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 21,267,624 male births and 20,314,150 female births
Popular names of the period 2000s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Jacob 273,911 Emily 223,714
2 Michael 250,610 Madison 193,172
3 Joshua 231,972 Emma 181,305
4 Matthew 221,556 Olivia 156,018
5 Daniel 203,785 Hannah 155,723
6 Christopher 203,321 Abigail 150,882
7 Andrew 202,485 Isabella 149,534
8 Ethan 201,795 Samantha 134,281
9 Joseph 194,793 Elizabeth 133,457
10 William 194,328 Ashley 133,024
11 Anthony 191,874 Alexis 130,801
12 David 179,935 Sarah 124,411
13 Alexander 178,788 Sophia 119,228
14 Nicholas 177,582 Alyssa 114,476
15 Ryan 173,208 Grace 110,702
16 Tyler 165,548 Ava 104,522
17 James 163,127 Taylor 100,972
18 John 160,966 Brianna 99,768
19 Jonathan 144,787 Lauren 97,146
20 Noah 143,446 Chloe 96,467
21 Brandon 142,964 Natalie 95,076
22 Christian 142,384 Kayla 94,336
23 Dylan 140,093 Jessica 90,647
24 Samuel 138,500 Anna 90,215
25 Benjamin 137,246 Victoria 84,939
26 Nathan 134,810 Mia 83,498
27 Zachary 134,737 Hailey 81,967
28 Logan 134,014 Sydney 76,431
29 Justin 122,962 Jasmine 76,040
30 Gabriel 119,797 Julia 70,861
31 Jose 115,705 Morgan 70,742
32 Austin 112,742 Destiny 69,789
33 Kevin 111,047 Rachel 68,314
34 Elijah 110,360 Ella 67,485
35 Caleb 110,057 Kaitlyn 66,904
36 Robert 106,624 Megan 66,823
37 Thomas 102,075 Katherine 65,344
38 Jordan 101,149 Savannah 64,732
39 Cameron 95,871 Jennifer 63,491
40 Jack 95,498 Alexandra 61,238
41 Hunter 94,837 Allison 59,959
42 Jackson 94,478 Haley 57,048
43 Angel 94,300 Maria 56,968
44 Isaiah 92,745 Kaylee 56,410
45 Evan 92,128 Lily 56,173
46 Isaac 90,705 Makayla 54,967
47 Luke 90,479 Brooke 54,678
48 Mason 90,477 Nicole 54,567
49 Jayden 88,561 Mackenzie 54,544
50 Jason 88,538 Addison 51,372
51 Gavin 88,431 Stephanie 49,949
52 Aaron 86,931 Lillian 49,374
53 Connor 85,968 Andrea 49,171
54 Aiden 83,527 Faith 48,765
55 Aidan 76,493 Zoe 48,747
56 Kyle 76,143 Kimberly 48,480
57 Juan 75,832 Madeline 48,272
58 Charles 75,320 Alexa 48,104
59 Luis 74,310 Katelyn 47,828
60 Adam 70,989 Gabriella 47,378
61 Lucas 70,969 Gabrielle 47,014
62 Brian 69,755 Trinity 46,877
63 Eric 69,465 Amanda 46,589
64 Adrian 66,107 Kylie 46,434
65 Nathaniel 64,249 Mary 46,173
66 Sean 64,115 Paige 45,568
67 Alex 63,766 Riley 45,522
68 Carlos 63,164 Leah 45,407
69 Bryan 61,919 Jenna 45,290
70 Ian 61,919 Sara 44,025
71 Owen 61,865 Rebecca 43,681
72 Jesus 61,296 Michelle 43,520
73 Landon 61,113 Sofia 43,367
74 Julian 60,373 Vanessa 43,215
75 Chase 57,159 Jordan 43,171
76 Cole 56,838 Angelina 42,802
77 Diego 56,028 Caroline 41,838
78 Jeremiah 55,645 Avery 41,696
79 Steven 53,881 Audrey 41,510
80 Sebastian 53,848 Evelyn 40,721
81 Xavier 52,458 Maya 40,023
82 Timothy 52,440 Claire 39,003
83 Carter 52,309 Autumn 38,515
84 Wyatt 51,339 Jocelyn 38,379
85 Brayden 50,368 Ariana 37,993
86 Blake 50,096 Nevaeh 37,921
87 Hayden 50,037 Arianna 37,822
88 Devin 49,418 Jada 37,070
89 Cody 48,871 Bailey 36,870
90 Richard 48,570 Brooklyn 36,847
91 Seth 48,151 Aaliyah 36,367
92 Dominic 48,102 Amber 36,208
93 Jaden 46,261 Isabel 36,028
94 Antonio 46,227 Mariah 35,668
95 Miguel 46,083 Danielle 35,607
96 Liam 44,928 Melanie 35,218
97 Patrick 44,775 Sierra 34,519
98 Carson 44,628 Erin 33,361
99 Jesse 43,369 Amelia 33,269
100 Tristan 43,291 Molly 33,261
101 Alejandro 43,100 Isabelle 32,859
102 Henry 42,675 Madelyn 32,615
103 Victor 40,669 Melissa 32,609
104 Trevor 40,044 Jacqueline 32,112
105 Bryce 39,873 Marissa 32,066
106 Jake 39,827 Angela 31,303
107 Riley 39,615 Shelby 31,299
108 Colin 39,124 Leslie 31,051
109 Jared 38,008 Katie 30,493
110 Jeremy 37,474 Jade 30,284
111 Mark 37,244 Catherine 29,691
112 Caden 36,729 Diana 29,535
113 Garrett 36,221 Aubrey 29,528
114 Parker 35,723 Mya 28,790
115 Marcus 35,648 Amy 28,752
116 Vincent 35,262 Briana 28,712
117 Kaleb 34,752 Sophie 28,676
118 Kaden 34,627 Gabriela 28,533
119 Brady 34,299 Breanna 28,014
120 Colton 34,242 Gianna 27,850
121 Kenneth 34,076 Kennedy 27,564
122 Joel 33,663 Gracie 27,475
123 Oscar 33,533 Peyton 27,466
124 Josiah 33,231 Adriana 27,399
125 Jorge 33,023 Christina 27,154
126 Ashton 32,437 Courtney 26,972
127 Cooper 32,431 Daniela 26,635
128 Tanner 31,678 Lydia 26,338
129 Eduardo 31,399 Kathryn 26,286
130 Paul 30,933 Valeria 26,206
131 Edward 30,803 Layla 26,198
132 Ivan 30,686 Alexandria 25,924
133 Preston 30,321 Natalia 25,522
134 Maxwell 30,046 Angel 25,432
135 Alan 29,640 Laura 25,000
136 Levi 29,339 Charlotte 24,255
137 Stephen 28,884 Margaret 23,907
138 Grant 28,409 Cheyenne 23,902
139 Nicolas 28,263 Miranda 23,733
140 Dakota 28,167 Mikayla 23,727
141 Omar 28,155 Naomi 23,719
142 Alexis 28,026 Kelsey 23,378
143 George 28,001 Payton 23,374
144 Eli 27,896 Ana 23,189
145 Collin 27,826 Alicia 23,146
146 Spencer 27,445 Jillian 22,817
147 Gage 27,416 Daisy 22,799
148 Max 27,363 Mckenzie 22,560
149 Ricardo 27,183 Ashlyn 22,462
150 Cristian 27,181 Sabrina 22,342
151 Derek 27,017 Caitlin 22,295
152 Micah 27,004 Summer 22,183
153 Brody 26,688 Ruby 22,019
154 Francisco 26,507 Valerie 21,951
155 Nolan 26,369 Rylee 21,950
156 Ayden 26,285 Skylar 21,890
157 Dalton 26,172 Lindsey 21,642
158 Shane 26,119 Kelly 21,615
159 Peter 26,118 Genesis 21,430
160 Damian 26,024 Zoey 21,395
161 Jeffrey 25,910 Eva 21,341
162 Brendan 25,833 Sadie 21,315
163 Travis 25,730 Alexia 21,227
164 Fernando 25,145 Cassidy 21,171
165 Peyton 24,963 Kylee 21,158
166 Conner 24,925 Kendall 21,027
167 Andres 24,768 Jordyn 20,992
168 Javier 24,622 Kate 20,764
169 Giovanni 24,222 Jayla 20,734
170 Shawn 24,185 Karen 20,600
171 Braden 24,070 Tiffany 20,181
172 Jonah 23,691 Cassandra 20,127
173 Bradley 23,613 Juliana 20,058
174 Cesar 23,599 Reagan 19,974
175 Emmanuel 23,534 Caitlyn 19,779
176 Manuel 23,441 Giselle 19,715
177 Edgar 22,583 Serenity 19,626
178 Mario 22,418 Alondra 19,496
179 Erik 22,404 Lucy 19,383
180 Edwin 22,064 Bianca 18,910
181 Johnathan 21,910 Kiara 18,909
182 Devon 21,625 Crystal 18,895
183 Erick 21,425 Erica 18,867
184 Wesley 21,077 Angelica 18,689
185 Oliver 20,928 Hope 18,679
186 Trenton 20,892 Chelsea 18,020
187 Hector 20,877 Alana 17,928
188 Malachi 20,770 Liliana 17,612
189 Jalen 20,443 Brittany 17,562
190 Raymond 20,414 Camila 17,560
191 Gregory 20,068 Makenzie 17,472
192 Abraham 19,827 Lilly 17,262
193 Elias 19,609 Veronica 17,239
194 Leonardo 19,485 Abby 17,214
195 Sergio 19,441 Jazmin 17,198
196 Donovan 19,325 Adrianna 17,177
197 Colby 19,179 Delaney 17,085
198 Marco 19,113 Karina 17,078
199 Bryson 19,062 Ellie 17,020
200 Martin 18,750 Jasmin 16,912
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2021. See the limitations of this data source.