Most Popular Baby Names of 2003

In 2003, Emily was the most popular name for girls, given to 25,693 babies, and Jacob topped the boys' list with 29,658. Emily held on to number one for a eighth year in a row, and Jacob held on to number one for a fifth year in a row.

Social Security counted 1,827,145 girls and 1,975,349 boys born in 2003 under names given to at least five babies, spread across 18,439 different girls' names and 12,761 boys' names.

Top 100 names of 2003

Top girls' names, 2003
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002
1	Emily	25,693	same
2	Emma	22,719	up 2
3	Madison	20,201	down 1
4	Hannah	17,638	down 1
5	Olivia	16,154	up 5
6	Abigail	15,932	up 1
7	Alexis	14,867	down 2
8	Ashley	14,519	down 2
9	Elizabeth	14,123	up 2
10	Samantha	13,870	down 1
11	Sarah	13,785	down 3
12	Isabella	13,781	up 2
13	Grace	12,781	up 2
14	Alyssa	12,750	down 2
15	Lauren	11,051	down 2
16	Kayla	10,957	up 3
17	Brianna	10,584	same
18	Jessica	10,454	down 2
19	Taylor	10,314	down 1
20	Sophia	9,687	up 7
21	Anna	9,464	down 1
22	Victoria	9,251	down 1
23	Natalie	9,151	up 7
24	Chloe	9,082	up 1
25	Sydney	8,911	down 2
26	Hailey	8,798	up 5
27	Jasmine	8,065	down 1
28	Rachel	7,997	down 4
29	Morgan	7,928	same
30	Megan	7,800	down 8
31	Jennifer	7,569	down 3
32	Kaitlyn	7,547	same
33	Julia	7,437	same
34	Haley	7,198	up 1
35	Katherine	7,126	up 1
36	Mia	7,083	up 7
37	Destiny	6,977	down 3
38	Alexandra	6,545	same
39	Ava	6,280	up 43
40	Nicole	6,238	down 3
41	Savannah	6,154	down 2
42	Maria	6,091	down 2
43	Brooke	5,971	up 9
44	Ella	5,909	up 45
45	Mackenzie	5,865	down 3
46	Allison	5,850	down 2
47	Paige	5,758	up 4
48	Jordan	5,650	down 3
49	Stephanie	5,603	down 8
50	Faith	5,597	down 2
51	Makayla	5,580	down 1
52	Kylie	5,558	up 9
53	Kaylee	5,452	up 4
54	Amanda	5,354	down 8
55	Jenna	5,352	down 8
56	Trinity	5,130	up 14
57	Zoe	5,087	up 3
58	Katelyn	5,054	down 5
59	Mary	5,043	down 10
60	Andrea	4,982	down 5
61	Madeline	4,976	down 5
62	Michelle	4,873	down 4
63	Rebecca	4,873	down 9
64	Kimberly	4,825	down 1
65	Sara	4,764	down 6
66	Gabrielle	4,600	same
67	Alexa	4,598	up 2
68	Caroline	4,585	down 1
69	Lily	4,434	up 10
70	Vanessa	4,352	down 2
71	Angelina	4,272	up 3
72	Riley	4,243	up 5
73	Sierra	4,242	down 11
74	Amber	4,123	down 9
75	Autumn	4,059	down 2
76	Lillian	4,030	up 20
77	Gabriella	4,021	down 1
78	Audrey	3,998	up 22
79	Jada	3,987	down 1
80	Erin	3,926	down 8
81	Leah	3,925	up 6
82	Danielle	3,865	down 11
83	Isabel	3,853	up 2
84	Maya	3,849	up 6
85	Ariana	3,834	up 8
86	Arianna	3,796	up 28
87	Jocelyn	3,718	up 5
88	Evelyn	3,701	up 10
89	Avery	3,687	up 43
90	Aaliyah	3,673	down 26
91	Leslie	3,639	same
92	Claire	3,571	up 3
93	Melanie	3,550	up 1
94	Shelby	3,537	down 19
95	Marissa	3,517	up 4
96	Melissa	3,502	down 16
97	Sofia	3,488	up 15
98	Bailey	3,467	down 14
99	Molly	3,403	up 8
100	Jacqueline	3,400	down 19

Top boys' names, 2003
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002
1	Jacob	29,658	same
2	Michael	27,129	same
3	Joshua	25,106	same
4	Matthew	24,011	same
5	Andrew	22,162	up 1
6	Joseph	21,394	up 1
7	Ethan	21,362	down 2
8	Daniel	21,072	up 2
9	Christopher	20,753	down 1
10	Anthony	20,149	up 2
11	William	20,000	same
12	Nicholas	19,696	down 3
13	Ryan	19,578	up 3
14	David	18,641	down 1
15	Tyler	18,185	down 1
16	Alexander	17,714	down 1
17	John	17,249	same
18	James	16,896	same
19	Dylan	15,703	up 4
20	Zachary	15,541	down 1
21	Brandon	15,245	down 1
22	Jonathan	14,994	down 1
23	Samuel	14,691	up 2
24	Benjamin	14,086	up 3
25	Christian	13,908	down 1
26	Nathan	13,667	up 2
27	Justin	13,655	down 5
28	Logan	13,187	up 1
29	Gabriel	12,522	up 3
30	Jose	12,394	same
31	Noah	11,843	same
32	Kevin	11,734	up 1
33	Austin	11,690	down 7
34	Caleb	11,643	up 1
35	Robert	11,399	down 1
36	Thomas	10,935	same
37	Elijah	10,665	up 4
38	Jordan	10,331	down 1
39	Aidan	10,067	up 21
40	Cameron	9,965	down 1
41	Hunter	9,900	down 3
42	Jason	9,822	same
43	Connor	9,670	up 4
44	Evan	9,444	up 12
45	Jack	9,318	down 1
46	Luke	9,304	same
47	Angel	9,161	up 2
48	Isaac	8,944	same
49	Isaiah	8,900	down 4
50	Aaron	8,874	down 7
51	Gavin	8,764	up 10
52	Jackson	8,713	down 2
53	Kyle	8,651	down 13
54	Mason	7,897	down 1
55	Juan	7,831	down 1
56	Eric	7,787	down 4
57	Charles	7,696	up 1
58	Adam	7,690	down 3
59	Brian	7,672	down 8
60	Luis	7,585	down 3
61	Sean	7,102	down 2
62	Alex	6,794	up 1
63	Nathaniel	6,666	down 1
64	Bryan	6,619	same
65	Ian	6,466	up 2
66	Carlos	6,218	down 1
67	Jesus	6,163	down 1
68	Adrian	6,110	up 5
69	Cole	5,898	same
70	Steven	5,860	down 2
71	Lucas	5,756	up 4
72	Owen	5,701	up 22
73	Aiden	5,684	up 62
74	Devin	5,646	same
75	Jayden	5,547	up 26
76	Timothy	5,487	down 6
77	Julian	5,410	up 1
78	Cody	5,400	down 7
79	Blake	5,275	down 3
80	Seth	5,256	down 8
81	Dominic	5,219	up 2
82	Jaden	5,182	up 5
83	Diego	5,121	up 15
84	Hayden	5,101	up 12
85	Xavier	5,066	up 3
86	Richard	5,054	down 9
87	Chase	5,014	down 5
88	Colin	4,876	up 28
89	Carson	4,861	up 16
90	Jeremiah	4,855	down 4
91	Patrick	4,789	down 12
92	Antonio	4,717	down 7
93	Sebastian	4,649	down 13
94	Jesse	4,606	down 4
95	Miguel	4,592	down 6
96	Victor	4,436	up 4
97	Landon	4,412	up 45
98	Jake	4,406	up 4
99	Trevor	4,387	down 18
100	Alejandro	4,317	down 8

Biggest climbers in 2003

The names that gained the most ground within the top 1,000 compared with 2002.

Girls

Cadence: up 482 places, from 958th to 476th
Samara: up 473 places, from 929th to 456th
Trista: up 464 places, from 970th to 506th
Dylan: up 381 places, from 883rd to 502nd
Keira: up 321 places, from 942nd to 621st
Brynn: up 294 places, from 585th to 291st
Rebeca: up 242 places, from 876th to 634th
Amya: up 207 places, from 632nd to 425th
Paris: up 190 places, from 463rd to 273rd
Amiya: up 185 places, from 1000th to 815th

Boys

Yahir: up 346 places, from 604th to 258th
Xander: up 310 places, from 544th to 234th
Gannon: up 276 places, from 960th to 684th
Zander: up 221 places, from 534th to 313th
Giovanny: up 199 places, from 919th to 720th
Gael: up 196 places, from 722nd to 526th
Rowan: up 192 places, from 818th to 626th
Ean: up 191 places, from 996th to 805th
Arjun: up 190 places, from 962nd to 772nd
Alden: up 177 places, from 906th to 729th

New to the top 1,000 in 2003

Girls

Laci, 438th (back after dropping out)
Dayanara, 713th (its first time ever)
Janiyah, 722nd (its first time ever)
Taniyah, 762nd (its first time ever)
Sanaa, 800th (its first time ever)
Lacie, 810th (back after dropping out)
Norah, 818th (back after dropping out)
Lacy, 826th (back after dropping out)
Yahaira, 834th (its first time ever)
Areli, 843rd (back after dropping out)

Boys

Maddox, 582nd (its first time ever)
Jamarion, 644th (its first time ever)
Yair, 717th (its first time ever)
Aydan, 741st (its first time ever)
Konner, 790th (its first time ever)
Damarion, 811th (its first time ever)
Jahir, 813th (its first time ever)
Andreas, 829th (back after dropping out)
Simeon, 831st (back after dropping out)
Marques, 855th (back after dropping out)

How spread out were names in 2003?

The ten most popular girls' names went to 9.6% of the girls counted in 2003, and the top ten boys' names to 11.8% of the boys. In 1983, those shares were 18.1% for girls and 23.7% 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.