Name.Baby Names by year 2000s 2009 Most Popular Baby Names of 2009 Social Security has card records for 4,145,291 babies born in the U.S. in 2009. Isabella was the top girl name (22,321 babies) and Jacob the top boy name (21,204).
Top 100 names of 2009 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 2009, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Isabella 22,321 #7 2 Emma 17,910 #3 3 Olivia 17,444 #1 4 Sophia 16,951 #5 5 Ava 15,877 #11 6 Emily 15,366 #34 7 Madison 15,257 #40 8 Abigail 14,401 #41 9 Chloe 11,922 #23 10 Mia 11,438 #6 11 Elizabeth 11,057 #17 12 Addison 10,669 #84 13 Alexis 9,946 #554 14 Samantha 9,669 #151 15 Ella 9,659 #29 16 Natalie 9,421 #89 17 Grace 8,322 #38 18 Lily 8,101 #18 19 Alyssa 7,980 #453 20 Ashley 7,815 #164 21 Sarah 7,794 #90 22 Taylor 7,590 #403 23 Hannah 7,584 #56 24 Brianna 7,357 #222 25 Hailey 7,325 #104 26 Kaylee 7,219 #255 27 Lillian 6,861 #57 28 Anna 6,818 #107 29 Leah 6,790 #58 30 Allison 6,581 #103 31 Victoria 6,371 #54 32 Avery 6,301 #37 33 Gabriella 6,153 #105 34 Nevaeh 6,126 #165 35 Kayla 5,847 #364 36 Sofia 5,696 #9 37 Brooklyn 5,677 #118 38 Riley 5,637 #48 39 Savannah 5,606 #135 40 Evelyn 5,584 #8 41 Aubrey 5,408 #146 42 Peyton 5,318 #199 43 Alexa 5,311 #1,029 44 Makayla 5,269 #566 45 Layla 5,212 #36 46 Lauren 5,204 #401 47 Zoe 5,152 #31 48 Sydney 5,061 #348 49 Audrey 5,008 #86 50 Julia 4,996 #131
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 2009, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Jasmine 4,886 #206 52 Arianna 4,845 #234 53 Claire 4,825 #68 54 Brooke 4,798 #313 55 Amelia 4,705 #4 56 Destiny 4,617 #635 57 Morgan 4,611 #312 58 Bella 4,540 #136 59 Madelyn 4,496 #70 60 Katherine 4,432 #186 61 Maya 4,393 #62 62 Kylie 4,389 #204 63 Aaliyah 4,378 #101 64 Madeline 4,300 #81 65 Sophie 4,267 #55 66 Kimberly 4,228 #302 67 Kaitlyn 4,207 #799 68 Charlotte 4,191 #2 69 Alexandra 4,166 #237 70 Maria 4,143 #87 71 Jocelyn 4,118 #393 72 Valeria 4,091 #162 73 Andrea 4,064 #235 74 Trinity 4,028 #428 75 Zoey 3,995 #69 76 Gianna 3,939 #33 77 Mackenzie 3,902 #228 78 Jessica 3,801 #665 79 Faith 3,771 #254 80 Camila 3,737 #19 81 Autumn 3,717 #88 82 Ariana 3,701 #128 83 Genesis 3,669 #66 84 Payton 3,646 #440 85 Bailey 3,643 #208 86 Angelina 3,637 #347 87 Caroline 3,624 #96 88 Mariah 3,605 #447 89 Rachel 3,589 #250 90 Katelyn 3,571 #1,076 91 Vanessa 3,523 #377 92 Molly 3,510 #196 93 Serenity 3,489 #129 94 Melanie 3,487 #142 95 Khloe 3,459 #272 96 Gabrielle 3,421 #632 97 Mya 3,415 #443 98 Paige 3,413 #346 99 Eva 3,395 #134 100 Isabelle 3,307 #166
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 2009, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Jacob 21,204 #43 2 Ethan 19,858 #24 3 Michael 18,964 #21 4 Alexander 18,254 #30 5 William 17,937 #9 6 Joshua 17,671 #66 7 Daniel 17,564 #22 8 Jayden 17,316 #70 9 Noah 17,262 #2 10 Christopher 16,368 #68 11 Anthony 16,327 #46 12 Aiden 16,030 #62 13 Matthew 16,010 #32 14 David 15,457 #35 15 Joseph 14,952 #29 16 Andrew 14,877 #73 17 Logan 14,467 #53 18 James 14,223 #6 19 Benjamin 13,123 #11 20 Ryan 13,122 #99 21 Elijah 12,846 #7 22 Gabriel 12,834 #37 23 Christian 12,657 #96 24 Samuel 12,181 #18 25 Nathan 12,135 #63 26 John 12,133 #23 27 Jackson 12,123 #36 28 Tyler 11,551 #219 29 Jonathan 11,386 #89 30 Dylan 11,373 #41 31 Caleb 11,001 #58 32 Nicholas 10,856 #112 33 Gavin 10,742 #303 34 Mason 10,696 #39 35 Evan 10,280 #153 36 Landon 10,169 #127 37 Angel 9,853 #67 38 Brandon 9,848 #261 39 Lucas 9,620 #10 40 Isaac 9,569 #47 41 Isaiah 9,259 #57 42 Jack 9,029 #15 43 Jose 8,818 #95 44 Kevin 8,780 #221 45 Jordan 8,669 #131 46 Justin 8,631 #233 47 Luke 8,625 #33 48 Brayden 8,603 #229 49 Liam 8,567 #1 50 Carter 8,173 #45
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 2009, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Owen 8,142 #31 52 Connor 8,101 #166 53 Zachary 8,091 #216 54 Aaron 7,983 #80 55 Robert 7,842 #92 56 Hunter 7,751 #130 57 Thomas 7,728 #34 58 Cameron 7,638 #76 59 Adrian 7,633 #74 60 Wyatt 7,404 #38 61 Chase 7,394 #192 62 Julian 7,388 #25 63 Austin 7,295 #113 64 Charles 7,284 #48 65 Jeremiah 7,235 #88 66 Jason 6,927 #165 67 Juan 6,283 #159 68 Xavier 6,227 #108 69 Luis 6,145 #144 70 Sebastian 5,993 #16 71 Henry 5,899 #5 72 Aidan 5,811 #326 73 Ian 5,807 #83 74 Adam 5,676 #101 75 Nathaniel 5,426 #140 76 Diego 5,414 #158 77 Brody 5,392 #236 78 Jesus 5,387 #173 79 Carlos 5,379 #150 80 Tristan 5,350 #309 81 Dominic 5,329 #106 82 Cole 5,278 #182 83 Alex 5,174 #232 84 Cooper 5,072 #27 85 Levi 5,026 #12 86 Josiah 5,020 #54 87 Ayden 4,998 #257 88 Carson 4,997 #124 89 Blake 4,952 #316 90 Eli 4,923 #104 91 Hayden 4,868 #161 92 Bryan 4,856 #336 93 Colton 4,771 #103 94 Brian 4,658 #339 95 Eric 4,646 #273 96 Parker 4,626 #102 97 Sean 4,339 #489 98 Oliver 4,287 #3 99 Kyle 4,180 #508 100 Miguel 4,174 #212
Entered the top 100 in 2009
