Top names of the 2000s

The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies born during the 2000s. 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 21,269,529 male births and 20,315,969 female births
Popular names of the period 2000s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Jacob 273,945 Emily 223,723
2 Michael 250,633 Madison 193,181
3 Joshua 231,983 Emma 181,333
4 Matthew 221,573 Olivia 156,030
5 Daniel 203,832 Hannah 155,732
6 Christopher 203,336 Abigail 150,893
7 Andrew 202,517 Isabella 149,542
8 Ethan 201,802 Samantha 134,290
9 Joseph 194,829 Elizabeth 133,480
10 William 194,343 Ashley 133,030
11 Anthony 191,885 Alexis 130,803
12 David 179,965 Sarah 124,431
13 Alexander 178,802 Sophia 119,232
14 Nicholas 177,586 Alyssa 114,485
15 Ryan 173,218 Grace 110,706
16 Tyler 165,556 Ava 104,527
17 James 163,138 Taylor 100,977
18 John 160,995 Brianna 99,772
19 Jonathan 144,800 Lauren 97,147
20 Noah 143,461 Chloe 96,474
21 Brandon 142,969 Natalie 95,080
22 Christian 142,390 Kayla 94,338
23 Dylan 140,102 Jessica 90,651
24 Samuel 138,527 Anna 90,235
25 Benjamin 137,256 Victoria 84,946
26 Nathan 134,822 Mia 83,500
27 Zachary 134,740 Hailey 81,972
28 Logan 134,016 Sydney 76,435
29 Justin 122,966 Jasmine 76,049
30 Gabriel 119,807 Julia 70,863
31 Jose 115,713 Morgan 70,742
32 Austin 112,748 Destiny 69,796
33 Kevin 111,052 Rachel 68,328
34 Elijah 110,372 Ella 67,499
35 Caleb 110,062 Kaitlyn 66,905
36 Robert 106,632 Megan 66,825
37 Thomas 102,075 Katherine 65,346
38 Jordan 101,156 Savannah 64,737
39 Cameron 95,877 Jennifer 63,492
40 Jack 95,500 Alexandra 61,241
41 Hunter 94,841 Allison 59,960
42 Jackson 94,479 Haley 57,050
43 Angel 94,306 Maria 56,974
44 Isaiah 92,755 Kaylee 56,413
45 Evan 92,135 Lily 56,176
46 Isaac 90,715 Makayla 54,971
47 Luke 90,483 Brooke 54,680
48 Mason 90,480 Nicole 54,570
49 Jayden 88,568 Mackenzie 54,544
50 Jason 88,542 Addison 51,374
51 Gavin 88,435 Stephanie 49,950
52 Aaron 86,946 Lillian 49,378
53 Connor 85,971 Andrea 49,173
54 Aiden 83,531 Faith 48,769
55 Aidan 76,499 Zoe 48,747
56 Kyle 76,145 Kimberly 48,480
57 Juan 75,835 Madeline 48,274
58 Charles 75,324 Alexa 48,106
59 Luis 74,312 Katelyn 47,829
60 Adam 71,002 Gabriella 47,385
61 Lucas 70,974 Gabrielle 47,016
62 Brian 69,759 Trinity 46,880
63 Eric 69,469 Amanda 46,600
64 Adrian 66,110 Kylie 46,436
65 Nathaniel 64,252 Mary 46,196
66 Sean 64,119 Paige 45,572
67 Alex 63,769 Riley 45,523
68 Carlos 63,169 Leah 45,411
69 Bryan 61,922 Jenna 45,292
70 Ian 61,920 Sara 44,032
71 Owen 61,866 Rebecca 43,690
72 Jesus 61,301 Michelle 43,527
73 Landon 61,117 Sofia 43,370
74 Julian 60,375 Vanessa 43,217
75 Chase 57,160 Jordan 43,174
76 Cole 56,838 Angelina 42,804
77 Diego 56,031 Caroline 41,840
78 Jeremiah 55,651 Avery 41,698
79 Steven 53,888 Audrey 41,512
80 Sebastian 53,851 Evelyn 40,723
81 Xavier 52,460 Maya 40,024
82 Timothy 52,449 Claire 39,003
83 Carter 52,312 Autumn 38,519
84 Wyatt 51,339 Jocelyn 38,381
85 Brayden 50,368 Ariana 37,997
86 Blake 50,101 Nevaeh 37,927
87 Hayden 50,039 Arianna 37,824
88 Devin 49,421 Jada 37,072
89 Cody 48,873 Bailey 36,873
90 Richard 48,572 Brooklyn 36,850
91 Seth 48,153 Aaliyah 36,370
92 Dominic 48,103 Amber 36,211
93 Jaden 46,264 Isabel 36,031
94 Antonio 46,232 Mariah 35,673
95 Miguel 46,084 Danielle 35,612
96 Liam 44,932 Melanie 35,220
97 Patrick 44,776 Sierra 34,523
98 Carson 44,628 Erin 33,362
99 Jesse 43,375 Amelia 33,272
100 Tristan 43,291 Molly 33,261
101 Alejandro 43,105 Isabelle 32,860
102 Henry 42,692 Madelyn 32,617
103 Victor 40,672 Melissa 32,615
104 Trevor 40,045 Jacqueline 32,115
105 Bryce 39,874 Marissa 32,067
106 Jake 39,831 Angela 31,309
107 Riley 39,616 Shelby 31,303
108 Colin 39,124 Leslie 31,051
109 Jared 38,010 Katie 30,518
110 Jeremy 37,478 Jade 30,284
111 Mark 37,249 Catherine 29,693
112 Caden 36,731 Diana 29,536
113 Garrett 36,223 Aubrey 29,530
114 Parker 35,726 Mya 28,793
115 Marcus 35,657 Amy 28,754
116 Vincent 35,263 Briana 28,713
117 Kaleb 34,755 Sophie 28,678
118 Kaden 34,629 Gabriela 28,534
119 Brady 34,302 Breanna 28,019
120 Colton 34,243 Gianna 27,852
121 Kenneth 34,082 Kennedy 27,564
122 Joel 33,666 Gracie 27,477
123 Oscar 33,535 Peyton 27,471
124 Josiah 33,238 Adriana 27,399
125 Jorge 33,024 Christina 27,159
126 Ashton 32,437 Courtney 26,973
127 Cooper 32,432 Daniela 26,635
128 Tanner 31,680 Lydia 26,353
129 Eduardo 31,399 Kathryn 26,290
130 Paul 30,935 Valeria 26,207
131 Edward 30,804 Layla 26,199
132 Ivan 30,692 Alexandria 25,927
133 Preston 30,321 Natalia 25,523
134 Maxwell 30,047 Angel 25,434
135 Alan 29,642 Laura 25,010
136 Levi 29,367 Charlotte 24,255
137 Stephen 28,888 Margaret 23,909
138 Grant 28,412 Cheyenne 23,904
139 Nicolas 28,264 Miranda 23,735
140 Dakota 28,170 Mikayla 23,729
141 Omar 28,156 Naomi 23,728
142 Alexis 28,026 Kelsey 23,378
143 George 28,001 Payton 23,374
144 Eli 27,920 Ana 23,189
145 Collin 27,826 Alicia 23,148
146 Spencer 27,448 Jillian 22,817
147 Gage 27,417 Daisy 22,800
148 Max 27,363 Mckenzie 22,561
149 Ricardo 27,184 Ashlyn 22,462
150 Cristian 27,182 Sabrina 22,345
151 Derek 27,018 Caitlin 22,295
152 Micah 27,007 Summer 22,185
153 Brody 26,689 Ruby 22,021
154 Francisco 26,510 Valerie 21,955
155 Nolan 26,370 Rylee 21,950
156 Ayden 26,288 Skylar 21,892
157 Dalton 26,173 Lindsey 21,642
158 Shane 26,121 Kelly 21,615
159 Peter 26,119 Genesis 21,431
160 Damian 26,028 Zoey 21,399
161 Jeffrey 25,911 Eva 21,345
162 Brendan 25,833 Sadie 21,318
163 Travis 25,730 Alexia 21,228
164 Fernando 25,147 Cassidy 21,172
165 Peyton 24,963 Kylee 21,160
166 Conner 24,926 Kendall 21,028
167 Andres 24,769 Jordyn 20,993
168 Javier 24,628 Kate 20,765
169 Giovanni 24,223 Jayla 20,736
170 Shawn 24,187 Karen 20,603
171 Braden 24,070 Tiffany 20,183
172 Jonah 23,691 Cassandra 20,127
173 Bradley 23,614 Juliana 20,059
174 Cesar 23,601 Reagan 19,974
175 Emmanuel 23,536 Caitlyn 19,779
176 Manuel 23,441 Giselle 19,716
177 Edgar 22,583 Serenity 19,632
178 Mario 22,421 Alondra 19,496
179 Erik 22,404 Lucy 19,385
180 Edwin 22,066 Bianca 18,911
181 Johnathan 21,914 Kiara 18,910
182 Devon 21,626 Crystal 18,896
183 Erick 21,425 Erica 18,868
184 Wesley 21,080 Angelica 18,690
185 Oliver 20,929 Hope 18,681
186 Trenton 20,895 Chelsea 18,021
187 Hector 20,877 Alana 17,929
188 Malachi 20,773 Liliana 17,615
189 Jalen 20,443 Brittany 17,563
190 Raymond 20,418 Camila 17,562
191 Gregory 20,068 Makenzie 17,474
192 Abraham 19,832 Lilly 17,266
193 Elias 19,611 Veronica 17,242
194 Leonardo 19,485 Abby 17,214
195 Sergio 19,443 Jazmin 17,198
196 Donovan 19,325 Adrianna 17,178
197 Colby 19,179 Delaney 17,085
198 Marco 19,115 Karina 17,078
199 Bryson 19,063 Ellie 17,021
200 Martin 18,751 Jasmin 16,913
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2022. See the limitations of this data source.