Name.Baby Names by year 2000s 2000 Most Popular Baby Names of 2000 Social Security has card records for 4,083,886 babies born in the U.S. in 2000. Emily was the top girl name (25,959 babies) and Jacob the top boy name (34,492).
Top 100 names of 2000 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 2000, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Emily 25,959 #34 2 Hannah 23,087 #56 3 Madison 19,968 #40 4 Ashley 18,000 #164 5 Sarah 17,715 #90 6 Alexis 17,631 #554 7 Samantha 17,265 #151 8 Jessica 15,711 #665 9 Elizabeth 15,117 #17 10 Taylor 15,080 #403 11 Lauren 14,176 #401 12 Alyssa 13,553 #453 13 Kayla 13,313 #364 14 Abigail 13,094 #41 15 Brianna 12,880 #222 16 Olivia 12,855 #1 17 Emma 12,560 #3 18 Megan 11,436 #887 19 Grace 11,285 #38 20 Victoria 10,926 #54 21 Rachel 10,687 #250 22 Anna 10,613 #107 23 Sydney 10,243 #348 24 Destiny 9,850 #635 25 Morgan 9,502 #312 26 Jennifer 9,390 #586 27 Jasmine 9,099 #206 28 Haley 9,069 #861 29 Julia 8,769 #131 30 Kaitlyn 8,759 #799 31 Nicole 8,563 #382 32 Amanda 8,558 #493 33 Katherine 8,109 #186 34 Natalie 8,096 #89 35 Hailey 7,829 #104 36 Alexandra 7,550 #237 37 Savannah 7,100 #135 38 Chloe 7,094 #23 39 Rebecca 7,078 #349 40 Stephanie 7,028 #557 41 Maria 6,857 #87 42 Sophia 6,564 #5 43 Mackenzie 6,350 #228 44 Allison 6,315 #103 45 Isabella 6,242 #7 46 Mary 6,222 #125 47 Amber 6,182 #520 48 Danielle 6,092 #549 49 Gabrielle 5,872 #632 50 Jordan 5,809 #584
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 2000, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Brooke 5,642 #313 52 Michelle 5,545 #465 53 Sierra 5,520 #614 54 Katelyn 5,502 #1,076 55 Andrea 5,479 #235 56 Madeline 5,371 #81 57 Sara 5,325 #198 58 Kimberly 5,244 #302 59 Courtney 5,239 #2,326 60 Brittany 5,185 #928 60 Erin 5,185 #833 62 Vanessa 5,134 #377 63 Jenna 5,045 #679 64 Jacqueline 5,037 #558 65 Caroline 5,022 #96 66 Faith 4,999 #254 67 Makayla 4,917 #566 68 Bailey 4,649 #208 69 Paige 4,609 #346 70 Shelby 4,561 #649 71 Melissa 4,532 #419 72 Kaylee 4,493 #255 73 Christina 4,332 #770 74 Trinity 4,284 #428 75 Mariah 4,104 #447 76 Caitlin 4,102 #2,326 77 Autumn 4,027 #88 78 Marissa 4,025 #1,673 79 Angela 3,828 #408 80 Breanna 3,826 #2,542 81 Catherine 3,802 #313 82 Zoe 3,785 #31 83 Briana 3,754 #661 84 Jada 3,747 #1,200 85 Laura 3,741 #379 86 Claire 3,711 #68 87 Alexa 3,674 #1,029 88 Kelsey 3,669 #814 89 Kathryn 3,644 #729 90 Leslie 3,623 #712 91 Alexandria 3,549 #474 92 Sabrina 3,470 #321 93 Mia 3,451 #6 94 Isabel 3,448 #176 95 Katie 3,413 #646 96 Molly 3,402 #196 97 Leah 3,399 #58 98 Gabriella 3,369 #105 99 Cheyenne 3,367 #920 100 Cassandra 3,305 #630 100 Tiffany 3,305 #878
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 2000, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Jacob 34,492 #43 2 Michael 32,045 #21 3 Matthew 28,580 #32 4 Joshua 27,543 #66 5 Christopher 24,936 #68 6 Nicholas 24,653 #112 7 Andrew 23,658 #73 8 Joseph 22,844 #29 9 Daniel 22,338 #22 10 Tyler 21,506 #219 11 William 20,669 #9 12 Brandon 20,337 #261 13 Ryan 20,269 #99 14 John 20,115 #23 15 Zachary 19,852 #216 16 David 19,787 #35 17 Anthony 19,656 #46 18 James 17,991 #6 19 Justin 17,784 #233 20 Alexander 17,290 #30 21 Jonathan 16,888 #89 22 Christian 16,059 #96 23 Austin 15,947 #113 24 Dylan 15,405 #41 25 Ethan 15,226 #24 26 Benjamin 14,845 #11 27 Noah 14,282 #2 28 Samuel 14,188 #18 29 Robert 13,739 #92 30 Nathan 13,040 #63 31 Cameron 12,767 #76 32 Kevin 12,674 #221 33 Thomas 12,638 #34 34 Jose 12,585 #95 35 Hunter 12,538 #130 36 Jordan 12,168 #131 37 Kyle 11,969 #508 38 Caleb 9,866 #58 39 Jason 9,778 #165 40 Logan 9,737 #53 41 Aaron 9,561 #80 42 Eric 9,162 #273 43 Brian 8,958 #339 44 Gabriel 8,681 #37 45 Adam 8,136 #101 46 Jack 8,125 #15 47 Isaiah 8,029 #57 48 Juan 7,712 #159 49 Luis 7,662 #144 50 Connor 7,530 #166
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 2000, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Charles 7,525 #48 52 Elijah 7,472 #7 53 Isaac 7,439 #47 54 Steven 7,361 #271 55 Evan 7,334 #153 56 Jared 7,324 #396 57 Sean 7,316 #489 58 Timothy 7,261 #203 59 Luke 7,148 #33 60 Cody 7,132 #318 61 Nathaniel 6,797 #140 62 Alex 6,748 #232 63 Seth 6,717 #581 64 Mason 6,516 #39 65 Richard 6,354 #234 66 Carlos 6,322 #150 67 Angel 6,306 #67 68 Patrick 6,297 #235 69 Devin 6,152 #548 70 Bryan 6,143 #336 71 Cole 5,926 #182 72 Jackson 5,903 #36 73 Ian 5,886 #83 74 Garrett 5,840 #564 75 Trevor 5,745 #679 76 Jesus 5,682 #173 77 Chase 5,442 #192 78 Adrian 5,341 #74 79 Mark 5,230 #244 80 Blake 5,143 #316 81 Sebastian 5,029 #16 82 Antonio 4,892 #176 83 Lucas 4,818 #10 84 Jeremy 4,738 #292 85 Gavin 4,686 #303 86 Miguel 4,673 #212 87 Julian 4,590 #25 88 Dakota 4,553 #319 89 Alejandro 4,511 #195 90 Jesse 4,485 #184 91 Dalton 4,445 #448 92 Bryce 4,319 #357 93 Tanner 4,235 #475 94 Kenneth 4,152 #294 95 Stephen 4,137 #383 96 Jake 4,091 #457 97 Victor 4,053 #209 98 Spencer 4,044 #360 99 Marcus 3,797 #258 100 Paul 3,795 #262
Entered the top 100 in 2000
