Most Popular Baby Names of 2000

In 2000, Emily was the most popular name for girls, given to 25,959 babies, and Jacob topped the boys' list with 34,492. Emily held on to number one for a fifth year in a row, and Jacob held on to number one for a second year in a row.

Social Security counted 1,816,036 girls and 1,964,001 boys born in 2000 under names given to at least five babies, spread across 17,660 different girls' names and 12,119 boys' names.

Top 100 names of 2000

Top girls' names, 2000
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999
1	Emily	25,959	same
2	Hannah	23,087	same
3	Madison	19,968	up 4
4	Ashley	18,000	up 2
5	Sarah	17,715	down 1
6	Alexis	17,631	down 3
7	Samantha	17,265	down 2
8	Jessica	15,711	up 1
9	Elizabeth	15,117	up 1
10	Taylor	15,080	down 2
11	Lauren	14,176	up 1
12	Alyssa	13,553	down 1
13	Kayla	13,313	same
14	Abigail	13,094	up 4
15	Brianna	12,880	down 1
16	Olivia	12,855	up 4
17	Emma	12,560	same
18	Megan	11,436	down 3
19	Grace	11,285	up 8
20	Victoria	10,926	down 4
21	Rachel	10,687	down 2
22	Anna	10,613	up 7
23	Sydney	10,243	same
24	Destiny	9,850	up 4
25	Morgan	9,502	down 1
26	Jennifer	9,390	down 5
27	Jasmine	9,099	down 1
28	Haley	9,069	up 3
29	Julia	8,769	up 1
30	Kaitlyn	8,759	up 3
31	Nicole	8,563	down 6
32	Amanda	8,558	down 10
33	Katherine	8,109	up 3
34	Natalie	8,096	same
35	Hailey	7,829	up 19
36	Alexandra	7,550	down 4
37	Savannah	7,100	up 5
38	Chloe	7,094	up 25
39	Rebecca	7,078	down 1
40	Stephanie	7,028	down 3
41	Maria	6,857	down 2
42	Sophia	6,564	up 11
43	Mackenzie	6,350	up 9
44	Allison	6,315	down 4
45	Isabella	6,242	up 15
46	Mary	6,222	down 1
47	Amber	6,182	down 6
48	Danielle	6,092	down 5
49	Gabrielle	5,872	down 3
50	Jordan	5,809	down 2
51	Brooke	5,642	down 4
52	Michelle	5,545	up 4
53	Sierra	5,520	down 4
54	Katelyn	5,502	up 1
55	Andrea	5,479	up 4
56	Madeline	5,371	up 14
57	Sara	5,325	down 7
58	Kimberly	5,244	down 7
59	Courtney	5,239	down 15
60	Brittany	5,185	down 25
61	Erin	5,185	down 3
62	Vanessa	5,134	down 5
63	Jenna	5,045	down 2
64	Jacqueline	5,037	up 15
65	Caroline	5,022	up 6
66	Faith	4,999	up 10
67	Makayla	4,917	down 1
68	Bailey	4,649	down 3
69	Paige	4,609	down 2
70	Shelby	4,561	down 8
71	Melissa	4,532	down 7
72	Kaylee	4,493	down 3
73	Christina	4,332	up 2
74	Trinity	4,284	up 135
75	Mariah	4,104	down 7
76	Caitlin	4,102	up 17
77	Autumn	4,027	same
78	Marissa	4,025	down 5
79	Angela	3,828	up 11
80	Breanna	3,826	down 6
81	Catherine	3,802	up 17
82	Zoe	3,785	up 22
83	Briana	3,754	down 1
84	Jada	3,747	up 27
85	Laura	3,741	down 4
86	Claire	3,711	same
87	Alexa	3,674	up 2
88	Kelsey	3,669	down 16
89	Kathryn	3,644	up 2
90	Leslie	3,623	up 10
91	Alexandria	3,549	down 8
92	Sabrina	3,470	down 4
93	Mia	3,451	up 27
94	Isabel	3,448	up 3
95	Katie	3,413	down 3
96	Molly	3,402	up 6
97	Leah	3,399	up 6
98	Gabriella	3,369	up 9
99	Cheyenne	3,367	down 15
100	Cassandra	3,305	down 13

Top boys' names, 2000
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999
1	Jacob	34,492	same
2	Michael	32,045	same
3	Matthew	28,580	same
4	Joshua	27,543	same
5	Christopher	24,936	up 1
6	Nicholas	24,653	down 1
7	Andrew	23,658	same
8	Joseph	22,844	same
9	Daniel	22,338	same
10	Tyler	21,506	same
11	William	20,669	up 3
12	Brandon	20,337	down 1
13	Ryan	20,269	down 1
14	John	20,115	up 1
15	Zachary	19,852	up 2
16	David	19,787	same
17	Anthony	19,656	up 1
18	James	17,991	up 1
19	Justin	17,784	up 1
20	Alexander	17,290	up 1
21	Jonathan	16,888	up 1
22	Christian	16,059	up 3
23	Austin	15,947	down 10
24	Dylan	15,405	down 1
25	Ethan	15,226	up 12
26	Benjamin	14,845	up 3
27	Noah	14,282	down 3
28	Samuel	14,188	down 1
29	Robert	13,739	down 3
30	Nathan	13,040	up 2
31	Cameron	12,767	up 2
32	Kevin	12,674	up 2
33	Thomas	12,638	down 2
34	Jose	12,585	up 1
35	Hunter	12,538	up 1
36	Jordan	12,168	down 6
37	Kyle	11,969	down 9
38	Caleb	9,866	up 3
39	Jason	9,778	up 1
40	Logan	9,737	up 2
41	Aaron	9,561	down 3
42	Eric	9,162	down 3
43	Brian	8,958	same
44	Gabriel	8,681	up 9
45	Adam	8,136	down 1
46	Jack	8,125	up 6
47	Isaiah	8,029	up 4
48	Juan	7,712	down 2
49	Luis	7,662	up 6
50	Connor	7,530	down 2
51	Charles	7,525	down 1
52	Elijah	7,472	up 8
53	Isaac	7,439	up 11
54	Steven	7,361	down 7
55	Evan	7,334	up 2
56	Jared	7,324	down 2
57	Sean	7,316	down 1
58	Timothy	7,261	down 9
59	Luke	7,148	up 8
60	Cody	7,132	down 15
61	Nathaniel	6,797	up 1
62	Alex	6,748	down 4
63	Seth	6,717	up 2
64	Mason	6,516	up 7
65	Richard	6,354	down 4
66	Carlos	6,322	down 7
67	Angel	6,306	up 6
68	Patrick	6,297	down 5
69	Devin	6,152	down 1
70	Bryan	6,143	up 4
71	Cole	5,926	up 4
72	Jackson	5,903	up 11
73	Ian	5,886	down 1
74	Garrett	5,840	up 4
75	Trevor	5,745	down 9
76	Jesus	5,682	down 6
77	Chase	5,442	down 1
78	Adrian	5,341	up 1
79	Mark	5,230	down 10
80	Blake	5,143	up 4
81	Sebastian	5,029	up 71
82	Antonio	4,892	down 2
83	Lucas	4,818	up 7
84	Jeremy	4,738	down 3
85	Gavin	4,686	up 16
86	Miguel	4,673	up 5
87	Julian	4,590	up 24
88	Dakota	4,553	down 11
89	Alejandro	4,511	down 1
90	Jesse	4,485	down 8
91	Dalton	4,445	down 5
92	Bryce	4,319	up 1
93	Tanner	4,235	down 6
94	Kenneth	4,152	down 5
95	Stephen	4,137	down 10
96	Jake	4,091	up 1
97	Victor	4,053	down 2
98	Spencer	4,044	down 6
99	Marcus	3,797	down 1
100	Paul	3,795	down 6

Biggest climbers in 2000

The names that gained the most ground within the top 1,000 compared with 1999.

Girls

Layla: up 249 places, from 656th to 407th
Aliya: up 242 places, from 960th to 718th
Jaiden: up 228 places, from 968th to 740th
Anahi: up 220 places, from 585th to 365th
Jalyn: up 219 places, from 907th to 688th
Fernanda: up 207 places, from 773rd to 566th
Nya: up 206 places, from 994th to 788th
Amaya: up 202 places, from 398th to 196th
Izabella: up 192 places, from 991st to 799th
Piper: up 187 places, from 698th to 511th

Boys

Axel: up 438 places, from 799th to 361st
Kevon: up 401 places, from 794th to 393rd
Ayden: up 299 places, from 966th to 667th
Jude: up 270 places, from 950th to 680th
Emiliano: up 239 places, from 873rd to 634th
Karson: up 237 places, from 963rd to 726th
Kayden: up 217 places, from 999th to 782nd
Kenyon: up 212 places, from 984th to 772nd
Syed: up 181 places, from 935th to 754th
Shemar: up 177 places, from 849th to 672nd

New to the top 1,000 in 2000

Girls

Litzy, 396th (its first time ever)
Brisa, 482nd (its first time ever)
Amya, 568th (its first time ever)
Laila, 644th (back after dropping out)
Rosalinda, 702nd (back after dropping out)
Laney, 704th (back after dropping out)
Jackeline, 729th (its first time ever)
Marian, 735th (back after dropping out)
Bella, 749th (back after dropping out)
Kaya, 758th (its first time ever)

Boys

Elian, 426th (its first time ever)
Luca, 626th (its first time ever)
Jevon, 636th (back after dropping out)
Finn, 836th (its first time ever)
Jan, 837th (back after dropping out)
Kaiden, 838th (its first time ever)
Irving, 840th (back after dropping out)
Sincere, 849th (its first time ever)
Maximus, 851st (its first time ever)
Xzavier, 872nd (its first time ever)

How spread out were names in 2000?

The ten most popular girls' names went to 10.2% of the girls counted in 2000, and the top ten boys' names to 13.4% of the boys. In 1980, those shares were 17.1% for girls and 23.6% for boys.

Source: Social Security Administration, national baby name data, data through 2025. Names given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year aren't published, so totals are a little lower than actual births.