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Baby names of the 2000s

2000–2009 · United States

Emily was the most common girls’ name of the 2000s with 223,768 births, and Jacob the most common boys’ name with 274,077.

Top 50 girls’ names of the 2000s

#NameBirths
1Emily223,768
2Madison193,222
3Emma181,414
4Olivia156,054
5Hannah155,784
6Abigail150,926
7Isabella149,571
8Samantha134,313
9Elizabeth133,568
10Ashley133,051
11Alexis130,834
12Sarah124,545
13Sophia119,251
14Alyssa114,507
15Grace110,720
16Ava104,539
17Taylor100,999
18Brianna99,798
19Lauren97,162
20Chloe96,503
21Natalie95,095
22Kayla94,356
23Jessica90,665
24Anna90,325
25Victoria84,967
26Mia83,516
27Hailey81,990
28Sydney76,444
29Jasmine76,080
30Julia70,880
31Morgan70,746
32Destiny69,815
33Rachel68,401
34Ella67,544
35Kaitlyn66,909
36Megan66,833
37Katherine65,356
38Savannah64,757
39Jennifer63,509
40Alexandra61,253
41Allison59,966
42Haley57,056
43Maria57,007
44Kaylee56,432
45Lily56,186
46Makayla54,990
47Brooke54,686
48Nicole54,585
49Mackenzie54,553
50Addison51,389

Top 50 boys’ names of the 2000s

#NameBirths
1Jacob274,077
2Michael250,715
3Joshua232,053
4Matthew221,631
5Daniel203,975
6Christopher203,372
7Andrew202,588
8Ethan201,835
9Joseph194,962
10William194,415
11Anthony191,928
12David180,098
13Alexander178,847
14Nicholas177,609
15Ryan173,244
16Tyler165,587
17James163,179
18John161,104
19Jonathan144,848
20Noah143,533
21Brandon143,003
22Christian142,433
23Dylan140,125
24Samuel138,647
25Benjamin137,309
26Nathan134,857
27Zachary134,756
28Logan134,033
29Justin122,991
30Gabriel119,830
31Jose115,743
32Austin112,776
33Kevin111,081
34Elijah110,421
35Caleb110,087
36Robert106,666
37Thomas102,106
38Jordan101,187
39Cameron95,898
40Jack95,512
41Hunter94,860
42Jackson94,488
43Angel94,334
44Isaiah92,786
45Evan92,144
46Isaac90,761
47Luke90,506
48Mason90,502
49Jayden88,603
50Jason88,562

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880-2025. Names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org