Most Popular Baby Names of the 2000s

Top Boy Names

# Name Births
1 Jacob 274,064
2 Michael 250,702
3 Joshua 232,037
4 Matthew 221,620
5 Daniel 203,951
6 Christopher 203,370
7 Andrew 202,577
8 Ethan 201,825
9 Joseph 194,937
10 William 194,404
11 Anthony 191,917
12 David 180,072
13 Alexander 178,842
14 Nicholas 177,604
15 Ryan 173,238
16 Tyler 165,581
17 James 163,172
18 John 161,083
19 Jonathan 144,842
20 Noah 143,516
21 Brandon 142,995
22 Christian 142,423
23 Dylan 140,121
24 Samuel 138,622
25 Benjamin 137,299
26 Nathan 134,854
27 Zachary 134,755
28 Logan 134,031
29 Justin 122,988
30 Gabriel 119,827
31 Jose 115,739
32 Austin 112,773
33 Kevin 111,079
34 Elijah 110,418
35 Caleb 110,080
36 Robert 106,658
37 Thomas 102,103
38 Jordan 101,185
39 Cameron 95,894
40 Jack 95,508
41 Hunter 94,858
42 Jackson 94,487
43 Angel 94,331
44 Isaiah 92,782
45 Evan 92,141
46 Isaac 90,755
47 Luke 90,503
48 Mason 90,499
49 Jayden 88,600
50 Jason 88,560

Top Girl Names

# Name Births
1 Emily 223,755
2 Madison 193,217
3 Emma 181,393
4 Olivia 156,048
5 Hannah 155,775
6 Abigail 150,923
7 Isabella 149,569
8 Samantha 134,310
9 Elizabeth 133,557
10 Ashley 133,050
11 Alexis 130,831
12 Sarah 124,524
13 Sophia 119,249
14 Alyssa 114,505
15 Grace 110,715
16 Ava 104,538
17 Taylor 100,998
18 Brianna 99,797
19 Lauren 97,157
20 Chloe 96,497
21 Natalie 95,094
22 Kayla 94,356
23 Jessica 90,665
24 Anna 90,307
25 Victoria 84,961
26 Mia 83,513
27 Hailey 81,988
28 Sydney 76,442
29 Jasmine 76,076
30 Julia 70,877
31 Morgan 70,746
32 Destiny 69,813
33 Rachel 68,382
34 Ella 67,534
35 Kaitlyn 66,909
36 Megan 66,832
37 Katherine 65,355
38 Savannah 64,754
39 Jennifer 63,506
40 Alexandra 61,251
41 Allison 59,965
42 Haley 57,056
43 Maria 57,001
44 Kaylee 56,432
45 Lily 56,184
46 Makayla 54,986
47 Brooke 54,686
48 Nicole 54,580
49 Mackenzie 54,552
50 Addison 51,389