Most Popular Baby Names of 2005

In 2005, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emily for girls and Jacob for boys. Emily was given to 23,952 girls and Jacob to 25,851 boys, according to Social Security card applications.

Across all names, the Social Security Administration recorded 3,845,147 births for names given to at least five babies that year, up from 3,821,229 in 2004. 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: Nevaeh, Brooklyn, Mariah, Gracie, Isabelle, and Mya.

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Top 100 baby names of 2005

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Emily	23,952	–
2	Emma	20,362	–
3	Madison	19,578	–
4	Abigail	15,756	↑ 2
5	Olivia	15,700	↓ 1
6	Isabella	15,197	↑ 1
7	Hannah	14,854	↓ 2
8	Samantha	13,642	↑ 1
9	Ava	13,606	↑ 16
10	Ashley	13,276	↓ 2
11	Elizabeth	12,743	↓ 1
12	Sophia	12,678	↑ 3
13	Alexis	11,977	↓ 2
14	Grace	11,865	↓ 1
15	Sarah	11,555	↓ 3
16	Alyssa	10,891	↓ 2
17	Mia	10,846	↑ 13
18	Natalie	10,742	↑ 1
19	Chloe	9,598	↑ 4
20	Brianna	9,370	↓ 3
21	Lauren	9,249	↓ 5
22	Anna	9,113	↓ 2
23	Ella	9,072	↑ 6
24	Taylor	8,676	↓ 2
25	Kayla	8,620	↓ 7
26	Hailey	8,595	↓ 2
27	Jessica	8,115	↓ 6
28	Victoria	7,961	–
29	Jasmine	7,873	↓ 3
30	Sydney	7,376	↓ 3
31	Julia	7,089	↑ 1
32	Destiny	6,894	↑ 6
33	Morgan	6,749	↓ 2
34	Kaitlyn	6,521	↓ 1
35	Savannah	6,484	↑ 6
36	Katherine	6,392	↓ 1
37	Alexandra	6,319	–
38	Rachel	6,226	↓ 4
39	Lily	6,090	↑ 14
40	Kaylee	5,870	↑ 10
41	Megan	5,856	↓ 5
42	Jennifer	5,837	↓ 3
43	Angelina	5,813	↑ 17
44	Makayla	5,727	↑ 3
45	Allison	5,634	↓ 5
46	Maria	5,600	↓ 4
47	Brooke	5,571	↓ 1
48	Trinity	5,455	–
49	Faith	5,256	↑ 3
50	Lillian	5,215	↑ 15
51	Mackenzie	5,199	↓ 6
52	Sofia	5,162	↑ 17
53	Haley	5,128	↓ 9
54	Riley	5,127	↑ 4
55	Gabrielle	5,018	↑ 18
56	Nicole	4,993	↓ 13
57	Kylie	4,970	↓ 8
58	Zoe	4,965	↓ 4
59	Katelyn	4,928	–
60	Paige	4,906	↓ 9
61	Gabriella	4,824	↑ 15
62	Jenna	4,796	↓ 6
63	Kimberly	4,752	↓ 2
64	Stephanie	4,701	↓ 9
65	Andrea	4,672	↓ 8
66	Alexa	4,664	↑ 6
67	Avery	4,654	↑ 10
68	Leah	4,601	↓ 4
69	Nevaeh	4,560	↑ 35
70	Madeline	4,528	↓ 7
71	Evelyn	4,490	↑ 13
72	Mary	4,481	↓ 10
73	Maya	4,431	↑ 10
74	Michelle	4,312	↓ 8
75	Sara	4,285	↓ 7
76	Jada	4,267	↑ 5
77	Audrey	4,137	↑ 3
78	Brooklyn	4,132	↑ 23
79	Amanda	4,099	↓ 12
80	Vanessa	4,095	↓ 5
81	Rebecca	4,018	↓ 11
82	Ariana	3,981	↓ 3
83	Caroline	3,974	↓ 9
84	Amelia	3,912	↑ 12
85	Mariah	3,840	↑ 28
86	Jordan	3,696	↓ 15
87	Jocelyn	3,681	↓ 2
88	Arianna	3,673	↓ 2
89	Isabel	3,611	↓ 1
90	Autumn	3,603	↓ 8
91	Marissa	3,592	↓ 13
92	Melanie	3,495	↓ 3
93	Aaliyah	3,459	↑ 1
94	Gracie	3,371	↑ 20
95	Claire	3,293	↑ 4
96	Isabelle	3,284	↑ 11
97	Molly	3,215	–
98	Mya	3,208	↑ 18
99	Katie	3,177	↑ 3
100	Diana	3,159	↓ 10

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Jacob	25,851	–
2	Michael	23,828	–
3	Joshua	23,261	–
4	Matthew	21,483	–
5	Ethan	21,318	–
6	Andrew	20,742	–
7	Daniel	20,236	–
8	Anthony	19,387	↑ 3
9	Joseph	19,241	–
10	Christopher	19,174	–
11	William	19,060	↓ 3
12	David	18,144	↑ 2
13	Alexander	18,130	↑ 2
14	Ryan	17,990	↓ 2
15	Nicholas	17,076	↓ 2
16	Tyler	16,989	–
17	James	16,140	↑ 1
18	John	15,796	↓ 1
19	Jonathan	14,443	↑ 2
20	Nathan	14,365	–
21	Samuel	14,271	↑ 2
22	Christian	14,210	↑ 2
23	Noah	13,905	↑ 6
24	Dylan	13,782	↓ 5
25	Benjamin	13,586	–
26	Logan	13,475	↑ 1
27	Brandon	12,947	↓ 5
28	Gabriel	12,759	↑ 4
29	Zachary	12,288	↓ 3
30	Jose	12,065	↓ 2
31	Elijah	11,612	–
32	Angel	10,993	↑ 12
33	Kevin	10,917	↑ 1
34	Jack	10,906	↑ 8
35	Caleb	10,894	↓ 2
36	Justin	10,518	↓ 6
37	Robert	10,166	↓ 1
38	Austin	10,111	↓ 3
39	Evan	10,109	–
40	Thomas	10,041	↓ 3
41	Luke	10,011	–
42	Mason	9,771	↑ 9
43	Aidan	9,759	↓ 3
44	Jackson	9,580	↑ 4
45	Isaiah	9,527	–
46	Jordan	9,398	↓ 3
47	Gavin	9,340	↑ 5
48	Connor	9,321	↓ 10
49	Isaac	9,127	↓ 3
50	Aiden	9,083	↑ 10
51	Jason	8,614	↓ 4
52	Cameron	8,574	↓ 2
53	Hunter	8,512	↓ 4
54	Jayden	8,264	↑ 8
55	Juan	8,231	↓ 1
56	Charles	7,933	–
57	Aaron	7,811	↓ 4
58	Lucas	7,578	↑ 8
59	Luis	7,469	↓ 2
60	Owen	7,169	↑ 7
61	Landon	7,110	↑ 25
62	Diego	6,942	↑ 11
63	Brian	6,920	↓ 4
64	Adam	6,846	↓ 6
65	Adrian	6,727	↑ 7
66	Eric	6,697	↓ 5
67	Nathaniel	6,689	↑ 1
68	Ian	6,688	↑ 1
69	Kyle	6,688	↓ 14
70	Carlos	6,563	↑ 1
71	Alex	6,488	↓ 8
72	Bryan	6,454	↓ 7
73	Jesus	6,382	↓ 3
74	Julian	6,116	–
75	Sean	5,997	↓ 11
76	Hayden	5,916	↑ 11
77	Carter	5,899	↑ 12
78	Jeremiah	5,847	↓ 1
79	Cole	5,587	↓ 4
80	Brayden	5,512	↑ 27
81	Wyatt	5,356	↑ 9
82	Chase	5,199	–
83	Steven	5,079	↓ 5
84	Timothy	5,034	↓ 5
85	Dominic	4,994	↑ 6
86	Sebastian	4,956	↑ 11
87	Xavier	4,879	↑ 1
88	Jaden	4,849	↓ 5
89	Jesse	4,746	↑ 5
90	Devin	4,715	↓ 9
91	Seth	4,713	↓ 11
92	Antonio	4,694	↑ 1
93	Miguel	4,677	↑ 3
94	Richard	4,667	↓ 2
95	Colin	4,532	↓ 10
96	Cody	4,529	↓ 12
97	Alejandro	4,482	↑ 2
98	Caden	4,438	↑ 6
99	Blake	4,418	↓ 4
100	Kaden	4,365	↑ 5

Biggest movers of 2005

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

Rising Girls

Emerson ↑ 461 #443
Natalee ↑ 408 #508
Sienna ↑ 310 #299
Estrella ↑ 309 #296
Patience ↑ 238 #604
Violet ↑ 215 #369
Kimora ↑ 213 #592
Aylin ↑ 210 #709
Rubi ↑ 182 #431
Miah ↑ 181 #765

Falling Girls

Charlize ↓ 274 #899
Trista ↓ 215 #746
Kya ↓ 181 #887
Tyler ↓ 174 #751
Nya ↓ 168 #909
Ashanti ↓ 161 #695
Amaris ↓ 158 #982
Deja ↓ 157 #749
Kendal ↓ 153 #666
Sanaa ↓ 148 #823

New in the top 1,000 (Girls)

Danica, Belinda, Johana, Arabella, Mikalah, Emery, Karol, Arleth, Yahaira, Kaylen, Danika, Karma, Jaelynn, Lyla, Siena

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Girls)

Hunter, Laisha, Sheila, Christian, Dorothy, Janice, Rocio, Ali, Calista, Madisen, Treasure, Diane, Noelia, Anissa, Reilly

Rising Boys

Braylon ↑ 345 #360
Boston ↑ 222 #687
Cohen ↑ 220 #432
Ryland ↑ 200 #705
Kenyon ↑ 197 #663
London ↑ 185 #685
Layton ↑ 171 #781
Demarion ↑ 151 #670
Atticus ↑ 143 #791
Talon ↑ 140 #623

Falling Boys

Kanye ↓ 407 #893
Keyshawn ↓ 224 #982
Kurt ↓ 177 #962
Daquan ↓ 165 #989
Denzel ↓ 150 #897
Dylon ↓ 148 #980
Baby ↓ 147 #945
Geoffrey ↓ 142 #992
Ronaldo ↓ 139 #898
Amarion ↓ 138 #628

New in the top 1,000 (Boys)

Talan, Leland, Amare, Johnpaul, Makai, Braylen, Lucian, Kadyn, Leandro, Giovani, Aedan, Bronson, Carmine, Finnegan, Karter

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Boys)

Jaheim, Jakobe, Madison, Andon, Tariq, Koby, Dwight, Heriberto, Arnold, Gino, Stephon, Turner, Eddy, Lamont, Koda

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.