Top Names of 2000
The most popular names recorded in 2000 were Emily for girls
and Jacob for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Emily | 25,959 |
| 2 | Hannah | 23,087 |
| 3 | Madison | 19,968 |
| 4 | Ashley | 18,000 |
| 5 | Sarah | 17,715 |
| 6 | Alexis | 17,631 |
| 7 | Samantha | 17,264 |
| 8 | Jessica | 15,711 |
| 9 | Elizabeth | 15,117 |
| 10 | Taylor | 15,080 |
| 11 | Lauren | 14,176 |
| 12 | Alyssa | 13,553 |
| 13 | Kayla | 13,313 |
| 14 | Abigail | 13,094 |
| 15 | Brianna | 12,880 |
| 16 | Olivia | 12,855 |
| 17 | Emma | 12,560 |
| 18 | Megan | 11,436 |
| 19 | Grace | 11,284 |
| 20 | Victoria | 10,926 |
| 21 | Rachel | 10,687 |
| 22 | Anna | 10,613 |
| 23 | Sydney | 10,243 |
| 24 | Destiny | 9,850 |
| 25 | Morgan | 9,502 |
| 26 | Jennifer | 9,390 |
| 27 | Jasmine | 9,099 |
| 28 | Haley | 9,069 |
| 29 | Julia | 8,768 |
| 30 | Kaitlyn | 8,759 |
| 31 | Nicole | 8,562 |
| 32 | Amanda | 8,558 |
| 33 | Katherine | 8,109 |
| 34 | Natalie | 8,096 |
| 35 | Hailey | 7,829 |
| 36 | Alexandra | 7,550 |
| 37 | Savannah | 7,101 |
| 38 | Chloe | 7,094 |
| 39 | Rebecca | 7,078 |
| 40 | Stephanie | 7,028 |
| 41 | Maria | 6,856 |
| 42 | Sophia | 6,564 |
| 43 | Mackenzie | 6,349 |
| 44 | Allison | 6,315 |
| 45 | Isabella | 6,242 |
| 46 | Mary | 6,221 |
| 47 | Amber | 6,181 |
| 48 | Danielle | 6,091 |
| 49 | Gabrielle | 5,871 |
| 50 | Jordan | 5,809 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Jacob | 34,491 |
| 2 | Michael | 32,043 |
| 3 | Matthew | 28,580 |
| 4 | Joshua | 27,542 |
| 5 | Christopher | 24,937 |
| 6 | Nicholas | 24,654 |
| 7 | Andrew | 23,657 |
| 8 | Joseph | 22,843 |
| 9 | Daniel | 22,337 |
| 10 | Tyler | 21,506 |
| 11 | William | 20,669 |
| 12 | Brandon | 20,337 |
| 13 | Ryan | 20,269 |
| 14 | John | 20,113 |
| 15 | Zachary | 19,852 |
| 16 | David | 19,787 |
| 17 | Anthony | 19,655 |
| 18 | James | 17,991 |
| 19 | Justin | 17,783 |
| 20 | Alexander | 17,290 |
| 21 | Jonathan | 16,888 |
| 22 | Christian | 16,057 |
| 23 | Austin | 15,946 |
| 24 | Dylan | 15,405 |
| 25 | Ethan | 15,225 |
| 26 | Benjamin | 14,844 |
| 27 | Noah | 14,282 |
| 28 | Samuel | 14,187 |
| 29 | Robert | 13,739 |
| 30 | Nathan | 13,039 |
| 31 | Cameron | 12,765 |
| 32 | Kevin | 12,673 |
| 33 | Thomas | 12,639 |
| 34 | Jose | 12,585 |
| 35 | Hunter | 12,538 |
| 36 | Jordan | 12,168 |
| 37 | Kyle | 11,969 |
| 38 | Caleb | 9,866 |
| 39 | Jason | 9,778 |
| 40 | Logan | 9,737 |
| 41 | Aaron | 9,561 |
| 42 | Eric | 9,161 |
| 43 | Brian | 8,957 |
| 44 | Gabriel | 8,681 |
| 45 | Adam | 8,137 |
| 46 | Jack | 8,123 |
| 47 | Isaiah | 8,029 |
| 48 | Juan | 7,711 |
| 49 | Luis | 7,662 |
| 50 | Connor | 7,529 |