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 21,266,586 male births and 20,313,064 female births
Popular names of the period 2000s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Jacob 273,894 Emily 223,709
2 Michael 250,596 Madison 193,168
3 Joshua 231,966 Emma 181,290
4 Matthew 221,543 Olivia 156,016
5 Daniel 203,766 Hannah 155,715
6 Christopher 203,313 Abigail 150,878
7 Andrew 202,477 Isabella 149,528
8 Ethan 201,790 Samantha 134,278
9 Joseph 194,775 Elizabeth 133,441
10 William 194,320 Ashley 133,023
11 Anthony 191,865 Alexis 130,795
12 David 179,913 Sarah 124,397
13 Alexander 178,779 Sophia 119,226
14 Nicholas 177,581 Alyssa 114,470
15 Ryan 173,205 Grace 110,695
16 Tyler 165,543 Ava 104,521
17 James 163,118 Taylor 100,971
18 John 160,955 Brianna 99,767
19 Jonathan 144,780 Lauren 97,145
20 Noah 143,439 Chloe 96,465
21 Brandon 142,960 Natalie 95,074
22 Christian 142,376 Kayla 94,336
23 Dylan 140,088 Jessica 90,645
24 Samuel 138,481 Anna 90,207
25 Benjamin 137,236 Victoria 84,936
26 Nathan 134,801 Mia 83,496
27 Zachary 134,734 Hailey 81,965
28 Logan 134,012 Sydney 76,430
29 Justin 122,959 Jasmine 76,038
30 Gabriel 119,794 Julia 70,858
31 Jose 115,702 Morgan 70,740
32 Austin 112,740 Destiny 69,785
33 Kevin 111,045 Rachel 68,300
34 Elijah 110,358 Ella 67,482
35 Caleb 110,052 Kaitlyn 66,902
36 Robert 106,614 Megan 66,821
37 Thomas 102,072 Katherine 65,341
38 Jordan 101,147 Savannah 64,729
39 Cameron 95,870 Jennifer 63,486
40 Jack 95,495 Alexandra 61,236
41 Hunter 94,836 Allison 59,959
42 Jackson 94,476 Haley 57,045
43 Angel 94,299 Maria 56,967
44 Isaiah 92,739 Kaylee 56,405
45 Evan 92,127 Lily 56,172
46 Isaac 90,701 Makayla 54,965
47 Luke 90,476 Brooke 54,677
48 Mason 90,472 Nicole 54,566
49 Jayden 88,560 Mackenzie 54,543
50 Jason 88,538 Addison 51,372
51 Gavin 88,431 Stephanie 49,948
52 Aaron 86,928 Lillian 49,373
53 Connor 85,964 Andrea 49,170
54 Aiden 83,524 Faith 48,759
55 Aidan 76,491 Zoe 48,746
56 Kyle 76,141 Kimberly 48,478
57 Juan 75,828 Madeline 48,272
58 Charles 75,320 Alexa 48,103
59 Luis 74,309 Katelyn 47,828
60 Adam 70,985 Gabriella 47,376
61 Lucas 70,966 Gabrielle 47,012
62 Brian 69,752 Trinity 46,874
63 Eric 69,464 Amanda 46,585
64 Adrian 66,107 Kylie 46,434
65 Nathaniel 64,245 Mary 46,158
66 Sean 64,114 Paige 45,566
67 Alex 63,765 Riley 45,520
68 Carlos 63,163 Leah 45,404
69 Bryan 61,918 Jenna 45,290
70 Ian 61,918 Sara 44,021
71 Owen 61,864 Rebecca 43,674
72 Jesus 61,296 Michelle 43,519
73 Landon 61,111 Sofia 43,367
74 Julian 60,371 Vanessa 43,214
75 Chase 57,159 Jordan 43,167
76 Cole 56,837 Angelina 42,799
77 Diego 56,028 Caroline 41,838
78 Jeremiah 55,642 Avery 41,695
79 Steven 53,876 Audrey 41,510
80 Sebastian 53,847 Evelyn 40,720
81 Xavier 52,454 Maya 40,022
82 Timothy 52,437 Claire 39,002
83 Carter 52,307 Autumn 38,514
84 Wyatt 51,338 Jocelyn 38,378
85 Brayden 50,367 Ariana 37,991
86 Blake 50,092 Nevaeh 37,915
87 Hayden 50,037 Arianna 37,819
88 Devin 49,414 Jada 37,069
89 Cody 48,866 Bailey 36,868
90 Richard 48,566 Brooklyn 36,846
91 Seth 48,149 Aaliyah 36,364
92 Dominic 48,100 Amber 36,208
93 Jaden 46,261 Isabel 36,028
94 Antonio 46,223 Mariah 35,666
95 Miguel 46,083 Danielle 35,606
96 Liam 44,927 Melanie 35,218
97 Patrick 44,774 Sierra 34,518
98 Carson 44,627 Erin 33,360
99 Jesse 43,365 Amelia 33,265
100 Tristan 43,291 Molly 33,260
101 Alejandro 43,100 Isabelle 32,859
102 Henry 42,663 Madelyn 32,611
103 Victor 40,669 Melissa 32,608
104 Trevor 40,042 Jacqueline 32,111
105 Bryce 39,873 Marissa 32,066
106 Jake 39,827 Angela 31,302
107 Riley 39,615 Shelby 31,298
108 Colin 39,123 Leslie 31,050
109 Jared 38,006 Katie 30,486
110 Jeremy 37,470 Jade 30,283
111 Mark 37,238 Catherine 29,690
112 Caden 36,727 Diana 29,535
113 Garrett 36,221 Aubrey 29,526
114 Parker 35,721 Mya 28,789
115 Marcus 35,647 Amy 28,751
116 Vincent 35,262 Briana 28,709
117 Kaleb 34,751 Sophie 28,675
118 Kaden 34,626 Gabriela 28,532
119 Brady 34,298 Breanna 28,011
120 Colton 34,239 Gianna 27,849
121 Kenneth 34,073 Kennedy 27,564
122 Joel 33,660 Gracie 27,475
123 Oscar 33,533 Peyton 27,464
124 Josiah 33,228 Adriana 27,399
125 Jorge 33,023 Christina 27,150
126 Ashton 32,437 Courtney 26,971
127 Cooper 32,431 Daniela 26,633
128 Tanner 31,678 Lydia 26,332
129 Eduardo 31,398 Kathryn 26,283
130 Paul 30,928 Valeria 26,206
131 Edward 30,800 Layla 26,197
132 Ivan 30,684 Alexandria 25,921
133 Preston 30,321 Natalia 25,522
134 Maxwell 30,046 Angel 25,430
135 Alan 29,640 Laura 24,994
136 Levi 29,332 Charlotte 24,255
137 Stephen 28,882 Margaret 23,905
138 Grant 28,409 Cheyenne 23,901
139 Nicolas 28,262 Miranda 23,730
140 Dakota 28,163 Mikayla 23,727
141 Omar 28,155 Naomi 23,715
142 Alexis 28,026 Kelsey 23,378
143 George 27,999 Payton 23,373
144 Eli 27,885 Ana 23,188
145 Collin 27,825 Alicia 23,145
146 Spencer 27,444 Jillian 22,817
147 Gage 27,415 Daisy 22,799
148 Max 27,363 Mckenzie 22,558
149 Ricardo 27,183 Ashlyn 22,462
150 Cristian 27,181 Sabrina 22,340
151 Derek 27,016 Caitlin 22,294
152 Micah 27,002 Summer 22,183
153 Brody 26,686 Ruby 22,018
154 Francisco 26,507 Rylee 21,950
155 Nolan 26,369 Valerie 21,950
156 Ayden 26,284 Skylar 21,888
157 Dalton 26,171 Lindsey 21,642
158 Shane 26,119 Kelly 21,615
159 Peter 26,116 Genesis 21,430
160 Damian 26,024 Zoey 21,394
161 Jeffrey 25,910 Eva 21,339
162 Brendan 25,833 Sadie 21,309
163 Travis 25,728 Alexia 21,226
164 Fernando 25,145 Cassidy 21,171
165 Peyton 24,961 Kylee 21,158
166 Conner 24,923 Kendall 21,027
167 Andres 24,767 Jordyn 20,992
168 Javier 24,622 Kate 20,763
169 Giovanni 24,222 Jayla 20,734
170 Shawn 24,183 Karen 20,599
171 Braden 24,070 Tiffany 20,181
172 Jonah 23,690 Cassandra 20,126
173 Bradley 23,612 Juliana 20,058
174 Cesar 23,599 Reagan 19,974
175 Emmanuel 23,534 Caitlyn 19,779
176 Manuel 23,440 Giselle 19,715
177 Edgar 22,583 Serenity 19,624
178 Mario 22,418 Alondra 19,496
179 Erik 22,404 Lucy 19,380
180 Edwin 22,061 Bianca 18,909
181 Johnathan 21,910 Kiara 18,908
182 Devon 21,625 Crystal 18,895
183 Erick 21,425 Erica 18,866
184 Wesley 21,075 Angelica 18,687
185 Oliver 20,928 Hope 18,677
186 Trenton 20,891 Chelsea 18,019
187 Hector 20,876 Alana 17,927
188 Malachi 20,767 Liliana 17,610
189 Jalen 20,443 Brittany 17,562
190 Raymond 20,405 Camila 17,560
191 Gregory 20,066 Makenzie 17,472
192 Abraham 19,825 Lilly 17,262
193 Elias 19,609 Veronica 17,238
194 Leonardo 19,484 Abby 17,213
195 Sergio 19,441 Jazmin 17,197
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 18,749 Jasmin 16,911
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2020. See the limitations of this data source.