Popular baby names of 2001

In 2001, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emily for girls (25,059 babies) and Jacob for boys (32,573). Social Security records show 3,743,505 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 17,978 girls' names and 12,307 boys' names.

2001 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 9.8% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 12.7% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Ariana, Angelina, Kylie, Aaliyah, Jade.
New in the boys' top 100: Aidan, Jeremiah, Xavier, Carson, Colby.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 2001

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000
1	Emily	25,059	–
2	Madison	22,166	↑1
3	Hannah	20,723	↓1
4	Ashley	16,531	–
5	Alexis	16,404	↑1
6	Sarah	15,929	↓1
7	Samantha	15,867	–
8	Abigail	14,807	↑6
9	Elizabeth	14,792	–
10	Olivia	13,977	↑6
11	Jessica	13,925	↓3
12	Taylor	13,693	↓2
13	Emma	13,327	↑4
14	Alyssa	13,272	↓2
15	Lauren	12,782	↓4
16	Grace	12,090	↑3
17	Kayla	11,892	↓4
18	Brianna	11,776	↓3
19	Anna	10,596	↑3
20	Megan	10,300	↓2
21	Victoria	10,179	↓1
22	Destiny	9,752	↑2
23	Sydney	9,639	–
24	Rachel	9,556	↓3
25	Jasmine	8,958	↑2
26	Jennifer	8,923	–
27	Julia	8,838	↑2
28	Isabella	8,835	↑17
29	Morgan	8,735	↓4
30	Chloe	8,177	↑8
31	Kaitlyn	8,164	↓1
32	Natalie	8,049	↑2
33	Hailey	8,032	↑2
34	Haley	8,011	↓6
35	Katherine	7,880	↓2
36	Nicole	7,820	↓5
37	Sophia	7,162	↑5
38	Alexandra	7,045	↓2
39	Amanda	6,980	↓7
40	Mackenzie	6,934	↑3
41	Maria	6,842	–
42	Savannah	6,737	↓5
43	Stephanie	6,613	↓3
44	Allison	6,215	–
45	Jenna	6,143	↑18
46	Rebecca	5,893	↓7
47	Jordan	5,803	↑3
48	Mary	5,762	↓2
49	Andrea	5,745	↑6
50	Gabrielle	5,606	↓1
51	Amber	5,572	↓4
52	Katelyn	5,441	↑2
53	Faith	5,411	↑13
54	Makayla	5,318	↑13
55	Sierra	5,237	↓2
56	Madeline	5,222	–
57	Brooke	5,213	↓6
58	Sara	5,156	↓1
59	Michelle	5,033	↓7
60	Erin	4,958	↑1
61	Kimberly	4,880	↓3
62	Caroline	4,864	↑3
63	Danielle	4,791	↓15
64	Vanessa	4,672	↓2
65	Zoe	4,645	↑17
66	Kaylee	4,621	↑6
67	Trinity	4,481	↑7
68	Shelby	4,370	↑2
69	Bailey	4,339	↓1
70	Jacqueline	4,301	↓6
71	Paige	4,274	↓2
72	Autumn	4,191	↑5
73	Courtney	4,175	↓14
74	Melissa	4,145	↓3
75	Jada	3,983	↑9
76	Mia	3,918	↑17
77	Angela	3,915	↑2
78	Alexa	3,898	↑9
79	Marissa	3,853	↓1
80	Christina	3,742	↓7
81	Catherine	3,731	–
82	Claire	3,642	↑4
83	Gabriella	3,615	↑15
84	Leslie	3,612	↑6
85	Mariah	3,585	↓10
86	Laura	3,563	↓1
87	Leah	3,521	↑10
88	Isabel	3,491	↑6
89	Caitlin	3,456	↓13
90	Molly	3,415	↑6
91	Alexandria	3,404	–
92	Ariana	3,377	new
93	Angelina	3,368	new
94	Breanna	3,368	↓14
95	Kylie	3,353	new
96	Aaliyah	3,352	new
97	Kathryn	3,332	↓8
98	Jade	3,281	new
99	Katie	3,280	↓4
100	Kelsey	3,267	↓12

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000
1	Jacob	32,573	–
2	Michael	29,689	–
3	Matthew	26,812	–
4	Joshua	26,024	–
5	Christopher	23,132	–
6	Nicholas	22,849	–
7	Andrew	22,422	–
8	Joseph	22,030	–
9	Daniel	21,013	–
10	William	20,110	↑1
11	Anthony	19,737	↑6
12	David	19,362	↑4
13	Tyler	19,275	↓3
14	John	18,904	–
15	Ryan	18,289	↓2
16	Zachary	18,185	↓1
17	Ethan	17,962	↑8
18	Brandon	17,893	↓6
19	James	17,074	↓1
20	Alexander	16,720	–
21	Dylan	16,497	↑3
22	Justin	16,231	↓3
23	Jonathan	16,147	↓2
24	Christian	15,457	↓2
25	Austin	14,955	↓2
26	Samuel	14,813	↑2
27	Benjamin	14,339	↓1
28	Noah	13,494	↓1
29	Logan	12,710	↑11
30	Robert	12,665	↓1
31	Nathan	12,647	↓1
32	Kevin	12,596	–
33	Thomas	12,148	–
34	Jose	12,144	–
35	Cameron	11,581	↓4
36	Hunter	11,335	↓1
37	Caleb	11,177	↑1
38	Gabriel	10,917	↑6
39	Jordan	10,815	↓3
40	Kyle	10,568	↓3
41	Jason	10,164	↓2
42	Aaron	9,552	↓1
43	Isaiah	8,589	↑4
44	Eric	8,559	↓2
45	Elijah	8,339	↑7
46	Brian	8,303	↓3
47	Isaac	8,200	↑6
48	Jack	8,149	↓2
49	Connor	8,082	↑1
50	Luke	8,008	↑9
51	Adam	7,758	↓6
52	Luis	7,489	↓3
53	Juan	7,447	↓5
54	Mason	7,447	↑10
55	Charles	7,283	↓4
56	Evan	7,258	↓1
57	Sean	7,224	–
58	Angel	6,978	↑9
59	Carlos	6,842	↑7
60	Jackson	6,836	↑12
61	Nathaniel	6,646	–
62	Alex	6,613	–
63	Steven	6,589	↓9
64	Cody	6,575	↓4
65	Jared	6,434	↓9
66	Jesus	6,425	↑10
67	Timothy	6,423	↓9
68	Seth	6,223	↓5
69	Bryan	6,125	↑1
70	Ian	6,084	↑3
71	Devin	6,040	↓2
72	Patrick	5,786	↓4
73	Richard	5,771	↓8
74	Cole	5,739	↓3
75	Adrian	5,424	↑3
76	Trevor	5,396	↓1
77	Blake	5,356	↑3
78	Gavin	5,260	↑7
79	Chase	5,199	↓2
80	Garrett	5,061	↓6
81	Sebastian	4,979	–
82	Julian	4,944	↑5
83	Lucas	4,900	–
84	Mark	4,754	↓5
85	Antonio	4,736	↓3
86	Aidan	4,632	new
87	Miguel	4,558	↓1
88	Alejandro	4,557	↑1
89	Jeremy	4,270	↓5
90	Jeremiah	4,223	new
91	Jesse	4,222	↓1
92	Bryce	4,150	–
93	Dakota	3,980	↓5
94	Xavier	3,979	new
95	Carson	3,943	new
96	Victor	3,921	↑1
97	Kenneth	3,907	↓3
98	Dalton	3,895	↓7
99	Colby	3,859	new
100	Jake	3,838	↓4

Every name given in 2001

All 30,285 names Social Security recorded for 2001, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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