Most Popular Baby Names of 2003

In 2003, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emily for girls and Jacob for boys. Emily was given to 25,693 girls and Jacob to 29,658 boys, according to Social Security card applications.

Across all names, the Social Security Administration recorded 3,802,494 births for names given to at least five babies that year, up from 3,738,396 in 2002. 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: Arianna, Avery, Sofia, Molly, Aiden, and Jayden.

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Top 100 baby names of 2003

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Emily	25,693	–
2	Emma	22,719	↑ 2
3	Madison	20,201	↓ 1
4	Hannah	17,638	↓ 1
5	Olivia	16,154	↑ 5
6	Abigail	15,932	↑ 1
7	Alexis	14,867	↓ 2
8	Ashley	14,519	↓ 2
9	Elizabeth	14,123	↑ 2
10	Samantha	13,870	↓ 1
11	Sarah	13,785	↓ 3
12	Isabella	13,781	↑ 2
13	Grace	12,781	↑ 2
14	Alyssa	12,750	↓ 2
15	Lauren	11,051	↓ 2
16	Kayla	10,957	↑ 3
17	Brianna	10,584	–
18	Jessica	10,454	↓ 2
19	Taylor	10,314	↓ 1
20	Sophia	9,687	↑ 7
21	Anna	9,464	↓ 1
22	Victoria	9,251	↓ 1
23	Natalie	9,151	↑ 7
24	Chloe	9,082	↑ 1
25	Sydney	8,911	↓ 2
26	Hailey	8,798	↑ 5
27	Jasmine	8,065	↓ 1
28	Rachel	7,997	↓ 4
29	Morgan	7,928	–
30	Megan	7,800	↓ 8
31	Jennifer	7,569	↓ 3
32	Kaitlyn	7,547	–
33	Julia	7,437	–
34	Haley	7,198	↑ 1
35	Katherine	7,126	↑ 1
36	Mia	7,083	↑ 7
37	Destiny	6,977	↓ 3
38	Alexandra	6,545	–
39	Ava	6,280	↑ 43
40	Nicole	6,238	↓ 3
41	Savannah	6,154	↓ 2
42	Maria	6,091	↓ 2
43	Brooke	5,971	↑ 9
44	Ella	5,909	↑ 45
45	Mackenzie	5,865	↓ 3
46	Allison	5,850	↓ 2
47	Paige	5,758	↑ 4
48	Jordan	5,650	↓ 3
49	Stephanie	5,603	↓ 8
50	Faith	5,597	↓ 2
51	Makayla	5,580	↓ 1
52	Kylie	5,558	↑ 9
53	Kaylee	5,452	↑ 4
54	Amanda	5,354	↓ 8
55	Jenna	5,352	↓ 8
56	Trinity	5,130	↑ 14
57	Zoe	5,087	↑ 3
58	Katelyn	5,054	↓ 5
59	Mary	5,043	↓ 10
60	Andrea	4,982	↓ 5
61	Madeline	4,976	↓ 5
62	Michelle	4,873	↓ 4
63	Rebecca	4,873	↓ 9
64	Kimberly	4,825	↓ 1
65	Sara	4,764	↓ 6
66	Gabrielle	4,600	–
67	Alexa	4,598	↑ 2
68	Caroline	4,585	↓ 1
69	Lily	4,434	↑ 10
70	Vanessa	4,352	↓ 2
71	Angelina	4,272	↑ 3
72	Riley	4,243	↑ 5
73	Sierra	4,242	↓ 11
74	Amber	4,123	↓ 9
75	Autumn	4,059	↓ 2
76	Lillian	4,030	↑ 20
77	Gabriella	4,021	↓ 1
78	Audrey	3,998	↑ 22
79	Jada	3,987	↓ 1
80	Erin	3,926	↓ 8
81	Leah	3,925	↑ 6
82	Danielle	3,865	↓ 11
83	Isabel	3,853	↑ 2
84	Maya	3,849	↑ 6
85	Ariana	3,834	↑ 8
86	Arianna	3,796	↑ 28
87	Jocelyn	3,718	↑ 5
88	Evelyn	3,701	↑ 10
89	Avery	3,687	↑ 43
90	Aaliyah	3,673	↓ 26
91	Leslie	3,639	–
92	Claire	3,571	↑ 3
93	Melanie	3,550	↑ 1
94	Shelby	3,537	↓ 19
95	Marissa	3,517	↑ 4
96	Melissa	3,502	↓ 16
97	Sofia	3,488	↑ 15
98	Bailey	3,467	↓ 14
99	Molly	3,403	↑ 8
100	Jacqueline	3,400	↓ 19

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Jacob	29,658	–
2	Michael	27,129	–
3	Joshua	25,106	–
4	Matthew	24,011	–
5	Andrew	22,162	↑ 1
6	Joseph	21,394	↑ 1
7	Ethan	21,362	↓ 2
8	Daniel	21,072	↑ 2
9	Christopher	20,753	↓ 1
10	Anthony	20,149	↑ 2
11	William	20,000	–
12	Nicholas	19,696	↓ 3
13	Ryan	19,578	↑ 3
14	David	18,641	↓ 1
15	Tyler	18,185	↓ 1
16	Alexander	17,714	↓ 1
17	John	17,249	–
18	James	16,896	–
19	Dylan	15,703	↑ 4
20	Zachary	15,541	↓ 1
21	Brandon	15,245	↓ 1
22	Jonathan	14,994	↓ 1
23	Samuel	14,691	↑ 2
24	Benjamin	14,086	↑ 3
25	Christian	13,908	↓ 1
26	Nathan	13,667	↑ 2
27	Justin	13,655	↓ 5
28	Logan	13,187	↑ 1
29	Gabriel	12,522	↑ 3
30	Jose	12,394	–
31	Noah	11,843	–
32	Kevin	11,734	↑ 1
33	Austin	11,690	↓ 7
34	Caleb	11,643	↑ 1
35	Robert	11,399	↓ 1
36	Thomas	10,935	–
37	Elijah	10,665	↑ 4
38	Jordan	10,331	↓ 1
39	Aidan	10,067	↑ 21
40	Cameron	9,965	↓ 1
41	Hunter	9,900	↓ 3
42	Jason	9,822	–
43	Connor	9,670	↑ 4
44	Evan	9,444	↑ 12
45	Jack	9,318	↓ 1
46	Luke	9,304	–
47	Angel	9,161	↑ 2
48	Isaac	8,944	–
49	Isaiah	8,900	↓ 4
50	Aaron	8,874	↓ 7
51	Gavin	8,764	↑ 10
52	Jackson	8,713	↓ 2
53	Kyle	8,651	↓ 13
54	Mason	7,897	↓ 1
55	Juan	7,831	↓ 1
56	Eric	7,787	↓ 4
57	Charles	7,696	↑ 1
58	Adam	7,690	↓ 3
59	Brian	7,672	↓ 8
60	Luis	7,585	↓ 3
61	Sean	7,102	↓ 2
62	Alex	6,794	↑ 1
63	Nathaniel	6,666	↓ 1
64	Bryan	6,619	–
65	Ian	6,466	↑ 2
66	Carlos	6,218	↓ 1
67	Jesus	6,163	↓ 1
68	Adrian	6,110	↑ 5
69	Cole	5,898	–
70	Steven	5,860	↓ 2
71	Lucas	5,756	↑ 4
72	Owen	5,701	↑ 22
73	Aiden	5,684	↑ 62
74	Devin	5,646	–
75	Jayden	5,547	↑ 26
76	Timothy	5,487	↓ 6
77	Julian	5,410	↑ 1
78	Cody	5,400	↓ 7
79	Blake	5,275	↓ 3
80	Seth	5,256	↓ 8
81	Dominic	5,219	↑ 2
82	Jaden	5,182	↑ 5
83	Diego	5,121	↑ 15
84	Hayden	5,101	↑ 12
85	Xavier	5,066	↑ 3
86	Richard	5,054	↓ 9
87	Chase	5,014	↓ 5
88	Colin	4,876	↑ 28
89	Carson	4,861	↑ 16
90	Jeremiah	4,855	↓ 4
91	Patrick	4,789	↓ 12
92	Antonio	4,717	↓ 7
93	Sebastian	4,649	↓ 13
94	Jesse	4,606	↓ 4
95	Miguel	4,592	↓ 6
96	Victor	4,436	↑ 4
97	Landon	4,412	↑ 45
98	Jake	4,406	↑ 4
99	Trevor	4,387	↓ 18
100	Alejandro	4,317	↓ 8

Biggest movers of 2003

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

Rising Girls

Cadence ↑ 482 #476
Samara ↑ 473 #456
Trista ↑ 464 #506
Dylan ↑ 381 #502
Keira ↑ 321 #621
Brynn ↑ 294 #291
Rebeca ↑ 242 #634
Amya ↑ 207 #425
Paris ↑ 190 #273
Amiya ↑ 185 #815

Falling Girls

Litzy ↓ 336 #837
Iyana ↓ 241 #992
Shakira ↓ 211 #747
Ashanti ↓ 210 #325
Janice ↓ 209 #956
Hunter ↓ 206 #767
Nyah ↓ 198 #813
Tierra ↓ 178 #892
Estefania ↓ 170 #867
Nayeli ↓ 169 #432

New in the top 1,000 (Girls)

Laci, Dayanara, Janiyah, Taniyah, Sanaa, Lacie, Norah, Lacy, Yahaira, Areli, Kadence, Amelie, Yoselin, Luna, Camilla

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Girls)

Celina, Rianna, Roxana, Sally, Tristan, Maleah, Jana, Sarina, Darlene, Jayde, Maegan, Kelsi, Sade, Rita, Unique

Rising Boys

Yahir ↑ 346 #258
Xander ↑ 310 #234
Gannon ↑ 276 #684
Zander ↑ 221 #313
Giovanny ↑ 199 #720
Gael ↑ 196 #526
Rowan ↑ 192 #626
Ean ↑ 191 #805
Arjun ↑ 190 #772
Alden ↑ 177 #729

Falling Boys

Savion ↓ 335 #904
Jarod ↓ 204 #759
Khalid ↓ 172 #952
Trevion ↓ 171 #996
Jarred ↓ 167 #850
Thaddeus ↓ 166 #911
Justyn ↓ 160 #987
Aldo ↓ 159 #569
Cael ↓ 155 #933
Destin ↓ 146 #957

New in the top 1,000 (Boys)

Maddox, Jamarion, Yair, Aydan, Konner, Damarion, Jahir, Andreas, Simeon, Marques, Konnor, Enzo, Cannon, Kamari, Kaeden

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Boys)

Austyn, Joan, Ulysses, Colt, Tavion, Fred, Kelly, Samson, Jaheem, Lisandro, Lonnie, Duane, Carlton, Mitchel, Turner

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.