Most Popular Baby Names of 2004

In 2004, Emily was the most popular name for girls, given to 25,042 babies, and Jacob topped the boys' list with 27,911. Emily held on to number one for a ninth year in a row, and Jacob held on to number one for a sixth year in a row.

Social Security counted 1,836,250 girls and 1,984,979 boys born in 2004 under names given to at least five babies, spread across 18,835 different girls' names and 13,228 boys' names.

Top 100 names of 2004

Top girls' names, 2004
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2003
1	Emily	25,042	same
2	Emma	21,625	same
3	Madison	20,628	same
4	Olivia	16,108	up 1
5	Hannah	15,614	down 1
6	Abigail	15,436	same
7	Isabella	15,021	up 5
8	Ashley	14,377	same
9	Samantha	13,786	up 1
10	Elizabeth	13,577	down 1
11	Alexis	13,477	down 4
12	Sarah	12,758	down 1
13	Grace	12,536	same
14	Alyssa	12,109	same
15	Sophia	10,919	up 5
16	Lauren	9,983	down 1
17	Brianna	9,804	same
18	Kayla	9,773	down 2
19	Natalie	9,689	up 4
20	Anna	9,531	up 1
21	Jessica	9,470	down 3
22	Taylor	9,303	down 3
23	Chloe	8,729	up 1
24	Hailey	8,685	up 2
25	Ava	8,645	up 14
26	Jasmine	8,492	up 1
27	Sydney	8,368	down 2
28	Victoria	8,279	down 6
29	Ella	8,252	up 15
30	Mia	7,399	up 6
31	Morgan	7,295	down 2
32	Julia	7,149	up 1
33	Kaitlyn	6,988	down 1
34	Rachel	6,923	down 6
35	Katherine	6,742	same
36	Megan	6,687	down 6
37	Alexandra	6,625	up 1
38	Destiny	6,546	down 1
39	Jennifer	6,545	down 8
40	Allison	5,873	up 6
41	Savannah	5,814	same
42	Maria	5,757	same
43	Nicole	5,741	down 3
44	Haley	5,728	down 10
45	Mackenzie	5,728	same
46	Brooke	5,712	down 3
47	Makayla	5,666	up 4
48	Trinity	5,638	up 8
49	Kylie	5,557	up 3
50	Kaylee	5,444	up 3
51	Paige	5,441	down 4
52	Faith	5,421	down 2
53	Lily	5,402	up 16
54	Zoe	5,363	up 3
55	Stephanie	5,181	down 6
56	Jenna	5,175	down 1
57	Andrea	5,056	up 3
58	Riley	4,982	up 14
59	Katelyn	4,952	down 1
60	Angelina	4,917	up 11
61	Kimberly	4,847	up 3
62	Mary	4,838	down 3
63	Madeline	4,767	down 2
64	Leah	4,744	up 17
65	Lillian	4,734	up 11
66	Michelle	4,720	down 4
67	Amanda	4,697	down 13
68	Sara	4,507	down 3
69	Sofia	4,475	up 28
70	Rebecca	4,474	down 7
71	Jordan	4,447	down 23
72	Alexa	4,440	down 5
73	Gabrielle	4,420	down 7
74	Caroline	4,379	down 6
75	Vanessa	4,350	down 5
76	Gabriella	4,256	up 1
77	Avery	4,044	up 12
78	Marissa	4,009	up 17
79	Ariana	3,996	up 6
80	Audrey	3,903	down 2
81	Jada	3,891	down 2
82	Autumn	3,868	down 7
83	Maya	3,767	up 1
84	Evelyn	3,763	up 4
85	Jocelyn	3,743	up 2
86	Arianna	3,686	same
87	Amber	3,639	down 13
88	Isabel	3,638	down 5
89	Melanie	3,583	up 4
90	Diana	3,554	up 18
91	Danielle	3,530	down 9
92	Sierra	3,520	down 19
93	Leslie	3,501	down 2
94	Aaliyah	3,492	down 4
95	Erin	3,367	down 15
96	Amelia	3,354	up 15
97	Molly	3,344	up 2
98	Melissa	3,339	down 2
99	Claire	3,333	down 7
100	Bailey	3,309	down 2

Top boys' names, 2004
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2003
1	Jacob	27,911	same
2	Michael	25,470	same
3	Joshua	24,214	same
4	Matthew	22,882	same
5	Ethan	22,210	up 2
6	Andrew	21,717	down 1
7	Daniel	21,018	up 1
8	William	20,237	up 3
9	Joseph	20,147	down 3
10	Christopher	19,636	down 1
11	Anthony	19,613	down 1
12	Ryan	19,496	up 1
13	Nicholas	18,519	down 1
14	David	18,412	same
15	Alexander	17,925	up 1
16	Tyler	17,450	down 1
17	John	16,470	same
18	James	16,469	same
19	Dylan	14,852	same
20	Nathan	14,634	up 6
21	Jonathan	14,375	up 1
22	Brandon	14,135	down 1
23	Samuel	14,131	same
24	Christian	13,926	up 1
25	Benjamin	13,832	down 1
26	Zachary	13,712	down 6
27	Logan	13,140	up 1
28	Jose	12,187	up 2
29	Noah	11,916	up 2
30	Justin	11,879	down 3
31	Elijah	11,714	up 6
32	Gabriel	11,563	down 3
33	Caleb	11,307	up 1
34	Kevin	11,220	down 2
35	Austin	10,745	down 2
36	Robert	10,684	down 1
37	Thomas	10,504	down 1
38	Connor	10,049	up 5
39	Evan	9,983	up 5
40	Aidan	9,824	down 1
41	Luke	9,598	up 5
42	Jack	9,580	up 3
43	Jordan	9,560	down 5
44	Angel	9,516	up 3
45	Isaiah	9,264	up 4
46	Isaac	9,181	up 2
47	Jason	9,063	down 5
48	Jackson	8,977	up 4
49	Hunter	8,902	down 8
50	Cameron	8,887	down 10
51	Mason	8,619	up 3
52	Gavin	8,610	down 1
53	Aaron	8,400	down 3
54	Juan	8,134	up 1
55	Kyle	7,826	down 2
56	Charles	7,652	up 1
57	Luis	7,495	up 3
58	Adam	7,474	same
59	Brian	7,333	same
60	Aiden	7,161	up 13
61	Eric	7,133	down 5
62	Jayden	6,927	up 13
63	Alex	6,812	down 1
64	Sean	6,769	down 3
65	Bryan	6,732	down 1
66	Lucas	6,716	up 5
67	Owen	6,707	up 5
68	Nathaniel	6,675	down 5
69	Ian	6,507	down 4
70	Jesus	6,472	down 3
71	Carlos	6,260	down 5
72	Adrian	6,140	down 4
73	Diego	5,876	up 10
74	Julian	5,673	up 3
75	Cole	5,648	down 6
76	Ashton	5,436	up 25
77	Jeremiah	5,381	up 13
78	Steven	5,357	down 8
79	Timothy	5,234	down 3
80	Seth	5,188	same
81	Devin	5,167	down 7
82	Chase	5,161	up 5
83	Jaden	5,151	down 1
84	Cody	5,125	down 6
85	Colin	5,122	up 3
86	Landon	5,042	up 11
87	Hayden	5,019	down 3
88	Xavier	5,016	down 3
89	Carter	5,009	up 13
90	Wyatt	4,974	up 19
91	Dominic	4,879	down 10
92	Richard	4,848	down 6
93	Antonio	4,843	down 1
94	Jesse	4,761	same
95	Blake	4,694	down 16
96	Miguel	4,525	down 1
97	Sebastian	4,521	down 4
98	Jake	4,473	same
99	Alejandro	4,451	up 1
100	Patrick	4,441	down 9

Biggest climbers in 2004

The names that gained the most ground within the top 1,000 compared with 2003.

Girls

Kaydence: up 610 places, from 987th to 377th
Kadence: up 484 places, from 874th to 390th
Keira: up 364 places, from 621st to 257th
Roselyn: up 357 places, from 969th to 612th
Saniya: up 352 places, from 966th to 614th
Sherlyn: up 333 places, from 913th to 580th
Litzy: up 312 places, from 837th to 525th
Dayanara: up 285 places, from 713th to 428th
Cadence: up 258 places, from 476th to 218th
Rowan: up 248 places, from 957th to 709th

Boys

Jase: up 353 places, from 973rd to 620th
Ryder: up 312 places, from 653rd to 341st
Kasey: up 281 places, from 988th to 707th
Reagan: up 270 places, from 866th to 596th
Mathias: up 213 places, from 954th to 741st
Maddox: up 204 places, from 582nd to 378th
Matthias: up 179 places, from 989th to 810th
Cash: up 178 places, from 969th to 791st
Gael: up 156 places, from 526th to 370th
Ryker: up 155 places, from 941st to 786th

New to the top 1,000 in 2004

Girls

Rubi, 613th (back after dropping out)
Charlize, 625th (its first time ever)
Kimora, 805th (its first time ever)
Hillary, 809th (back after dropping out)
Ada, 820th (back after dropping out)
Xiomara, 834th (its first time ever)
Marin, 837th (its first time ever)
Ali, 865th (back after dropping out)
Diya, 873rd (its first time ever)
Mina, 885th (back after dropping out)

Boys

Kanye, 486th (its first time ever)
Kyan, 588th (its first time ever)
Cohen, 652nd (its first time ever)
Braylon, 705th (its first time ever)
Davian, 813th (its first time ever)
Jaidyn, 818th (its first time ever)
Demarion, 821st (its first time ever)
Landyn, 847th (its first time ever)
Luka, 851st (its first time ever)
Braulio, 853rd (its first time ever)

How spread out were names in 2004?

The ten most popular girls' names went to 9.3% of the girls counted in 2004, and the top ten boys' names to 11.4% of the boys. In 1984, those shares were 18.1% for girls and 23.5% 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.