Name.Baby Names by year 2000s 2003 Most Popular Baby Names of 2003 Social Security has card records for 4,107,341 babies born in the U.S. in 2003. Emily was the top girl name (25,693 babies) and Jacob the top boy name (29,658).
Top 100 names of 2003 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 2003, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Emily 25,693 #34 2 Emma 22,719 #3 3 Madison 20,201 #40 4 Hannah 17,638 #56 5 Olivia 16,154 #1 6 Abigail 15,932 #41 7 Alexis 14,867 #554 8 Ashley 14,519 #164 9 Elizabeth 14,123 #17 10 Samantha 13,870 #151 11 Sarah 13,785 #90 12 Isabella 13,781 #7 13 Grace 12,781 #38 14 Alyssa 12,750 #453 15 Lauren 11,051 #401 16 Kayla 10,957 #364 17 Brianna 10,584 #222 18 Jessica 10,454 #665 19 Taylor 10,314 #403 20 Sophia 9,687 #5 21 Anna 9,464 #107 22 Victoria 9,251 #54 23 Natalie 9,151 #89 24 Chloe 9,082 #23 25 Sydney 8,911 #348 26 Hailey 8,798 #104 27 Jasmine 8,065 #206 28 Rachel 7,997 #250 29 Morgan 7,928 #312 30 Megan 7,800 #887 31 Jennifer 7,569 #586 32 Kaitlyn 7,547 #799 33 Julia 7,437 #131 34 Haley 7,198 #861 35 Katherine 7,126 #186 36 Mia 7,083 #6 37 Destiny 6,977 #635 38 Alexandra 6,545 #237 39 Ava 6,280 #11 40 Nicole 6,238 #382 41 Savannah 6,154 #135 42 Maria 6,091 #87 43 Brooke 5,971 #313 44 Ella 5,909 #29 45 Mackenzie 5,865 #228 46 Allison 5,850 #103 47 Paige 5,758 #346 48 Jordan 5,650 #584 49 Stephanie 5,603 #557 50 Faith 5,597 #254
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 2003, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Makayla 5,580 #566 52 Kylie 5,558 #204 53 Kaylee 5,452 #255 54 Amanda 5,354 #493 55 Jenna 5,352 #679 56 Trinity 5,130 #428 57 Zoe 5,087 #31 58 Katelyn 5,054 #1,076 59 Mary 5,043 #125 60 Andrea 4,982 #235 61 Madeline 4,976 #81 62 Michelle 4,873 #465 62 Rebecca 4,873 #349 64 Kimberly 4,825 #302 65 Sara 4,764 #198 66 Gabrielle 4,600 #632 67 Alexa 4,598 #1,029 68 Caroline 4,585 #96 69 Lily 4,434 #18 70 Vanessa 4,352 #377 71 Angelina 4,272 #347 72 Riley 4,243 #48 73 Sierra 4,242 #614 74 Amber 4,123 #520 75 Autumn 4,059 #88 76 Lillian 4,030 #57 77 Gabriella 4,021 #105 78 Audrey 3,998 #86 79 Jada 3,987 #1,200 80 Erin 3,926 #833 81 Leah 3,925 #58 82 Danielle 3,865 #549 83 Isabel 3,853 #176 84 Maya 3,849 #62 85 Ariana 3,834 #128 86 Arianna 3,796 #234 87 Jocelyn 3,718 #393 88 Evelyn 3,701 #8 89 Avery 3,687 #37 90 Aaliyah 3,673 #101 91 Leslie 3,639 #712 92 Claire 3,571 #68 93 Melanie 3,550 #142 94 Shelby 3,537 #649 95 Marissa 3,517 #1,673 96 Melissa 3,502 #419 97 Sofia 3,488 #9 98 Bailey 3,467 #208 99 Molly 3,403 #196 100 Jacqueline 3,400 #558
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 2003, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Jacob 29,658 #43 2 Michael 27,129 #21 3 Joshua 25,106 #66 4 Matthew 24,011 #32 5 Andrew 22,162 #73 6 Joseph 21,394 #29 7 Ethan 21,362 #24 8 Daniel 21,072 #22 9 Christopher 20,753 #68 10 Anthony 20,149 #46 11 William 20,000 #9 12 Nicholas 19,696 #112 13 Ryan 19,578 #99 14 David 18,641 #35 15 Tyler 18,185 #219 16 Alexander 17,714 #30 17 John 17,249 #23 18 James 16,896 #6 19 Dylan 15,703 #41 20 Zachary 15,541 #216 21 Brandon 15,245 #261 22 Jonathan 14,994 #89 23 Samuel 14,691 #18 24 Benjamin 14,086 #11 25 Christian 13,908 #96 26 Nathan 13,667 #63 27 Justin 13,655 #233 28 Logan 13,187 #53 29 Gabriel 12,522 #37 30 Jose 12,394 #95 31 Noah 11,843 #2 32 Kevin 11,734 #221 33 Austin 11,690 #113 34 Caleb 11,643 #58 35 Robert 11,399 #92 36 Thomas 10,935 #34 37 Elijah 10,665 #7 38 Jordan 10,331 #131 39 Aidan 10,067 #326 40 Cameron 9,965 #76 41 Hunter 9,900 #130 42 Jason 9,822 #165 43 Connor 9,670 #166 44 Evan 9,444 #153 45 Jack 9,318 #15 46 Luke 9,304 #33 47 Angel 9,161 #67 48 Isaac 8,944 #47 49 Isaiah 8,900 #57 50 Aaron 8,874 #80
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 2003, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Gavin 8,764 #303 52 Jackson 8,713 #36 53 Kyle 8,651 #508 54 Mason 7,897 #39 55 Juan 7,831 #159 56 Eric 7,787 #273 57 Charles 7,696 #48 58 Adam 7,690 #101 59 Brian 7,672 #339 60 Luis 7,585 #144 61 Sean 7,102 #489 62 Alex 6,794 #232 63 Nathaniel 6,666 #140 64 Bryan 6,619 #336 65 Ian 6,466 #83 66 Carlos 6,218 #150 67 Jesus 6,163 #173 68 Adrian 6,110 #74 69 Cole 5,898 #182 70 Steven 5,860 #271 71 Lucas 5,756 #10 72 Owen 5,701 #31 73 Aiden 5,684 #62 74 Devin 5,646 #548 75 Jayden 5,547 #70 76 Timothy 5,487 #203 77 Julian 5,410 #25 78 Cody 5,400 #318 79 Blake 5,275 #316 80 Seth 5,256 #581 81 Dominic 5,219 #106 82 Jaden 5,182 #421 83 Diego 5,121 #158 84 Hayden 5,101 #161 85 Xavier 5,066 #108 86 Richard 5,054 #234 87 Chase 5,014 #192 88 Colin 4,876 #343 89 Carson 4,861 #124 90 Jeremiah 4,855 #88 91 Patrick 4,789 #235 92 Antonio 4,717 #176 93 Sebastian 4,649 #16 94 Jesse 4,606 #184 95 Miguel 4,592 #212 96 Victor 4,436 #209 97 Landon 4,412 #127 98 Jake 4,406 #457 99 Trevor 4,387 #679 100 Alejandro 4,317 #195
Entered the top 100 in 2003
