Popular baby names of 2005

In 2005, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emily for girls (23,952 babies) and Jacob for boys (25,851). Social Security records show 3,845,147 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 19,199 girls' names and 13,370 boys' names.

2005 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 9.0% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 10.7% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Nevaeh, Brooklyn, Mariah, Gracie, Isabelle, Mya, Katie.
New in the boys' top 100: Brayden, Caden, Kaden.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004
1	Emily	23,952	–
2	Emma	20,362	–
3	Madison	19,578	–
4	Abigail	15,756	↑2
5	Olivia	15,700	↓1
6	Isabella	15,197	↑1
7	Hannah	14,854	↓2
8	Samantha	13,642	↑1
9	Ava	13,606	↑16
10	Ashley	13,276	↓2
11	Elizabeth	12,743	↓1
12	Sophia	12,678	↑3
13	Alexis	11,977	↓2
14	Grace	11,865	↓1
15	Sarah	11,555	↓3
16	Alyssa	10,891	↓2
17	Mia	10,846	↑13
18	Natalie	10,742	↑1
19	Chloe	9,598	↑4
20	Brianna	9,370	↓3
21	Lauren	9,249	↓5
22	Anna	9,113	↓2
23	Ella	9,072	↑6
24	Taylor	8,676	↓2
25	Kayla	8,620	↓7
26	Hailey	8,595	↓2
27	Jessica	8,115	↓6
28	Victoria	7,961	–
29	Jasmine	7,873	↓3
30	Sydney	7,376	↓3
31	Julia	7,089	↑1
32	Destiny	6,894	↑6
33	Morgan	6,749	↓2
34	Kaitlyn	6,521	↓1
35	Savannah	6,484	↑6
36	Katherine	6,392	↓1
37	Alexandra	6,319	–
38	Rachel	6,226	↓4
39	Lily	6,090	↑14
40	Kaylee	5,870	↑10
41	Megan	5,856	↓5
42	Jennifer	5,837	↓3
43	Angelina	5,813	↑17
44	Makayla	5,727	↑3
45	Allison	5,634	↓5
46	Maria	5,600	↓4
47	Brooke	5,571	↓1
48	Trinity	5,455	–
49	Faith	5,256	↑3
50	Lillian	5,215	↑15
51	Mackenzie	5,199	↓6
52	Sofia	5,162	↑17
53	Haley	5,128	↓9
54	Riley	5,127	↑4
55	Gabrielle	5,018	↑18
56	Nicole	4,993	↓13
57	Kylie	4,970	↓8
58	Zoe	4,965	↓4
59	Katelyn	4,928	–
60	Paige	4,906	↓9
61	Gabriella	4,824	↑15
62	Jenna	4,796	↓6
63	Kimberly	4,752	↓2
64	Stephanie	4,701	↓9
65	Andrea	4,672	↓8
66	Alexa	4,664	↑6
67	Avery	4,654	↑10
68	Leah	4,601	↓4
69	Nevaeh	4,560	new
70	Madeline	4,528	↓7
71	Evelyn	4,490	↑13
72	Mary	4,481	↓10
73	Maya	4,431	↑10
74	Michelle	4,312	↓8
75	Sara	4,285	↓7
76	Jada	4,267	↑5
77	Audrey	4,137	↑3
78	Brooklyn	4,132	new
79	Amanda	4,099	↓12
80	Vanessa	4,095	↓5
81	Rebecca	4,018	↓11
82	Ariana	3,981	↓3
83	Caroline	3,974	↓9
84	Amelia	3,912	↑12
85	Mariah	3,840	new
86	Jordan	3,696	↓15
87	Jocelyn	3,681	↓2
88	Arianna	3,673	↓2
89	Isabel	3,611	↓1
90	Autumn	3,603	↓8
91	Marissa	3,592	↓13
92	Melanie	3,495	↓3
93	Aaliyah	3,459	↑1
94	Gracie	3,371	new
95	Claire	3,293	↑4
96	Isabelle	3,284	new
97	Molly	3,215	–
98	Mya	3,208	new
99	Katie	3,177	new
100	Diana	3,159	↓10

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004
1	Jacob	25,851	–
2	Michael	23,828	–
3	Joshua	23,261	–
4	Matthew	21,483	–
5	Ethan	21,318	–
6	Andrew	20,742	–
7	Daniel	20,236	–
8	Anthony	19,387	↑3
9	Joseph	19,241	–
10	Christopher	19,174	–
11	William	19,060	↓3
12	David	18,144	↑2
13	Alexander	18,130	↑2
14	Ryan	17,990	↓2
15	Nicholas	17,076	↓2
16	Tyler	16,989	–
17	James	16,140	↑1
18	John	15,796	↓1
19	Jonathan	14,443	↑2
20	Nathan	14,365	–
21	Samuel	14,271	↑2
22	Christian	14,210	↑2
23	Noah	13,905	↑6
24	Dylan	13,782	↓5
25	Benjamin	13,586	–
26	Logan	13,475	↑1
27	Brandon	12,947	↓5
28	Gabriel	12,759	↑4
29	Zachary	12,288	↓3
30	Jose	12,065	↓2
31	Elijah	11,612	–
32	Angel	10,993	↑12
33	Kevin	10,917	↑1
34	Jack	10,906	↑8
35	Caleb	10,894	↓2
36	Justin	10,518	↓6
37	Robert	10,166	↓1
38	Austin	10,111	↓3
39	Evan	10,109	–
40	Thomas	10,041	↓3
41	Luke	10,011	–
42	Mason	9,771	↑9
43	Aidan	9,759	↓3
44	Jackson	9,580	↑4
45	Isaiah	9,527	–
46	Jordan	9,398	↓3
47	Gavin	9,340	↑5
48	Connor	9,321	↓10
49	Isaac	9,127	↓3
50	Aiden	9,083	↑10
51	Jason	8,614	↓4
52	Cameron	8,574	↓2
53	Hunter	8,512	↓4
54	Jayden	8,264	↑8
55	Juan	8,231	↓1
56	Charles	7,933	–
57	Aaron	7,811	↓4
58	Lucas	7,578	↑8
59	Luis	7,469	↓2
60	Owen	7,169	↑7
61	Landon	7,110	↑25
62	Diego	6,942	↑11
63	Brian	6,920	↓4
64	Adam	6,846	↓6
65	Adrian	6,727	↑7
66	Eric	6,697	↓5
67	Nathaniel	6,689	↑1
68	Ian	6,688	↑1
69	Kyle	6,688	↓14
70	Carlos	6,563	↑1
71	Alex	6,488	↓8
72	Bryan	6,454	↓7
73	Jesus	6,382	↓3
74	Julian	6,116	–
75	Sean	5,997	↓11
76	Hayden	5,916	↑11
77	Carter	5,899	↑12
78	Jeremiah	5,847	↓1
79	Cole	5,587	↓4
80	Brayden	5,512	new
81	Wyatt	5,356	↑9
82	Chase	5,199	–
83	Steven	5,079	↓5
84	Timothy	5,034	↓5
85	Dominic	4,994	↑6
86	Sebastian	4,956	↑11
87	Xavier	4,879	↑1
88	Jaden	4,849	↓5
89	Jesse	4,746	↑5
90	Devin	4,715	↓9
91	Seth	4,713	↓11
92	Antonio	4,694	↑1
93	Miguel	4,677	↑3
94	Richard	4,667	↓2
95	Colin	4,532	↓10
96	Cody	4,529	↓12
97	Alejandro	4,482	↑2
98	Caden	4,438	new
99	Blake	4,418	↓4
100	Kaden	4,365	new

Every name given in 2005

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