Top names of the 2000s

The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for boy and girl 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 21,277,426 boy births and 20,323,585 girl births
Popular names of the period 2000s
Boys Girls
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Jacob 274,077 Emily 223,768
2 Michael 250,715 Madison 193,222
3 Joshua 232,053 Emma 181,414
4 Matthew 221,631 Olivia 156,054
5 Daniel 203,975 Hannah 155,784
6 Christopher 203,372 Abigail 150,926
7 Andrew 202,588 Isabella 149,571
8 Ethan 201,835 Samantha 134,313
9 Joseph 194,962 Elizabeth 133,568
10 William 194,415 Ashley 133,051
11 Anthony 191,928 Alexis 130,834
12 David 180,098 Sarah 124,545
13 Alexander 178,847 Sophia 119,251
14 Nicholas 177,609 Alyssa 114,507
15 Ryan 173,244 Grace 110,720
16 Tyler 165,587 Ava 104,539
17 James 163,179 Taylor 100,999
18 John 161,104 Brianna 99,798
19 Jonathan 144,848 Lauren 97,162
20 Noah 143,533 Chloe 96,503
21 Brandon 143,003 Natalie 95,095
22 Christian 142,433 Kayla 94,356
23 Dylan 140,125 Jessica 90,665
24 Samuel 138,647 Anna 90,325
25 Benjamin 137,309 Victoria 84,967
26 Nathan 134,857 Mia 83,516
27 Zachary 134,756 Hailey 81,990
28 Logan 134,033 Sydney 76,444
29 Justin 122,991 Jasmine 76,080
30 Gabriel 119,830 Julia 70,880
31 Jose 115,743 Morgan 70,746
32 Austin 112,776 Destiny 69,815
33 Kevin 111,081 Rachel 68,401
34 Elijah 110,421 Ella 67,544
35 Caleb 110,087 Kaitlyn 66,909
36 Robert 106,666 Megan 66,833
37 Thomas 102,106 Katherine 65,356
38 Jordan 101,187 Savannah 64,757
39 Cameron 95,898 Jennifer 63,509
40 Jack 95,512 Alexandra 61,253
41 Hunter 94,860 Allison 59,966
42 Jackson 94,488 Haley 57,056
43 Angel 94,334 Maria 57,007
44 Isaiah 92,786 Kaylee 56,432
45 Evan 92,144 Lily 56,186
46 Isaac 90,761 Makayla 54,990
47 Luke 90,506 Brooke 54,686
48 Mason 90,502 Nicole 54,585
49 Jayden 88,603 Mackenzie 54,553
50 Jason 88,562 Addison 51,389
51 Gavin 88,447 Stephanie 49,960
52 Aaron 86,992 Lillian 49,393
53 Connor 85,985 Andrea 49,183
54 Aiden 83,554 Faith 48,789
55 Aidan 76,513 Zoe 48,755
56 Kyle 76,156 Kimberly 48,494
57 Juan 75,854 Madeline 48,280
58 Charles 75,334 Alexa 48,114
59 Luis 74,334 Katelyn 47,840
60 Adam 71,028 Gabriella 47,398
61 Lucas 70,995 Gabrielle 47,023
62 Brian 69,775 Trinity 46,889
63 Eric 69,480 Amanda 46,660
64 Adrian 66,122 Kylie 46,438
65 Nathaniel 64,264 Mary 46,337
66 Sean 64,133 Paige 45,581
67 Alex 63,781 Riley 45,533
68 Carlos 63,199 Leah 45,430
69 Bryan 61,930 Jenna 45,296
70 Ian 61,925 Sara 44,056
71 Owen 61,878 Rebecca 43,741
72 Jesus 61,324 Michelle 43,540
73 Landon 61,132 Sofia 43,380
74 Julian 60,391 Vanessa 43,229
75 Chase 57,175 Jordan 43,184
76 Cole 56,846 Angelina 42,813
77 Diego 56,041 Caroline 41,850
78 Jeremiah 55,672 Avery 41,706
79 Steven 53,909 Audrey 41,515
80 Sebastian 53,866 Evelyn 40,730
81 Xavier 52,490 Maya 40,032
82 Timothy 52,470 Claire 39,009
83 Carter 52,320 Autumn 38,538
84 Wyatt 51,347 Jocelyn 38,389
85 Brayden 50,382 Ariana 38,010
86 Blake 50,109 Nevaeh 37,951
87 Hayden 50,049 Arianna 37,838
88 Devin 49,430 Jada 37,080
89 Cody 48,883 Bailey 36,881
90 Richard 48,582 Brooklyn 36,869
91 Seth 48,161 Aaliyah 36,381
92 Dominic 48,114 Amber 36,217
93 Jaden 46,277 Isabel 36,042
94 Antonio 46,248 Mariah 35,684
95 Miguel 46,102 Danielle 35,628
96 Liam 44,940 Melanie 35,228
97 Patrick 44,782 Sierra 34,534
98 Carson 44,632 Erin 33,370
99 Jesse 43,393 Amelia 33,292
100 Tristan 43,300 Molly 33,271
101 Alejandro 43,118 Isabelle 32,871
102 Henry 42,760 Melissa 32,625
103 Victor 40,686 Madelyn 32,620
104 Trevor 40,055 Jacqueline 32,119
105 Bryce 39,878 Marissa 32,068
106 Jake 39,844 Angela 31,319
107 Riley 39,622 Shelby 31,310
108 Colin 39,129 Leslie 31,055
109 Jared 38,019 Katie 30,607
110 Jeremy 37,491 Jade 30,293
111 Mark 37,257 Catherine 29,702
112 Caden 36,737 Diana 29,544
113 Garrett 36,225 Aubrey 29,537
114 Parker 35,729 Mya 28,800
115 Marcus 35,673 Amy 28,760
116 Vincent 35,274 Briana 28,719
117 Kaleb 34,761 Sophie 28,682
118 Kaden 34,640 Gabriela 28,543
119 Brady 34,304 Breanna 28,029
120 Colton 34,249 Gianna 27,858
121 Kenneth 34,090 Kennedy 27,569
122 Joel 33,681 Gracie 27,488
123 Oscar 33,545 Peyton 27,479
124 Josiah 33,258 Adriana 27,404
125 Jorge 33,028 Christina 27,175
126 Ashton 32,450 Courtney 26,979
127 Cooper 32,438 Daniela 26,643
128 Tanner 31,681 Lydia 26,412
129 Eduardo 31,409 Kathryn 26,307
130 Paul 30,964 Valeria 26,216
131 Edward 30,833 Layla 26,209
132 Ivan 30,718 Alexandria 25,936
133 Preston 30,332 Natalia 25,535
134 Maxwell 30,049 Angel 25,445
135 Alan 29,647 Laura 25,043
136 Levi 29,477 Charlotte 24,266
137 Stephen 28,902 Margaret 23,919
138 Grant 28,416 Cheyenne 23,910
139 Nicolas 28,267 Naomi 23,763
140 Dakota 28,181 Miranda 23,739
141 Omar 28,164 Mikayla 23,732
142 Eli 28,043 Kelsey 23,380
143 Alexis 28,029 Payton 23,380
144 George 28,006 Ana 23,203
145 Collin 27,831 Alicia 23,155
146 Spencer 27,452 Jillian 22,822
147 Gage 27,420 Daisy 22,807
148 Max 27,368 Mckenzie 22,569
149 Ricardo 27,190 Ashlyn 22,470
150 Cristian 27,188 Sabrina 22,351
151 Derek 27,025 Caitlin 22,298
152 Micah 27,018 Summer 22,198
153 Brody 26,690 Ruby 22,032
154 Francisco 26,520 Valerie 21,962
155 Nolan 26,374 Rylee 21,953
156 Ayden 26,295 Skylar 21,898
157 Dalton 26,178 Lindsey 21,644
158 Peter 26,136 Kelly 21,618
159 Shane 26,129 Genesis 21,434
160 Damian 26,034 Zoey 21,408
161 Jeffrey 25,918 Eva 21,353
162 Brendan 25,836 Sadie 21,328
163 Travis 25,737 Alexia 21,237
164 Fernando 25,152 Cassidy 21,180
165 Peyton 24,969 Kylee 21,165
166 Conner 24,931 Kendall 21,034
167 Andres 24,777 Jordyn 20,999
168 Javier 24,637 Kate 20,768
169 Giovanni 24,227 Jayla 20,740
170 Shawn 24,198 Karen 20,609
171 Braden 24,071 Tiffany 20,188
172 Jonah 23,697 Cassandra 20,128
173 Bradley 23,618 Juliana 20,062
174 Cesar 23,610 Reagan 19,975
175 Emmanuel 23,539 Caitlyn 19,782
176 Manuel 23,444 Giselle 19,718
177 Edgar 22,586 Serenity 19,651
178 Mario 22,430 Alondra 19,497
179 Erik 22,408 Lucy 19,399
180 Edwin 22,081 Bianca 18,914
181 Johnathan 21,920 Kiara 18,913
182 Devon 21,636 Crystal 18,905
183 Erick 21,430 Erica 18,871
184 Wesley 21,084 Angelica 18,695
185 Oliver 20,935 Hope 18,690
186 Trenton 20,898 Chelsea 18,024
187 Hector 20,880 Alana 17,935
188 Malachi 20,780 Liliana 17,620
189 Raymond 20,460 Brittany 17,569
190 Jalen 20,447 Camila 17,566
191 Gregory 20,074 Makenzie 17,477
192 Abraham 19,854 Lilly 17,271
193 Elias 19,617 Veronica 17,252
194 Leonardo 19,490 Abby 17,217
195 Sergio 19,448 Jazmin 17,200
196 Donovan 19,329 Adrianna 17,183
197 Colby 19,182 Delaney 17,086
198 Marco 19,125 Karina 17,080
199 Bryson 19,067 Ellie 17,025
200 Martin 18,762 Jasmin 16,913
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2026. See the limitations of this data source.