Most popular baby names of 2000

In 2000, the most popular names for US babies were Jacob for boys (34,491 babies, 1.8% of boys) and Emily for girls (25,959 babies, 1.4% of girls). The rest of the top five were Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher for boys and Hannah, Madison, Ashley and Sarah for girls. SSA recorded 12,118 different boy names and 17,659 different girl names that year.

Top 100 boy names, 2000
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Jacob	34,491	–
2	Michael	32,043	–
3	Matthew	28,580	–
4	Joshua	27,542	–
5	Christopher	24,937	▲ 1
6	Nicholas	24,654	▼ 1
7	Andrew	23,657	–
8	Joseph	22,843	–
9	Daniel	22,337	–
10	Tyler	21,506	–
11	William	20,669	▲ 3
12	Brandon	20,337	▼ 1
13	Ryan	20,269	▼ 1
14	John	20,113	▲ 1
15	Zachary	19,852	▲ 2
16	David	19,787	–
17	Anthony	19,655	▲ 1
18	James	17,991	▲ 1
19	Justin	17,783	▲ 1
20	Alexander	17,290	▲ 1
21	Jonathan	16,888	▲ 1
22	Christian	16,057	▲ 3
23	Austin	15,946	▼ 10
24	Dylan	15,405	▼ 1
25	Ethan	15,225	▲ 12
26	Benjamin	14,844	▲ 3
27	Noah	14,282	▼ 3
28	Samuel	14,187	▼ 1
29	Robert	13,739	▼ 3
30	Nathan	13,039	▲ 2
31	Cameron	12,765	▲ 2
32	Kevin	12,673	▲ 2
33	Thomas	12,639	▼ 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	9,161	▼ 3
43	Brian	8,957	–
44	Gabriel	8,681	▲ 9
45	Adam	8,137	▼ 1
46	Jack	8,123	▲ 6
47	Isaiah	8,029	▲ 4
48	Juan	7,711	▼ 2
49	Luis	7,662	▲ 6
50	Connor	7,529	▼ 2
51	Charles	7,524	▼ 1
52	Elijah	7,472	▲ 8
53	Isaac	7,439	▲ 11
54	Steven	7,362	▼ 7
55	Evan	7,333	▲ 2
56	Jared	7,324	▼ 2
57	Sean	7,316	▼ 1
58	Timothy	7,261	▼ 9
59	Luke	7,149	▲ 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	5,441	▼ 1
78	Adrian	5,341	▲ 1
79	Mark	5,229	▼ 10
80	Blake	5,143	▲ 4
81	Sebastian	5,029	▲ 71
82	Antonio	4,892	▼ 2
83	Lucas	4,818	▲ 7
84	Jeremy	4,738	▼ 3
85	Gavin	4,686	▲ 16
86	Miguel	4,673	▲ 5
87	Julian	4,590	▲ 24
88	Dakota	4,553	▼ 11
89	Alejandro	4,510	▼ 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

Top 100 girl names, 2000
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
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	17,264	▼ 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	11,284	▲ 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	8,768	▲ 1
30	Kaitlyn	8,759	▲ 3
31	Nicole	8,562	▼ 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	7,101	▲ 5
38	Chloe	7,094	▲ 25
39	Rebecca	7,078	▼ 1
40	Stephanie	7,028	▼ 3
41	Maria	6,856	▼ 2
42	Sophia	6,564	▲ 11
43	Mackenzie	6,349	▲ 9
44	Allison	6,315	▼ 4
45	Isabella	6,242	▲ 15
46	Mary	6,221	▼ 1
47	Amber	6,181	▼ 6
48	Danielle	6,091	▼ 5
49	Gabrielle	5,871	▼ 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	5,184	▼ 25
61	Erin	5,184	▼ 3
62	Vanessa	5,134	▼ 5
63	Jenna	5,045	▼ 2
64	Jacqueline	5,037	▲ 15
65	Caroline	5,022	▲ 6
66	Faith	4,998	▲ 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	4,331	▲ 2
74	Trinity	4,284	▲ 135
75	Mariah	4,104	▼ 7
76	Caitlin	4,102	▲ 17
77	Autumn	4,027	–
78	Marissa	4,025	▼ 5
79	Angela	3,829	▲ 11
80	Breanna	3,826	▼ 6
81	Catherine	3,802	▲ 17
82	Zoe	3,785	▲ 22
83	Briana	3,754	▼ 1
84	Jada	3,747	▲ 27
85	Laura	3,740	▼ 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	▲ 27
94	Isabel	3,447	▲ 3
95	Katie	3,413	▼ 3
96	Molly	3,401	▲ 6
97	Leah	3,399	▲ 6
98	Gabriella	3,369	▲ 9
99	Cheyenne	3,367	▼ 15
100	Cassandra	3,305	▼ 13

Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 2000. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.