Most Popular Baby Names of 2001

In 2001, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emily for girls and Jacob for boys. Emily was given to 25,059 girls and Jacob to 32,573 boys, according to Social Security card applications.

Across all names, the Social Security Administration recorded 3,743,505 births for names given to at least five babies that year, down from 3,780,037 in 2000. 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: Ariana, Angelina, Kylie, Aaliyah, Jade, and Aidan.

← 2000 2002 →The 2000s Download top 1,000 (CSV)

Top 100 baby names of 2001

Girls

Girls
#	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	15,929	↓ 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	13,327	↑ 4
14	Alyssa	13,272	↓ 2
15	Lauren	12,782	↓ 4
16	Grace	12,090	↑ 3
17	Kayla	11,892	↓ 4
18	Brianna	11,776	↓ 3
19	Anna	10,596	↑ 3
20	Megan	10,300	↓ 2
21	Victoria	10,179	↓ 1
22	Destiny	9,752	↑ 2
23	Sydney	9,639	–
24	Rachel	9,556	↓ 3
25	Jasmine	8,958	↑ 2
26	Jennifer	8,923	–
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	7,045	↓ 2
39	Amanda	6,980	↓ 7
40	Mackenzie	6,934	↑ 3
41	Maria	6,842	–
42	Savannah	6,737	↓ 5
43	Stephanie	6,613	↓ 3
44	Allison	6,215	–
45	Jenna	6,143	↑ 18
46	Rebecca	5,893	↓ 7
47	Jordan	5,803	↑ 3
48	Mary	5,762	↓ 2
49	Andrea	5,745	↑ 6
50	Gabrielle	5,606	↓ 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	5,033	↓ 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	3,915	↑ 2
78	Alexa	3,898	↑ 9
79	Marissa	3,853	↓ 1
80	Christina	3,742	↓ 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	3,280	↓ 4
100	Kelsey	3,267	↓ 12

Boys

Boys
#	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	22,849	–
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	18,904	–
15	Ryan	18,289	↓ 2
16	Zachary	18,185	↓ 1
17	Ethan	17,962	↑ 8
18	Brandon	17,893	↓ 6
19	James	17,074	↓ 1
20	Alexander	16,720	–
21	Dylan	16,497	↑ 3
22	Justin	16,231	↓ 3
23	Jonathan	16,147	↓ 2
24	Christian	15,457	↓ 2
25	Austin	14,955	↓ 2
26	Samuel	14,813	↑ 2
27	Benjamin	14,339	↓ 1
28	Noah	13,494	↓ 1
29	Logan	12,710	↑ 11
30	Robert	12,665	↓ 1
31	Nathan	12,647	↓ 1
32	Kevin	12,596	–
33	Thomas	12,148	–
34	Jose	12,144	–
35	Cameron	11,581	↓ 4
36	Hunter	11,335	↓ 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	8,589	↑ 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	7,758	↓ 6
52	Luis	7,489	↓ 3
53	Juan	7,447	↓ 5
54	Mason	7,447	↑ 10
55	Charles	7,283	↓ 4
56	Evan	7,258	↓ 1
57	Sean	7,224	–
58	Angel	6,978	↑ 9
59	Carlos	6,842	↑ 7
60	Jackson	6,836	↑ 12
61	Nathaniel	6,646	–
62	Alex	6,613	–
63	Steven	6,589	↓ 9
64	Cody	6,575	↓ 4
65	Jared	6,434	↓ 9
66	Jesus	6,425	↑ 10
67	Timothy	6,423	↓ 9
68	Seth	6,223	↓ 5
69	Bryan	6,125	↑ 1
70	Ian	6,084	↑ 3
71	Devin	6,040	↓ 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	4,736	↓ 3
86	Aidan	4,632	↑ 28
87	Miguel	4,558	↓ 1
88	Alejandro	4,557	↑ 1
89	Jeremy	4,270	↓ 5
90	Jeremiah	4,223	↑ 12
91	Jesse	4,222	↓ 1
92	Bryce	4,150	–
93	Dakota	3,980	↓ 5
94	Xavier	3,979	↑ 9
95	Carson	3,943	↑ 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

Biggest movers of 2001

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

Rising Girls

Nayeli ↑ 432 #175
Nyah ↑ 289 #504
Izabella ↑ 260 #539
Estefania ↑ 258 #671
Aracely ↑ 254 #661
Janiya ↑ 234 #721
Joana ↑ 214 #698
Aria ↑ 211 #746
Citlalli ↑ 198 #610
Gia ↑ 195 #755

Falling Girls

Chandler ↓ 214 #925
Litzy ↓ 199 #595
Celina ↓ 183 #949
Jackeline ↓ 180 #909
Rocio ↓ 175 #954
Diane ↓ 173 #885
Jaquelin ↓ 166 #935
Essence ↓ 158 #741
Kellie ↓ 155 #802
Gabriel ↓ 152 #934

New in the top 1,000 (Girls)

Nevaeh, Ainsley, Yuliana, Beyonce, Nayely, Liberty, Johana, Nallely, Sade, Kaiya, Meadow, Makaila, Ashanti, Dalia, Kya

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Girls)

Rosalinda, Marian, Shaina, Jesse, Cortney, Yvonne, Kristy, Dariana, Kiarra, Yamilet, Ivana, Darian, Asha, Nikita, Sonya

Rising Boys

Maximus ↑ 540 #311
Johan ↑ 357 #547
Zander ↑ 327 #665
Mekhi ↑ 310 #626
Aden ↑ 275 #598
Phoenix ↑ 249 #629
Maximiliano ↑ 208 #738
Isaak ↑ 200 #800
Jordy ↑ 186 #621
Kaiden ↑ 184 #654

Falling Boys

Elian ↓ 244 #670
Deangelo ↓ 230 #881
Mackenzie ↓ 217 #916
Kevon ↓ 186 #579
Syed ↓ 181 #935
Mitchel ↓ 166 #918
Kasey ↓ 152 #914
Terence ↓ 148 #948
Dangelo ↓ 144 #674
Ellis ↓ 141 #928

New in the top 1,000 (Boys)

Jaheim, Jagger, Semaj, Rocco, Jair, Oswaldo, Ronan, Darwin, Haden, Immanuel, Jadyn, Tyron, Alijah, Jakobe, Vance

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Boys)

Infant, Kenyon, Zaire, Tevin, Paris, Gerard, Royce, Tyrek, Deontae, Deion, Trystan, Marques, Raheem, Tyreek, Clint

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.