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 21,271,936 male births and 20,318,363 female births
Popular names of the period 2000s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Jacob 273,992 Emily 223,734
2 Michael 250,662 Madison 193,202
3 Joshua 232,004 Emma 181,360
4 Matthew 221,591 Olivia 156,038
5 Daniel 203,881 Hannah 155,746
6 Christopher 203,351 Abigail 150,905
7 Andrew 202,541 Isabella 149,549
8 Ethan 201,809 Samantha 134,294
9 Joseph 194,863 Elizabeth 133,504
10 William 194,368 Ashley 133,036
11 Anthony 191,898 Alexis 130,820
12 David 180,004 Sarah 124,474
13 Alexander 178,817 Sophia 119,236
14 Nicholas 177,598 Alyssa 114,492
15 Ryan 173,224 Grace 110,708
16 Tyler 165,570 Ava 104,534
17 James 163,155 Taylor 100,988
18 John 161,023 Brianna 99,781
19 Jonathan 144,816 Lauren 97,154
20 Noah 143,489 Chloe 96,483
21 Brandon 142,981 Natalie 95,086
22 Christian 142,401 Kayla 94,345
23 Dylan 140,110 Jessica 90,658
24 Samuel 138,558 Anna 90,256
25 Benjamin 137,276 Victoria 84,951
26 Nathan 134,831 Mia 83,502
27 Zachary 134,748 Hailey 81,976
28 Logan 134,020 Sydney 76,438
29 Justin 122,975 Jasmine 76,057
30 Gabriel 119,814 Julia 70,867
31 Jose 115,725 Morgan 70,745
32 Austin 112,758 Destiny 69,800
33 Kevin 111,066 Rachel 68,350
34 Elijah 110,385 Ella 67,514
35 Caleb 110,068 Kaitlyn 66,906
36 Robert 106,643 Megan 66,830
37 Thomas 102,084 Katherine 65,346
38 Jordan 101,168 Savannah 64,747
39 Cameron 95,883 Jennifer 63,497
40 Jack 95,503 Alexandra 61,246
41 Hunter 94,843 Allison 59,963
42 Jackson 94,482 Haley 57,051
43 Angel 94,320 Maria 56,981
44 Isaiah 92,763 Kaylee 56,420
45 Evan 92,138 Lily 56,179
46 Isaac 90,726 Makayla 54,978
47 Luke 90,490 Brooke 54,683
48 Mason 90,486 Nicole 54,575
49 Jayden 88,580 Mackenzie 54,547
50 Jason 88,547 Addison 51,380
51 Gavin 88,436 Stephanie 49,951
52 Aaron 86,965 Lillian 49,383
53 Connor 85,978 Andrea 49,179
54 Aiden 83,533 Faith 48,773
55 Aidan 76,502 Zoe 48,749
56 Kyle 76,149 Kimberly 48,482
57 Juan 75,839 Madeline 48,277
58 Charles 75,325 Alexa 48,110
59 Luis 74,319 Katelyn 47,835
60 Adam 71,010 Gabriella 47,390
61 Lucas 70,983 Gabrielle 47,016
62 Brian 69,761 Trinity 46,883
63 Eric 69,475 Amanda 46,613
64 Adrian 66,112 Kylie 46,437
65 Nathaniel 64,257 Mary 46,240
66 Sean 64,124 Paige 45,574
67 Alex 63,771 Riley 45,524
68 Carlos 63,180 Leah 45,418
69 Bryan 61,926 Jenna 45,293
70 Ian 61,922 Sara 44,040
71 Owen 61,869 Rebecca 43,705
72 Jesus 61,310 Michelle 43,529
73 Landon 61,120 Sofia 43,372
74 Julian 60,378 Vanessa 43,225
75 Chase 57,161 Jordan 43,178
76 Cole 56,840 Angelina 42,807
77 Diego 56,034 Caroline 41,843
78 Jeremiah 55,660 Avery 41,698
79 Steven 53,896 Audrey 41,512
80 Sebastian 53,856 Evelyn 40,726
81 Xavier 52,467 Maya 40,025
82 Timothy 52,454 Claire 39,005
83 Carter 52,316 Autumn 38,529
84 Wyatt 51,341 Jocelyn 38,383
85 Brayden 50,373 Ariana 38,003
86 Blake 50,104 Nevaeh 37,937
87 Hayden 50,042 Arianna 37,828
88 Devin 49,423 Jada 37,075
89 Cody 48,875 Bailey 36,874
90 Richard 48,575 Brooklyn 36,858
91 Seth 48,155 Aaliyah 36,376
92 Dominic 48,107 Amber 36,214
93 Jaden 46,268 Isabel 36,034
94 Antonio 46,239 Mariah 35,679
95 Miguel 46,090 Danielle 35,615
96 Liam 44,935 Melanie 35,222
97 Patrick 44,777 Sierra 34,527
98 Carson 44,630 Erin 33,362
99 Jesse 43,383 Amelia 33,279
100 Tristan 43,294 Molly 33,265
101 Alejandro 43,106 Isabelle 32,863
102 Henry 42,703 Melissa 32,618
103 Victor 40,678 Madelyn 32,617
104 Trevor 40,048 Jacqueline 32,117
105 Bryce 39,875 Marissa 32,067
106 Jake 39,835 Angela 31,309
107 Riley 39,618 Shelby 31,303
108 Colin 39,124 Leslie 31,051
109 Jared 38,011 Katie 30,543
110 Jeremy 37,486 Jade 30,288
111 Mark 37,250 Catherine 29,694
112 Caden 36,734 Diana 29,538
113 Garrett 36,223 Aubrey 29,533
114 Parker 35,726 Mya 28,799
115 Marcus 35,662 Amy 28,757
116 Vincent 35,264 Briana 28,714
117 Kaleb 34,759 Sophie 28,680
118 Kaden 34,634 Gabriela 28,535
119 Brady 34,302 Breanna 28,021
120 Colton 34,246 Gianna 27,853
121 Kenneth 34,086 Kennedy 27,567
122 Joel 33,668 Gracie 27,484
123 Oscar 33,539 Peyton 27,474
124 Josiah 33,243 Adriana 27,400
125 Jorge 33,025 Christina 27,164
126 Ashton 32,441 Courtney 26,976
127 Cooper 32,434 Daniela 26,639
128 Tanner 31,680 Lydia 26,376
129 Eduardo 31,401 Kathryn 26,296
130 Paul 30,945 Valeria 26,209
131 Edward 30,814 Layla 26,203
132 Ivan 30,702 Alexandria 25,929
133 Preston 30,325 Natalia 25,527
134 Maxwell 30,048 Angel 25,438
135 Alan 29,645 Laura 25,016
136 Levi 29,400 Charlotte 24,259
137 Stephen 28,894 Margaret 23,909
138 Grant 28,413 Cheyenne 23,906
139 Nicolas 28,264 Naomi 23,738
140 Dakota 28,174 Miranda 23,736
141 Omar 28,157 Mikayla 23,729
142 Alexis 28,026 Kelsey 23,380
143 George 28,003 Payton 23,376
144 Eli 27,956 Ana 23,194
145 Collin 27,827 Alicia 23,151
146 Spencer 27,449 Jillian 22,817
147 Gage 27,419 Daisy 22,802
148 Max 27,366 Mckenzie 22,562
149 Ricardo 27,185 Ashlyn 22,463
150 Cristian 27,184 Sabrina 22,346
151 Derek 27,021 Caitlin 22,295
152 Micah 27,013 Summer 22,189
153 Brody 26,689 Ruby 22,023
154 Francisco 26,515 Valerie 21,958
155 Nolan 26,371 Rylee 21,951
156 Ayden 26,289 Skylar 21,893
157 Dalton 26,175 Lindsey 21,643
158 Shane 26,126 Kelly 21,616
159 Peter 26,124 Genesis 21,432
160 Damian 26,030 Zoey 21,402
161 Jeffrey 25,913 Eva 21,349
162 Brendan 25,835 Sadie 21,320
163 Travis 25,734 Alexia 21,230
164 Fernando 25,150 Cassidy 21,173
165 Peyton 24,965 Kylee 21,161
166 Conner 24,927 Kendall 21,030
167 Andres 24,772 Jordyn 20,994
168 Javier 24,630 Kate 20,767
169 Giovanni 24,223 Jayla 20,736
170 Shawn 24,189 Karen 20,604
171 Braden 24,071 Tiffany 20,186
172 Jonah 23,693 Cassandra 20,128
173 Bradley 23,615 Juliana 20,061
174 Cesar 23,603 Reagan 19,974
175 Emmanuel 23,536 Caitlyn 19,779
176 Manuel 23,442 Giselle 19,718
177 Edgar 22,583 Serenity 19,639
178 Mario 22,424 Alondra 19,496
179 Erik 22,406 Lucy 19,388
180 Edwin 22,070 Bianca 18,912
181 Johnathan 21,916 Kiara 18,911
182 Devon 21,629 Crystal 18,900
183 Erick 21,426 Erica 18,869
184 Wesley 21,080 Angelica 18,692
185 Oliver 20,930 Hope 18,683
186 Trenton 20,897 Chelsea 18,021
187 Hector 20,880 Alana 17,932
188 Malachi 20,773 Liliana 17,615
189 Jalen 20,445 Brittany 17,566
190 Raymond 20,427 Camila 17,563
191 Gregory 20,071 Makenzie 17,475
192 Abraham 19,838 Lilly 17,266
193 Elias 19,613 Veronica 17,246
194 Leonardo 19,487 Abby 17,216
195 Sergio 19,445 Jazmin 17,199
196 Donovan 19,326 Adrianna 17,178
197 Colby 19,180 Delaney 17,086
198 Marco 19,115 Karina 17,079
199 Bryson 19,064 Ellie 17,024
200 Martin 18,753 Jasmin 16,913
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2023. See the limitations of this data source.