencer
  260. Ronnie
  261. Charlie
  262. Darrell
  263. Dakota
  264. Armando
  265. Tommy
  266. Nicolas
  267. Jim
  268. Brad
  269. Rick
  270. Micah
  271. Alberto
  272. Josiah
  273. Nolan
  274. Jerome
  275. Earl
  276. Alfred
  277. Andy
  278. Clayton
  279. Enrique
  280. Alfredo
  281. Cooper
  282. Elias
  283. Emmanuel
  284. Darren
  285. Preston
  286. Warren
  287. Tanner
  288. Lance
  289. Grayson
  290. Brendan
  291. Gerardo
  292. Brady
  293. Micheal
  294. Arturo
  295. Abraham
  296. Rene
  297. Maxwell
  298. Jaden
  299. Clarence
  300. Leonardo
  301. Bernard
  302. Ashton
  303. Neil
  304. Leon
  305. Santiago
  306. Pablo
  307. Felix
  308. Salvador
  309. Drew
  310. Roman
  311. Clifford
  312. Devon
  313. Damian
  314. Gordon
  315. Erick
  316. Nelson
  317. Johnathan
  318. Franklin
  319. Bill
  320. Miles
  321. Jaxon
  322. Kurt
  323. Ron
  324. Gustavo
  325. Karl
  326. Alvin
  327. Glen
  328. Collin
  329. Israel
  330. Duane
  331. Mathew
  332. Herbert
  333. Maurice
  334. Marcos
  335. Allan
  336. Ken
  337. Ali
  338. Reginald
  339. Dalton
  340. Gilbert
  341. Cristian
  342. Simon
  343. Kaleb
  344. Ernesto
  345. Dave
  346. Leroy
  347. Harrison
  348. Brody
  349. Lorenzo
  350. Giovanni
  351. Lincoln
  352. Ayden
  353. Darryl
  354. Hudson
  355. Jace
  356. Gene
  357. Shaun
  358. Abel
  359. Jonah
  360. Lewis
  361. Lloyd
  362. Mateo
  363. Guillermo
  364. Noel
  365. Asher
  366. Josue
  367. Caden
  368. Ross
  369. Hugo
  370. Bryson
  371. Felipe
  372. Kaden
  373. Everett
  374. Byron
  375. Dillon
  376. Marshall
  377. Joey
  378. Orlando
  379. Vernon
  380. Sawyer
  381. Skyler
  382. Dwayne
  383. Angelo
  384. Kirk
  385. Clinton
  386. Guy
  387. Kent
  388. Sidney
  389. Dallas
  390. Gage
  391. Kai
  392. Ezra
  393. Easton
  394. Jonathon
  395. Stuart
  396. Milton
  397. Saul
  398. Mohammad
  399. Roland
  400. Kenny
  401. Terrence
  402. Kayden
  403. Lonnie
  404. Ismael
  405. Conner
  406. Bob
  407. Terrance
  408. Daryl
  409. Rodolfo
  410. Wade
  411. Tyrone
  412. Doug
  413. Damon
  414. Donovan
  415. Colby
  416. Alec
  417. Damien
  418. Alfonso
  419. Dwight
  420. Ted
  421. Harvey
  422. Floyd
  423. Mohammed
  424. Trent
  425. Clyde
  426. Lester
  427. Johnnie
  428. Arnold
  429. Ty
  430. Jimmie
  431. Camden
  432. Perry
  433. Trenton
  434. Emilio
  435. Mohamed
  436. Braxton
  437. Elliot
  438. Kristopher
  439. Geoffrey
  440. Weston
  441. Ryder
  442. Graham
  443. Will
  444. Jaxson
  445. Zane
  446. Rogelio
  447. Elliott
  448. Rodrigo
  449. Braden
  450. Tomas
  451. Dominick
  452. Kelvin
  453. Son
  454. Chance
  455. Zach

The most common girl names in the U.S.

  1. Mary
  2. Maria
  3. Jennifer
  4. Elizabeth
  5. Patricia
  6. Linda
  7. Susan
  8. Jessica
  9. Barbara
  10. Karen
  11. Sarah
  12. Lisa
  13. Sandra
  14. Nancy
  15. Michelle
  16. Emily
  17. Ashley
  18. Amanda
  19. Kimberly
  20. Laura
  21. Melissa
  22. Stephanie
  23. Rebecca
  24. Donna
  25. Amy
  26. Deborah
  27. Carol
  28. Angela
  29. Cynthia
  30. Sharon
  31. Margaret
  32. Kathleen
  33. Nicole
  34. Brenda
  35. Samantha
  36. Anna
  37. Kelly
  38. Emma
  39. Pamela
  40. Rachel
  41. Christine
  42. Heather
  43. Katherine
  44. Julie
  45. Debra
  46. Victoria
  47. Olivia
  48. Lauren
  49. Andrea
  50. Janet
  51. Christina
  52. Diane
  53. Catherine
  54. Megan
  55. Hannah
  56. Teresa
  57. Taylor
  58. Sara
  59. Carolyn
  60. Betty
  61. Judith
  62. Cheryl
  63. Diana
  64. Martha
  65. Madison
  66. Shirley
  67. Alexis
  68. Jane
  69. Julia
  70. Abigail
  71. Gloria
  72. Jacqueline
  73. Danielle
  74. Sophia
  75. Denise
  76. Joyce
  77. Natalie
  78. Amber
  79. Grace
  80. Ana
  81. Kathryn
  82. Jamie
  83. Isabella
  84. Joan
  85. Dorothy
  86. Kayla
  87. Brittany
  88. Janice
  89. Erin
  90. Shannon
  91. Lori
  92. Evelyn
  93. Tiffany
  94. Ann
  95. Leslie
  96. Kathy
  97. Virginia
  98. Ruth
  99. Robin
  100. Judy
  101. Allison
  102. Helen
  103. Theresa
  104. Tammy
  105. Alyssa
  106. Crystal
  107. Jean
  108. Tracy
  109. Monica
  110. Marie
  111. Wendy
  112. Ava
  113. Paula
  114. Charlotte
  115. Rosa
  116. Tina
  117. Dawn
  118. Beverly
  119. Marilyn
  120. Kim
  121. Courtney
  122. Alicia
  123. Cindy
  124. Vanessa
  125. Carmen
  126. Morgan
  127. Veronica
  128. Alexandra
  129. Valerie
  130. Melanie
  131. Alice
  132. Anne
  133. Brianna
  134. Mia
  135. Bonnie
  136. Jasmine
  137. Erica
  138. Katie
  139. Dana
  140. Connie
  141. April
  142. Sheila
  143. Frances
  144. Leah
  145. Chloe
  146. Michele
  147. Kristen
  148. Caroline
  149. Audrey
  150. Norma
  151. Rose
  152. Jill
  153. Lynn
  154. Riley
  155. Claudia
  156. Suzanne
  157. Sherry
  158. Ella
  159. Rita
  160. Peggy
  161. Holly
  162. Lillian
  163. Joanne
  164. Brooke
  165. Amelia
  166. Elaine
  167. Avery
  168. Doris
  169. Rhonda
  170. Ellen
  171. Wanda
  172. Sydney
  173. Phyllis
  174. Gail
  175. Renee
  176. Anita
  177. Claire
  178. Kristin
  179. Stacy
  180. Eva
  181. Tara
  182. Carrie
  183. Lily
  184. Molly
  185. Sylvia
  186. Sofia
  187. Savannah
  188. Joann
  189. Kaitlyn
  190. Lindsey
  191. Hailey
  192. Erika
  193. Gina
  194. Cathy
  195. Darlene
  196. Carla
  197. Haley
  198. Debbie
  199. Laurie
  200. Madeline
  201. Irene
  202. Chelsea
  203. Cassandra
  204. Stacey
  205. Jenna
  206. Ruby
  207. Lydia
  208. Sally
  209. Regina
  210. Kelsey
  211. Heidi
  212. Colleen
  213. Shelby
  214. Beth
  215. Yolanda
  216. Paige
  217. Lois
  218. Esther
  219. Lucy
  220. Isabel
  221. Vivian
  222. Addison
  223. Tamara
  224. Jackie
  225. Guadalupe
  226. Annette
  227. Adriana
  228. Zoe
  229. Maureen
  230. Sabrina
  231. Mackenzie
  232. Vicki
  233. Kristina
  234. Josephine
  235. Lindsay
  236. Terri
  237. Eleanor
  238. Eileen
  239. Aubrey
  240. Faith
  241. Destiny
  242. Nora
  243. Melinda
  244. Gabrielle
  245. Yvonne
  246. Katelyn
  247. Joy
  248. Angelica
  249. Alexa
  250. Annie
  251. Kaylee
  252. Elena
  253. Sonia
  254. Peyton
  255. Marcia
  256. Naomi
  257. Karla
  258. Gabriela
  259. Rosemary
  260. Deanna
  261. Jenny
  262. Marissa
  263. Bailey
  264. Alison
  265. Autumn
  266. Gabriella
  267. Cecilia
  268. Clara
  269. Miriam
  270. Lorraine
  271. Marlene
  272. Tanya
  273. Joanna
  274. Dolores
  275. Jeanne
  276. Jessie
  277. Roberta
  278. Maryann
  279. Kylie
  280. Maya
  281. Caitlin
  282. Alma
  283. Olga
  284. Tonya
  285. Miranda
  286. Sue
  287. Juanita
  288. Jeanette
  289. Angelina
  290. Jocelyn
  291. Marjorie
  292. Charlene
  293. Nina
  294. Brooklyn
  295. Louise
  296. Ariana
  297. Margarita
  298. Kara
  299. Stella
  300. Edith
  301. June
  302. Brandy
  303. Geraldine
  304. Harper
  305. Christy
  306. Loretta
  307. Blanca
  308. Luz
  309. Mariah
  310. Daisy
  311. Katrina
  312. Constance
  313. Meghan
  314. Bethany
  315. Natasha
  316. Glenda
  317. Juana
  318. Whitney
  319. Natalia
  320. Priscilla
  321. Makayla
  322. Ariel
  323. Kate
  324. Melody
  325. Marsha
  326. Sophie
  327. Sierra
  328. Arlene
  329. Layla
  330. Brandi
  331. Kendra
  332. Irma
  333. Vickie
  334. Alexandria
  335. Jade
  336. Kerry
  337. Tracey
  338. Leticia
  339. Mildred
  340. Kendall
  341. Madelyn
  342. Gladys
  343. Jan
  344. Penny
  345. Cristina
  346. Bridget
  347. Zoey
  348. Toni
  349. Carole
  350. Iris
  351. Silvia
  352. Arianna
  353. Hazel
  354. Briana
  355. Dianne
  356. Marion
  357. Daniela
  358. Jillian
  359. Karina
  360. Alejandra
  361. Felicia
  362. Skylar
  363. Kennedy
  364. Kay
  365. Kristine
  366. Georgia
  367. Hope
  368. Sandy
  369. Shelly
  370. Sadie
  371. Rachael
  372. Gwendolyn
  373. Liliana
  374. Isabelle
  375. Candace
  376. Marina
  377. Maggie
  378. Jody
  379. Camila
  380. Violet
  381. Abby
  382. Bianca
  383. Payton
  384. Jodi
  385. Lucia
  386. Monique
  387. Angie
  388. Sherri
  389. Summer
  390. Ellie
  391. Pauline
  392. Misty
  393. Trinity
  394. Desiree
  395. Sheryl
  396. Raquel
  397. Kristi
  398. Brittney
  399. Carolina
  400. Aaliyah
  401. Meredith
  402. Edna
  403. Becky
  404. Breanna
  405. Aurora
  406. Krista
  407. Bella
  408. Kelli
  409. Quinn
  410. Rebekah
  411. Juliana
  412. Penelope
  413. Mayra
  414. Scarlett
  415. Lynda
  416. Bertha
  417. Shelley
  418. Gianna
  419. Valeria
  420. Kristy
  421. Mercedes
  422. Genesis
  423. Krystal
  424. Ramona
  425. Dominique
  426. Belinda
  427. Carly
  428. Camille
  429. Florence
  430. Patsy
  431. Lorena
  432. Dora
  433. Marian
  434. Elise
  435. Jacquelyn
  436. Delores
  437. Nevaeh
  438. Candice
  439. Cheyenne
  440. Cora
  441. Lucille
  442. Reagan
  443. Beatrice
  444. Robyn
  445. Jo
  446. Jada
  447. Marianne
  448. Mckenzie
  449. Sonya
  450. Adrienne
  451. Gracie
  452. Mariana
  453. Nadia
  454. Vera
  455. Billie
  456. Cassidy
  457. Nichole
  458. Kari
  459. Hilda
  460. Bobbie
  461. Lilly
  462. Lynne
  463. Alana
  464. Marta
  465. Thelma
  466. Yvette
  467. Aria
  468. Rylee
  469. Fatima
  470. Roxanne
  471. Jordyn
  472. Sheri
  473. Elisa
  474. Mallory
  475. Maribel
  476. Gayle
  477. Kaitlin
  478. Lena
  479. Genevieve
  480. Celeste
  481. Rosemarie
  482. Mya
  483. Esmeralda
  484. Kirsten
  485. Tabitha
  486. Elsa
  487. Ivy
  488. Beatriz
  489. Vicky
  490. Yesenia
  491. Johanna
  492. Celia
  493. Alisha
  494. Marisol
  495. Valentina
  496. Wilma
  497. Aimee
  498. Janelle
  499. Reese
  500. Marisa
  501. Mikayla
  502. Lana
  503. Michaela
  504. Antonia
  505. Cara
  506. Caitlyn
  507. Bernice
  508. Serenity
  509. Annabelle
  510. Emilia
  511. Mila
  512. Dianna
  513. Tessa
  514. Tatiana
  515. Hayley
  516. Piper
  517. Susana
  518. Lourdes
  519. Josie
  520. Antoinette
  521. Lacey
  522. Traci
  523. Allyson
  524. Josefina
  525. Hanna
  526. Elisabeth
  527. Kelley
  528. Anastasia
  529. Gretchen
  530. Kellie
  531. Pam
  532. Bernadette
  533. Ingrid
  534. Harley
  535. Kiara
  536. Elsie
  537. Callie
  538. Nikki
  539. Emerson
  540. Jaclyn
  541. Selena
  542. Patty
  543. Maxine
  544. Lila
  545. Jana

Methodology

This data is based on first names provided by 2020 Census respondents and limited to the 1,000 most common names as reported by respondents. Names were assigned a sex based on the share of males and females with the name. Then names were ranked according to how many people altogether (of both sexes) have the name, according to the 2020 Census.