Most Popular Baby Names of the 2000s

The top U.S. baby names across the 2000s (2000–2009), totaled over the whole decade. The decade's #1 names were Emily for girls and Jacob for boys.

Girls — Top 50

#NameBabies
1Emily223,755
2Madison193,217
3Emma181,393
4Olivia156,048
5Hannah155,775
6Abigail150,923
7Isabella149,569
8Samantha134,310
9Elizabeth133,557
10Ashley133,050
11Alexis130,831
12Sarah124,524
13Sophia119,249
14Alyssa114,505
15Grace110,715
16Ava104,538
17Taylor100,998
18Brianna99,797
19Lauren97,157
20Chloe96,497
21Natalie95,094
22Kayla94,356
23Jessica90,665
24Anna90,307
25Victoria84,961
26Mia83,513
27Hailey81,988
28Sydney76,442
29Jasmine76,076
30Julia70,877
31Morgan70,746
32Destiny69,813
33Rachel68,382
34Ella67,534
35Kaitlyn66,909
36Megan66,832
37Katherine65,355
38Savannah64,754
39Jennifer63,506
40Alexandra61,251
41Allison59,965
42Haley57,056
43Maria57,001
44Kaylee56,432
45Lily56,184
46Makayla54,986
47Brooke54,686
48Nicole54,580
49Mackenzie54,552
50Addison51,389

Boys — Top 50

#NameBabies
1Jacob274,064
2Michael250,702
3Joshua232,037
4Matthew221,620
5Daniel203,951
6Christopher203,370
7Andrew202,577
8Ethan201,825
9Joseph194,937
10William194,404
11Anthony191,917
12David180,072
13Alexander178,842
14Nicholas177,604
15Ryan173,238
16Tyler165,581
17James163,172
18John161,083
19Jonathan144,842
20Noah143,516
21Brandon142,995
22Christian142,423
23Dylan140,121
24Samuel138,622
25Benjamin137,299
26Nathan134,854
27Zachary134,755
28Logan134,031
29Justin122,988
30Gabriel119,827
31Jose115,739
32Austin112,773
33Kevin111,079
34Elijah110,418
35Caleb110,080
36Robert106,658
37Thomas102,103
38Jordan101,185
39Cameron95,894
40Jack95,508
41Hunter94,858
42Jackson94,487
43Angel94,331
44Isaiah92,782
45Evan92,141
46Isaac90,755
47Luke90,503
48Mason90,499
49Jayden88,600
50Jason88,560