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 21,274,021 male births and 20,320,493 female births
Popular names of the period 2000s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Jacob 274,028 Emily 223,748
2 Michael 250,679 Madison 193,209
3 Joshua 232,023 Emma 181,379
4 Matthew 221,605 Olivia 156,040
5 Daniel 203,917 Hannah 155,762
6 Christopher 203,363 Abigail 150,916
7 Andrew 202,561 Isabella 149,558
8 Ethan 201,816 Samantha 134,304
9 Joseph 194,903 Elizabeth 133,543
10 William 194,390 Ashley 133,043
11 Anthony 191,907 Alexis 130,826
12 David 180,041 Sarah 124,503
13 Alexander 178,829 Sophia 119,243
14 Nicholas 177,600 Alyssa 114,502
15 Ryan 173,231 Grace 110,712
16 Tyler 165,578 Ava 104,535
17 James 163,165 Taylor 100,993
18 John 161,057 Brianna 99,791
19 Jonathan 144,832 Lauren 97,156
20 Noah 143,500 Chloe 96,493
21 Brandon 142,989 Natalie 95,089
22 Christian 142,411 Kayla 94,353
23 Dylan 140,117 Jessica 90,660
24 Samuel 138,587 Anna 90,282
25 Benjamin 137,288 Victoria 84,958
26 Nathan 134,844 Mia 83,509
27 Zachary 134,753 Hailey 81,984
28 Logan 134,026 Sydney 76,439
29 Justin 122,982 Jasmine 76,069
30 Gabriel 119,820 Julia 70,875
31 Jose 115,730 Morgan 70,746
32 Austin 112,764 Destiny 69,809
33 Kevin 111,075 Rachel 68,369
34 Elijah 110,405 Ella 67,522
35 Caleb 110,076 Kaitlyn 66,907
36 Robert 106,650 Megan 66,832
37 Thomas 102,097 Katherine 65,351
38 Jordan 101,174 Savannah 64,752
39 Cameron 95,891 Jennifer 63,501
40 Jack 95,507 Alexandra 61,247
41 Hunter 94,851 Allison 59,964
42 Jackson 94,486 Haley 57,052
43 Angel 94,327 Maria 56,988
44 Isaiah 92,772 Kaylee 56,428
45 Evan 92,140 Lily 56,182
46 Isaac 90,741 Makayla 54,981
47 Luke 90,495 Brooke 54,685
48 Mason 90,494 Nicole 54,577
49 Jayden 88,592 Mackenzie 54,550
50 Jason 88,551 Addison 51,383
51 Gavin 88,440 Stephanie 49,955
52 Aaron 86,974 Lillian 49,387
53 Connor 85,982 Andrea 49,182
54 Aiden 83,545 Faith 48,779
55 Aidan 76,507 Zoe 48,752
56 Kyle 76,151 Kimberly 48,488
57 Juan 75,843 Madeline 48,278
58 Charles 75,325 Alexa 48,110
59 Luis 74,325 Katelyn 47,837
60 Adam 71,022 Gabriella 47,394
61 Lucas 70,985 Gabrielle 47,019
62 Brian 69,769 Trinity 46,885
63 Eric 69,476 Amanda 46,634
64 Adrian 66,115 Kylie 46,437
65 Nathaniel 64,259 Mary 46,286
66 Sean 64,128 Paige 45,575
67 Alex 63,775 Riley 45,530
68 Carlos 63,188 Leah 45,423
69 Bryan 61,927 Jenna 45,295
70 Ian 61,923 Sara 44,043
71 Owen 61,873 Rebecca 43,714
72 Jesus 61,311 Michelle 43,537
73 Landon 61,124 Sofia 43,376
74 Julian 60,385 Vanessa 43,229
75 Chase 57,166 Jordan 43,182
76 Cole 56,841 Angelina 42,809
77 Diego 56,034 Caroline 41,844
78 Jeremiah 55,664 Avery 41,706
79 Steven 53,906 Audrey 41,513
80 Sebastian 53,860 Evelyn 40,726
81 Xavier 52,477 Maya 40,029
82 Timothy 52,458 Claire 39,006
83 Carter 52,319 Autumn 38,531
84 Wyatt 51,344 Jocelyn 38,385
85 Brayden 50,378 Ariana 38,006
86 Blake 50,106 Nevaeh 37,943
87 Hayden 50,049 Arianna 37,836
88 Devin 49,424 Jada 37,076
89 Cody 48,881 Bailey 36,878
90 Richard 48,580 Brooklyn 36,862
91 Seth 48,159 Aaliyah 36,377
92 Dominic 48,110 Amber 36,215
93 Jaden 46,271 Isabel 36,036
94 Antonio 46,241 Mariah 35,682
95 Miguel 46,095 Danielle 35,621
96 Liam 44,937 Melanie 35,225
97 Patrick 44,781 Sierra 34,529
98 Carson 44,629 Erin 33,367
99 Jesse 43,388 Amelia 33,284
100 Tristan 43,295 Molly 33,265
101 Alejandro 43,111 Isabelle 32,867
102 Henry 42,727 Melissa 32,621
103 Victor 40,681 Madelyn 32,619
104 Trevor 40,051 Jacqueline 32,118
105 Bryce 39,877 Marissa 32,068
106 Jake 39,840 Angela 31,315
107 Riley 39,619 Shelby 31,308
108 Colin 39,127 Leslie 31,051
109 Jared 38,016 Katie 30,568
110 Jeremy 37,488 Jade 30,290
111 Mark 37,255 Catherine 29,699
112 Caden 36,736 Diana 29,542
113 Garrett 36,223 Aubrey 29,535
114 Parker 35,727 Mya 28,801
115 Marcus 35,666 Amy 28,757
116 Vincent 35,266 Briana 28,715
117 Kaleb 34,759 Sophie 28,682
118 Kaden 34,635 Gabriela 28,536
119 Brady 34,304 Breanna 28,026
120 Colton 34,247 Gianna 27,855
121 Kenneth 34,089 Kennedy 27,568
122 Joel 33,671 Gracie 27,484
123 Oscar 33,542 Peyton 27,474
124 Josiah 33,249 Adriana 27,400
125 Jorge 33,026 Christina 27,171
126 Ashton 32,445 Courtney 26,978
127 Cooper 32,436 Daniela 26,639
128 Tanner 31,681 Lydia 26,387
129 Eduardo 31,404 Kathryn 26,301
130 Paul 30,950 Valeria 26,212
131 Edward 30,818 Layla 26,204
132 Ivan 30,711 Alexandria 25,931
133 Preston 30,326 Natalia 25,529
134 Maxwell 30,048 Angel 25,440
135 Alan 29,646 Laura 25,029
136 Levi 29,427 Charlotte 24,263
137 Stephen 28,897 Margaret 23,912
138 Grant 28,414 Cheyenne 23,908
139 Nicolas 28,264 Naomi 23,751
140 Dakota 28,176 Miranda 23,738
141 Omar 28,159 Mikayla 23,730
142 Alexis 28,027 Kelsey 23,380
143 George 28,003 Payton 23,377
144 Eli 27,991 Ana 23,200
145 Collin 27,830 Alicia 23,152
146 Spencer 27,451 Jillian 22,819
147 Gage 27,419 Daisy 22,805
148 Max 27,367 Mckenzie 22,566
149 Ricardo 27,187 Ashlyn 22,466
150 Cristian 27,184 Sabrina 22,347
151 Derek 27,021 Caitlin 22,297
152 Micah 27,014 Summer 22,191
153 Brody 26,689 Ruby 22,026
154 Francisco 26,516 Valerie 21,958
155 Nolan 26,371 Rylee 21,953
156 Ayden 26,292 Skylar 21,893
157 Dalton 26,176 Lindsey 21,644
158 Shane 26,128 Kelly 21,616
159 Peter 26,126 Genesis 21,432
160 Damian 26,031 Zoey 21,406
161 Jeffrey 25,915 Eva 21,350
162 Brendan 25,835 Sadie 21,324
163 Travis 25,736 Alexia 21,232
164 Fernando 25,152 Cassidy 21,175
165 Peyton 24,966 Kylee 21,163
166 Conner 24,929 Kendall 21,032
167 Andres 24,772 Jordyn 20,996
168 Javier 24,632 Kate 20,768
169 Giovanni 24,227 Jayla 20,739
170 Shawn 24,193 Karen 20,608
171 Braden 24,071 Tiffany 20,186
172 Jonah 23,695 Cassandra 20,129
173 Bradley 23,617 Juliana 20,061
174 Cesar 23,606 Reagan 19,975
175 Emmanuel 23,538 Caitlyn 19,779
176 Manuel 23,443 Giselle 19,718
177 Edgar 22,584 Serenity 19,644
178 Mario 22,427 Alondra 19,497
179 Erik 22,406 Lucy 19,394
180 Edwin 22,072 Bianca 18,913
181 Johnathan 21,918 Kiara 18,912
182 Devon 21,633 Crystal 18,901
183 Erick 21,426 Erica 18,870
184 Wesley 21,080 Angelica 18,693
185 Oliver 20,931 Hope 18,686
186 Trenton 20,898 Chelsea 18,023
187 Hector 20,880 Alana 17,934
188 Malachi 20,776 Liliana 17,617
189 Jalen 20,446 Brittany 17,568
190 Raymond 20,441 Camila 17,564
191 Gregory 20,073 Makenzie 17,476
192 Abraham 19,842 Lilly 17,268
193 Elias 19,614 Veronica 17,250
194 Leonardo 19,487 Abby 17,217
195 Sergio 19,446 Jazmin 17,200
196 Donovan 19,327 Adrianna 17,181
197 Colby 19,181 Delaney 17,086
198 Marco 19,118 Karina 17,079
199 Bryson 19,066 Ellie 17,024
200 Martin 18,757 Jasmin 16,913
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2024. See the limitations of this data source.