Most popular baby names of 2001

In 2001, the most popular names for US babies were Jacob for boys (32,573 babies, 1.7% of boys) and Emily for girls (25,059 babies, 1.4% of girls). The rest of the top five were Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher for boys and Madison, Hannah, Ashley and Alexis for girls. SSA recorded 12,305 different boy names and 17,977 different girl names that year.

Top 100 boy names, 2001
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Jacob	32,573	–
2	Michael	29,689	–
3	Matthew	26,812	–
4	Joshua	26,024	–
5	Christopher	23,132	–
6	Nicholas	22,848	–
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	18,903	–
15	Ryan	18,289	▼ 2
16	Zachary	18,185	▼ 1
17	Ethan	17,962	▲ 8
18	Brandon	17,892	▼ 6
19	James	17,073	▼ 1
20	Alexander	16,719	–
21	Dylan	16,497	▲ 3
22	Justin	16,231	▼ 3
23	Jonathan	16,146	▼ 2
24	Christian	15,457	▼ 2
25	Austin	14,954	▼ 2
26	Samuel	14,813	▲ 2
27	Benjamin	14,339	▼ 1
28	Noah	13,493	▼ 1
29	Logan	12,710	▲ 11
30	Robert	12,665	▼ 1
31	Nathan	12,647	▼ 1
32	Kevin	12,595	–
33	Thomas	12,148	–
34	Jose	12,142	–
35	Cameron	11,581	▼ 4
36	Hunter	11,336	▼ 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	8,587	▲ 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	7,757	▼ 6
52	Luis	7,489	▼ 3
53	Juan	7,447	▼ 5
54	Mason	7,447	▲ 10
55	Charles	7,283	▼ 4
56	Evan	7,259	▼ 1
57	Sean	7,224	–
58	Angel	6,978	▲ 9
59	Carlos	6,842	▲ 7
60	Jackson	6,836	▲ 12
61	Nathaniel	6,645	–
62	Alex	6,614	–
63	Steven	6,589	▼ 9
64	Cody	6,575	▼ 4
65	Jared	6,434	▼ 9
66	Jesus	6,425	▲ 10
67	Timothy	6,422	▼ 9
68	Seth	6,223	▼ 5
69	Bryan	6,125	▲ 1
70	Ian	6,084	▲ 3
71	Devin	6,039	▼ 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	4,735	▼ 3
86	Aidan	4,632	▲ 28
87	Miguel	4,558	▼ 1
88	Alejandro	4,557	▲ 1
89	Jeremy	4,270	▼ 5
90	Jeremiah	4,222	▲ 12
91	Jesse	4,222	▼ 1
92	Bryce	4,150	–
93	Dakota	3,980	▼ 5
94	Xavier	3,979	▲ 9
95	Carson	3,942	▲ 24
96	Victor	3,921	▲ 1
97	Kenneth	3,907	▼ 3
98	Dalton	3,895	▼ 7
99	Colby	3,859	▲ 135
100	Jake	3,838	▼ 4

Top 100 girl names, 2001
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
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	15,927	▼ 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	13,326	▲ 4
14	Alyssa	13,272	▼ 2
15	Lauren	12,782	▼ 4
16	Grace	12,089	▲ 3
17	Kayla	11,892	▼ 4
18	Brianna	11,776	▼ 3
19	Anna	10,592	▲ 3
20	Megan	10,300	▼ 2
21	Victoria	10,179	▼ 1
22	Destiny	9,752	▲ 2
23	Sydney	9,639	–
24	Rachel	9,555	▼ 3
25	Jasmine	8,958	▲ 2
26	Jennifer	8,921	–
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	7,044	▼ 2
39	Amanda	6,979	▼ 7
40	Mackenzie	6,934	▲ 3
41	Maria	6,842	–
42	Savannah	6,737	▼ 5
43	Stephanie	6,612	▼ 3
44	Allison	6,214	–
45	Jenna	6,143	▲ 18
46	Rebecca	5,893	▼ 7
47	Jordan	5,803	▲ 3
48	Mary	5,759	▼ 2
49	Andrea	5,745	▲ 6
50	Gabrielle	5,607	▼ 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	5,032	▼ 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	3,914	▲ 2
78	Alexa	3,898	▲ 9
79	Marissa	3,853	▼ 1
80	Christina	3,743	▼ 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	▲ 17
93	Angelina	3,368	▲ 64
94	Breanna	3,368	▼ 14
95	Kylie	3,353	▲ 9
96	Aaliyah	3,352	▲ 115
97	Kathryn	3,332	▼ 8
98	Jade	3,281	▲ 18
99	Katie	3,279	▼ 4
100	Kelsey	3,267	▼ 12

Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 2001. 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.