Most Popular Baby Names of 2004
In 2004, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emily for girls and Jacob for boys. Emily was given to 25,042 girls and Jacob to 27,911 boys, according to Social Security card applications.
Across all names, the Social Security Administration recorded 3,821,229 births for names given to at least five babies that year, up from 3,802,494 in 2003. 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: Diana, Amelia, Ashton, Carter, and Wyatt.
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Top 100 baby names of 2004
Girls
| # | Name | Babies | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emily | 25,042 | – |
| 2 | Emma | 21,625 | – |
| 3 | Madison | 20,628 | – |
| 4 | Olivia | 16,108 | ↑ 1 |
| 5 | Hannah | 15,614 | ↓ 1 |
| 6 | Abigail | 15,436 | – |
| 7 | Isabella | 15,021 | ↑ 5 |
| 8 | Ashley | 14,377 | – |
| 9 | Samantha | 13,786 | ↑ 1 |
| 10 | Elizabeth | 13,577 | ↓ 1 |
| 11 | Alexis | 13,477 | ↓ 4 |
| 12 | Sarah | 12,758 | ↓ 1 |
| 13 | Grace | 12,536 | – |
| 14 | Alyssa | 12,109 | – |
| 15 | Sophia | 10,919 | ↑ 5 |
| 16 | Lauren | 9,983 | ↓ 1 |
| 17 | Brianna | 9,804 | – |
| 18 | Kayla | 9,773 | ↓ 2 |
| 19 | Natalie | 9,689 | ↑ 4 |
| 20 | Anna | 9,531 | ↑ 1 |
| 21 | Jessica | 9,470 | ↓ 3 |
| 22 | Taylor | 9,303 | ↓ 3 |
| 23 | Chloe | 8,729 | ↑ 1 |
| 24 | Hailey | 8,685 | ↑ 2 |
| 25 | Ava | 8,645 | ↑ 14 |
| 26 | Jasmine | 8,492 | ↑ 1 |
| 27 | Sydney | 8,368 | ↓ 2 |
| 28 | Victoria | 8,279 | ↓ 6 |
| 29 | Ella | 8,252 | ↑ 15 |
| 30 | Mia | 7,399 | ↑ 6 |
| 31 | Morgan | 7,295 | ↓ 2 |
| 32 | Julia | 7,149 | ↑ 1 |
| 33 | Kaitlyn | 6,988 | ↓ 1 |
| 34 | Rachel | 6,923 | ↓ 6 |
| 35 | Katherine | 6,742 | – |
| 36 | Megan | 6,687 | ↓ 6 |
| 37 | Alexandra | 6,625 | ↑ 1 |
| 38 | Destiny | 6,546 | ↓ 1 |
| 39 | Jennifer | 6,545 | ↓ 8 |
| 40 | Allison | 5,873 | ↑ 6 |
| 41 | Savannah | 5,814 | – |
| 42 | Maria | 5,757 | – |
| 43 | Nicole | 5,741 | ↓ 3 |
| 44 | Haley | 5,728 | ↓ 10 |
| 45 | Mackenzie | 5,728 | – |
| 46 | Brooke | 5,712 | ↓ 3 |
| 47 | Makayla | 5,666 | ↑ 4 |
| 48 | Trinity | 5,638 | ↑ 8 |
| 49 | Kylie | 5,557 | ↑ 3 |
| 50 | Kaylee | 5,444 | ↑ 3 |
| 51 | Paige | 5,441 | ↓ 4 |
| 52 | Faith | 5,421 | ↓ 2 |
| 53 | Lily | 5,402 | ↑ 16 |
| 54 | Zoe | 5,363 | ↑ 3 |
| 55 | Stephanie | 5,181 | ↓ 6 |
| 56 | Jenna | 5,175 | ↓ 1 |
| 57 | Andrea | 5,056 | ↑ 3 |
| 58 | Riley | 4,982 | ↑ 14 |
| 59 | Katelyn | 4,952 | ↓ 1 |
| 60 | Angelina | 4,917 | ↑ 11 |
| 61 | Kimberly | 4,847 | ↑ 3 |
| 62 | Mary | 4,838 | ↓ 3 |
| 63 | Madeline | 4,767 | ↓ 2 |
| 64 | Leah | 4,744 | ↑ 17 |
| 65 | Lillian | 4,734 | ↑ 11 |
| 66 | Michelle | 4,720 | ↓ 4 |
| 67 | Amanda | 4,697 | ↓ 13 |
| 68 | Sara | 4,507 | ↓ 3 |
| 69 | Sofia | 4,475 | ↑ 28 |
| 70 | Rebecca | 4,474 | ↓ 7 |
| 71 | Jordan | 4,447 | ↓ 23 |
| 72 | Alexa | 4,440 | ↓ 5 |
| 73 | Gabrielle | 4,420 | ↓ 7 |
| 74 | Caroline | 4,379 | ↓ 6 |
| 75 | Vanessa | 4,350 | ↓ 5 |
| 76 | Gabriella | 4,256 | ↑ 1 |
| 77 | Avery | 4,044 | ↑ 12 |
| 78 | Marissa | 4,009 | ↑ 17 |
| 79 | Ariana | 3,996 | ↑ 6 |
| 80 | Audrey | 3,903 | ↓ 2 |
| 81 | Jada | 3,891 | ↓ 2 |
| 82 | Autumn | 3,868 | ↓ 7 |
| 83 | Maya | 3,767 | ↑ 1 |
| 84 | Evelyn | 3,763 | ↑ 4 |
| 85 | Jocelyn | 3,743 | ↑ 2 |
| 86 | Arianna | 3,686 | – |
| 87 | Amber | 3,639 | ↓ 13 |
| 88 | Isabel | 3,638 | ↓ 5 |
| 89 | Melanie | 3,583 | ↑ 4 |
| 90 | Diana | 3,554 | ↑ 18 |
| 91 | Danielle | 3,530 | ↓ 9 |
| 92 | Sierra | 3,520 | ↓ 19 |
| 93 | Leslie | 3,501 | ↓ 2 |
| 94 | Aaliyah | 3,492 | ↓ 4 |
| 95 | Erin | 3,367 | ↓ 15 |
| 96 | Amelia | 3,354 | ↑ 15 |
| 97 | Molly | 3,344 | ↑ 2 |
| 98 | Melissa | 3,339 | ↓ 2 |
| 99 | Claire | 3,333 | ↓ 7 |
| 100 | Bailey | 3,309 | ↓ 2 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob | 27,911 | – |
| 2 | Michael | 25,470 | – |
| 3 | Joshua | 24,214 | – |
| 4 | Matthew | 22,882 | – |
| 5 | Ethan | 22,210 | ↑ 2 |
| 6 | Andrew | 21,717 | ↓ 1 |
| 7 | Daniel | 21,018 | ↑ 1 |
| 8 | William | 20,237 | ↑ 3 |
| 9 | Joseph | 20,147 | ↓ 3 |
| 10 | Christopher | 19,636 | ↓ 1 |
| 11 | Anthony | 19,613 | ↓ 1 |
| 12 | Ryan | 19,496 | ↑ 1 |
| 13 | Nicholas | 18,519 | ↓ 1 |
| 14 | David | 18,412 | – |
| 15 | Alexander | 17,925 | ↑ 1 |
| 16 | Tyler | 17,450 | ↓ 1 |
| 17 | John | 16,470 | – |
| 18 | James | 16,469 | – |
| 19 | Dylan | 14,852 | – |
| 20 | Nathan | 14,634 | ↑ 6 |
| 21 | Jonathan | 14,375 | ↑ 1 |
| 22 | Brandon | 14,135 | ↓ 1 |
| 23 | Samuel | 14,131 | – |
| 24 | Christian | 13,926 | ↑ 1 |
| 25 | Benjamin | 13,832 | ↓ 1 |
| 26 | Zachary | 13,712 | ↓ 6 |
| 27 | Logan | 13,140 | ↑ 1 |
| 28 | Jose | 12,187 | ↑ 2 |
| 29 | Noah | 11,916 | ↑ 2 |
| 30 | Justin | 11,879 | ↓ 3 |
| 31 | Elijah | 11,714 | ↑ 6 |
| 32 | Gabriel | 11,563 | ↓ 3 |
| 33 | Caleb | 11,307 | ↑ 1 |
| 34 | Kevin | 11,220 | ↓ 2 |
| 35 | Austin | 10,745 | ↓ 2 |
| 36 | Robert | 10,684 | ↓ 1 |
| 37 | Thomas | 10,504 | ↓ 1 |
| 38 | Connor | 10,049 | ↑ 5 |
| 39 | Evan | 9,983 | ↑ 5 |
| 40 | Aidan | 9,824 | ↓ 1 |
| 41 | Luke | 9,598 | ↑ 5 |
| 42 | Jack | 9,580 | ↑ 3 |
| 43 | Jordan | 9,560 | ↓ 5 |
| 44 | Angel | 9,516 | ↑ 3 |
| 45 | Isaiah | 9,264 | ↑ 4 |
| 46 | Isaac | 9,181 | ↑ 2 |
| 47 | Jason | 9,063 | ↓ 5 |
| 48 | Jackson | 8,977 | ↑ 4 |
| 49 | Hunter | 8,902 | ↓ 8 |
| 50 | Cameron | 8,887 | ↓ 10 |
| 51 | Mason | 8,619 | ↑ 3 |
| 52 | Gavin | 8,610 | ↓ 1 |
| 53 | Aaron | 8,400 | ↓ 3 |
| 54 | Juan | 8,134 | ↑ 1 |
| 55 | Kyle | 7,826 | ↓ 2 |
| 56 | Charles | 7,652 | ↑ 1 |
| 57 | Luis | 7,495 | ↑ 3 |
| 58 | Adam | 7,474 | – |
| 59 | Brian | 7,333 | – |
| 60 | Aiden | 7,161 | ↑ 13 |
| 61 | Eric | 7,133 | ↓ 5 |
| 62 | Jayden | 6,927 | ↑ 13 |
| 63 | Alex | 6,812 | ↓ 1 |
| 64 | Sean | 6,769 | ↓ 3 |
| 65 | Bryan | 6,732 | ↓ 1 |
| 66 | Lucas | 6,716 | ↑ 5 |
| 67 | Owen | 6,707 | ↑ 5 |
| 68 | Nathaniel | 6,675 | ↓ 5 |
| 69 | Ian | 6,507 | ↓ 4 |
| 70 | Jesus | 6,472 | ↓ 3 |
| 71 | Carlos | 6,260 | ↓ 5 |
| 72 | Adrian | 6,140 | ↓ 4 |
| 73 | Diego | 5,876 | ↑ 10 |
| 74 | Julian | 5,673 | ↑ 3 |
| 75 | Cole | 5,648 | ↓ 6 |
| 76 | Ashton | 5,436 | ↑ 25 |
| 77 | Jeremiah | 5,381 | ↑ 13 |
| 78 | Steven | 5,357 | ↓ 8 |
| 79 | Timothy | 5,234 | ↓ 3 |
| 80 | Seth | 5,188 | – |
| 81 | Devin | 5,167 | ↓ 7 |
| 82 | Chase | 5,161 | ↑ 5 |
| 83 | Jaden | 5,151 | ↓ 1 |
| 84 | Cody | 5,125 | ↓ 6 |
| 85 | Colin | 5,122 | ↑ 3 |
| 86 | Landon | 5,042 | ↑ 11 |
| 87 | Hayden | 5,019 | ↓ 3 |
| 88 | Xavier | 5,016 | ↓ 3 |
| 89 | Carter | 5,009 | ↑ 13 |
| 90 | Wyatt | 4,974 | ↑ 19 |
| 91 | Dominic | 4,879 | ↓ 10 |
| 92 | Richard | 4,848 | ↓ 6 |
| 93 | Antonio | 4,843 | ↓ 1 |
| 94 | Jesse | 4,761 | – |
| 95 | Blake | 4,694 | ↓ 16 |
| 96 | Miguel | 4,525 | ↓ 1 |
| 97 | Sebastian | 4,521 | ↓ 4 |
| 98 | Jake | 4,473 | – |
| 99 | Alejandro | 4,451 | ↑ 1 |
| 100 | Patrick | 4,441 | ↓ 9 |
Biggest movers of 2004
Changes in rank within the top 1,000 compared with the year before.
Rising Girls
- Kaydence ↑ 610 #377
- Kadence ↑ 484 #390
- Keira ↑ 364 #257
- Roselyn ↑ 357 #612
- Saniya ↑ 352 #614
- Sherlyn ↑ 333 #580
- Litzy ↑ 312 #525
- Dayanara ↑ 285 #428
- Cadence ↑ 258 #218
- Rowan ↑ 248 #709
Falling Girls
- Hailie ↓ 228 #717
- Ashanti ↓ 209 #534
- Samira ↓ 203 #995
- Shirley ↓ 197 #990
- Ashton ↓ 194 #666
- Casandra ↓ 192 #998
- Felicia ↓ 189 #878
- Ericka ↓ 189 #977
- Sydni ↓ 184 #971
- Montana ↓ 183 #994
New in the top 1,000 (Girls)
Rubi, Charlize, Kimora, Hillary, Ada, Xiomara, Marin, Ali, Diya, Mina, Harper, Treasure, Aleena, Saniyah, Addyson
Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Girls)
Lisbeth, Shakira, Nyah, Johana, Kacie, Yahaira, Berenice, Sky, Tierra, Rachelle, Marlen, Candice, Armani, Kellie, Bridgette
Rising Boys
- Jase ↑ 353 #620
- Ryder ↑ 312 #341
- Kasey ↑ 281 #707
- Reagan ↑ 270 #596
- Mathias ↑ 213 #741
- Maddox ↑ 204 #378
- Matthias ↑ 179 #810
- Cash ↑ 178 #791
- Gael ↑ 156 #370
- Ryker ↑ 155 #786
Falling Boys
- Jaheim ↓ 283 #740
- Koby ↓ 258 #881
- Jarod ↓ 230 #989
- Darin ↓ 214 #978
- Elmer ↓ 183 #833
- Gannon ↓ 182 #866
- Cornelius ↓ 178 #967
- Tyrese ↓ 175 #593
- Korey ↓ 172 #951
- Keven ↓ 160 #937
New in the top 1,000 (Boys)
Kanye, Kyan, Cohen, Braylon, Davian, Jaidyn, Demarion, Landyn, Luka, Braulio, Madison, Andon, Aydin, Franco, Jaydin
Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Boys)
Jagger, Jahir, Tylor, Jarrod, Gaige, Jarred, Jahiem, Forrest, Deonte, Kent, Darrion, Treyton, Valentin, Syed, Terence
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.