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 21,275,919 male births and 20,322,146 female births
Popular names of the period 2000s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Jacob 274,064 Emily 223,755
2 Michael 250,702 Madison 193,217
3 Joshua 232,037 Emma 181,393
4 Matthew 221,620 Olivia 156,048
5 Daniel 203,951 Hannah 155,775
6 Christopher 203,370 Abigail 150,923
7 Andrew 202,577 Isabella 149,569
8 Ethan 201,825 Samantha 134,310
9 Joseph 194,937 Elizabeth 133,557
10 William 194,404 Ashley 133,050
11 Anthony 191,917 Alexis 130,831
12 David 180,072 Sarah 124,524
13 Alexander 178,842 Sophia 119,249
14 Nicholas 177,604 Alyssa 114,505
15 Ryan 173,238 Grace 110,715
16 Tyler 165,581 Ava 104,538
17 James 163,172 Taylor 100,998
18 John 161,083 Brianna 99,797
19 Jonathan 144,842 Lauren 97,157
20 Noah 143,516 Chloe 96,497
21 Brandon 142,995 Natalie 95,094
22 Christian 142,423 Kayla 94,356
23 Dylan 140,121 Jessica 90,665
24 Samuel 138,622 Anna 90,307
25 Benjamin 137,299 Victoria 84,961
26 Nathan 134,854 Mia 83,513
27 Zachary 134,755 Hailey 81,988
28 Logan 134,031 Sydney 76,442
29 Justin 122,988 Jasmine 76,076
30 Gabriel 119,827 Julia 70,877
31 Jose 115,739 Morgan 70,746
32 Austin 112,773 Destiny 69,813
33 Kevin 111,079 Rachel 68,382
34 Elijah 110,418 Ella 67,534
35 Caleb 110,080 Kaitlyn 66,909
36 Robert 106,658 Megan 66,832
37 Thomas 102,103 Katherine 65,355
38 Jordan 101,185 Savannah 64,754
39 Cameron 95,894 Jennifer 63,506
40 Jack 95,508 Alexandra 61,251
41 Hunter 94,858 Allison 59,965
42 Jackson 94,487 Haley 57,056
43 Angel 94,331 Maria 57,001
44 Isaiah 92,782 Kaylee 56,432
45 Evan 92,141 Lily 56,184
46 Isaac 90,755 Makayla 54,986
47 Luke 90,503 Brooke 54,686
48 Mason 90,499 Nicole 54,580
49 Jayden 88,600 Mackenzie 54,552
50 Jason 88,560 Addison 51,389
51 Gavin 88,445 Stephanie 49,956
52 Aaron 86,988 Lillian 49,392
53 Connor 85,983 Andrea 49,182
54 Aiden 83,551 Faith 48,781
55 Aidan 76,511 Zoe 48,755
56 Kyle 76,153 Kimberly 48,491
57 Juan 75,845 Madeline 48,280
58 Charles 75,331 Alexa 48,112
59 Luis 74,330 Katelyn 47,839
60 Adam 71,026 Gabriella 47,396
61 Lucas 70,993 Gabrielle 47,022
62 Brian 69,771 Trinity 46,887
63 Eric 69,476 Amanda 46,644
64 Adrian 66,120 Kylie 46,438
65 Nathaniel 64,259 Mary 46,310
66 Sean 64,131 Paige 45,580
67 Alex 63,779 Riley 45,531
68 Carlos 63,196 Leah 45,429
69 Bryan 61,930 Jenna 45,296
70 Ian 61,926 Sara 44,050
71 Owen 61,875 Rebecca 43,728
72 Jesus 61,316 Michelle 43,538
73 Landon 61,129 Sofia 43,379
74 Julian 60,389 Vanessa 43,229
75 Chase 57,173 Jordan 43,183
76 Cole 56,845 Angelina 42,812
77 Diego 56,039 Caroline 41,846
78 Jeremiah 55,669 Avery 41,706
79 Steven 53,908 Audrey 41,514
80 Sebastian 53,865 Evelyn 40,729
81 Xavier 52,482 Maya 40,029
82 Timothy 52,465 Claire 39,006
83 Carter 52,320 Autumn 38,533
84 Wyatt 51,344 Jocelyn 38,387
85 Brayden 50,382 Ariana 38,007
86 Blake 50,109 Nevaeh 37,949
87 Hayden 50,049 Arianna 37,836
88 Devin 49,426 Jada 37,080
89 Cody 48,883 Bailey 36,880
90 Richard 48,582 Brooklyn 36,866
91 Seth 48,161 Aaliyah 36,379
92 Dominic 48,113 Amber 36,215
93 Jaden 46,275 Isabel 36,038
94 Antonio 46,245 Mariah 35,683
95 Miguel 46,099 Danielle 35,626
96 Liam 44,938 Melanie 35,227
97 Patrick 44,782 Sierra 34,532
98 Carson 44,631 Erin 33,368
99 Jesse 43,389 Amelia 33,287
100 Tristan 43,299 Molly 33,270
101 Alejandro 43,115 Isabelle 32,868
102 Henry 42,742 Melissa 32,624
103 Victor 40,685 Madelyn 32,619
104 Trevor 40,054 Jacqueline 32,118
105 Bryce 39,878 Marissa 32,068
106 Jake 39,841 Angela 31,319
107 Riley 39,621 Shelby 31,309
108 Colin 39,128 Leslie 31,052
109 Jared 38,017 Katie 30,589
110 Jeremy 37,490 Jade 30,292
111 Mark 37,256 Catherine 29,701
112 Caden 36,736 Diana 29,543
113 Garrett 36,223 Aubrey 29,537
114 Parker 35,728 Mya 28,800
115 Marcus 35,670 Amy 28,757
116 Vincent 35,269 Briana 28,716
117 Kaleb 34,760 Sophie 28,682
118 Kaden 34,638 Gabriela 28,540
119 Brady 34,304 Breanna 28,027
120 Colton 34,249 Gianna 27,856
121 Kenneth 34,090 Kennedy 27,568
122 Joel 33,676 Gracie 27,487
123 Oscar 33,545 Peyton 27,475
124 Josiah 33,255 Adriana 27,402
125 Jorge 33,028 Christina 27,173
126 Ashton 32,447 Courtney 26,978
127 Cooper 32,437 Daniela 26,642
128 Tanner 31,681 Lydia 26,402
129 Eduardo 31,407 Kathryn 26,304
130 Paul 30,959 Valeria 26,213
131 Edward 30,827 Layla 26,208
132 Ivan 30,715 Alexandria 25,935
133 Preston 30,329 Natalia 25,532
134 Maxwell 30,049 Angel 25,444
135 Alan 29,647 Laura 25,036
136 Levi 29,455 Charlotte 24,264
137 Stephen 28,901 Margaret 23,915
138 Grant 28,414 Cheyenne 23,909
139 Nicolas 28,266 Naomi 23,757
140 Dakota 28,180 Miranda 23,739
141 Omar 28,162 Mikayla 23,731
142 Alexis 28,028 Kelsey 23,380
143 Eli 28,019 Payton 23,379
144 George 28,004 Ana 23,201
145 Collin 27,831 Alicia 23,154
146 Spencer 27,452 Jillian 22,822
147 Gage 27,420 Daisy 22,806
148 Max 27,368 Mckenzie 22,569
149 Ricardo 27,189 Ashlyn 22,469
150 Cristian 27,186 Sabrina 22,347
151 Derek 27,021 Caitlin 22,298
152 Micah 27,017 Summer 22,195
153 Brody 26,690 Ruby 22,030
154 Francisco 26,520 Valerie 21,961
155 Nolan 26,372 Rylee 21,953
156 Ayden 26,294 Skylar 21,896
157 Dalton 26,177 Lindsey 21,644
158 Peter 26,131 Kelly 21,616
159 Shane 26,128 Genesis 21,432
160 Damian 26,033 Zoey 21,407
161 Jeffrey 25,918 Eva 21,352
162 Brendan 25,836 Sadie 21,325
163 Travis 25,736 Alexia 21,234
164 Fernando 25,152 Cassidy 21,177
165 Peyton 24,969 Kylee 21,165
166 Conner 24,930 Kendall 21,033
167 Andres 24,775 Jordyn 20,997
168 Javier 24,635 Kate 20,768
169 Giovanni 24,227 Jayla 20,739
170 Shawn 24,197 Karen 20,608
171 Braden 24,071 Tiffany 20,188
172 Jonah 23,696 Cassandra 20,129
173 Bradley 23,617 Juliana 20,061
174 Cesar 23,608 Reagan 19,975
175 Emmanuel 23,538 Caitlyn 19,781
176 Manuel 23,442 Giselle 19,718
177 Edgar 22,585 Serenity 19,648
178 Mario 22,430 Alondra 19,497
179 Erik 22,407 Lucy 19,397
180 Edwin 22,075 Bianca 18,914
181 Johnathan 21,919 Kiara 18,912
182 Devon 21,635 Crystal 18,902
183 Erick 21,429 Erica 18,871
184 Wesley 21,082 Angelica 18,695
185 Oliver 20,933 Hope 18,688
186 Trenton 20,898 Chelsea 18,024
187 Hector 20,880 Alana 17,934
188 Malachi 20,778 Liliana 17,620
189 Raymond 20,449 Brittany 17,568
190 Jalen 20,446 Camila 17,565
191 Gregory 20,073 Makenzie 17,477
192 Abraham 19,849 Lilly 17,270
193 Elias 19,616 Veronica 17,251
194 Leonardo 19,487 Abby 17,217
195 Sergio 19,448 Jazmin 17,200
196 Donovan 19,328 Adrianna 17,181
197 Colby 19,182 Delaney 17,086
198 Marco 19,122 Karina 17,080
199 Bryson 19,067 Ellie 17,025
200 Martin 18,761 Jasmin 16,913
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2025. See the limitations of this data source.