Most Popular Baby Names of 2007

In 2007, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emily for girls and Jacob for boys. Emily was given to 19,367 girls and Jacob to 24,310 boys, according to Social Security card applications.

Across all names, the Social Security Administration recorded 3,998,031 births for names given to at least five babies that year, up from 3,956,482 in 2006. 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: Sophie, Bailey, Layla, Gracie, Molly, and Brady.

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Top 100 baby names of 2007

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Emily	19,367	–
2	Isabella	19,143	↑ 2
3	Emma	18,390	↓ 1
4	Ava	18,053	↑ 1
5	Madison	17,968	↓ 2
6	Sophia	17,031	↑ 3
7	Olivia	16,589	–
8	Abigail	15,476	↓ 2
9	Hannah	13,323	↓ 1
10	Elizabeth	13,071	↑ 1
11	Addison	11,949	↑ 17
12	Samantha	11,883	↓ 2
13	Ashley	11,428	↓ 1
14	Alyssa	11,275	↑ 5
15	Mia	10,922	↓ 2
16	Chloe	10,759	↑ 2
17	Natalie	10,443	–
18	Sarah	10,014	↓ 3
19	Alexis	9,923	↓ 5
20	Grace	9,769	↓ 4
21	Ella	9,554	–
22	Brianna	8,855	↓ 2
23	Hailey	8,439	↑ 2
24	Taylor	7,965	↓ 1
25	Anna	7,901	↓ 3
26	Kayla	7,583	–
27	Lily	7,499	↑ 6
28	Lauren	7,437	↓ 4
29	Victoria	7,435	↓ 2
30	Savannah	7,051	–
31	Nevaeh	6,818	↑ 12
32	Jasmine	6,781	↓ 3
33	Lillian	6,552	↑ 5
34	Julia	6,133	↓ 3
35	Kaylee	6,050	↑ 7
36	Sofia	6,049	↑ 19
37	Sydney	6,032	↓ 3
38	Gabriella	5,839	↑ 12
39	Katherine	5,818	↓ 2
40	Alexa	5,785	↓ 1
41	Destiny	5,742	↓ 5
42	Jessica	5,714	↓ 10
43	Morgan	5,665	↓ 8
44	Kaitlyn	5,551	↓ 3
45	Brooke	5,508	↓ 1
46	Allison	5,454	↑ 1
47	Makayla	5,428	↓ 2
48	Avery	5,386	↑ 4
49	Alexandra	5,354	↓ 9
50	Jocelyn	5,293	↑ 23
51	Audrey	5,249	↑ 18
52	Riley	5,212	↑ 4
53	Maria	5,129	↓ 7
54	Kimberly	5,103	↑ 4
55	Evelyn	5,054	↑ 10
56	Zoe	4,937	↓ 2
57	Brooklyn	4,887	↑ 9
58	Angelina	4,860	↓ 9
59	Rachel	4,841	↓ 11
60	Andrea	4,798	↓ 1
61	Madeline	4,705	↑ 10
62	Maya	4,701	↓ 5
63	Kylie	4,659	↑ 4
64	Jennifer	4,653	↓ 13
65	Mackenzie	4,628	↓ 12
66	Claire	4,614	↑ 20
67	Leah	4,555	↑ 1
68	Gabrielle	4,544	↓ 5
69	Aubrey	4,506	↑ 24
70	Arianna	4,481	↑ 6
71	Vanessa	4,447	↑ 8
72	Trinity	4,374	↓ 8
73	Ariana	4,326	↑ 5
74	Faith	4,307	↓ 12
75	Katelyn	4,259	↓ 14
76	Haley	4,200	↓ 1
77	Amelia	4,194	↑ 6
78	Megan	4,124	↓ 18
79	Isabelle	4,106	↑ 5
80	Sara	4,024	↓ 8
81	Melanie	4,000	↑ 4
82	Sophie	3,988	↑ 42
83	Aaliyah	3,961	↑ 7
84	Bailey	3,934	↑ 28
85	Layla	3,903	↑ 16
86	Nicole	3,873	↓ 12
87	Isabel	3,864	–
88	Stephanie	3,811	↓ 18
89	Paige	3,796	↓ 12
90	Autumn	3,719	↑ 5
91	Gianna	3,713	↑ 7
92	Mariah	3,707	↓ 10
93	Mary	3,697	↓ 13
94	Michelle	3,596	↓ 13
95	Jada	3,571	↓ 3
96	Gracie	3,480	↑ 7
97	Molly	3,415	↑ 8
98	Valeria	3,413	↓ 7
99	Caroline	3,409	↓ 10
100	Jordan	3,332	↓ 3

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Jacob	24,310	–
2	Michael	22,027	–
3	Ethan	21,041	↑ 1
4	Joshua	20,669	↓ 1
5	Daniel	20,268	↑ 1
6	Christopher	20,030	↑ 2
7	Anthony	19,639	↑ 2
8	William	18,898	↑ 2
9	Matthew	18,756	↓ 4
10	Andrew	18,461	↓ 3
11	Alexander	18,150	↑ 1
12	David	17,573	↑ 1
13	Joseph	17,364	↓ 2
14	Noah	16,605	↑ 1
15	James	15,973	↑ 1
16	Ryan	15,722	↓ 2
17	Logan	15,331	↑ 3
18	Jayden	15,251	↑ 31
19	John	14,447	–
20	Nicholas	14,362	↓ 3
21	Tyler	14,106	↓ 3
22	Christian	14,063	↓ 1
23	Jonathan	13,809	↓ 1
24	Nathan	13,605	↓ 1
25	Samuel	13,367	–
26	Benjamin	13,282	↓ 2
27	Aiden	13,113	↑ 5
28	Gabriel	12,911	–
29	Dylan	12,811	↓ 3
30	Elijah	12,424	↓ 1
31	Brandon	12,148	↓ 4
32	Gavin	11,863	↑ 6
33	Jackson	11,666	↑ 2
34	Angel	11,376	↓ 3
35	Jose	11,252	↓ 5
36	Caleb	10,954	↓ 2
37	Mason	10,775	↑ 3
38	Jack	10,671	↓ 2
39	Kevin	10,537	↓ 2
40	Evan	10,295	↑ 2
41	Isaac	10,274	↑ 7
42	Zachary	10,217	↓ 9
43	Isaiah	10,124	↓ 4
44	Jordan	10,060	↑ 2
45	Justin	10,049	–
46	Luke	9,609	↓ 3
47	Robert	9,388	–
48	Austin	9,201	↓ 7
49	Landon	9,103	↑ 1
50	Cameron	8,986	↑ 2
51	Aaron	8,948	↑ 6
52	Thomas	8,935	↓ 1
53	Lucas	8,759	↑ 6
54	Aidan	8,426	↓ 10
55	Connor	8,330	↓ 2
56	Owen	8,247	↑ 2
57	Hunter	8,218	↓ 3
58	Diego	8,216	↓ 2
59	Jason	8,120	↓ 4
60	Luis	8,054	↑ 2
61	Adrian	7,742	↑ 2
62	Charles	7,452	↓ 2
63	Juan	7,422	↓ 2
64	Brayden	7,226	↑ 15
65	Adam	6,790	↓ 1
66	Julian	6,781	↓ 1
67	Jeremiah	6,630	↑ 4
68	Xavier	6,561	↑ 10
69	Wyatt	6,522	↑ 13
70	Carlos	6,420	–
71	Hayden	6,278	↑ 2
72	Alex	6,275	↓ 5
73	Sebastian	6,274	↑ 3
74	Jaden	6,262	↑ 14
75	Ian	6,250	↑ 5
76	Sean	6,244	↓ 8
77	Jesus	6,223	↓ 3
78	Bryan	6,180	↓ 12
79	Chase	6,159	↑ 4
80	Carter	6,101	↓ 5
81	Brian	6,075	↓ 9
82	Nathaniel	6,067	↓ 13
83	Eric	5,959	↓ 6
84	Cole	5,703	–
85	Dominic	5,415	–
86	Kyle	5,355	↓ 5
87	Tristan	5,340	↓ 1
88	Blake	5,277	↑ 9
89	Liam	5,141	↑ 9
90	Henry	5,126	↑ 5
91	Carson	5,120	↓ 4
92	Caden	5,055	↓ 1
93	Brady	4,951	↑ 13
94	Miguel	4,906	↓ 5
95	Antonio	4,645	↓ 1
96	Cooper	4,622	↑ 17
97	Steven	4,556	↓ 7
98	Kaden	4,523	↓ 6
99	Timothy	4,437	↓ 6
100	Devin	4,427	–

Biggest movers of 2007

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

Rising Girls

Abril ↑ 411 #438
Lilah ↑ 296 #572
Khloe ↑ 287 #663
Lyla ↑ 274 #368
Angelique ↑ 257 #425
Angeline ↑ 256 #602
Delilah ↑ 250 #297
Zion ↑ 236 #575
Adyson ↑ 233 #648
Hayden ↑ 223 #195

Falling Girls

Tyra ↓ 290 #950
Sherlyn ↓ 261 #628
Kristin ↓ 236 #811
Katrina ↓ 214 #593
Roselyn ↓ 214 #924
Rhiannon ↓ 195 #935
Leticia ↓ 193 #993
Katlyn ↓ 190 #978
Tiara ↓ 184 #737
Brittney ↓ 174 #799

New in the top 1,000 (Girls)

Miley, Mylee, Jordin, Jaslene, Audrina, Azul, Marely, Shiloh, Madilynn, Evie, Jaeda, Jazlynn, Londyn, Giada, Adelyn

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Girls)

Akeelah, Betsy, Shakira, Nathalia, Trista, Donna, Sheyla, Bethzy, Cayla, Kayli, Colleen, Yvette, Katharine, Tayler, Estefani

Rising Boys

Kingston ↑ 574 #355
Colt ↑ 317 #593
Valentin ↑ 297 #614
Zayden ↑ 294 #590
Jacoby ↑ 293 #622
Jaydin ↑ 224 #757
Paxton ↑ 215 #565
Sullivan ↑ 199 #732
Jamarcus ↑ 176 #744
King ↑ 174 #720

Falling Boys

Talan ↓ 258 #567
Oswaldo ↓ 209 #758
Octavio ↓ 190 #858
Garret ↓ 179 #941
Jaylan ↓ 154 #847
Ronaldo ↓ 150 #937
Jovanny ↓ 146 #952
Carmine ↓ 145 #935
Shamar ↓ 143 #948
Jean ↓ 141 #863

New in the top 1,000 (Boys)

Madden, Jax, Killian, Jaidyn, Slade, Kellan, Jaydan, Nery, Rayan, Jarvis, Reilly, Cristobal, Dereon, Elvin, Mariano

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Boys)

Jordy, Jan, Kael, Bode, Koen, Eddy, Santana, Zakary, Gannon, Kyan, Guadalupe, Jerimiah, Franco, Austen, Destin

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.