Popular baby names of 2009

In 2009, the most popular baby names in the United States were Isabella for girls (22,321 babies) and Jacob for boys (21,204). Social Security records show 3,820,687 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 20,199 girls' names and 14,540 boys' names.

2009 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 8.6% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 9.2% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Bella, Molly, Serenity, Khloe, Mya, Eva.
New in the boys' top 100: Levi, Parker, Oliver, Miguel.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 2009

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008
1	Isabella	22,321	↑1
2	Emma	17,910	↓1
3	Olivia	17,444	↑1
4	Sophia	16,951	↑3
5	Ava	15,877	–
6	Emily	15,366	↓3
7	Madison	15,257	↓1
8	Abigail	14,401	–
9	Chloe	11,922	↑1
10	Mia	11,438	↑4
11	Elizabeth	11,057	↓2
12	Addison	10,669	–
13	Alexis	9,946	↑2
14	Samantha	9,669	↓3
15	Ella	9,659	↑4
16	Natalie	9,421	↓3
17	Grace	8,322	↑4
18	Lily	8,101	↑6
19	Alyssa	7,980	↓3
20	Ashley	7,815	↓2
21	Sarah	7,794	↓1
22	Taylor	7,590	–
23	Hannah	7,584	↓6
24	Brianna	7,357	↓1
25	Hailey	7,325	–
26	Kaylee	7,219	↑5
27	Lillian	6,861	↑2
28	Anna	6,818	↓2
29	Leah	6,790	↑11
30	Allison	6,581	↑2
31	Victoria	6,371	↓4
32	Avery	6,301	↑6
33	Gabriella	6,153	↑2
34	Nevaeh	6,126	–
35	Kayla	5,847	↓7
36	Sofia	5,696	–
37	Brooklyn	5,677	↑11
38	Riley	5,637	↑1
39	Savannah	5,606	↓6
40	Evelyn	5,584	↑14
41	Aubrey	5,408	↑1
42	Peyton	5,318	↑18
43	Alexa	5,311	↑7
44	Makayla	5,269	↓7
45	Layla	5,212	↑10
46	Lauren	5,204	↓16
47	Zoe	5,152	↑11
48	Sydney	5,061	↑1
49	Audrey	5,008	↓5
50	Julia	4,996	↓9
51	Jasmine	4,886	↓8
52	Arianna	4,845	↑14
53	Claire	4,825	↑9
54	Brooke	4,798	↓2
55	Amelia	4,705	↑13
56	Destiny	4,617	↓9
57	Morgan	4,611	↓11
58	Bella	4,540	new
59	Madelyn	4,496	↑5
60	Katherine	4,432	↓15
61	Maya	4,393	↑10
62	Kylie	4,389	↓11
63	Aaliyah	4,378	↑13
64	Madeline	4,300	↓8
65	Sophie	4,267	↑10
66	Kimberly	4,228	↓9
67	Kaitlyn	4,207	↓14
68	Charlotte	4,191	↑18
69	Alexandra	4,166	↓8
70	Maria	4,143	↓7
71	Jocelyn	4,118	↓4
72	Valeria	4,091	↑1
73	Andrea	4,064	↓1
74	Trinity	4,028	↓4
75	Zoey	3,995	↑23
76	Gianna	3,939	↑12
77	Mackenzie	3,902	↓12
78	Jessica	3,801	↓19
79	Faith	3,771	↑11
80	Camila	3,737	↑3
81	Autumn	3,717	↑6
82	Ariana	3,701	↓1
83	Genesis	3,669	↑12
84	Payton	3,646	↑7
85	Bailey	3,643	↓3
86	Angelina	3,637	↓17
87	Caroline	3,624	↑7
88	Mariah	3,605	↓11
89	Rachel	3,589	↓15
90	Katelyn	3,571	↓10
91	Vanessa	3,523	↓13
92	Molly	3,510	new
93	Serenity	3,489	new
94	Melanie	3,487	↓9
95	Khloe	3,459	new
96	Gabrielle	3,421	↓17
97	Mya	3,415	new
98	Paige	3,413	↓9
99	Eva	3,395	new
100	Isabelle	3,307	↓7

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008
1	Jacob	21,204	–
2	Ethan	19,858	↑1
3	Michael	18,964	↓1
4	Alexander	18,254	↑2
5	William	17,937	↑3
6	Joshua	17,671	↓2
7	Daniel	17,564	↓2
8	Jayden	17,316	↑3
9	Noah	17,262	↑6
10	Christopher	16,368	↓1
11	Anthony	16,327	↓4
12	Aiden	16,030	↑4
13	Matthew	16,010	↓3
14	David	15,457	–
15	Joseph	14,952	↓2
16	Andrew	14,877	↓4
17	Logan	14,467	↑2
18	James	14,223	↓1
19	Benjamin	13,123	↑6
20	Ryan	13,122	↓2
21	Elijah	12,846	↑1
22	Gabriel	12,834	↑2
23	Christian	12,657	–
24	Samuel	12,181	↑3
25	Nathan	12,135	↓4
26	John	12,133	↓6
27	Jackson	12,123	↑5
28	Tyler	11,551	–
29	Jonathan	11,386	↓3
30	Dylan	11,373	↑1
31	Caleb	11,001	↑3
32	Nicholas	10,856	↓3
33	Gavin	10,742	↓3
34	Mason	10,696	↑1
35	Evan	10,280	↑3
36	Landon	10,169	↑9
37	Angel	9,853	↓1
38	Brandon	9,848	↓5
39	Lucas	9,620	↑7
40	Isaac	9,569	↓3
41	Isaiah	9,259	↑1
42	Jack	9,029	↓3
43	Jose	8,818	↓3
44	Kevin	8,780	↓3
45	Jordan	8,669	↑3
46	Justin	8,631	↓2
47	Luke	8,625	↓4
48	Brayden	8,603	↑3
49	Liam	8,567	↑26
50	Carter	8,173	↑15
51	Owen	8,142	↑7
52	Connor	8,101	↑5
53	Zachary	8,091	↓6
54	Aaron	7,983	↓4
55	Robert	7,842	↓6
56	Hunter	7,751	↓2
57	Thomas	7,728	↓5
58	Cameron	7,638	↓5
59	Adrian	7,633	↓3
60	Wyatt	7,404	↑2
61	Chase	7,394	↑6
62	Julian	7,388	↓1
63	Austin	7,295	↓8
64	Charles	7,284	↓1
65	Jeremiah	7,235	↑3
66	Jason	6,927	↓6
67	Juan	6,283	↓1
68	Xavier	6,227	↑3
69	Luis	6,145	↓5
70	Sebastian	5,993	↑4
71	Henry	5,899	↑7
72	Aidan	5,811	↓13
73	Ian	5,807	↑7
74	Adam	5,676	↓2
75	Nathaniel	5,426	↑2
76	Diego	5,414	↓7
77	Brody	5,392	↓7
78	Jesus	5,387	↑1
79	Carlos	5,379	↓6
80	Tristan	5,350	↑1
81	Dominic	5,329	↑12
82	Cole	5,278	↑3
83	Alex	5,174	↑1
84	Cooper	5,072	↑8
85	Levi	5,026	new
86	Josiah	5,020	↑9
87	Ayden	4,998	↑4
88	Carson	4,997	↑1
89	Blake	4,952	↑1
90	Eli	4,923	↑9
91	Hayden	4,868	↓15
92	Bryan	4,856	↓10
93	Colton	4,771	↑5
94	Brian	4,658	↓7
95	Eric	4,646	↓9
96	Parker	4,626	new
97	Sean	4,339	↓14
98	Oliver	4,287	new
99	Kyle	4,180	↓2
100	Miguel	4,174	new

Every name given in 2009

All 34,739 names Social Security recorded for 2009, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

← 2008 All years and states 2010 →