Most Popular Baby Names of the 2000s

Across the 2000s, Emily was the most popular girls' name, given to 223,768 babies, and Jacob led the boys with 274,077.

That's out of 18,476,657 girls and 19,960,439 boys counted between 2000 and 2009, under 35,776 different girls' names and 24,628 boys' names.

Number one, year by year

Most popular names each year, 2000 to 2009
Year	Girls	Boys
2000	Emily	Jacob
2001	Emily	Jacob
2002	Emily	Jacob
2003	Emily	Jacob
2004	Emily	Jacob
2005	Emily	Jacob
2006	Emily	Jacob
2007	Emily	Jacob
2008	Emma	Jacob
2009	Isabella	Jacob

Top 100 names of the 2000s

Top girls' names, 2000–2009
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990s
1	Emily	223,768	up 2
2	Madison	193,222	up 27
3	Emma	181,414	up 53
4	Olivia	156,054	up 34
5	Hannah	155,784	up 6
6	Abigail	150,926	up 36
7	Isabella	149,571	not top 100 in 1990s
8	Samantha	134,313	down 3
9	Elizabeth	133,568	down 1
10	Ashley	133,051	down 8
11	Alexis	130,834	up 7
12	Sarah	124,545	down 8
13	Sophia	119,251	not top 100 in 1990s
14	Alyssa	114,507	up 7
15	Grace	110,720	up 74
16	Ava	104,539	not top 100 in 1990s
17	Taylor	100,999	down 8
18	Brianna	99,798	up 8
19	Lauren	97,162	down 6
20	Chloe	96,503	not top 100 in 1990s
21	Natalie	95,095	up 31
22	Kayla	94,356	down 10
23	Jessica	90,665	down 22
24	Anna	90,325	up 11
25	Victoria	84,967	down 6
26	Mia	83,516	not top 100 in 1990s
27	Hailey	81,990	not top 100 in 1990s
28	Sydney	76,444	up 31
29	Jasmine	76,080	down 4
30	Julia	70,880	up 25
31	Morgan	70,746	down 1
32	Destiny	69,815	up 40
33	Rachel	68,401	down 18
34	Ella	67,544	not top 100 in 1990s
35	Kaitlyn	66,909	up 13
36	Megan	66,833	down 26
37	Katherine	65,356	down 10
38	Savannah	64,757	up 40
39	Jennifer	63,509	down 23
40	Alexandra	61,253	down 12
41	Allison	59,966	same
42	Haley	57,056	up 4
43	Maria	57,007	up 4
44	Kaylee	56,432	not top 100 in 1990s
45	Lily	56,186	not top 100 in 1990s
46	Makayla	54,990	not top 100 in 1990s
47	Brooke	54,686	up 7
48	Nicole	54,585	down 31
49	Mackenzie	54,553	up 47
50	Addison	51,389	not top 100 in 1990s
51	Stephanie	49,960	down 37
52	Lillian	49,393	not top 100 in 1990s
53	Andrea	49,183	down 2
54	Faith	48,789	not top 100 in 1990s
55	Zoe	48,755	not top 100 in 1990s
56	Kimberly	48,494	down 20
57	Madeline	48,280	up 35
58	Alexa	48,114	not top 100 in 1990s
59	Katelyn	47,840	up 3
60	Gabriella	47,398	not top 100 in 1990s
61	Gabrielle	47,023	up 7
62	Trinity	46,889	not top 100 in 1990s
63	Amanda	46,660	down 57
64	Kylie	46,438	not top 100 in 1990s
65	Mary	46,337	down 26
66	Paige	45,581	same
67	Riley	45,533	not top 100 in 1990s
68	Leah	45,430	up 29
69	Jenna	45,296	up 7
70	Sara	44,056	down 27
71	Rebecca	43,741	down 48
72	Michelle	43,540	down 40
73	Sofia	43,380	not top 100 in 1990s
74	Vanessa	43,229	down 17
75	Jordan	43,184	down 22
76	Angelina	42,813	not top 100 in 1990s
77	Caroline	41,850	up 16
78	Avery	41,706	not top 100 in 1990s
79	Audrey	41,515	not top 100 in 1990s
80	Evelyn	40,730	not top 100 in 1990s
81	Maya	40,032	not top 100 in 1990s
82	Claire	39,009	not top 100 in 1990s
83	Autumn	38,538	not top 100 in 1990s
84	Jocelyn	38,389	not top 100 in 1990s
85	Nevaeh	38,050	not top 100 in 1990s
86	Ariana	38,010	not top 100 in 1990s
87	Arianna	37,838	not top 100 in 1990s
88	Jada	37,080	not top 100 in 1990s
89	Bailey	36,881	not top 100 in 1990s
90	Brooklyn	36,869	not top 100 in 1990s
91	Aaliyah	36,381	not top 100 in 1990s
92	Amber	36,217	down 72
93	Isabel	36,042	not top 100 in 1990s
94	Mariah	35,684	down 15
95	Danielle	35,628	down 71
96	Melanie	35,228	not top 100 in 1990s
97	Sierra	34,534	down 16
98	Erin	33,370	down 48
99	Amelia	33,292	not top 100 in 1990s
100	Molly	33,271	down 6

Top boys' names, 2000–2009
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990s
1	Jacob	274,077	up 4
2	Michael	250,715	down 1
3	Joshua	232,053	up 1
4	Matthew	221,631	down 1
5	Daniel	203,975	up 3
6	Christopher	203,372	down 4
7	Andrew	202,588	same
8	Ethan	201,835	up 47
9	Joseph	194,962	up 1
10	William	194,415	up 8
11	Anthony	191,928	up 8
12	David	180,098	same
13	Alexander	178,847	up 10
14	Nicholas	177,609	down 8
15	Ryan	173,244	down 1
16	Tyler	165,587	down 7
17	James	163,179	down 4
18	John	161,104	down 3
19	Jonathan	144,848	up 2
20	Noah	143,533	up 49
21	Brandon	143,003	down 10
22	Christian	142,433	up 10
23	Dylan	140,125	up 11
24	Samuel	138,647	up 9
25	Benjamin	137,309	up 5
26	Nathan	134,857	up 13
27	Zachary	134,756	down 11
28	Logan	134,033	up 31
29	Justin	122,991	down 12
30	Gabriel	119,830	up 42
31	Jose	115,743	up 6
32	Austin	112,776	down 10
33	Kevin	111,081	down 8
34	Elijah	110,421	not top 100 in 1990s
35	Caleb	110,087	up 21
36	Robert	106,666	down 16
37	Thomas	102,106	down 11
38	Jordan	101,187	down 10
39	Cameron	95,898	up 7
40	Jack	95,512	up 60
41	Hunter	94,860	up 19
42	Jackson	94,488	not top 100 in 1990s
43	Angel	94,334	not top 100 in 1990s
44	Isaiah	92,786	not top 100 in 1990s
45	Evan	92,144	up 18
46	Isaac	90,761	up 51
47	Luke	90,506	up 40
48	Mason	90,502	not top 100 in 1990s
49	Jayden	88,603	not top 100 in 1990s
50	Jason	88,562	down 5
51	Gavin	88,447	not top 100 in 1990s
52	Aaron	86,992	down 21
53	Connor	85,985	up 14
54	Aiden	83,554	not top 100 in 1990s
55	Aidan	76,513	not top 100 in 1990s
56	Kyle	76,156	down 32
57	Juan	75,854	down 6
58	Charles	75,334	down 15
59	Luis	74,334	down 2
60	Adam	71,028	down 20
61	Lucas	70,995	up 38
62	Brian	69,775	down 26
63	Eric	69,480	down 34
64	Adrian	66,122	up 28
65	Nathaniel	64,264	up 9
66	Sean	64,133	down 22
67	Alex	63,781	down 15
68	Carlos	63,199	up 2
69	Bryan	61,930	down 7
70	Ian	61,925	up 3
71	Owen	61,878	not top 100 in 1990s
72	Jesus	61,324	up 6
73	Landon	61,132	not top 100 in 1990s
74	Julian	60,391	not top 100 in 1990s
75	Chase	57,175	up 21
76	Cole	56,846	not top 100 in 1990s
77	Diego	56,041	not top 100 in 1990s
78	Jeremiah	55,672	not top 100 in 1990s
79	Steven	53,909	down 44
80	Sebastian	53,866	not top 100 in 1990s
81	Xavier	52,490	not top 100 in 1990s
82	Timothy	52,470	down 44
83	Carter	52,320	not top 100 in 1990s
84	Wyatt	51,347	not top 100 in 1990s
85	Brayden	50,382	not top 100 in 1990s
86	Blake	50,109	down 2
87	Hayden	50,049	not top 100 in 1990s
88	Devin	49,430	down 17
89	Cody	48,883	down 62
90	Richard	48,582	down 49
91	Seth	48,161	down 1
92	Dominic	48,114	not top 100 in 1990s
93	Jaden	46,277	not top 100 in 1990s
94	Antonio	46,248	down 12
95	Miguel	46,102	down 1
96	Liam	44,940	not top 100 in 1990s
97	Patrick	44,782	down 55
98	Carson	44,632	not top 100 in 1990s
99	Jesse	43,393	down 49
100	Tristan	43,300	not top 100 in 1990s

Names that peaked in the 2000s

These were among the decade's top 1,000 and reached their highest share of babies in a year between 2000 and 2009. The year each one peaked is in brackets.

Girls

Madison (2001)
Hannah (2000)
Abigail (2003)
Ava (2007)
Brianna (2000)
Natalie (2005)
Hailey (2003)
Sydney (2000)
Destiny (2000)
Kaitlyn (2000)

Boys

Ethan (2002)
Dylan (2001)
Nathan (2004)
Jose (2002)
Caleb (2002)
Cameron (2000)
Hunter (2000)
Angel (2006)
Isaiah (2006)
Evan (2009)

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.