Top Names of 2001
The most popular names recorded in 2001 were Emily for girls
and Jacob for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Emily | 25,059 |
| 2 | Madison | 22,166 |
| 3 | Hannah | 20,723 |
| 4 | Ashley | 16,531 |
| 5 | Alexis | 16,404 |
| 6 | Sarah | 15,927 |
| 7 | Samantha | 15,867 |
| 8 | Abigail | 14,807 |
| 9 | Elizabeth | 14,792 |
| 10 | Olivia | 13,977 |
| 11 | Jessica | 13,925 |
| 12 | Taylor | 13,693 |
| 13 | Emma | 13,326 |
| 14 | Alyssa | 13,272 |
| 15 | Lauren | 12,782 |
| 16 | Grace | 12,089 |
| 17 | Kayla | 11,892 |
| 18 | Brianna | 11,776 |
| 19 | Anna | 10,592 |
| 20 | Megan | 10,300 |
| 21 | Victoria | 10,179 |
| 22 | Destiny | 9,752 |
| 23 | Sydney | 9,639 |
| 24 | Rachel | 9,555 |
| 25 | Jasmine | 8,958 |
| 26 | Jennifer | 8,921 |
| 27 | Julia | 8,838 |
| 28 | Isabella | 8,835 |
| 29 | Morgan | 8,735 |
| 30 | Chloe | 8,177 |
| 31 | Kaitlyn | 8,164 |
| 32 | Natalie | 8,049 |
| 33 | Hailey | 8,032 |
| 34 | Haley | 8,011 |
| 35 | Katherine | 7,880 |
| 36 | Nicole | 7,820 |
| 37 | Sophia | 7,162 |
| 38 | Alexandra | 7,044 |
| 39 | Amanda | 6,979 |
| 40 | Mackenzie | 6,934 |
| 41 | Maria | 6,842 |
| 42 | Savannah | 6,737 |
| 43 | Stephanie | 6,612 |
| 44 | Allison | 6,214 |
| 45 | Jenna | 6,143 |
| 46 | Rebecca | 5,893 |
| 47 | Jordan | 5,803 |
| 48 | Mary | 5,759 |
| 49 | Andrea | 5,745 |
| 50 | Gabrielle | 5,607 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Jacob | 32,573 |
| 2 | Michael | 29,689 |
| 3 | Matthew | 26,812 |
| 4 | Joshua | 26,024 |
| 5 | Christopher | 23,132 |
| 6 | Nicholas | 22,848 |
| 7 | Andrew | 22,422 |
| 8 | Joseph | 22,030 |
| 9 | Daniel | 21,013 |
| 10 | William | 20,110 |
| 11 | Anthony | 19,737 |
| 12 | David | 19,362 |
| 13 | Tyler | 19,275 |
| 14 | John | 18,903 |
| 15 | Ryan | 18,289 |
| 16 | Zachary | 18,185 |
| 17 | Ethan | 17,962 |
| 18 | Brandon | 17,892 |
| 19 | James | 17,073 |
| 20 | Alexander | 16,719 |
| 21 | Dylan | 16,497 |
| 22 | Justin | 16,231 |
| 23 | Jonathan | 16,146 |
| 24 | Christian | 15,457 |
| 25 | Austin | 14,954 |
| 26 | Samuel | 14,813 |
| 27 | Benjamin | 14,339 |
| 28 | Noah | 13,493 |
| 29 | Logan | 12,710 |
| 30 | Robert | 12,665 |
| 31 | Nathan | 12,647 |
| 32 | Kevin | 12,595 |
| 33 | Thomas | 12,148 |
| 34 | Jose | 12,142 |
| 35 | Cameron | 11,581 |
| 36 | Hunter | 11,336 |
| 37 | Caleb | 11,177 |
| 38 | Gabriel | 10,917 |
| 39 | Jordan | 10,815 |
| 40 | Kyle | 10,568 |
| 41 | Jason | 10,164 |
| 42 | Aaron | 9,552 |
| 43 | Isaiah | 8,587 |
| 44 | Eric | 8,559 |
| 45 | Elijah | 8,339 |
| 46 | Brian | 8,303 |
| 47 | Isaac | 8,200 |
| 48 | Jack | 8,149 |
| 49 | Connor | 8,082 |
| 50 | Luke | 8,008 |