Most Popular Baby Names of 2000

In 2000, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emily for girls and Jacob for boys. Emily was given to 25,959 girls and Jacob to 34,492 boys, according to Social Security card applications.

Across all names, the Social Security Administration recorded 3,780,037 births for names given to at least five babies that year, up from 3,693,973 in 1999. The tables below show the top 100 names for each sex with their rank change from the year before, followed by the biggest movers in the top 1,000.

New to the top 100 this year: Trinity, Zoe, Jada, Mia, Molly, and Leah.

← 1999 2001 →The 2000s Download top 1,000 (CSV)

Top 100 baby names of 2000

Girls

Girls
#	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	17,265	↓ 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	11,285	↑ 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	8,769	↑ 1
30	Kaitlyn	8,759	↑ 3
31	Nicole	8,563	↓ 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	7,100	↑ 5
38	Chloe	7,094	↑ 25
39	Rebecca	7,078	↓ 1
40	Stephanie	7,028	↓ 3
41	Maria	6,857	↓ 2
42	Sophia	6,564	↑ 11
43	Mackenzie	6,350	↑ 9
44	Allison	6,315	↓ 4
45	Isabella	6,242	↑ 15
46	Mary	6,222	↓ 1
47	Amber	6,182	↓ 6
48	Danielle	6,092	↓ 5
49	Gabrielle	5,872	↓ 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	5,185	↓ 25
61	Erin	5,185	↓ 3
62	Vanessa	5,134	↓ 5
63	Jenna	5,045	↓ 2
64	Jacqueline	5,037	↑ 15
65	Caroline	5,022	↑ 6
66	Faith	4,999	↑ 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	4,332	↑ 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	3,828	↑ 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	3,741	↓ 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	3,448	↑ 3
95	Katie	3,413	↓ 3
96	Molly	3,402	↑ 6
97	Leah	3,399	↑ 6
98	Gabriella	3,369	↑ 9
99	Cheyenne	3,367	↓ 15
100	Cassandra	3,305	↓ 13

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Jacob	34,492	–
2	Michael	32,045	–
3	Matthew	28,580	–
4	Joshua	27,543	–
5	Christopher	24,936	↑ 1
6	Nicholas	24,653	↓ 1
7	Andrew	23,658	–
8	Joseph	22,844	–
9	Daniel	22,338	–
10	Tyler	21,506	–
11	William	20,669	↑ 3
12	Brandon	20,337	↓ 1
13	Ryan	20,269	↓ 1
14	John	20,115	↑ 1
15	Zachary	19,852	↑ 2
16	David	19,787	–
17	Anthony	19,656	↑ 1
18	James	17,991	↑ 1
19	Justin	17,784	↑ 1
20	Alexander	17,290	↑ 1
21	Jonathan	16,888	↑ 1
22	Christian	16,059	↑ 3
23	Austin	15,947	↓ 10
24	Dylan	15,405	↓ 1
25	Ethan	15,226	↑ 12
26	Benjamin	14,845	↑ 3
27	Noah	14,282	↓ 3
28	Samuel	14,188	↓ 1
29	Robert	13,739	↓ 3
30	Nathan	13,040	↑ 2
31	Cameron	12,767	↑ 2
32	Kevin	12,674	↑ 2
33	Thomas	12,638	↓ 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	9,162	↓ 3
43	Brian	8,958	–
44	Gabriel	8,681	↑ 9
45	Adam	8,136	↓ 1
46	Jack	8,125	↑ 6
47	Isaiah	8,029	↑ 4
48	Juan	7,712	↓ 2
49	Luis	7,662	↑ 6
50	Connor	7,530	↓ 2
51	Charles	7,525	↓ 1
52	Elijah	7,472	↑ 8
53	Isaac	7,439	↑ 11
54	Steven	7,361	↓ 7
55	Evan	7,334	↑ 2
56	Jared	7,324	↓ 2
57	Sean	7,316	↓ 1
58	Timothy	7,261	↓ 9
59	Luke	7,148	↑ 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	5,442	↓ 1
78	Adrian	5,341	↑ 1
79	Mark	5,230	↓ 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	4,511	↓ 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

Biggest movers of 2000

Changes in rank within the top 1,000 compared with the year before.

Rising Girls

Layla ↑ 249 #407
Aliya ↑ 242 #718
Jaiden ↑ 228 #740
Anahi ↑ 220 #365
Jalyn ↑ 219 #688
Fernanda ↑ 207 #566
Nya ↑ 206 #788
Amaya ↑ 202 #196
Izabella ↑ 192 #799
Piper ↑ 187 #511

Falling Girls

Dejah ↓ 257 #927
Lisette ↓ 245 #861
Mireya ↓ 212 #897
Estefania ↓ 210 #929
Lizette ↓ 196 #707
Drew ↓ 188 #803
Caleigh ↓ 177 #880
Nikita ↓ 173 #884
Katlynn ↓ 169 #982
Kaela ↓ 167 #867

New in the top 1,000 (Girls)

Litzy, Brisa, Amya, Laila, Rosalinda, Laney, Jackeline, Marian, Bella, Kaya, Jaquelin, Hailie, Nyah, Amara, Jolie

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Girls)

Jailene, Infant, Shanice, Katlin, Daria, Dalia, Chelsie, Tiffani, Nautica, Leanne, Ashanti, Keri, Jocelyne, Miya, Shianne

Rising Boys

Axel ↑ 438 #361
Kevon ↑ 401 #393
Ayden ↑ 299 #667
Jude ↑ 270 #680
Emiliano ↑ 239 #634
Karson ↑ 237 #726
Kayden ↑ 217 #782
Kenyon ↑ 212 #772
Syed ↑ 181 #754
Shemar ↑ 177 #672

Falling Boys

Heriberto ↓ 221 #914
Ronaldo ↓ 219 #889
Infant ↓ 210 #766
Tyrique ↓ 187 #956
Fred ↓ 184 #965
Tyrek ↓ 181 #883
Nash ↓ 171 #920
Tevin ↓ 156 #804
Bo ↓ 152 #978
Brandyn ↓ 143 #974

New in the top 1,000 (Boys)

Elian, Luca, Jevon, Finn, Jan, Kaiden, Irving, Sincere, Maximus, Xzavier, Aden, Gideon, Blaze, Gaige, London

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Boys)

Tyreke, Jordi, Dequan, Tracy, Dyllan, Juwan, Raekwon, Yosef, Tahj, Lester, Madison, Markel, Shelby, Tyron, Tyreese

Other years

Trend lists

Source: US Social Security Administration. Ranks are computed from birth counts for each sex; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are not published.