These Were The Most Popular Baby Names In The 2000s

Caroline Bologna
(Photo: Ariel Skelley via Getty Images)
(Photo: Ariel Skelley via Getty Images)

The Social Security Administration’s list of top baby names doesn’t change too dramatically from year to year ― but there are interesting trends over time.

The SSA keeps lists of the most popular names for every year and decade since the 1880s. The first decade of the 2000s wasn’t that long ago, yet its top baby name rankings diverge from the most recent data.

While “Emily” dominated the list of names for girls from 2000 through 2009, it’s completely fallen off the top 10 list in recent years. Meanwhile, “Liam” came in at a humble No. 96 among boys’ names in the aughts, but it later rose to become 2017’s highest-ranking name for male newborns.

Without further ado, here are the top baby names for boys and girls born in the first 10 years of the 2000s.

Girls

  1. Emily

  2. Madison

  3. Emma

  4. Olivia

  5. Hannah

  6. Abigail

  7. Isabella

  8. Samantha

  9. Elizabeth

  10. Ashley

  11. Alexis

  12. Sarah

  13. Sophia

  14. Alyssa

  15. Grace

  16. Ava

  17. Taylor

  18. Brianna

  19. Lauren

  20. Chloe

  21. Natalie

  22. Kayla

  23. Jessica

  24. Anna

  25. Victoria

  26. Mia

  27. Hailey

  28. Sydney

  29. Jasmine

  30. Julia

  31. Morgan

  32. Destiny

  33. Rachel

  34. Ella

  35. Kaitlyn

  36. Megan

  37. Katherine

  38. Savannah

  39. Jennifer

  40. Alexandra

  41. Allison

  42. Haley

  43. Maria

  44. Kalyee

  45. Lily

  46. Makayla

  47. Brooke

  48. Nicole

  49. Mackenzie

  50. Addison

Boys

  1. Jacob

  2. Michael

  3. Joshua

  4. Matthew

  5. Daniel

  6. Christopher

  7. Andrew

  8. Ethan

  9. Joseph

  10. William

  11. Anthony

  12. David

  13. Alexander

  14. Nicholas

  15. Ryan

  16. Tyler

  17. James

  18. John

  19. Jonathan

  20. Noah

  21. Brandon

  22. Christian

  23. Dylan

  24. Samuel

  25. Benjamin

  26. Nathan

  27. Zachary

  28. Logan

  29. Justin

  30. Gabriel

  31. Jose

  32. Austin

  33. Kevin

  34. Elijah

  35. Caleb

  36. Robert

  37. Thomas

  38. Jordan

  39. Cameron

  40. Jack

  41. Hunter

  42. Jackson

  43. Angel

  44. Isaiah

  45. Evan

  46. Isaac

  47. Luke

  48. Mason

  49. Jayden

  50. Jason

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