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Top names of the 2000s


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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 21,204,024 male births and 20,253,737 female births.

Popular names of the 2000s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Jacob 272,993 Emily 223,249
2 Michael 249,728 Madison 192,756
3 Joshua 231,199 Emma 180,786
4 Matthew 220,937 Olivia 155,608
5 Daniel 203,041 Hannah 155,331
6 Christopher 202,662 Abigail 150,518
7 Andrew 201,916 Isabella 148,996
8 Ethan 201,371 Samantha 133,979
9 Joseph 193,969 Elizabeth 132,905
10 William 193,749 Ashley 132,805
11 Anthony 191,312 Alexis 130,448
12 David 179,109 Sarah 123,932
13 Alexander 178,300 Sophia 118,838
14 Nicholas 177,212 Alyssa 114,231
15 Ryan 172,888 Grace 110,389
16 Tyler 165,133 Ava 104,241
17 James 162,533 Taylor 100,797
18 John 160,450 Brianna 99,523
19 Jonathan 144,316 Lauren 97,011
20 Noah 142,992 Chloe 96,189
21 Brandon 142,650 Natalie 94,853
22 Christian 141,940 Kayla 94,108
23 Dylan 139,803 Jessica 90,460
24 Samuel 137,922 Anna 89,867
25 Benjamin 136,804 Victoria 84,701
26 Zachary 134,457 Mia 83,276
27 Nathan 134,451 Hailey 81,767
28 Logan 133,709 Sydney 76,328
29 Justin 122,681 Jasmine 75,797
30 Gabriel 119,379 Julia 70,725
31 Jose 115,504 Morgan 70,634
32 Austin 112,504 Destiny 69,496
33 Kevin 110,837 Rachel 68,032
34 Elijah 109,857 Ella 67,256
35 Caleb 109,679 Kaitlyn 66,782
36 Robert 106,243 Megan 66,724
37 Thomas 101,830 Katherine 65,198
38 Jordan 100,806 Savannah 64,507
39 Cameron 95,636 Jennifer 63,401
40 Jack 95,328 Alexandra 61,120
41 Hunter 94,649 Allison 59,867
42 Jackson 94,216 Haley 56,905
43 Angel 94,081 Maria 56,770
44 Isaiah 92,245 Kaylee 56,271
45 Evan 91,929 Lily 55,997
46 Isaac 90,357 Makayla 54,798
47 Mason 90,284 Brooke 54,575
48 Luke 90,250 Mackenzie 54,454
49 Jason 88,302 Nicole 54,421
50 Gavin 88,255 Addison 51,213
51 Jayden 88,121 Stephanie 49,865
52 Aaron 86,634 Lillian 49,203
53 Connor 85,822 Andrea 49,058
54 Aiden 83,199 Zoe 48,595
55 Aidan 76,349 Faith 48,551
56 Kyle 76,006 Kimberly 48,384
57 Juan 75,687 Madeline 48,195
58 Charles 75,083 Alexa 47,999
59 Luis 74,174 Katelyn 47,722
60 Adam 70,788 Gabriella 47,196
61 Lucas 70,751 Gabrielle 46,898
62 Brian 69,615 Trinity 46,728
63 Eric 69,315 Amanda 46,438
64 Adrian 65,933 Kylie 46,328
65 Nathaniel 64,030 Mary 45,840
66 Sean 63,957 Paige 45,480
67 Alex 63,603 Riley 45,427
68 Carlos 63,047 Jenna 45,204
69 Bryan 61,814 Leah 45,197
70 Ian 61,787 Sara 43,876
71 Owen 61,730 Rebecca 43,457
72 Jesus 61,188 Michelle 43,433
73 Landon 60,930 Sofia 43,263
74 Julian 60,203 Vanessa 43,126
75 Chase 57,016 Jordan 43,090
76 Cole 56,728 Angelina 42,635
77 Diego 55,930 Caroline 41,749
78 Jeremiah 55,300 Avery 41,604
79 Steven 53,733 Audrey 41,414
80 Sebastian 53,709 Evelyn 40,626
81 Xavier 52,270 Maya 39,894
82 Timothy 52,220 Claire 38,936
83 Carter 52,208 Autumn 38,372
84 Wyatt 51,218 Jocelyn 38,302
85 Brayden 50,197 Ariana 37,887
86 Blake 49,977 Nevaeh 37,745
87 Hayden 49,933 Arianna 37,686
88 Devin 49,281 Jada 36,950
89 Cody 48,737 Bailey 36,793
90 Richard 48,449 Brooklyn 36,694
91 Seth 48,034 Aaliyah 36,235
92 Dominic 47,964 Amber 36,108
93 Jaden 46,112 Isabel 35,942
94 Antonio 46,085 Danielle 35,525
95 Miguel 45,967 Mariah 35,501
96 Liam 44,771 Melanie 35,155
97 Patrick 44,633 Sierra 34,420
98 Carson 44,542 Erin 33,306
99 Jesse 43,188 Molly 33,197
100 Tristan 43,161 Amelia 33,132
101 Alejandro 43,027 Isabelle 32,781
102 Henry 42,502 Madelyn 32,556
103 Victor 40,586 Melissa 32,524
104 Trevor 39,958 Jacqueline 32,071
105 Bryce 39,782 Marissa 31,991
106 Jake 39,755 Shelby 31,238
107 Riley 39,526 Angela 31,208
108 Colin 39,068 Leslie 31,009
109 Jared 37,946 Katie 30,289
110 Jeremy 37,376 Jade 30,204
111 Mark 37,106 Catherine 29,597
112 Caden 36,637 Diana 29,495
113 Garrett 36,173 Aubrey 29,445
114 Parker 35,640 Mya 28,691
115 Marcus 35,475 Amy 28,683
116 Vincent 35,184 Briana 28,660
117 Kaleb 34,650 Sophie 28,596
118 Kaden 34,522 Gabriela 28,484
119 Brady 34,252 Breanna 27,919
120 Colton 34,157 Gianna 27,773
121 Kenneth 33,985 Kennedy 27,496
122 Joel 33,550 Gracie 27,401
123 Oscar 33,473 Peyton 27,395
124 Josiah 33,030 Adriana 27,337
125 Jorge 32,967 Christina 27,020
126 Cooper 32,350 Courtney 26,925
127 Ashton 32,325 Daniela 26,598
128 Tanner 31,619 Kathryn 26,197
129 Eduardo 31,345 Lydia 26,185
130 Paul 30,789 Valeria 26,157
131 Edward 30,688 Layla 26,105
132 Ivan 30,593 Alexandria 25,847
133 Preston 30,248 Natalia 25,453
134 Maxwell 29,983 Angel 25,313
135 Alan 29,582 Laura 24,885
136 Levi 29,077 Charlotte 24,165
137 Stephen 28,791 Margaret 23,837
138 Grant 28,364 Cheyenne 23,829
139 Nicolas 28,198 Mikayla 23,682
140 Omar 28,121 Miranda 23,679
141 Dakota 28,062 Naomi 23,547
142 Alexis 27,995 Kelsey 23,352
143 George 27,929 Payton 23,324
144 Collin 27,761 Ana 23,109
145 Eli 27,676 Alicia 23,067
146 Spencer 27,383 Jillian 22,762
147 Gage 27,330 Daisy 22,751
148 Max 27,281 Mckenzie 22,491
149 Cristian 27,147 Ashlyn 22,425
150 Ricardo 27,133 Caitlin 22,272
151 Derek 26,954 Sabrina 22,268
152 Micah 26,872 Summer 22,102
153 Brody 26,616 Ruby 21,919
154 Francisco 26,451 Rylee 21,905
155 Nolan 26,322 Valerie 21,889
156 Ayden 26,196 Skylar 21,821
157 Dalton 26,131 Lindsey 21,608
158 Shane 26,056 Kelly 21,584
159 Peter 26,040 Genesis 21,369
160 Damian 25,949 Zoey 21,289
161 Jeffrey 25,857 Eva 21,263
162 Brendan 25,784 Sadie 21,210
163 Travis 25,652 Alexia 21,185
164 Fernando 25,110 Cassidy 21,139
165 Peyton 24,892 Kylee 21,100
166 Conner 24,853 Kendall 20,990
167 Andres 24,715 Jordyn 20,940
168 Javier 24,580 Kate 20,731
169 Giovanni 24,161 Jayla 20,673
170 Shawn 24,082 Karen 20,564
171 Braden 24,032 Tiffany 20,126
172 Jonah 23,601 Cassandra 20,083
173 Cesar 23,555 Juliana 20,016
174 Bradley 23,550 Reagan 19,929
175 Emmanuel 23,450 Caitlyn 19,750
176 Manuel 23,393 Giselle 19,682
177 Edgar 22,558 Serenity 19,497
178 Erik 22,369 Alondra 19,467
179 Mario 22,356 Lucy 19,322
180 Edwin 22,011 Kiara 18,869
181 Johnathan 21,838 Bianca 18,869
182 Devon 21,555 Crystal 18,850
183 Erick 21,382 Erica 18,812
184 Wesley 21,009 Angelica 18,641
185 Oliver 20,837 Hope 18,596
186 Trenton 20,831 Chelsea 17,979
187 Hector 20,828 Alana 17,873
188 Malachi 20,649 Liliana 17,548
189 Jalen 20,412 Brittany 17,519
190 Raymond 20,273 Camila 17,510
191 Gregory 20,004 Makenzie 17,443
192 Abraham 19,734 Veronica 17,193
193 Elias 19,545 Lilly 17,173
194 Leonardo 19,446 Abby 17,171
195 Sergio 19,412 Jazmin 17,159
196 Donovan 19,280 Adrianna 17,118
197 Colby 19,153 Karina 17,047
198 Marco 19,085 Delaney 17,047
199 Bryson 19,004 Ellie 16,954
200 Martin 18,693 Jasmin 16,869
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of the end of February 2010. See the limitations of this data source.
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