Top names of the 2000s

The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies born during 2000 - 2009. For each rank and sex, the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name. The 200 most popular names were taken from a universe that includes 21,238,147 male births and 20,285,168 female births.

**Popular names of the 2000s**
Rank	Name	Number	Name	Number
	Males		Females
1	Jacob	273,450	Emily	223,488
2	Michael	250,174	Madison	192,976
3	Joshua	231,602	Emma	181,055
4	Matthew	221,266	Olivia	155,848
5	Daniel	203,404	Hannah	155,525
6	Christopher	203,006	Abigail	150,746
7	Andrew	202,208	Isabella	149,310
8	Ethan	201,611	Samantha	134,148
9	Joseph	194,377	Elizabeth	133,166
10	William	194,079	Ashley	132,934
11	Anthony	191,592	Alexis	130,622
12	David	179,488	Sarah	124,149
13	Alexander	178,585	Sophia	119,088
14	Nicholas	177,428	Alyssa	114,347
15	Ryan	173,072	Grace	110,584
16	Tyler	165,378	Ava	104,428
17	James	162,812	Taylor	100,882
18	John	160,684	Brianna	99,647
19	Jonathan	144,565	Lauren	97,096
20	Noah	143,238	Chloe	96,348
21	Brandon	142,807	Natalie	94,981
22	Christian	142,181	Kayla	94,233
23	Dylan	139,960	Jessica	90,555
24	Samuel	138,217	Anna	90,032
25	Benjamin	137,050	Victoria	84,823
26	Nathan	134,658	Mia	83,395
27	Zachary	134,621	Hailey	81,862
28	Logan	133,877	Sydney	76,397
29	Justin	122,830	Jasmine	75,920
30	Gabriel	119,610	Julia	70,803
31	Jose	115,612	Morgan	70,703
32	Austin	112,622	Destiny	69,617
33	Kevin	110,956	Rachel	68,139
34	Elijah	110,135	Ella	67,387
35	Caleb	109,900	Kaitlyn	66,841
36	Robert	106,429	Megan	66,781
37	Thomas	101,967	Katherine	65,286
38	Jordan	100,978	Savannah	64,610
39	Cameron	95,759	Jennifer	63,451
40	Jack	95,447	Alexandra	61,191
41	Hunter	94,731	Allison	59,923
42	Jackson	94,380	Haley	56,967
43	Angel	94,195	Maria	56,870
44	Isaiah	92,504	Kaylee	56,336
45	Evan	92,065	Lily	56,108
46	Isaac	90,548	Makayla	54,888
47	Mason	90,398	Brooke	54,630
48	Luke	90,382	Mackenzie	54,493
49	Jason	88,417	Nicole	54,486
50	Gavin	88,359	Addison	51,324
51	Jayden	88,351	Stephanie	49,903
52	Aaron	86,787	Lillian	49,300
53	Connor	85,920	Andrea	49,119
54	Aiden	83,395	Zoe	48,679
55	Aidan	76,435	Faith	48,659
56	Kyle	76,082	Kimberly	48,438
57	Juan	75,764	Madeline	48,252
58	Charles	75,232	Alexa	48,067
59	Luis	74,244	Katelyn	47,776
60	Adam	70,889	Gabriella	47,296
61	Lucas	70,881	Gabrielle	46,964
62	Brian	69,679	Trinity	46,796
63	Eric	69,393	Amanda	46,495
64	Adrian	66,023	Kylie	46,386
65	Nathaniel	64,133	Mary	45,938
66	Sean	64,052	Paige	45,519
67	Alex	63,688	Riley	45,482
68	Carlos	63,094	Leah	45,303
69	Ian	61,871	Jenna	45,250
70	Bryan	61,867	Sara	43,944
71	Owen	61,821	Rebecca	43,533
72	Jesus	61,256	Michelle	43,472
73	Landon	61,037	Sofia	43,329
74	Julian	60,301	Vanessa	43,174
75	Chase	57,109	Jordan	43,126
76	Cole	56,805	Angelina	42,727
77	Diego	55,989	Caroline	41,803
78	Jeremiah	55,481	Avery	41,666
79	Steven	53,798	Audrey	41,476
80	Sebastian	53,794	Evelyn	40,686
81	Xavier	52,365	Maya	39,983
82	Timothy	52,306	Claire	38,985
83	Carter	52,279	Autumn	38,440
84	Wyatt	51,297	Jocelyn	38,348
85	Brayden	50,290	Ariana	37,937
86	Blake	50,043	Nevaeh	37,861
87	Hayden	49,985	Arianna	37,767
88	Devin	49,335	Jada	37,016
89	Cody	48,794	Bailey	36,830
90	Richard	48,514	Brooklyn	36,772
91	Seth	48,098	Aaliyah	36,299
92	Dominic	48,044	Amber	36,168
93	Jaden	46,191	Isabel	35,994
94	Antonio	46,154	Mariah	35,588
95	Miguel	46,034	Danielle	35,568
96	Liam	44,873	Melanie	35,186
97	Patrick	44,720	Sierra	34,467
98	Carson	44,602	Erin	33,342
99	Jesse	43,276	Molly	33,245
100	Tristan	43,232	Amelia	33,214
101	Alejandro	43,072	Isabelle	32,822
102	Henry	42,577	Madelyn	32,597
103	Victor	40,630	Melissa	32,567
104	Trevor	40,005	Jacqueline	32,093
105	Bryce	39,845	Marissa	32,029
106	Jake	39,794	Shelby	31,270
107	Riley	39,570	Angela	31,251
108	Colin	39,100	Leslie	31,026
109	Jared	37,975	Katie	30,355
110	Jeremy	37,427	Jade	30,239
111	Mark	37,177	Catherine	29,654
112	Caden	36,691	Diana	29,520
113	Garrett	36,204	Aubrey	29,492
114	Parker	35,696	Mya	28,743
115	Marcus	35,569	Amy	28,727
116	Vincent	35,235	Briana	28,684
117	Kaleb	34,707	Sophie	28,651
118	Kaden	34,569	Gabriela	28,506
119	Brady	34,290	Breanna	27,962
120	Colton	34,204	Gianna	27,825
121	Kenneth	34,031	Kennedy	27,539
122	Joel	33,604	Gracie	27,447
123	Oscar	33,511	Peyton	27,440
124	Josiah	33,129	Adriana	27,374
125	Jorge	32,993	Christina	27,085
126	Cooper	32,409	Courtney	26,943
127	Ashton	32,382	Daniela	26,615
128	Tanner	31,658	Lydia	26,246
129	Eduardo	31,374	Kathryn	26,235
130	Paul	30,840	Valeria	26,187
131	Edward	30,745	Layla	26,160
132	Ivan	30,634	Alexandria	25,883
133	Preston	30,290	Natalia	25,484
134	Maxwell	30,029	Angel	25,371
135	Alan	29,615	Laura	24,923
136	Levi	29,190	Charlotte	24,217
137	Stephen	28,829	Margaret	23,874
138	Grant	28,394	Cheyenne	23,864
139	Nicolas	28,238	Mikayla	23,708
140	Omar	28,136	Miranda	23,705
141	Dakota	28,106	Naomi	23,624
142	Alexis	28,013	Kelsey	23,370
143	George	27,974	Payton	23,356
144	Collin	27,795	Ana	23,144
145	Eli	27,763	Alicia	23,097
146	Spencer	27,416	Jillian	22,800
147	Gage	27,370	Daisy	22,773
148	Max	27,337	Mckenzie	22,524
149	Cristian	27,170	Ashlyn	22,445
150	Ricardo	27,162	Sabrina	22,301
151	Derek	26,987	Caitlin	22,280
152	Micah	26,956	Summer	22,133
153	Brody	26,668	Ruby	21,969
154	Francisco	26,479	Rylee	21,934
155	Nolan	26,352	Valerie	21,922
156	Ayden	26,246	Skylar	21,851
157	Dalton	26,151	Lindsey	21,624
158	Shane	26,088	Kelly	21,599
159	Peter	26,080	Genesis	21,404
160	Damian	25,983	Zoey	21,341
161	Jeffrey	25,885	Eva	21,307
162	Brendan	25,816	Sadie	21,260
163	Travis	25,692	Alexia	21,205
164	Fernando	25,128	Cassidy	21,153
165	Peyton	24,930	Kylee	21,134
166	Conner	24,892	Kendall	21,012
167	Andres	24,748	Jordyn	20,968
168	Javier	24,599	Kate	20,750
169	Giovanni	24,192	Jayla	20,707
170	Shawn	24,134	Karen	20,583
171	Braden	24,057	Tiffany	20,155
172	Jonah	23,666	Cassandra	20,109
173	Bradley	23,581	Juliana	20,039
174	Cesar	23,576	Reagan	19,959
175	Emmanuel	23,498	Caitlyn	19,761
176	Manuel	23,413	Giselle	19,708
177	Edgar	22,572	Serenity	19,553
178	Erik	22,391	Alondra	19,484
179	Mario	22,390	Lucy	19,352
180	Edwin	22,037	Bianca	18,893
181	Johnathan	21,867	Kiara	18,891
182	Devon	21,585	Crystal	18,876
183	Erick	21,411	Erica	18,843
184	Wesley	21,043	Angelica	18,656
185	Oliver	20,896	Hope	18,644
186	Trenton	20,862	Chelsea	18,000
187	Hector	20,853	Alana	17,900
188	Malachi	20,711	Liliana	17,588
189	Jalen	20,430	Camila	17,538
190	Raymond	20,328	Brittany	17,536
191	Gregory	20,028	Makenzie	17,455
192	Abraham	19,790	Lilly	17,217
193	Elias	19,584	Veronica	17,215
194	Leonardo	19,469	Abby	17,192
195	Sergio	19,424	Jazmin	17,183
196	Donovan	19,302	Adrianna	17,148
197	Colby	19,168	Delaney	17,070
198	Marco	19,102	Karina	17,067
199	Bryson	19,037	Ellie	16,999
200	Martin	18,722	Jasmin	16,890
	Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of the end of February 2012. See the limitations of this data source.