Most popular baby names of 2000
Jacob and Emily topped the list in 2000. The 10 most popular names went to 13% of boys and 10% of girls, from 12,112 boy names and 17,653 girl names in all.
Top boy names of 2000
- Jacob 34,492
- Michael 32,045
- Matthew 28,580
- Joshua 27,543
- Christopher 24,936
- Nicholas 24,653
- Andrew 23,658
- Joseph 22,844
- Daniel 22,338
- Tyler 21,506
- William 20,669
- Brandon 20,337
- Ryan 20,269
- John 20,115
- Zachary 19,852
- David 19,787
- Anthony 19,656
- James 17,991
- Justin 17,784
- Alexander 17,290
- Jonathan 16,888
- Christian 16,059
- Austin 15,947
- Dylan 15,405
- Ethan 15,226
- Benjamin 14,845
- Noah 14,282
- Samuel 14,188
- Robert 13,739
- Nathan 13,040
- Cameron 12,767
- Kevin 12,674
- Thomas 12,638
- Jose 12,585
- Hunter 12,538
- Jordan 12,168
- Kyle 11,969
- Caleb 9,866
- Jason 9,778
- Logan 9,737
- Aaron 9,561
- Eric 9,162
- Brian 8,958
- Gabriel 8,681
- Adam 8,136
- Jack 8,125
- Isaiah 8,029
- Juan 7,712
- Luis 7,662
- Connor 7,530
- Charles 7,525
- Elijah 7,472
- Isaac 7,439
- Steven 7,361
- Evan 7,334
- Jared 7,324
- Sean 7,316
- Timothy 7,261
- Luke 7,148
- Cody 7,132
- Nathaniel 6,797
- Alex 6,748
- Seth 6,717
- Mason 6,516
- Richard 6,354
- Carlos 6,322
- Angel 6,306
- Patrick 6,297
- Devin 6,152
- Bryan 6,143
- Cole 5,926
- Jackson 5,903
- Ian 5,886
- Garrett 5,840
- Trevor 5,745
- Jesus 5,682
- Chase 5,442
- Adrian 5,341
- Mark 5,230
- Blake 5,143
- Sebastian 5,029
- Antonio 4,892
- Lucas 4,818
- Jeremy 4,738
- Gavin 4,686
- Miguel 4,673
- Julian 4,590
- Dakota 4,553
- Alejandro 4,511
- Jesse 4,485
- Dalton 4,445
- Bryce 4,319
- Tanner 4,235
- Kenneth 4,152
- Stephen 4,137
- Jake 4,091
- Victor 4,053
- Spencer 4,044
- Marcus 3,797
- Paul 3,795
Top girl names of 2000
- Emily 25,959
- Hannah 23,087
- Madison 19,968
- Ashley 18,000
- Sarah 17,715
- Alexis 17,631
- Samantha 17,265
- Jessica 15,711
- Elizabeth 15,117
- Taylor 15,080
- Lauren 14,176
- Alyssa 13,553
- Kayla 13,313
- Abigail 13,094
- Brianna 12,880
- Olivia 12,855
- Emma 12,560
- Megan 11,436
- Grace 11,285
- Victoria 10,926
- Rachel 10,687
- Anna 10,613
- Sydney 10,243
- Destiny 9,850
- Morgan 9,502
- Jennifer 9,390
- Jasmine 9,099
- Haley 9,069
- Julia 8,769
- Kaitlyn 8,759
- Nicole 8,563
- Amanda 8,558
- Katherine 8,109
- Natalie 8,096
- Hailey 7,829
- Alexandra 7,550
- Savannah 7,100
- Chloe 7,094
- Rebecca 7,078
- Stephanie 7,028
- Maria 6,857
- Sophia 6,564
- Mackenzie 6,350
- Allison 6,315
- Isabella 6,242
- Mary 6,222
- Amber 6,182
- Danielle 6,092
- Gabrielle 5,872
- Jordan 5,809
- Brooke 5,642
- Michelle 5,545
- Sierra 5,520
- Katelyn 5,502
- Andrea 5,479
- Madeline 5,371
- Sara 5,325
- Kimberly 5,244
- Courtney 5,239
- Brittany 5,185
- Erin 5,185
- Vanessa 5,134
- Jenna 5,045
- Jacqueline 5,037
- Caroline 5,022
- Faith 4,999
- Makayla 4,917
- Bailey 4,649
- Paige 4,609
- Shelby 4,561
- Melissa 4,532
- Kaylee 4,493
- Christina 4,332
- Trinity 4,284
- Mariah 4,104
- Caitlin 4,102
- Autumn 4,027
- Marissa 4,025
- Angela 3,828
- Breanna 3,826
- Catherine 3,802
- Zoe 3,785
- Briana 3,754
- Jada 3,747
- Laura 3,741
- Claire 3,711
- Alexa 3,674
- Kelsey 3,669
- Kathryn 3,644
- Leslie 3,623
- Alexandria 3,549
- Sabrina 3,470
- Mia 3,451
- Isabel 3,448
- Katie 3,413
- Molly 3,402
- Leah 3,399
- Gabriella 3,369
- Cheyenne 3,367
- Cassandra 3,305
Questions
- What was the most popular baby name in 2000?
- Jacob was the #1 boy name in 2000 (34,492 babies) and Emily was the #1 girl name (25,959 babies).
- How many babies were counted in 2000?
- Social Security records list 3,780,037 babies born in 2000 with names given to at least 5 babies: 1,964,001 boys and 1,816,036 girls.