Popular baby names of 2003

In 2003, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emily for girls (25,693 babies) and Jacob for boys (29,658). Social Security records show 3,802,494 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 18,439 girls' names and 12,761 boys' names.

2003 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 9.6% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 11.8% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Arianna, Avery, Sofia, Molly.
New in the boys' top 100: Aiden, Jayden, Colin, Carson, Landon, Jake.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 2003

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002
1	Emily	25,693	–
2	Emma	22,719	↑2
3	Madison	20,201	↓1
4	Hannah	17,638	↓1
5	Olivia	16,154	↑5
6	Abigail	15,932	↑1
7	Alexis	14,867	↓2
8	Ashley	14,519	↓2
9	Elizabeth	14,123	↑2
10	Samantha	13,870	↓1
11	Sarah	13,785	↓3
12	Isabella	13,781	↑2
13	Grace	12,781	↑2
14	Alyssa	12,750	↓2
15	Lauren	11,051	↓2
16	Kayla	10,957	↑3
17	Brianna	10,584	–
18	Jessica	10,454	↓2
19	Taylor	10,314	↓1
20	Sophia	9,687	↑7
21	Anna	9,464	↓1
22	Victoria	9,251	↓1
23	Natalie	9,151	↑7
24	Chloe	9,082	↑1
25	Sydney	8,911	↓2
26	Hailey	8,798	↑5
27	Jasmine	8,065	↓1
28	Rachel	7,997	↓4
29	Morgan	7,928	–
30	Megan	7,800	↓8
31	Jennifer	7,569	↓3
32	Kaitlyn	7,547	–
33	Julia	7,437	–
34	Haley	7,198	↑1
35	Katherine	7,126	↑1
36	Mia	7,083	↑7
37	Destiny	6,977	↓3
38	Alexandra	6,545	–
39	Ava	6,280	↑43
40	Nicole	6,238	↓3
41	Savannah	6,154	↓2
42	Maria	6,091	↓2
43	Brooke	5,971	↑9
44	Ella	5,909	↑45
45	Mackenzie	5,865	↓3
46	Allison	5,850	↓2
47	Paige	5,758	↑4
48	Jordan	5,650	↓3
49	Stephanie	5,603	↓8
50	Faith	5,597	↓2
51	Makayla	5,580	↓1
52	Kylie	5,558	↑9
53	Kaylee	5,452	↑4
54	Amanda	5,354	↓8
55	Jenna	5,352	↓8
56	Trinity	5,130	↑14
57	Zoe	5,087	↑3
58	Katelyn	5,054	↓5
59	Mary	5,043	↓10
60	Andrea	4,982	↓5
61	Madeline	4,976	↓5
62	Michelle	4,873	↓4
63	Rebecca	4,873	↓9
64	Kimberly	4,825	↓1
65	Sara	4,764	↓6
66	Gabrielle	4,600	–
67	Alexa	4,598	↑2
68	Caroline	4,585	↓1
69	Lily	4,434	↑10
70	Vanessa	4,352	↓2
71	Angelina	4,272	↑3
72	Riley	4,243	↑5
73	Sierra	4,242	↓11
74	Amber	4,123	↓9
75	Autumn	4,059	↓2
76	Lillian	4,030	↑20
77	Gabriella	4,021	↓1
78	Audrey	3,998	↑22
79	Jada	3,987	↓1
80	Erin	3,926	↓8
81	Leah	3,925	↑6
82	Danielle	3,865	↓11
83	Isabel	3,853	↑2
84	Maya	3,849	↑6
85	Ariana	3,834	↑8
86	Arianna	3,796	new
87	Jocelyn	3,718	↑5
88	Evelyn	3,701	↑10
89	Avery	3,687	new
90	Aaliyah	3,673	↓26
91	Leslie	3,639	–
92	Claire	3,571	↑3
93	Melanie	3,550	↑1
94	Shelby	3,537	↓19
95	Marissa	3,517	↑4
96	Melissa	3,502	↓16
97	Sofia	3,488	new
98	Bailey	3,467	↓14
99	Molly	3,403	new
100	Jacqueline	3,400	↓19

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002
1	Jacob	29,658	–
2	Michael	27,129	–
3	Joshua	25,106	–
4	Matthew	24,011	–
5	Andrew	22,162	↑1
6	Joseph	21,394	↑1
7	Ethan	21,362	↓2
8	Daniel	21,072	↑2
9	Christopher	20,753	↓1
10	Anthony	20,149	↑2
11	William	20,000	–
12	Nicholas	19,696	↓3
13	Ryan	19,578	↑3
14	David	18,641	↓1
15	Tyler	18,185	↓1
16	Alexander	17,714	↓1
17	John	17,249	–
18	James	16,896	–
19	Dylan	15,703	↑4
20	Zachary	15,541	↓1
21	Brandon	15,245	↓1
22	Jonathan	14,994	↓1
23	Samuel	14,691	↑2
24	Benjamin	14,086	↑3
25	Christian	13,908	↓1
26	Nathan	13,667	↑2
27	Justin	13,655	↓5
28	Logan	13,187	↑1
29	Gabriel	12,522	↑3
30	Jose	12,394	–
31	Noah	11,843	–
32	Kevin	11,734	↑1
33	Austin	11,690	↓7
34	Caleb	11,643	↑1
35	Robert	11,399	↓1
36	Thomas	10,935	–
37	Elijah	10,665	↑4
38	Jordan	10,331	↓1
39	Aidan	10,067	↑21
40	Cameron	9,965	↓1
41	Hunter	9,900	↓3
42	Jason	9,822	–
43	Connor	9,670	↑4
44	Evan	9,444	↑12
45	Jack	9,318	↓1
46	Luke	9,304	–
47	Angel	9,161	↑2
48	Isaac	8,944	–
49	Isaiah	8,900	↓4
50	Aaron	8,874	↓7
51	Gavin	8,764	↑10
52	Jackson	8,713	↓2
53	Kyle	8,651	↓13
54	Mason	7,897	↓1
55	Juan	7,831	↓1
56	Eric	7,787	↓4
57	Charles	7,696	↑1
58	Adam	7,690	↓3
59	Brian	7,672	↓8
60	Luis	7,585	↓3
61	Sean	7,102	↓2
62	Alex	6,794	↑1
63	Nathaniel	6,666	↓1
64	Bryan	6,619	–
65	Ian	6,466	↑2
66	Carlos	6,218	↓1
67	Jesus	6,163	↓1
68	Adrian	6,110	↑5
69	Cole	5,898	–
70	Steven	5,860	↓2
71	Lucas	5,756	↑4
72	Owen	5,701	↑22
73	Aiden	5,684	new
74	Devin	5,646	–
75	Jayden	5,547	new
76	Timothy	5,487	↓6
77	Julian	5,410	↑1
78	Cody	5,400	↓7
79	Blake	5,275	↓3
80	Seth	5,256	↓8
81	Dominic	5,219	↑2
82	Jaden	5,182	↑5
83	Diego	5,121	↑15
84	Hayden	5,101	↑12
85	Xavier	5,066	↑3
86	Richard	5,054	↓9
87	Chase	5,014	↓5
88	Colin	4,876	new
89	Carson	4,861	new
90	Jeremiah	4,855	↓4
91	Patrick	4,789	↓12
92	Antonio	4,717	↓7
93	Sebastian	4,649	↓13
94	Jesse	4,606	↓4
95	Miguel	4,592	↓6
96	Victor	4,436	↑4
97	Landon	4,412	new
98	Jake	4,406	new
99	Trevor	4,387	↓18
100	Alejandro	4,317	↓8

Every name given in 2003

All 31,200 names Social Security recorded for 2003, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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