Most Popular Baby Names of the 2000s
Top 100 girl and boy names, Social Security records, 2000 to 2009
Emily and Jacob were the most popular baby names of the 2000s: 223,768 girls were named Emily and 274,077 boys Jacob from 2000 to 2009. The tables rank the 100 names given to the most babies of each sex, out of 35,767 girl names and 24,617 boy names in the records for those years. Social Security lists a name in a year only when at least 5 babies of one sex got it.
Year by Year
The top 100 girl and boy names of each year of the 2000s, with what changed from the year before.
Top 100 Girl Names, 2000 to 2009
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emily | 223,768 |
| 2 | Madison | 193,222 |
| 3 | Emma | 181,414 |
| 4 | Olivia | 156,054 |
| 5 | Hannah | 155,784 |
| 6 | Abigail | 150,926 |
| 7 | Isabella | 149,571 |
| 8 | Samantha | 134,313 |
| 9 | Elizabeth | 133,568 |
| 10 | Ashley | 133,051 |
| 11 | Alexis | 130,834 |
| 12 | Sarah | 124,545 |
| 13 | Sophia | 119,251 |
| 14 | Alyssa | 114,507 |
| 15 | Grace | 110,720 |
| 16 | Ava | 104,539 |
| 17 | Taylor | 100,999 |
| 18 | Brianna | 99,798 |
| 19 | Lauren | 97,162 |
| 20 | Chloe | 96,503 |
| 21 | Natalie | 95,095 |
| 22 | Kayla | 94,356 |
| 23 | Jessica | 90,665 |
| 24 | Anna | 90,325 |
| 25 | Victoria | 84,967 |
| 26 | Mia | 83,516 |
| 27 | Hailey | 81,990 |
| 28 | Sydney | 76,444 |
| 29 | Jasmine | 76,080 |
| 30 | Julia | 70,880 |
| 31 | Morgan | 70,746 |
| 32 | Destiny | 69,815 |
| 33 | Rachel | 68,401 |
| 34 | Ella | 67,544 |
| 35 | Kaitlyn | 66,909 |
| 36 | Megan | 66,833 |
| 37 | Katherine | 65,356 |
| 38 | Savannah | 64,757 |
| 39 | Jennifer | 63,509 |
| 40 | Alexandra | 61,253 |
| 41 | Allison | 59,966 |
| 42 | Haley | 57,056 |
| 43 | Maria | 57,007 |
| 44 | Kaylee | 56,432 |
| 45 | Lily | 56,186 |
| 46 | Makayla | 54,990 |
| 47 | Brooke | 54,686 |
| 48 | Nicole | 54,585 |
| 49 | Mackenzie | 54,553 |
| 50 | Addison | 51,389 |
| 51 | Stephanie | 49,960 |
| 52 | Lillian | 49,393 |
| 53 | Andrea | 49,183 |
| 54 | Faith | 48,789 |
| 55 | Zoe | 48,755 |
| 56 | Kimberly | 48,494 |
| 57 | Madeline | 48,280 |
| 58 | Alexa | 48,114 |
| 59 | Katelyn | 47,840 |
| 60 | Gabriella | 47,398 |
| 61 | Gabrielle | 47,023 |
| 62 | Trinity | 46,889 |
| 63 | Amanda | 46,660 |
| 64 | Kylie | 46,438 |
| 65 | Mary | 46,337 |
| 66 | Paige | 45,581 |
| 67 | Riley | 45,533 |
| 68 | Leah | 45,430 |
| 69 | Jenna | 45,296 |
| 70 | Sara | 44,056 |
| 71 | Rebecca | 43,741 |
| 72 | Michelle | 43,540 |
| 73 | Sofia | 43,380 |
| 74 | Vanessa | 43,229 |
| 75 | Jordan | 43,184 |
| 76 | Angelina | 42,813 |
| 77 | Caroline | 41,850 |
| 78 | Avery | 41,706 |
| 79 | Audrey | 41,515 |
| 80 | Evelyn | 40,730 |
| 81 | Maya | 40,032 |
| 82 | Claire | 39,009 |
| 83 | Autumn | 38,538 |
| 84 | Jocelyn | 38,389 |
| 85 | Nevaeh | 38,050 |
| 86 | Ariana | 38,010 |
| 87 | Arianna | 37,838 |
| 88 | Jada | 37,080 |
| 89 | Bailey | 36,881 |
| 90 | Brooklyn | 36,869 |
| 91 | Aaliyah | 36,381 |
| 92 | Amber | 36,217 |
| 93 | Isabel | 36,042 |
| 94 | Mariah | 35,684 |
| 95 | Danielle | 35,628 |
| 96 | Melanie | 35,228 |
| 97 | Sierra | 34,534 |
| 98 | Erin | 33,370 |
| 99 | Amelia | 33,292 |
| 100 | Molly | 33,271 |
Top 100 Boy Names, 2000 to 2009
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob | 274,077 |
| 2 | Michael | 250,715 |
| 3 | Joshua | 232,053 |
| 4 | Matthew | 221,631 |
| 5 | Daniel | 203,975 |
| 6 | Christopher | 203,372 |
| 7 | Andrew | 202,588 |
| 8 | Ethan | 201,835 |
| 9 | Joseph | 194,962 |
| 10 | William | 194,415 |
| 11 | Anthony | 191,928 |
| 12 | David | 180,098 |
| 13 | Alexander | 178,847 |
| 14 | Nicholas | 177,609 |
| 15 | Ryan | 173,244 |
| 16 | Tyler | 165,587 |
| 17 | James | 163,179 |
| 18 | John | 161,104 |
| 19 | Jonathan | 144,848 |
| 20 | Noah | 143,533 |
| 21 | Brandon | 143,003 |
| 22 | Christian | 142,433 |
| 23 | Dylan | 140,125 |
| 24 | Samuel | 138,647 |
| 25 | Benjamin | 137,309 |
| 26 | Nathan | 134,857 |
| 27 | Zachary | 134,756 |
| 28 | Logan | 134,033 |
| 29 | Justin | 122,991 |
| 30 | Gabriel | 119,830 |
| 31 | Jose | 115,743 |
| 32 | Austin | 112,776 |
| 33 | Kevin | 111,081 |
| 34 | Elijah | 110,421 |
| 35 | Caleb | 110,087 |
| 36 | Robert | 106,666 |
| 37 | Thomas | 102,106 |
| 38 | Jordan | 101,187 |
| 39 | Cameron | 95,898 |
| 40 | Jack | 95,512 |
| 41 | Hunter | 94,860 |
| 42 | Jackson | 94,488 |
| 43 | Angel | 94,334 |
| 44 | Isaiah | 92,786 |
| 45 | Evan | 92,144 |
| 46 | Isaac | 90,761 |
| 47 | Luke | 90,506 |
| 48 | Mason | 90,502 |
| 49 | Jayden | 88,603 |
| 50 | Jason | 88,562 |
| 51 | Gavin | 88,447 |
| 52 | Aaron | 86,992 |
| 53 | Connor | 85,985 |
| 54 | Aiden | 83,554 |
| 55 | Aidan | 76,513 |
| 56 | Kyle | 76,156 |
| 57 | Juan | 75,854 |
| 58 | Charles | 75,334 |
| 59 | Luis | 74,334 |
| 60 | Adam | 71,028 |
| 61 | Lucas | 70,995 |
| 62 | Brian | 69,775 |
| 63 | Eric | 69,480 |
| 64 | Adrian | 66,122 |
| 65 | Nathaniel | 64,264 |
| 66 | Sean | 64,133 |
| 67 | Alex | 63,781 |
| 68 | Carlos | 63,199 |
| 69 | Bryan | 61,930 |
| 70 | Ian | 61,925 |
| 71 | Owen | 61,878 |
| 72 | Jesus | 61,324 |
| 73 | Landon | 61,132 |
| 74 | Julian | 60,391 |
| 75 | Chase | 57,175 |
| 76 | Cole | 56,846 |
| 77 | Diego | 56,041 |
| 78 | Jeremiah | 55,672 |
| 79 | Steven | 53,909 |
| 80 | Sebastian | 53,866 |
| 81 | Xavier | 52,490 |
| 82 | Timothy | 52,470 |
| 83 | Carter | 52,320 |
| 84 | Wyatt | 51,347 |
| 85 | Brayden | 50,382 |
| 86 | Blake | 50,109 |
| 87 | Hayden | 50,049 |
| 88 | Devin | 49,430 |
| 89 | Cody | 48,883 |
| 90 | Richard | 48,582 |
| 91 | Seth | 48,161 |
| 92 | Dominic | 48,114 |
| 93 | Jaden | 46,277 |
| 94 | Antonio | 46,248 |
| 95 | Miguel | 46,102 |
| 96 | Liam | 44,940 |
| 97 | Patrick | 44,782 |
| 98 | Carson | 44,632 |
| 99 | Jesse | 43,393 |
| 100 | Tristan | 43,300 |
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