US name list
Top baby names of the 2000s
Top 50 female and top 50 male published SSA totals for the 2000s. Each spelling is counted on its own.
US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved
Data updated
Totals add the published annual counts in 2000–2009. Years under the SSA publication threshold are omitted, not added as zero. Download this list (CSV)
Female records
| Place | Name | Published total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emily | 223,768 |
| 2 | Madison | 193,222 |
| 3 | Emma | 181,414 |
| 4 | Olivia | 156,054 |
| 5 | Hannah | 155,784 |
| 6 | Abigail | 150,926 |
| 7 | Isabella | 149,571 |
| 8 | Samantha | 134,313 |
| 9 | Elizabeth | 133,568 |
| 10 | Ashley | 133,051 |
| 11 | Alexis | 130,834 |
| 12 | Sarah | 124,545 |
| 13 | Sophia | 119,251 |
| 14 | Alyssa | 114,507 |
| 15 | Grace | 110,720 |
| 16 | Ava | 104,539 |
| 17 | Taylor | 100,999 |
| 18 | Brianna | 99,798 |
| 19 | Lauren | 97,162 |
| 20 | Chloe | 96,503 |
| 21 | Natalie | 95,095 |
| 22 | Kayla | 94,356 |
| 23 | Jessica | 90,665 |
| 24 | Anna | 90,325 |
| 25 | Victoria | 84,967 |
| 26 | Mia | 83,516 |
| 27 | Hailey | 81,990 |
| 28 | Sydney | 76,444 |
| 29 | Jasmine | 76,080 |
| 30 | Julia | 70,880 |
| 31 | Morgan | 70,746 |
| 32 | Destiny | 69,815 |
| 33 | Rachel | 68,401 |
| 34 | Ella | 67,544 |
| 35 | Kaitlyn | 66,909 |
| 36 | Megan | 66,833 |
| 37 | Katherine | 65,356 |
| 38 | Savannah | 64,757 |
| 39 | Jennifer | 63,509 |
| 40 | Alexandra | 61,253 |
| 41 | Allison | 59,966 |
| 42 | Haley | 57,056 |
| 43 | Maria | 57,007 |
| 44 | Kaylee | 56,432 |
| 45 | Lily | 56,186 |
| 46 | Makayla | 54,990 |
| 47 | Brooke | 54,686 |
| 48 | Nicole | 54,585 |
| 49 | Mackenzie | 54,553 |
| 50 | Addison | 51,389 |
Male records
| Place | Name | Published total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob | 274,077 |
| 2 | Michael | 250,715 |
| 3 | Joshua | 232,053 |
| 4 | Matthew | 221,631 |
| 5 | Daniel | 203,975 |
| 6 | Christopher | 203,372 |
| 7 | Andrew | 202,588 |
| 8 | Ethan | 201,835 |
| 9 | Joseph | 194,962 |
| 10 | William | 194,415 |
| 11 | Anthony | 191,928 |
| 12 | David | 180,098 |
| 13 | Alexander | 178,847 |
| 14 | Nicholas | 177,609 |
| 15 | Ryan | 173,244 |
| 16 | Tyler | 165,587 |
| 17 | James | 163,179 |
| 18 | John | 161,104 |
| 19 | Jonathan | 144,848 |
| 20 | Noah | 143,533 |
| 21 | Brandon | 143,003 |
| 22 | Christian | 142,433 |
| 23 | Dylan | 140,125 |
| 24 | Samuel | 138,647 |
| 25 | Benjamin | 137,309 |
| 26 | Nathan | 134,857 |
| 27 | Zachary | 134,756 |
| 28 | Logan | 134,033 |
| 29 | Justin | 122,991 |
| 30 | Gabriel | 119,830 |
| 31 | Jose | 115,743 |
| 32 | Austin | 112,776 |
| 33 | Kevin | 111,081 |
| 34 | Elijah | 110,421 |
| 35 | Caleb | 110,087 |
| 36 | Robert | 106,666 |
| 37 | Thomas | 102,106 |
| 38 | Jordan | 101,187 |
| 39 | Cameron | 95,898 |
| 40 | Jack | 95,512 |
| 41 | Hunter | 94,860 |
| 42 | Jackson | 94,488 |
| 43 | Angel | 94,334 |
| 44 | Isaiah | 92,786 |
| 45 | Evan | 92,144 |
| 46 | Isaac | 90,761 |
| 47 | Luke | 90,506 |
| 48 | Mason | 90,502 |
| 49 | Jayden | 88,603 |
| 50 | Jason | 88,562 |
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