Here are the most popular names of the decade.
- SSA is Social Security Administration (alternate spellings are not combined) and
- SFS is Some Fun Site (alternate spellings are combined).
Male names are first. Or you can start with the female names.
- Most Popular is the total of the names over the whole decade.
- Most Change is the difference in count between the first year and last year of the decade. It has the subcategories of Rising and Falling
- Rising is the highest difference in count
(which name has improved the most over the decade).
- Falling is the lowest difference in count between the first year and last year of the decade
(which name has dropped the most over the decade).
Top 25 Names of the Decade - 2000s
Male Names
Most Popular
Original (SSA)
| 1. |
Jacob |
272993 |
| 2. |
Michael |
249728 |
| 3. |
Joshua |
231199 |
| 4. |
Matthew |
220937 |
| 5. |
Daniel |
203041 |
| 6. |
Christopher |
202662 |
| 7. |
Andrew |
201916 |
| 8. |
Ethan |
201371 |
| 9. |
Joseph |
193969 |
| 10. |
William |
193749 |
| 11. |
Anthony |
191312 |
| 12. |
David |
179109 |
| 13. |
Alexander |
178300 |
| 14. |
Nicholas |
177212 |
| 15. |
Ryan |
172888 |
| 16. |
Tyler |
165133 |
| 17. |
James |
162533 |
| 18. |
John |
160450 |
| 19. |
Jonathan |
144316 |
| 20. |
Noah |
142992 |
| 21. |
Brandon |
142650 |
| 22. |
Christian |
141940 |
| 23. |
Dylan |
139803 |
| 24. |
Samuel |
137922 |
| 25. |
Benjamin |
136804 |
Adjusted (SFS)
| 1. |
Jacob |
289143 |
| 2. |
Michael |
258248 |
| 3. |
Matthew |
231523 |
| 4. |
Joshua |
231199 |
| 5. |
Nicholas |
222183 |
| 6. |
Christopher |
216652 |
| 7. |
Daniel |
203041 |
| 8. |
Ethan |
202980 |
| 9. |
Andrew |
201916 |
| 10. |
Joseph |
195354 |
| 11. |
William |
193749 |
| 12. |
Anthony |
191312 |
| 13. |
Alexander |
181455 |
| 14. |
Jonathan |
180709 |
| 15. |
David |
179109 |
| 16. |
Christian |
174663 |
| 17. |
Ryan |
172888 |
| 18. |
John |
166659 |
| 19. |
Tyler |
166143 |
| 20. |
James |
162533 |
| 21. |
Dylan |
161593 |
| 22. |
Zachary |
158734 |
| 23. |
Brandon |
149331 |
| 24. |
Caleb |
144329 |
| 25. |
Jayden |
143921 |
Most Change
Rising (SSA)
| 1. |
Jayden |
15261 |
| 2. |
Aiden |
14965 |
| 3. |
Landon |
8312 |
| 4. |
Brayden |
6766 |
| 5. |
Jackson |
6086 |
| 6. |
Gavin |
5976 |
| 7. |
Liam |
5696 |
| 8. |
Carter |
5562 |
| 9. |
Owen |
5349 |
| 10. |
Elijah |
5189 |
| 11. |
Lucas |
4692 |
| 12. |
Ayden |
4691 |
| 13. |
Logan |
4597 |
| 14. |
Brody |
4539 |
| 15. |
Ethan |
4444 |
| 16. |
Mason |
4087 |
| 17. |
Gabriel |
3973 |
| 18. |
Wyatt |
3935 |
| 19. |
Cooper |
3613 |
| 20. |
Angel |
3459 |
| 21. |
Jeremiah |
3456 |
| 22. |
Eli |
3390 |
| 23. |
Oliver |
3257 |
| 24. |
Josiah |
2906 |
| 25. |
Jaxon |
2855 |
Rising (SFS)
| 1. |
Aiden |
31487 |
| 2. |
Jayden |
25968 |
| 3. |
Kaden |
17953 |
| 4. |
Landon |
10845 |
| 5. |
Jackson |
10838 |
| 6. |
Bryan |
9276 |
| 7. |
Brayden |
8794 |
| 8. |
Gavin |
6128 |
| 9. |
Carter |
6024 |
| 10. |
Elijah |
5760 |
| 11. |
Liam |
5696 |
| 12. |
Lucas |
5396 |
| 13. |
Owen |
5349 |
| 14. |
Brody |
4930 |
| 15. |
Ethan |
4676 |
| 16. |
Logan |
4597 |
| 17. |
Mason |
4087 |
| 18. |
Gabriel |
3973 |
| 19. |
Wyatt |
3935 |
| 20. |
Jeremiah |
3921 |
| 21. |
Jaylen |
3857 |
| 22. |
Cooper |
3613 |
| 23. |
Angel |
3459 |
| 24. |
Eli |
3390 |
| 25. |
Oliver |
3257 |
Falling (SSA)
| 1. |
Nicholas |
-13928 |
| 2. |
Jacob |
-13590 |
| 3. |
Michael |
-13334 |
| 4. |
Matthew |
-12783 |
| 5. |
Zachary |
-11869 |
| 6. |
Brandon |
-10594 |
| 7. |
Joshua |
-10100 |
| 8. |
Tyler |
-10100 |
| 9. |
Justin |
-9237 |
| 10. |
Andrew |
-8944 |
| 11. |
Christopher |
-8776 |
| 12. |
Austin |
-8743 |
| 13. |
Joseph |
-8127 |
| 14. |
John |
-8105 |
| 15. |
Kyle |
-7830 |
| 16. |
Ryan |
-7273 |
| 17. |
Robert |
-6010 |
| 18. |
Jonathan |
-5625 |
| 19. |
Jared |
-5578 |
| 20. |
Cameron |
-5218 |
| 21. |
Thomas |
-5002 |
| 22. |
Daniel |
-4945 |
| 23. |
Hunter |
-4832 |
| 24. |
Eric |
-4559 |
| 25. |
David |
-4486 |
Falling (SFS)
| 1. |
Nicholas |
-14896 |
| 2. |
Brian |
-14890 |
| 3. |
Jacob |
-14363 |
| 4. |
Michael |
-13978 |
| 5. |
Zachary |
-13773 |
| 6. |
Matthew |
-13334 |
| 7. |
Brandon |
-11304 |
| 8. |
Tyler |
-10430 |
| 9. |
Joshua |
-10100 |
| 10. |
Justin |
-9423 |
| 11. |
Austin |
-9197 |
| 12. |
Andrew |
-8944 |
| 13. |
Christopher |
-8897 |
| 14. |
John |
-8425 |
| 15. |
Joseph |
-8325 |
| 16. |
Kyle |
-7830 |
| 17. |
Jonathan |
-7545 |
| 18. |
Ryan |
-7273 |
| 19. |
Jared |
-7085 |
| 20. |
Jalen |
-6359 |
| 21. |
Robert |
-6010 |
| 22. |
Steven |
-5807 |
| 23. |
Eric |
-5789 |
| 24. |
Jaden |
-5309 |
| 25. |
Dylan |
-5260 |
Female Names
Most Popular
Original (SSA)
| 1. |
Emily |
223249 |
| 2. |
Madison |
192756 |
| 3. |
Emma |
180786 |
| 4. |
Olivia |
155608 |
| 5. |
Hannah |
155331 |
| 6. |
Abigail |
150518 |
| 7. |
Isabella |
148996 |
| 8. |
Samantha |
133979 |
| 9. |
Elizabeth |
132905 |
| 10. |
Ashley |
132805 |
| 11. |
Alexis |
130448 |
| 12. |
Sarah |
123932 |
| 13. |
Sophia |
118838 |
| 14. |
Alyssa |
114231 |
| 15. |
Grace |
110389 |
| 16. |
Ava |
104241 |
| 17. |
Taylor |
100797 |
| 18. |
Brianna |
99523 |
| 19. |
Lauren |
97011 |
| 20. |
Chloe |
96189 |
| 21. |
Natalie |
94853 |
| 22. |
Kayla |
94108 |
| 23. |
Jessica |
90460 |
| 24. |
Anna |
89867 |
| 25. |
Victoria |
84701 |
Adjusted (SFS)
| 1. |
Emily |
250551 |
| 2. |
Madison |
214990 |
| 3. |
Kaitlyn |
186887 |
| 4. |
Emma |
180786 |
| 5. |
Hannah |
172629 |
| 6. |
Hailey |
169459 |
| 7. |
Sarah |
167808 |
| 8. |
Olivia |
167795 |
| 9. |
Brianna |
166961 |
| 10. |
Abigail |
164605 |
| 11. |
Isabella |
164198 |
| 12. |
Sophia |
162101 |
| 13. |
Ashley |
150990 |
| 14. |
Elizabeth |
139991 |
| 15. |
Alexis |
137606 |
| 16. |
Samantha |
133979 |
| 17. |
Jasmine |
130024 |
| 18. |
Alyssa |
127943 |
| 19. |
Katherine |
123265 |
| 20. |
Anna |
112976 |
| 21. |
Natalie |
111416 |
| 22. |
Grace |
110389 |
| 23. |
Makayla |
107577 |
| 24. |
Lauren |
106725 |
| 25. |
Ava |
104802 |
Most Change
Rising (SSA)
| 1. |
Isabella |
15828 |
| 2. |
Ava |
13936 |
| 3. |
Sophia |
10186 |
| 4. |
Addison |
9585 |
| 5. |
Ella |
8344 |
| 6. |
Mia |
7871 |
| 7. |
Nevaeh |
5808 |
| 8. |
Lily |
5287 |
| 9. |
Emma |
5186 |
| 10. |
Chloe |
4695 |
| 11. |
Layla |
4458 |
| 12. |
Avery |
4411 |
| 13. |
Olivia |
4397 |
| 14. |
Bella |
4183 |
| 15. |
Lillian |
4181 |
| 16. |
Aubrey |
3961 |
| 17. |
Brooklyn |
3783 |
| 18. |
Sofia |
3549 |
| 19. |
Camila |
3337 |
| 20. |
Leah |
3325 |
| 21. |
Evelyn |
3316 |
| 22. |
Peyton |
3303 |
| 23. |
Zoey |
3259 |
| 24. |
Khloe |
3206 |
| 25. |
Amelia |
3098 |
Rising (SFS)
| 1. |
Isabella |
17846 |
| 2. |
Ava |
14224 |
| 3. |
Hailey |
13750 |
| 4. |
Sophia |
13735 |
| 5. |
Addison |
12167 |
| 6. |
Peyton |
9411 |
| 7. |
Arianna |
9136 |
| 8. |
Mia |
8551 |
| 9. |
Layla |
8446 |
| 10. |
Chloe |
8376 |
| 11. |
Ella |
8344 |
| 12. |
Lily |
7864 |
| 13. |
Riley |
6410 |
| 14. |
Isabelle |
6347 |
| 15. |
Nevaeh |
6084 |
| 16. |
Olivia |
6069 |
| 17. |
Aubrey |
5520 |
| 18. |
Brooklyn |
5229 |
| 19. |
Emma |
5186 |
| 20. |
Avery |
5099 |
| 21. |
Lyla |
4968 |
| 22. |
Zoe |
4730 |
| 23. |
Jordyn |
4719 |
| 24. |
Lillian |
4577 |
| 25. |
Camila |
4465 |
Falling (SSA)
| 1. |
Hannah |
-15579 |
| 2. |
Jessica |
-11948 |
| 3. |
Emily |
-10744 |
| 4. |
Ashley |
-10250 |
| 5. |
Sarah |
-10022 |
| 6. |
Lauren |
-9025 |
| 7. |
Megan |
-8404 |
| 8. |
Alexis |
-7780 |
| 9. |
Samantha |
-7709 |
| 10. |
Taylor |
-7558 |
| 11. |
Kayla |
-7542 |
| 12. |
Rachel |
-7129 |
| 13. |
Amanda |
-6616 |
| 14. |
Haley |
-6483 |
| 15. |
Jennifer |
-6421 |
| 16. |
Nicole |
-5827 |
| 17. |
Alyssa |
-5650 |
| 18. |
Brianna |
-5592 |
| 19. |
Destiny |
-5299 |
| 20. |
Sydney |
-5233 |
| 21. |
Morgan |
-4930 |
| 22. |
Madison |
-4868 |
| 23. |
Rebecca |
-4623 |
| 24. |
Victoria |
-4623 |
| 25. |
Kaitlyn |
-4593 |
Falling (SFS)
| 1. |
Haley |
-22876 |
| 2. |
Hannah |
-16842 |
| 3. |
Kaitlyn |
-13327 |
| 4. |
Sarah |
-12325 |
| 5. |
Jessica |
-11948 |
| 6. |
Megan |
-11508 |
| 7. |
Ashley |
-11370 |
| 8. |
Emily |
-10527 |
| 9. |
Brianna |
-10486 |
| 10. |
Lauren |
-10105 |
| 11. |
Brittany |
-8844 |
| 12. |
Alexis |
-8758 |
| 13. |
Kayla |
-8576 |
| 14. |
Rachel |
-8313 |
| 15. |
Katherine |
-8174 |
| 16. |
Taylor |
-8070 |
| 17. |
Samantha |
-7709 |
| 18. |
Jordan |
-7274 |
| 19. |
Alyssa |
-6946 |
| 20. |
Sydney |
-6926 |
| 21. |
Jennifer |
-6747 |
| 22. |
Amanda |
-6616 |
| 23. |
Destiny |
-6419 |
| 24. |
Nicole |
-6371 |
| 25. |
Ariana |
-5789 |
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