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
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Emily | 223,755 |
| 2 | Madison | 193,217 |
| 3 | Emma | 181,393 |
| 4 | Olivia | 156,048 |
| 5 | Hannah | 155,775 |
| 6 | Abigail | 150,923 |
| 7 | Isabella | 149,569 |
| 8 | Samantha | 134,310 |
| 9 | Elizabeth | 133,557 |
| 10 | Ashley | 133,050 |
| 11 | Alexis | 130,831 |
| 12 | Sarah | 124,524 |
| 13 | Sophia | 119,249 |
| 14 | Alyssa | 114,505 |
| 15 | Grace | 110,715 |
| 16 | Ava | 104,538 |
| 17 | Taylor | 100,998 |
| 18 | Brianna | 99,797 |
| 19 | Lauren | 97,157 |
| 20 | Chloe | 96,497 |
| 21 | Natalie | 95,094 |
| 22 | Kayla | 94,356 |
| 23 | Jessica | 90,665 |
| 24 | Anna | 90,307 |
| 25 | Victoria | 84,961 |
| 26 | Mia | 83,513 |
| 27 | Hailey | 81,988 |
| 28 | Sydney | 76,442 |
| 29 | Jasmine | 76,076 |
| 30 | Julia | 70,877 |
| 31 | Morgan | 70,746 |
| 32 | Destiny | 69,813 |
| 33 | Rachel | 68,382 |
| 34 | Ella | 67,534 |
| 35 | Kaitlyn | 66,909 |
| 36 | Megan | 66,832 |
| 37 | Katherine | 65,355 |
| 38 | Savannah | 64,754 |
| 39 | Jennifer | 63,506 |
| 40 | Alexandra | 61,251 |
| 41 | Allison | 59,965 |
| 42 | Haley | 57,056 |
| 43 | Maria | 57,001 |
| 44 | Kaylee | 56,432 |
| 45 | Lily | 56,184 |
| 46 | Makayla | 54,986 |
| 47 | Brooke | 54,686 |
| 48 | Nicole | 54,580 |
| 49 | Mackenzie | 54,552 |
| 50 | Addison | 51,389 |
Boys — Top 50
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Jacob | 274,064 |
| 2 | Michael | 250,702 |
| 3 | Joshua | 232,037 |
| 4 | Matthew | 221,620 |
| 5 | Daniel | 203,951 |
| 6 | Christopher | 203,370 |
| 7 | Andrew | 202,577 |
| 8 | Ethan | 201,825 |
| 9 | Joseph | 194,937 |
| 10 | William | 194,404 |
| 11 | Anthony | 191,917 |
| 12 | David | 180,072 |
| 13 | Alexander | 178,842 |
| 14 | Nicholas | 177,604 |
| 15 | Ryan | 173,238 |
| 16 | Tyler | 165,581 |
| 17 | James | 163,172 |
| 18 | John | 161,083 |
| 19 | Jonathan | 144,842 |
| 20 | Noah | 143,516 |
| 21 | Brandon | 142,995 |
| 22 | Christian | 142,423 |
| 23 | Dylan | 140,121 |
| 24 | Samuel | 138,622 |
| 25 | Benjamin | 137,299 |
| 26 | Nathan | 134,854 |
| 27 | Zachary | 134,755 |
| 28 | Logan | 134,031 |
| 29 | Justin | 122,988 |
| 30 | Gabriel | 119,827 |
| 31 | Jose | 115,739 |
| 32 | Austin | 112,773 |
| 33 | Kevin | 111,079 |
| 34 | Elijah | 110,418 |
| 35 | Caleb | 110,080 |
| 36 | Robert | 106,658 |
| 37 | Thomas | 102,103 |
| 38 | Jordan | 101,185 |
| 39 | Cameron | 95,894 |
| 40 | Jack | 95,508 |
| 41 | Hunter | 94,858 |
| 42 | Jackson | 94,487 |
| 43 | Angel | 94,331 |
| 44 | Isaiah | 92,782 |
| 45 | Evan | 92,141 |
| 46 | Isaac | 90,755 |
| 47 | Luke | 90,503 |
| 48 | Mason | 90,499 |
| 49 | Jayden | 88,600 |
| 50 | Jason | 88,560 |