Names by decade · United States

The names of the 2000s

Emily for girls and Jacob for boys: the 30 most-given names of the decade, and the share of babies who got each.

Girls

  1. Emily1 in 83
  2. Madison1 in 96
  3. Emma1 in 102
  4. Olivia1 in 118
  5. Hannah1 in 119
  6. Abigail1 in 122
  7. Isabella1 in 124
  8. Samantha1 in 138
  9. Elizabeth1 in 138
  10. Ashley1 in 139
  11. Alexis1 in 141
  12. Sarah1 in 148
  13. Sophia1 in 155
  14. Alyssa1 in 161
  15. Grace1 in 167
  16. Ava1 in 177
  17. Taylor1 in 183
  18. Brianna1 in 185
  19. Lauren1 in 190
  20. Chloe1 in 191
  21. Natalie1 in 194
  22. Kayla1 in 196
  23. Jessica1 in 204
  24. Anna1 in 205
  25. Victoria1 in 217
  26. Mia1 in 221
  27. Hailey1 in 225
  28. Sydney1 in 242
  29. Jasmine1 in 243
  30. Julia1 in 261

Boys

  1. Jacob1 in 73
  2. Michael1 in 80
  3. Joshua1 in 86
  4. Matthew1 in 90
  5. Daniel1 in 98
  6. Christopher1 in 98
  7. Andrew1 in 99
  8. Ethan1 in 99
  9. Joseph1 in 102
  10. William1 in 103
  11. Anthony1 in 104
  12. David1 in 111
  13. Alexander1 in 112
  14. Nicholas1 in 112
  15. Ryan1 in 115
  16. Tyler1 in 121
  17. James1 in 122
  18. John1 in 124
  19. Jonathan1 in 138
  20. Noah1 in 139
  21. Brandon1 in 140
  22. Christian1 in 140
  23. Dylan1 in 142
  24. Samuel1 in 144
  25. Benjamin1 in 145
  26. Nathan1 in 148
  27. Zachary1 in 148
  28. Logan1 in 149
  29. Justin1 in 162
  30. Gabriel1 in 167

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