Most Popular Baby Names of 2005

In 2005, Emily was the most popular name for girls, given to 23,952 babies, and Jacob topped the boys' list with 25,851. Emily held on to number one for a tenth year in a row, and Jacob held on to number one for a seventh year in a row.

Social Security counted 1,847,842 girls and 1,997,305 boys born in 2005 under names given to at least five babies, spread across 19,199 different girls' names and 13,370 boys' names.

Top 100 names of 2005

Top girls' names, 2005
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004
1	Emily	23,952	same
2	Emma	20,362	same
3	Madison	19,578	same
4	Abigail	15,756	up 2
5	Olivia	15,700	down 1
6	Isabella	15,197	up 1
7	Hannah	14,854	down 2
8	Samantha	13,642	up 1
9	Ava	13,606	up 16
10	Ashley	13,276	down 2
11	Elizabeth	12,743	down 1
12	Sophia	12,678	up 3
13	Alexis	11,977	down 2
14	Grace	11,865	down 1
15	Sarah	11,555	down 3
16	Alyssa	10,891	down 2
17	Mia	10,846	up 13
18	Natalie	10,742	up 1
19	Chloe	9,598	up 4
20	Brianna	9,370	down 3
21	Lauren	9,249	down 5
22	Anna	9,113	down 2
23	Ella	9,072	up 6
24	Taylor	8,676	down 2
25	Kayla	8,620	down 7
26	Hailey	8,595	down 2
27	Jessica	8,115	down 6
28	Victoria	7,961	same
29	Jasmine	7,873	down 3
30	Sydney	7,376	down 3
31	Julia	7,089	up 1
32	Destiny	6,894	up 6
33	Morgan	6,749	down 2
34	Kaitlyn	6,521	down 1
35	Savannah	6,484	up 6
36	Katherine	6,392	down 1
37	Alexandra	6,319	same
38	Rachel	6,226	down 4
39	Lily	6,090	up 14
40	Kaylee	5,870	up 10
41	Megan	5,856	down 5
42	Jennifer	5,837	down 3
43	Angelina	5,813	up 17
44	Makayla	5,727	up 3
45	Allison	5,634	down 5
46	Maria	5,600	down 4
47	Brooke	5,571	down 1
48	Trinity	5,455	same
49	Faith	5,256	up 3
50	Lillian	5,215	up 15
51	Mackenzie	5,199	down 6
52	Sofia	5,162	up 17
53	Haley	5,128	down 9
54	Riley	5,127	up 4
55	Gabrielle	5,018	up 18
56	Nicole	4,993	down 13
57	Kylie	4,970	down 8
58	Zoe	4,965	down 4
59	Katelyn	4,928	same
60	Paige	4,906	down 9
61	Gabriella	4,824	up 15
62	Jenna	4,796	down 6
63	Kimberly	4,752	down 2
64	Stephanie	4,701	down 9
65	Andrea	4,672	down 8
66	Alexa	4,664	up 6
67	Avery	4,654	up 10
68	Leah	4,601	down 4
69	Nevaeh	4,560	up 35
70	Madeline	4,528	down 7
71	Evelyn	4,490	up 13
72	Mary	4,481	down 10
73	Maya	4,431	up 10
74	Michelle	4,312	down 8
75	Sara	4,285	down 7
76	Jada	4,267	up 5
77	Audrey	4,137	up 3
78	Brooklyn	4,132	up 23
79	Amanda	4,099	down 12
80	Vanessa	4,095	down 5
81	Rebecca	4,018	down 11
82	Ariana	3,981	down 3
83	Caroline	3,974	down 9
84	Amelia	3,912	up 12
85	Mariah	3,840	up 28
86	Jordan	3,696	down 15
87	Jocelyn	3,681	down 2
88	Arianna	3,673	down 2
89	Isabel	3,611	down 1
90	Autumn	3,603	down 8
91	Marissa	3,592	down 13
92	Melanie	3,495	down 3
93	Aaliyah	3,459	up 1
94	Gracie	3,371	up 20
95	Claire	3,293	up 4
96	Isabelle	3,284	up 11
97	Molly	3,215	same
98	Mya	3,208	up 18
99	Katie	3,177	up 3
100	Diana	3,159	down 10

Top boys' names, 2005
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004
1	Jacob	25,851	same
2	Michael	23,828	same
3	Joshua	23,261	same
4	Matthew	21,483	same
5	Ethan	21,318	same
6	Andrew	20,742	same
7	Daniel	20,236	same
8	Anthony	19,387	up 3
9	Joseph	19,241	same
10	Christopher	19,174	same
11	William	19,060	down 3
12	David	18,144	up 2
13	Alexander	18,130	up 2
14	Ryan	17,990	down 2
15	Nicholas	17,076	down 2
16	Tyler	16,989	same
17	James	16,140	up 1
18	John	15,796	down 1
19	Jonathan	14,443	up 2
20	Nathan	14,365	same
21	Samuel	14,271	up 2
22	Christian	14,210	up 2
23	Noah	13,905	up 6
24	Dylan	13,782	down 5
25	Benjamin	13,586	same
26	Logan	13,475	up 1
27	Brandon	12,947	down 5
28	Gabriel	12,759	up 4
29	Zachary	12,288	down 3
30	Jose	12,065	down 2
31	Elijah	11,612	same
32	Angel	10,993	up 12
33	Kevin	10,917	up 1
34	Jack	10,906	up 8
35	Caleb	10,894	down 2
36	Justin	10,518	down 6
37	Robert	10,166	down 1
38	Austin	10,111	down 3
39	Evan	10,109	same
40	Thomas	10,041	down 3
41	Luke	10,011	same
42	Mason	9,771	up 9
43	Aidan	9,759	down 3
44	Jackson	9,580	up 4
45	Isaiah	9,527	same
46	Jordan	9,398	down 3
47	Gavin	9,340	up 5
48	Connor	9,321	down 10
49	Isaac	9,127	down 3
50	Aiden	9,083	up 10
51	Jason	8,614	down 4
52	Cameron	8,574	down 2
53	Hunter	8,512	down 4
54	Jayden	8,264	up 8
55	Juan	8,231	down 1
56	Charles	7,933	same
57	Aaron	7,811	down 4
58	Lucas	7,578	up 8
59	Luis	7,469	down 2
60	Owen	7,169	up 7
61	Landon	7,110	up 25
62	Diego	6,942	up 11
63	Brian	6,920	down 4
64	Adam	6,846	down 6
65	Adrian	6,727	up 7
66	Eric	6,697	down 5
67	Nathaniel	6,689	up 1
68	Ian	6,688	up 1
69	Kyle	6,688	down 14
70	Carlos	6,563	up 1
71	Alex	6,488	down 8
72	Bryan	6,454	down 7
73	Jesus	6,382	down 3
74	Julian	6,116	same
75	Sean	5,997	down 11
76	Hayden	5,916	up 11
77	Carter	5,899	up 12
78	Jeremiah	5,847	down 1
79	Cole	5,587	down 4
80	Brayden	5,512	up 27
81	Wyatt	5,356	up 9
82	Chase	5,199	same
83	Steven	5,079	down 5
84	Timothy	5,034	down 5
85	Dominic	4,994	up 6
86	Sebastian	4,956	up 11
87	Xavier	4,879	up 1
88	Jaden	4,849	down 5
89	Jesse	4,746	up 5
90	Devin	4,715	down 9
91	Seth	4,713	down 11
92	Antonio	4,694	up 1
93	Miguel	4,677	up 3
94	Richard	4,667	down 2
95	Colin	4,532	down 10
96	Cody	4,529	down 12
97	Alejandro	4,482	up 2
98	Caden	4,438	up 6
99	Blake	4,418	down 4
100	Kaden	4,365	up 5

Biggest climbers in 2005

The names that gained the most ground within the top 1,000 compared with 2004.

Girls

Emerson: up 461 places, from 904th to 443rd
Natalee: up 408 places, from 916th to 508th
Sienna: up 310 places, from 609th to 299th
Estrella: up 309 places, from 605th to 296th
Patience: up 238 places, from 842nd to 604th
Violet: up 215 places, from 584th to 369th
Kimora: up 213 places, from 805th to 592nd
Aylin: up 210 places, from 919th to 709th
Rubi: up 182 places, from 613th to 431st
Miah: up 181 places, from 946th to 765th

Boys

Braylon: up 345 places, from 705th to 360th
Boston: up 222 places, from 909th to 687th
Cohen: up 220 places, from 652nd to 432nd
Ryland: up 200 places, from 905th to 705th
Kenyon: up 197 places, from 860th to 663rd
London: up 185 places, from 870th to 685th
Layton: up 171 places, from 952nd to 781st
Demarion: up 151 places, from 821st to 670th
Atticus: up 143 places, from 934th to 791st
Talon: up 140 places, from 763rd to 623rd

New to the top 1,000 in 2005

Girls

Danica, 611th (back after dropping out)
Belinda, 733rd (back after dropping out)
Johana, 790th (back after dropping out)
Arabella, 796th (back after dropping out)
Mikalah, 808th (its first time ever)
Emery, 813th (its first time ever)
Karol, 818th (back after dropping out)
Arleth, 820th (its first time ever)
Yahaira, 825th (back after dropping out)
Kaylen, 827th (back after dropping out)

Boys

Talan, 542nd (its first time ever)
Leland, 608th (back after dropping out)
Amare, 631st (its first time ever)
Johnpaul, 739th (back after dropping out)
Makai, 821st (its first time ever)
Braylen, 834th (its first time ever)
Lucian, 847th (back after dropping out)
Kadyn, 861st (its first time ever)
Leandro, 871st (its first time ever)
Giovani, 874th (back after dropping out)

How spread out were names in 2005?

The ten most popular girls' names went to 9% of the girls counted in 2005, and the top ten boys' names to 10.7% of the boys. In 1985, those shares were 18% for girls and 22.8% 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.