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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 21,257,066 male births and 20,303,518 female births.

Popular names of the 2000s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Jacob 273,746 Emily 223,640
2 Michael 250,471 Madison 193,112
3 Joshua 231,851 Emma 181,195
4 Matthew 221,470 Olivia 155,970
5 Daniel 203,638 Hannah 155,647
6 Christopher 203,219 Abigail 150,828
7 Andrew 202,387 Isabella 149,461
8 Ethan 201,728 Samantha 134,232
9 Joseph 194,628 Elizabeth 133,338
10 William 194,262 Ashley 132,997
11 Anthony 191,781 Alexis 130,737
12 David 179,762 Sarah 124,304
13 Alexander 178,701 Sophia 119,182
14 Nicholas 177,531 Alyssa 114,415
15 Ryan 173,158 Grace 110,661
16 Tyler 165,485 Ava 104,492
17 James 163,017 Taylor 100,942
18 John 160,852 Brianna 99,725
19 Jonathan 144,713 Lauren 97,130
20 Noah 143,373 Chloe 96,431
21 Brandon 142,914 Natalie 95,033
22 Christian 142,313 Kayla 94,302
23 Dylan 140,053 Jessica 90,607
24 Samuel 138,393 Anna 90,138
25 Benjamin 137,174 Victoria 84,894
26 Nathan 134,761 Mia 83,464
27 Zachary 134,707 Hailey 81,938
28 Logan 133,960 Sydney 76,415
29 Justin 122,920 Jasmine 76,000
30 Gabriel 119,731 Julia 70,845
31 Jose 115,676 Morgan 70,733
32 Austin 112,709 Destiny 69,735
33 Kevin 111,015 Rachel 68,232
34 Elijah 110,305 Ella 67,437
35 Caleb 110,002 Kaitlyn 66,887
36 Robert 106,549 Megan 66,805
37 Thomas 102,041 Katherine 65,326
38 Jordan 101,080 Savannah 64,689
39 Cameron 95,832 Jennifer 63,476
40 Jack 95,478 Alexandra 61,222
41 Hunter 94,798 Allison 59,952
42 Jackson 94,453 Haley 57,017
43 Angel 94,260 Maria 56,932
44 Isaiah 92,663 Kaylee 56,380
45 Evan 92,108 Lily 56,150
46 Isaac 90,648 Makayla 54,949
47 Luke 90,450 Brooke 54,654
48 Mason 90,449 Nicole 54,538
49 Jason 88,501 Mackenzie 54,527
50 Jayden 88,501 Addison 51,362
51 Gavin 88,413 Stephanie 49,936
52 Aaron 86,866 Lillian 49,351
53 Connor 85,952 Andrea 49,156
54 Aiden 83,489 Zoe 48,731
55 Aidan 76,473 Faith 48,721
56 Kyle 76,123 Kimberly 48,463
57 Juan 75,810 Madeline 48,264
58 Charles 75,302 Alexa 48,093
59 Luis 74,285 Katelyn 47,810
60 Adam 70,961 Gabriella 47,350
61 Lucas 70,941 Gabrielle 46,995
62 Brian 69,736 Trinity 46,845
63 Eric 69,443 Amanda 46,539
64 Adrian 66,074 Kylie 46,418
65 Nathaniel 64,211 Mary 46,065
66 Sean 64,101 Paige 45,549
67 Alex 63,741 Riley 45,509
68 Carlos 63,144 Leah 45,378
69 Ian 61,906 Jenna 45,283
70 Bryan 61,903 Sara 43,991
71 Owen 61,853 Rebecca 43,617
72 Jesus 61,280 Michelle 43,503
73 Landon 61,084 Sofia 43,352
74 Julian 60,342 Vanessa 43,201
75 Chase 57,140 Jordan 43,156
76 Cole 56,829 Angelina 42,772
77 Diego 56,015 Caroline 41,828
78 Jeremiah 55,593 Avery 41,686
79 Steven 53,845 Audrey 41,498
80 Sebastian 53,829 Evelyn 40,712
81 Xavier 52,426 Maya 40,011
82 Timothy 52,395 Claire 38,997
83 Carter 52,298 Autumn 38,491
84 Wyatt 51,325 Jocelyn 38,366
85 Brayden 50,339 Ariana 37,973
86 Blake 50,076 Nevaeh 37,866
87 Hayden 50,017 Arianna 37,804
88 Devin 49,387 Jada 37,050
89 Cody 48,838 Bailey 36,852
90 Richard 48,545 Brooklyn 36,819
91 Seth 48,135 Aaliyah 36,344
92 Dominic 48,081 Amber 36,187
93 Jaden 46,241 Isabel 36,018
94 Antonio 46,195 Mariah 35,648
95 Miguel 46,062 Danielle 35,598
96 Liam 44,916 Melanie 35,209
97 Patrick 44,762 Sierra 34,501
98 Carson 44,623 Erin 33,354
99 Jesse 43,336 Molly 33,254
100 Tristan 43,266 Amelia 33,248
101 Alejandro 43,090 Isabelle 32,849
102 Henry 42,627 Madelyn 32,605
103 Victor 40,656 Melissa 32,596
104 Trevor 40,030 Jacqueline 32,106
105 Bryce 39,865 Marissa 32,053
106 Jake 39,817 Shelby 31,293
107 Riley 39,595 Angela 31,285
108 Colin 39,117 Leslie 31,047
109 Jared 38,000 Katie 30,422
110 Jeremy 37,460 Jade 30,271
111 Mark 37,215 Catherine 29,675
112 Caden 36,714 Diana 29,533
113 Garrett 36,214 Aubrey 29,515
114 Parker 35,715 Mya 28,771
115 Marcus 35,622 Amy 28,739
116 Vincent 35,255 Briana 28,705
117 Kaleb 34,736 Sophie 28,669
118 Kaden 34,608 Gabriela 28,523
119 Brady 34,297 Breanna 27,992
120 Colton 34,228 Gianna 27,844
121 Kenneth 34,056 Kennedy 27,561
122 Joel 33,646 Gracie 27,464
123 Oscar 33,527 Peyton 27,457
124 Josiah 33,195 Adriana 27,389
125 Jorge 33,019 Christina 27,129
126 Cooper 32,427 Courtney 26,965
127 Ashton 32,416 Daniela 26,627
128 Tanner 31,670 Lydia 26,298
129 Eduardo 31,392 Kathryn 26,265
130 Paul 30,891 Valeria 26,201
131 Edward 30,774 Layla 26,185
132 Ivan 30,663 Alexandria 25,901
133 Preston 30,309 Natalia 25,506
134 Maxwell 30,043 Angel 25,411
135 Alan 29,629 Laura 24,962
136 Levi 29,273 Charlotte 24,241
137 Stephen 28,870 Margaret 23,895
138 Grant 28,407 Cheyenne 23,888
139 Nicolas 28,254 Mikayla 23,723
140 Omar 28,148 Miranda 23,721
141 Dakota 28,145 Naomi 23,683
142 Alexis 28,021 Kelsey 23,372
143 George 27,994 Payton 23,368
144 Eli 27,825 Ana 23,174
145 Collin 27,819 Alicia 23,131
146 Spencer 27,433 Jillian 22,810
147 Gage 27,400 Daisy 22,789
148 Max 27,355 Mckenzie 22,551
149 Cristian 27,178 Ashlyn 22,456
150 Ricardo 27,178 Sabrina 22,327
151 Derek 27,008 Caitlin 22,288
152 Micah 26,995 Summer 22,172
153 Brody 26,682 Ruby 22,000
154 Francisco 26,496 Rylee 21,944
155 Nolan 26,364 Valerie 21,942
156 Ayden 26,275 Skylar 21,870
157 Dalton 26,164 Lindsey 21,636
158 Shane 26,106 Kelly 21,610
159 Peter 26,101 Genesis 21,427
160 Damian 26,009 Zoey 21,378
161 Jeffrey 25,903 Eva 21,333
162 Brendan 25,828 Sadie 21,288
163 Travis 25,716 Alexia 21,223
164 Fernando 25,140 Cassidy 21,165
165 Peyton 24,954 Kylee 21,149
166 Conner 24,913 Kendall 21,024
167 Andres 24,761 Jordyn 20,989
168 Javier 24,616 Kate 20,760
169 Giovanni 24,213 Jayla 20,731
170 Shawn 24,163 Karen 20,592
171 Braden 24,066 Tiffany 20,172
172 Jonah 23,684 Cassandra 20,122
173 Bradley 23,604 Juliana 20,055
174 Cesar 23,590 Reagan 19,968
175 Emmanuel 23,526 Caitlyn 19,776
176 Manuel 23,430 Giselle 19,711
177 Edgar 22,577 Serenity 19,599
178 Mario 22,409 Alondra 19,494
179 Erik 22,400 Lucy 19,370
180 Edwin 22,048 Bianca 18,904
181 Johnathan 21,892 Kiara 18,903
182 Devon 21,610 Crystal 18,888
183 Erick 21,421 Erica 18,852
184 Wesley 21,064 Angelica 18,677
185 Oliver 20,918 Hope 18,664
186 Trenton 20,884 Chelsea 18,014
187 Hector 20,865 Alana 17,917
188 Malachi 20,745 Liliana 17,602
189 Jalen 20,441 Brittany 17,558
190 Raymond 20,372 Camila 17,553
191 Gregory 20,052 Makenzie 17,467
192 Abraham 19,813 Lilly 17,242
193 Elias 19,605 Veronica 17,223
194 Leonardo 19,475 Abby 17,206
195 Sergio 19,435 Jazmin 17,191
196 Donovan 19,313 Adrianna 17,168
197 Colby 19,175 Delaney 17,078
198 Marco 19,112 Karina 17,076
199 Bryson 19,052 Ellie 17,017
200 Martin 18,741 Jasmin 16,897
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of March 2017. See the limitations of this data source.