Popular baby names of 2000

In 2000, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emily for girls (25,959 babies) and Jacob for boys (34,492). Social Security records show 3,780,037 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 17,660 girls' names and 12,119 boys' names.

2000 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 10.2% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 13.4% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Trinity, Zoe, Jada, Mia, Molly, Leah, Gabriella.
New in the boys' top 100: Sebastian, Gavin, Julian.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999
1	Emily	25,959	–
2	Hannah	23,087	–
3	Madison	19,968	↑4
4	Ashley	18,000	↑2
5	Sarah	17,715	↓1
6	Alexis	17,631	↓3
7	Samantha	17,265	↓2
8	Jessica	15,711	↑1
9	Elizabeth	15,117	↑1
10	Taylor	15,080	↓2
11	Lauren	14,176	↑1
12	Alyssa	13,553	↓1
13	Kayla	13,313	–
14	Abigail	13,094	↑4
15	Brianna	12,880	↓1
16	Olivia	12,855	↑4
17	Emma	12,560	–
18	Megan	11,436	↓3
19	Grace	11,285	↑8
20	Victoria	10,926	↓4
21	Rachel	10,687	↓2
22	Anna	10,613	↑7
23	Sydney	10,243	–
24	Destiny	9,850	↑4
25	Morgan	9,502	↓1
26	Jennifer	9,390	↓5
27	Jasmine	9,099	↓1
28	Haley	9,069	↑3
29	Julia	8,769	↑1
30	Kaitlyn	8,759	↑3
31	Nicole	8,563	↓6
32	Amanda	8,558	↓10
33	Katherine	8,109	↑3
34	Natalie	8,096	–
35	Hailey	7,829	↑19
36	Alexandra	7,550	↓4
37	Savannah	7,100	↑5
38	Chloe	7,094	↑25
39	Rebecca	7,078	↓1
40	Stephanie	7,028	↓3
41	Maria	6,857	↓2
42	Sophia	6,564	↑11
43	Mackenzie	6,350	↑9
44	Allison	6,315	↓4
45	Isabella	6,242	↑15
46	Mary	6,222	↓1
47	Amber	6,182	↓6
48	Danielle	6,092	↓5
49	Gabrielle	5,872	↓3
50	Jordan	5,809	↓2
51	Brooke	5,642	↓4
52	Michelle	5,545	↑4
53	Sierra	5,520	↓4
54	Katelyn	5,502	↑1
55	Andrea	5,479	↑4
56	Madeline	5,371	↑14
57	Sara	5,325	↓7
58	Kimberly	5,244	↓7
59	Courtney	5,239	↓15
60	Brittany	5,185	↓25
61	Erin	5,185	↓3
62	Vanessa	5,134	↓5
63	Jenna	5,045	↓2
64	Jacqueline	5,037	↑15
65	Caroline	5,022	↑6
66	Faith	4,999	↑10
67	Makayla	4,917	↓1
68	Bailey	4,649	↓3
69	Paige	4,609	↓2
70	Shelby	4,561	↓8
71	Melissa	4,532	↓7
72	Kaylee	4,493	↓3
73	Christina	4,332	↑2
74	Trinity	4,284	new
75	Mariah	4,104	↓7
76	Caitlin	4,102	↑17
77	Autumn	4,027	–
78	Marissa	4,025	↓5
79	Angela	3,828	↑11
80	Breanna	3,826	↓6
81	Catherine	3,802	↑17
82	Zoe	3,785	new
83	Briana	3,754	↓1
84	Jada	3,747	new
85	Laura	3,741	↓4
86	Claire	3,711	–
87	Alexa	3,674	↑2
88	Kelsey	3,669	↓16
89	Kathryn	3,644	↑2
90	Leslie	3,623	↑10
91	Alexandria	3,549	↓8
92	Sabrina	3,470	↓4
93	Mia	3,451	new
94	Isabel	3,448	↑3
95	Katie	3,413	↓3
96	Molly	3,402	new
97	Leah	3,399	new
98	Gabriella	3,369	new
99	Cheyenne	3,367	↓15
100	Cassandra	3,305	↓13

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999
1	Jacob	34,492	–
2	Michael	32,045	–
3	Matthew	28,580	–
4	Joshua	27,543	–
5	Christopher	24,936	↑1
6	Nicholas	24,653	↓1
7	Andrew	23,658	–
8	Joseph	22,844	–
9	Daniel	22,338	–
10	Tyler	21,506	–
11	William	20,669	↑3
12	Brandon	20,337	↓1
13	Ryan	20,269	↓1
14	John	20,115	↑1
15	Zachary	19,852	↑2
16	David	19,787	–
17	Anthony	19,656	↑1
18	James	17,991	↑1
19	Justin	17,784	↑1
20	Alexander	17,290	↑1
21	Jonathan	16,888	↑1
22	Christian	16,059	↑3
23	Austin	15,947	↓10
24	Dylan	15,405	↓1
25	Ethan	15,226	↑12
26	Benjamin	14,845	↑3
27	Noah	14,282	↓3
28	Samuel	14,188	↓1
29	Robert	13,739	↓3
30	Nathan	13,040	↑2
31	Cameron	12,767	↑2
32	Kevin	12,674	↑2
33	Thomas	12,638	↓2
34	Jose	12,585	↑1
35	Hunter	12,538	↑1
36	Jordan	12,168	↓6
37	Kyle	11,969	↓9
38	Caleb	9,866	↑3
39	Jason	9,778	↑1
40	Logan	9,737	↑2
41	Aaron	9,561	↓3
42	Eric	9,162	↓3
43	Brian	8,958	–
44	Gabriel	8,681	↑9
45	Adam	8,136	↓1
46	Jack	8,125	↑6
47	Isaiah	8,029	↑4
48	Juan	7,712	↓2
49	Luis	7,662	↑6
50	Connor	7,530	↓2
51	Charles	7,525	↓1
52	Elijah	7,472	↑8
53	Isaac	7,439	↑11
54	Steven	7,361	↓7
55	Evan	7,334	↑2
56	Jared	7,324	↓2
57	Sean	7,316	↓1
58	Timothy	7,261	↓9
59	Luke	7,148	↑8
60	Cody	7,132	↓15
61	Nathaniel	6,797	↑1
62	Alex	6,748	↓4
63	Seth	6,717	↑2
64	Mason	6,516	↑7
65	Richard	6,354	↓4
66	Carlos	6,322	↓7
67	Angel	6,306	↑6
68	Patrick	6,297	↓5
69	Devin	6,152	↓1
70	Bryan	6,143	↑4
71	Cole	5,926	↑4
72	Jackson	5,903	↑11
73	Ian	5,886	↓1
74	Garrett	5,840	↑4
75	Trevor	5,745	↓9
76	Jesus	5,682	↓6
77	Chase	5,442	↓1
78	Adrian	5,341	↑1
79	Mark	5,230	↓10
80	Blake	5,143	↑4
81	Sebastian	5,029	new
82	Antonio	4,892	↓2
83	Lucas	4,818	↑7
84	Jeremy	4,738	↓3
85	Gavin	4,686	new
86	Miguel	4,673	↑5
87	Julian	4,590	new
88	Dakota	4,553	↓11
89	Alejandro	4,511	↓1
90	Jesse	4,485	↓8
91	Dalton	4,445	↓5
92	Bryce	4,319	↑1
93	Tanner	4,235	↓6
94	Kenneth	4,152	↓5
95	Stephen	4,137	↓10
96	Jake	4,091	↑1
97	Victor	4,053	↓2
98	Spencer	4,044	↓6
99	Marcus	3,797	↓1
100	Paul	3,795	↓6

Every name given in 2000

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