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Most popular baby names of 2000

In 2000, the most popular names in the US were Emily for girls and Jacob for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name.

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Girls

  1. 1Emily25,959
  2. 2Hannah23,087
  3. 3Madison19,968
  4. 4Ashley18,000
  5. 5Sarah17,715
  6. 6Alexis17,631
  7. 7Samantha17,265
  8. 8Jessica15,711
  9. 9Elizabeth15,117
  10. 10Taylor15,080
  11. 11Lauren14,176
  12. 12Alyssa13,553
  13. 13Kayla13,313
  14. 14Abigail13,094
  15. 15Brianna12,880
  16. 16Olivia12,855
  17. 17Emma12,560
  18. 18Megan11,436
  19. 19Grace11,285
  20. 20Victoria10,926
  21. 21Rachel10,687
  22. 22Anna10,613
  23. 23Sydney10,243
  24. 24Destiny9,850
  25. 25Morgan9,502
  26. 26Jennifer9,390
  27. 27Jasmine9,099
  28. 28Haley9,069
  29. 29Julia8,769
  30. 30Kaitlyn8,759
  31. 31Nicole8,563
  32. 32Amanda8,558
  33. 33Katherine8,109
  34. 34Natalie8,096
  35. 35Hailey7,829
  36. 36Alexandra7,550
  37. 37Savannah7,100
  38. 38Chloe7,094
  39. 39Rebecca7,078
  40. 40Stephanie7,028
  41. 41Maria6,857
  42. 42Sophia6,564
  43. 43Mackenzie6,350
  44. 44Allison6,315
  45. 45Isabella6,242
  46. 46Mary6,222
  47. 47Amber6,182
  48. 48Danielle6,092
  49. 49Gabrielle5,872
  50. 50Jordan5,809
  51. 51Brooke5,642
  52. 52Michelle5,545
  53. 53Sierra5,520
  54. 54Katelyn5,502
  55. 55Andrea5,479
  56. 56Madeline5,371
  57. 57Sara5,325
  58. 58Kimberly5,244
  59. 59Courtney5,239
  60. 60Brittany5,185
  61. 61Erin5,185
  62. 62Vanessa5,134
  63. 63Jenna5,045
  64. 64Jacqueline5,037
  65. 65Caroline5,022
  66. 66Faith4,999
  67. 67Makayla4,917
  68. 68Bailey4,649
  69. 69Paige4,609
  70. 70Shelby4,561
  71. 71Melissa4,532
  72. 72Kaylee4,493
  73. 73Christina4,332
  74. 74Trinity4,284
  75. 75Mariah4,104
  76. 76Caitlin4,102
  77. 77Autumn4,027
  78. 78Marissa4,025
  79. 79Angela3,828
  80. 80Breanna3,826
  81. 81Catherine3,802
  82. 82Zoe3,785
  83. 83Briana3,754
  84. 84Jada3,747
  85. 85Laura3,741
  86. 86Claire3,711
  87. 87Alexa3,674
  88. 88Kelsey3,669
  89. 89Kathryn3,644
  90. 90Leslie3,623
  91. 91Alexandria3,549
  92. 92Sabrina3,470
  93. 93Mia3,451
  94. 94Isabel3,448
  95. 95Katie3,413
  96. 96Molly3,402
  97. 97Leah3,399
  98. 98Gabriella3,369
  99. 99Cheyenne3,367
  100. 100Cassandra3,305

Boys

  1. 1Jacob34,492
  2. 2Michael32,045
  3. 3Matthew28,580
  4. 4Joshua27,543
  5. 5Christopher24,936
  6. 6Nicholas24,653
  7. 7Andrew23,658
  8. 8Joseph22,844
  9. 9Daniel22,338
  10. 10Tyler21,506
  11. 11William20,669
  12. 12Brandon20,337
  13. 13Ryan20,269
  14. 14John20,115
  15. 15Zachary19,852
  16. 16David19,787
  17. 17Anthony19,656
  18. 18James17,991
  19. 19Justin17,784
  20. 20Alexander17,290
  21. 21Jonathan16,888
  22. 22Christian16,059
  23. 23Austin15,947
  24. 24Dylan15,405
  25. 25Ethan15,226
  26. 26Benjamin14,845
  27. 27Noah14,282
  28. 28Samuel14,188
  29. 29Robert13,739
  30. 30Nathan13,040
  31. 31Cameron12,767
  32. 32Kevin12,674
  33. 33Thomas12,638
  34. 34Jose12,585
  35. 35Hunter12,538
  36. 36Jordan12,168
  37. 37Kyle11,969
  38. 38Caleb9,866
  39. 39Jason9,778
  40. 40Logan9,737
  41. 41Aaron9,561
  42. 42Eric9,162
  43. 43Brian8,958
  44. 44Gabriel8,681
  45. 45Adam8,136
  46. 46Jack8,125
  47. 47Isaiah8,029
  48. 48Juan7,712
  49. 49Luis7,662
  50. 50Connor7,530
  51. 51Charles7,525
  52. 52Elijah7,472
  53. 53Isaac7,439
  54. 54Steven7,361
  55. 55Evan7,334
  56. 56Jared7,324
  57. 57Sean7,316
  58. 58Timothy7,261
  59. 59Luke7,148
  60. 60Cody7,132
  61. 61Nathaniel6,797
  62. 62Alex6,748
  63. 63Seth6,717
  64. 64Mason6,516
  65. 65Richard6,354
  66. 66Carlos6,322
  67. 67Angel6,306
  68. 68Patrick6,297
  69. 69Devin6,152
  70. 70Bryan6,143
  71. 71Cole5,926
  72. 72Jackson5,903
  73. 73Ian5,886
  74. 74Garrett5,840
  75. 75Trevor5,745
  76. 76Jesus5,682
  77. 77Chase5,442
  78. 78Adrian5,341
  79. 79Mark5,230
  80. 80Blake5,143
  81. 81Sebastian5,029
  82. 82Antonio4,892
  83. 83Lucas4,818
  84. 84Jeremy4,738
  85. 85Gavin4,686
  86. 86Miguel4,673
  87. 87Julian4,590
  88. 88Dakota4,553
  89. 89Alejandro4,511
  90. 90Jesse4,485
  91. 91Dalton4,445
  92. 92Bryce4,319
  93. 93Tanner4,235
  94. 94Kenneth4,152
  95. 95Stephen4,137
  96. 96Jake4,091
  97. 97Victor4,053
  98. 98Spencer4,044
  99. 99Marcus3,797
  100. 100Paul3,795

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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