Most Popular Baby Names of 2009

In 2009, the most popular baby names in the United States were Isabella for girls and Jacob for boys. Isabella was given to 22,321 girls and Jacob to 21,204 boys, according to Social Security card applications.

Across all names, the Social Security Administration recorded 3,820,687 births for names given to at least five babies that year, down from 3,931,088 in 2008. 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: Bella, Molly, Serenity, Khloe, Mya, and Eva.

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Top 100 baby names of 2009

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Isabella	22,321	↑ 1
2	Emma	17,910	↓ 1
3	Olivia	17,444	↑ 1
4	Sophia	16,951	↑ 3
5	Ava	15,877	–
6	Emily	15,366	↓ 3
7	Madison	15,257	↓ 1
8	Abigail	14,401	–
9	Chloe	11,922	↑ 1
10	Mia	11,438	↑ 4
11	Elizabeth	11,057	↓ 2
12	Addison	10,669	–
13	Alexis	9,946	↑ 2
14	Samantha	9,669	↓ 3
15	Ella	9,659	↑ 4
16	Natalie	9,421	↓ 3
17	Grace	8,322	↑ 4
18	Lily	8,101	↑ 6
19	Alyssa	7,980	↓ 3
20	Ashley	7,815	↓ 2
21	Sarah	7,794	↓ 1
22	Taylor	7,590	–
23	Hannah	7,584	↓ 6
24	Brianna	7,357	↓ 1
25	Hailey	7,325	–
26	Kaylee	7,219	↑ 5
27	Lillian	6,861	↑ 2
28	Anna	6,818	↓ 2
29	Leah	6,790	↑ 11
30	Allison	6,581	↑ 2
31	Victoria	6,371	↓ 4
32	Avery	6,301	↑ 6
33	Gabriella	6,153	↑ 2
34	Nevaeh	6,126	–
35	Kayla	5,847	↓ 7
36	Sofia	5,696	–
37	Brooklyn	5,677	↑ 11
38	Riley	5,637	↑ 1
39	Savannah	5,606	↓ 6
40	Evelyn	5,584	↑ 14
41	Aubrey	5,408	↑ 1
42	Peyton	5,318	↑ 18
43	Alexa	5,311	↑ 7
44	Makayla	5,269	↓ 7
45	Layla	5,212	↑ 10
46	Lauren	5,204	↓ 16
47	Zoe	5,152	↑ 11
48	Sydney	5,061	↑ 1
49	Audrey	5,008	↓ 5
50	Julia	4,996	↓ 9
51	Jasmine	4,886	↓ 8
52	Arianna	4,845	↑ 14
53	Claire	4,825	↑ 9
54	Brooke	4,798	↓ 2
55	Amelia	4,705	↑ 13
56	Destiny	4,617	↓ 9
57	Morgan	4,611	↓ 11
58	Bella	4,540	↑ 64
59	Madelyn	4,496	↑ 5
60	Katherine	4,432	↓ 15
61	Maya	4,393	↑ 10
62	Kylie	4,389	↓ 11
63	Aaliyah	4,378	↑ 13
64	Madeline	4,300	↓ 8
65	Sophie	4,267	↑ 10
66	Kimberly	4,228	↓ 9
67	Kaitlyn	4,207	↓ 14
68	Charlotte	4,191	↑ 18
69	Alexandra	4,166	↓ 8
70	Maria	4,143	↓ 7
71	Jocelyn	4,118	↓ 4
72	Valeria	4,091	↑ 1
73	Andrea	4,064	↓ 1
74	Trinity	4,028	↓ 4
75	Zoey	3,995	↑ 23
76	Gianna	3,939	↑ 12
77	Mackenzie	3,902	↓ 12
78	Jessica	3,801	↓ 19
79	Faith	3,771	↑ 11
80	Camila	3,737	↑ 3
81	Autumn	3,717	↑ 6
82	Ariana	3,701	↓ 1
83	Genesis	3,669	↑ 12
84	Payton	3,646	↑ 7
85	Bailey	3,643	↓ 3
86	Angelina	3,637	↓ 17
87	Caroline	3,624	↑ 7
88	Mariah	3,605	↓ 11
89	Rachel	3,589	↓ 15
90	Katelyn	3,571	↓ 10
91	Vanessa	3,523	↓ 13
92	Molly	3,510	↑ 12
93	Serenity	3,489	↑ 18
94	Melanie	3,487	↓ 9
95	Khloe	3,459	↑ 101
96	Gabrielle	3,421	↓ 17
97	Mya	3,415	↑ 6
98	Paige	3,413	↓ 9
99	Eva	3,395	↑ 15
100	Isabelle	3,307	↓ 7

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Jacob	21,204	–
2	Ethan	19,858	↑ 1
3	Michael	18,964	↓ 1
4	Alexander	18,254	↑ 2
5	William	17,937	↑ 3
6	Joshua	17,671	↓ 2
7	Daniel	17,564	↓ 2
8	Jayden	17,316	↑ 3
9	Noah	17,262	↑ 6
10	Christopher	16,368	↓ 1
11	Anthony	16,327	↓ 4
12	Aiden	16,030	↑ 4
13	Matthew	16,010	↓ 3
14	David	15,457	–
15	Joseph	14,952	↓ 2
16	Andrew	14,877	↓ 4
17	Logan	14,467	↑ 2
18	James	14,223	↓ 1
19	Benjamin	13,123	↑ 6
20	Ryan	13,122	↓ 2
21	Elijah	12,846	↑ 1
22	Gabriel	12,834	↑ 2
23	Christian	12,657	–
24	Samuel	12,181	↑ 3
25	Nathan	12,135	↓ 4
26	John	12,133	↓ 6
27	Jackson	12,123	↑ 5
28	Tyler	11,551	–
29	Jonathan	11,386	↓ 3
30	Dylan	11,373	↑ 1
31	Caleb	11,001	↑ 3
32	Nicholas	10,856	↓ 3
33	Gavin	10,742	↓ 3
34	Mason	10,696	↑ 1
35	Evan	10,280	↑ 3
36	Landon	10,169	↑ 9
37	Angel	9,853	↓ 1
38	Brandon	9,848	↓ 5
39	Lucas	9,620	↑ 7
40	Isaac	9,569	↓ 3
41	Isaiah	9,259	↑ 1
42	Jack	9,029	↓ 3
43	Jose	8,818	↓ 3
44	Kevin	8,780	↓ 3
45	Jordan	8,669	↑ 3
46	Justin	8,631	↓ 2
47	Luke	8,625	↓ 4
48	Brayden	8,603	↑ 3
49	Liam	8,567	↑ 26
50	Carter	8,173	↑ 15
51	Owen	8,142	↑ 7
52	Connor	8,101	↑ 5
53	Zachary	8,091	↓ 6
54	Aaron	7,983	↓ 4
55	Robert	7,842	↓ 6
56	Hunter	7,751	↓ 2
57	Thomas	7,728	↓ 5
58	Cameron	7,638	↓ 5
59	Adrian	7,633	↓ 3
60	Wyatt	7,404	↑ 2
61	Chase	7,394	↑ 6
62	Julian	7,388	↓ 1
63	Austin	7,295	↓ 8
64	Charles	7,284	↓ 1
65	Jeremiah	7,235	↑ 3
66	Jason	6,927	↓ 6
67	Juan	6,283	↓ 1
68	Xavier	6,227	↑ 3
69	Luis	6,145	↓ 5
70	Sebastian	5,993	↑ 4
71	Henry	5,899	↑ 7
72	Aidan	5,811	↓ 13
73	Ian	5,807	↑ 7
74	Adam	5,676	↓ 2
75	Nathaniel	5,426	↑ 2
76	Diego	5,414	↓ 7
77	Brody	5,392	↓ 7
78	Jesus	5,387	↑ 1
79	Carlos	5,379	↓ 6
80	Tristan	5,350	↑ 1
81	Dominic	5,329	↑ 12
82	Cole	5,278	↑ 3
83	Alex	5,174	↑ 1
84	Cooper	5,072	↑ 8
85	Levi	5,026	↑ 31
86	Josiah	5,020	↑ 9
87	Ayden	4,998	↑ 4
88	Carson	4,997	↑ 1
89	Blake	4,952	↑ 1
90	Eli	4,923	↑ 9
91	Hayden	4,868	↓ 15
92	Bryan	4,856	↓ 10
93	Colton	4,771	↑ 5
94	Brian	4,658	↓ 7
95	Eric	4,646	↓ 9
96	Parker	4,626	↑ 7
97	Sean	4,339	↓ 14
98	Oliver	4,287	↑ 20
99	Kyle	4,180	↓ 2
100	Miguel	4,174	↑ 1

Biggest movers of 2009

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

Rising Girls

Maliyah ↑ 343 #297
Kenley ↑ 333 #660
Gemma ↑ 324 #563
Isla ↑ 279 #345
Paityn ↑ 258 #679
Caylee ↑ 249 #264
Maleah ↑ 244 #595
Brynlee ↑ 222 #681
Olive ↑ 218 #589
Brisa ↑ 215 #578

Falling Girls

Marely ↓ 518 #852
Mylee ↓ 413 #849
Jaslene ↓ 297 #673
Jordin ↓ 283 #894
Rubi ↓ 275 #857
Ingrid ↓ 256 #801
Dayanara ↓ 254 #812
Lorena ↓ 212 #940
Allisson ↓ 200 #620
Destiney ↓ 183 #900

New in the top 1,000 (Girls)

Analia, Vivienne, Bristol, Leighton, Malaya, Brinley, Milan, Maliah, Lylah, Jayde, Rosalie, Calleigh, Kourtney, Adelynn, Janice

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Girls)

Hillary, Mareli, Rhianna, Dayami, Cierra, Jazlene, Gillian, Mylie, Shyann, Areli, Kaley, Gina, Kaila, Litzy, Kristin

Rising Boys

Bentley ↑ 422 #514
Cullen ↑ 297 #485
Urijah ↑ 269 #619
Jax ↑ 267 #426
Tripp ↑ 257 #673
King ↑ 250 #461
Jadiel ↑ 239 #639
Makai ↑ 219 #674
Emmett ↑ 214 #334
Jagger ↑ 201 #763

Falling Boys

Josh ↓ 166 #976
Jamarcus ↓ 154 #950
Adolfo ↓ 150 #883
Kasey ↓ 147 #965
Bailey ↓ 146 #938
Savion ↓ 142 #968
Elvis ↓ 141 #856
Jaron ↓ 137 #943
Haiden ↓ 136 #915
Darryl ↓ 133 #889

New in the top 1,000 (Boys)

Kellan, Archer, Knox, Daxton, Sylas, Jaxton, Kayson, Jaxen, Dilan, Camilo, Casen, Elmer, Westin, Vincenzo, Isaak

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Boys)

Cordell, Trevin, Coby, Glenn, Nick, Darion, Tyshawn, Gaven, Jovany, Kamren, Nathanial, Shamar, Clarence, Kelton, Milton

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.