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The 100 most-chosen girl and boy names in the US in the 2000s, from official Social Security birth records. Every name links to its full history and popularity chart. Then see which names rose and fell since and what is climbing now.

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The 2000s lists

Girls100

  1. 1Emily223,768
  2. 2Madison193,222
  3. 3Emma181,414
  4. 4Olivia156,054
  5. 5Hannah155,784
  6. 6Abigail150,926
  7. 7Isabella149,571
  8. 8Samantha134,313
  9. 9Elizabeth133,568
  10. 10Ashley133,051
  11. 11Alexis130,834
  12. 12Sarah124,545
  13. 13Sophia119,251
  14. 14Alyssa114,507
  15. 15Grace110,720
  16. 16Ava104,539
  17. 17Taylor100,999
  18. 18Brianna99,798
  19. 19Lauren97,162
  20. 20Chloe96,503
  21. 21Natalie95,095
  22. 22Kayla94,356
  23. 23Jessica90,665
  24. 24Anna90,325
  25. 25Victoria84,967
  26. 26Mia83,516
  27. 27Hailey81,990
  28. 28Sydney76,444
  29. 29Jasmine76,080
  30. 30Julia70,880
  31. 31Morgan70,746
  32. 32Destiny69,815
  33. 33Rachel68,401
  34. 34Ella67,544
  35. 35Kaitlyn66,909
  36. 36Megan66,833
  37. 37Katherine65,356
  38. 38Savannah64,757
  39. 39Jennifer63,509
  40. 40Alexandra61,253
  41. 41Allison59,966
  42. 42Haley57,056
  43. 43Maria57,007
  44. 44Kaylee56,432
  45. 45Lily56,186
  46. 46Makayla54,990
  47. 47Brooke54,686
  48. 48Nicole54,585
  49. 49Mackenzie54,553
  50. 50Addison51,389
  51. 51Stephanie49,960
  52. 52Lillian49,393
  53. 53Andrea49,183
  54. 54Faith48,789
  55. 55Zoe48,755
  56. 56Kimberly48,494
  57. 57Madeline48,280
  58. 58Alexa48,114
  59. 59Katelyn47,840
  60. 60Gabriella47,398
  61. 61Gabrielle47,023
  62. 62Trinity46,889
  63. 63Amanda46,660
  64. 64Kylie46,438
  65. 65Mary46,337
  66. 66Paige45,581
  67. 67Riley45,533
  68. 68Leah45,430
  69. 69Jenna45,296
  70. 70Sara44,056
  71. 71Rebecca43,741
  72. 72Michelle43,540
  73. 73Sofia43,380
  74. 74Vanessa43,229
  75. 75Jordan43,184
  76. 76Angelina42,813
  77. 77Caroline41,850
  78. 78Avery41,706
  79. 79Audrey41,515
  80. 80Evelyn40,730
  81. 81Maya40,032
  82. 82Claire39,009
  83. 83Autumn38,538
  84. 84Jocelyn38,389
  85. 85Nevaeh38,050
  86. 86Ariana38,010
  87. 87Arianna37,838
  88. 88Jada37,080
  89. 89Bailey36,881
  90. 90Brooklyn36,869
  91. 91Aaliyah36,381
  92. 92Amber36,217
  93. 93Isabel36,042
  94. 94Mariah35,684
  95. 95Danielle35,628
  96. 96Melanie35,228
  97. 97Sierra34,534
  98. 98Erin33,370
  99. 99Amelia33,292
  100. 100Molly33,271

US babies given each name in the 2000s.

Boys100

  1. 1Jacob274,077
  2. 2Michael250,715
  3. 3Joshua232,053
  4. 4Matthew221,631
  5. 5Daniel203,975
  6. 6Christopher203,372
  7. 7Andrew202,588
  8. 8Ethan201,835
  9. 9Joseph194,962
  10. 10William194,415
  11. 11Anthony191,928
  12. 12David180,098
  13. 13Alexander178,847
  14. 14Nicholas177,609
  15. 15Ryan173,244
  16. 16Tyler165,587
  17. 17James163,179
  18. 18John161,104
  19. 19Jonathan144,848
  20. 20Noah143,533
  21. 21Brandon143,003
  22. 22Christian142,433
  23. 23Dylan140,125
  24. 24Samuel138,647
  25. 25Benjamin137,309
  26. 26Nathan134,857
  27. 27Zachary134,756
  28. 28Logan134,033
  29. 29Justin122,991
  30. 30Gabriel119,830
  31. 31Jose115,743
  32. 32Austin112,776
  33. 33Kevin111,081
  34. 34Elijah110,421
  35. 35Caleb110,087
  36. 36Robert106,666
  37. 37Thomas102,106
  38. 38Jordan101,187
  39. 39Cameron95,898
  40. 40Jack95,512
  41. 41Hunter94,860
  42. 42Jackson94,488
  43. 43Angel94,334
  44. 44Isaiah92,786
  45. 45Evan92,144
  46. 46Isaac90,761
  47. 47Luke90,506
  48. 48Mason90,502
  49. 49Jayden88,603
  50. 50Jason88,562
  51. 51Gavin88,447
  52. 52Aaron86,992
  53. 53Connor85,985
  54. 54Aiden83,554
  55. 55Aidan76,513
  56. 56Kyle76,156
  57. 57Juan75,854
  58. 58Charles75,334
  59. 59Luis74,334
  60. 60Adam71,028
  61. 61Lucas70,995
  62. 62Brian69,775
  63. 63Eric69,480
  64. 64Adrian66,122
  65. 65Nathaniel64,264
  66. 66Sean64,133
  67. 67Alex63,781
  68. 68Carlos63,199
  69. 69Bryan61,930
  70. 70Ian61,925
  71. 71Owen61,878
  72. 72Jesus61,324
  73. 73Landon61,132
  74. 74Julian60,391
  75. 75Chase57,175
  76. 76Cole56,846
  77. 77Diego56,041
  78. 78Jeremiah55,672
  79. 79Steven53,909
  80. 80Sebastian53,866
  81. 81Xavier52,490
  82. 82Timothy52,470
  83. 83Carter52,320
  84. 84Wyatt51,347
  85. 85Brayden50,382
  86. 86Blake50,109
  87. 87Hayden50,049
  88. 88Devin49,430
  89. 89Cody48,883
  90. 90Richard48,582
  91. 91Seth48,161
  92. 92Dominic48,114
  93. 93Jaden46,277
  94. 94Antonio46,248
  95. 95Miguel46,102
  96. 96Liam44,940
  97. 97Patrick44,782
  98. 98Carson44,632
  99. 99Jesse43,393
  100. 100Tristan43,300

US babies given each name in the 2000s.

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What was the most popular girl name in the 2000s?
Emily was the #1 girl name in the US in the 2000s, given to 223,768 babies.
What was the most popular boy name in the 2000s?
Jacob was the #1 boy name in the US in the 2000s, given to 274,077 babies.

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