Name.Baby Names by year 2000s 2001 Most Popular Baby Names of 2001 Social Security has card records for 4,049,156 babies born in the U.S. in 2001. Emily was the top girl name (25,059 babies) and Jacob the top boy name (32,573).
Top 100 names of 2001 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 2001, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Emily 25,059 #34 2 Madison 22,166 #40 3 Hannah 20,723 #56 4 Ashley 16,531 #164 5 Alexis 16,404 #554 6 Sarah 15,929 #90 7 Samantha 15,867 #151 8 Abigail 14,807 #41 9 Elizabeth 14,792 #17 10 Olivia 13,977 #1 11 Jessica 13,925 #665 12 Taylor 13,693 #403 13 Emma 13,327 #3 14 Alyssa 13,272 #453 15 Lauren 12,782 #401 16 Grace 12,090 #38 17 Kayla 11,892 #364 18 Brianna 11,776 #222 19 Anna 10,596 #107 20 Megan 10,300 #887 21 Victoria 10,179 #54 22 Destiny 9,752 #635 23 Sydney 9,639 #348 24 Rachel 9,556 #250 25 Jasmine 8,958 #206 26 Jennifer 8,923 #586 27 Julia 8,838 #131 28 Isabella 8,835 #7 29 Morgan 8,735 #312 30 Chloe 8,177 #23 31 Kaitlyn 8,164 #799 32 Natalie 8,049 #89 33 Hailey 8,032 #104 34 Haley 8,011 #861 35 Katherine 7,880 #186 36 Nicole 7,820 #382 37 Sophia 7,162 #5 38 Alexandra 7,045 #237 39 Amanda 6,980 #493 40 Mackenzie 6,934 #228 41 Maria 6,842 #87 42 Savannah 6,737 #135 43 Stephanie 6,613 #557 44 Allison 6,215 #103 45 Jenna 6,143 #679 46 Rebecca 5,893 #349 47 Jordan 5,803 #584 48 Mary 5,762 #125 49 Andrea 5,745 #235 50 Gabrielle 5,606 #632
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 2001, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Amber 5,572 #520 52 Katelyn 5,441 #1,076 53 Faith 5,411 #254 54 Makayla 5,318 #566 55 Sierra 5,237 #614 56 Madeline 5,222 #81 57 Brooke 5,213 #313 58 Sara 5,156 #198 59 Michelle 5,033 #465 60 Erin 4,958 #833 61 Kimberly 4,880 #302 62 Caroline 4,864 #96 63 Danielle 4,791 #549 64 Vanessa 4,672 #377 65 Zoe 4,645 #31 66 Kaylee 4,621 #255 67 Trinity 4,481 #428 68 Shelby 4,370 #649 69 Bailey 4,339 #208 70 Jacqueline 4,301 #558 71 Paige 4,274 #346 72 Autumn 4,191 #88 73 Courtney 4,175 #2,326 74 Melissa 4,145 #419 75 Jada 3,983 #1,200 76 Mia 3,918 #6 77 Angela 3,915 #408 78 Alexa 3,898 #1,029 79 Marissa 3,853 #1,673 80 Christina 3,742 #770 81 Catherine 3,731 #313 82 Claire 3,642 #68 83 Gabriella 3,615 #105 84 Leslie 3,612 #712 85 Mariah 3,585 #447 86 Laura 3,563 #379 87 Leah 3,521 #58 88 Isabel 3,491 #176 89 Caitlin 3,456 #2,326 90 Molly 3,415 #196 91 Alexandria 3,404 #474 92 Ariana 3,377 #128 93 Angelina 3,368 #347 93 Breanna 3,368 #2,542 95 Kylie 3,353 #204 96 Aaliyah 3,352 #101 97 Kathryn 3,332 #729 98 Jade 3,281 #95 99 Katie 3,280 #646 100 Kelsey 3,267 #814
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 2001, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Jacob 32,573 #43 2 Michael 29,689 #21 3 Matthew 26,812 #32 4 Joshua 26,024 #66 5 Christopher 23,132 #68 6 Nicholas 22,849 #112 7 Andrew 22,422 #73 8 Joseph 22,030 #29 9 Daniel 21,013 #22 10 William 20,110 #9 11 Anthony 19,737 #46 12 David 19,362 #35 13 Tyler 19,275 #219 14 John 18,904 #23 15 Ryan 18,289 #99 16 Zachary 18,185 #216 17 Ethan 17,962 #24 18 Brandon 17,893 #261 19 James 17,074 #6 20 Alexander 16,720 #30 21 Dylan 16,497 #41 22 Justin 16,231 #233 23 Jonathan 16,147 #89 24 Christian 15,457 #96 25 Austin 14,955 #113 26 Samuel 14,813 #18 27 Benjamin 14,339 #11 28 Noah 13,494 #2 29 Logan 12,710 #53 30 Robert 12,665 #92 31 Nathan 12,647 #63 32 Kevin 12,596 #221 33 Thomas 12,148 #34 34 Jose 12,144 #95 35 Cameron 11,581 #76 36 Hunter 11,335 #130 37 Caleb 11,177 #58 38 Gabriel 10,917 #37 39 Jordan 10,815 #131 40 Kyle 10,568 #508 41 Jason 10,164 #165 42 Aaron 9,552 #80 43 Isaiah 8,589 #57 44 Eric 8,559 #273 45 Elijah 8,339 #7 46 Brian 8,303 #339 47 Isaac 8,200 #47 48 Jack 8,149 #15 49 Connor 8,082 #166 50 Luke 8,008 #33
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 2001, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Adam 7,758 #101 52 Luis 7,489 #144 53 Juan 7,447 #159 53 Mason 7,447 #39 55 Charles 7,283 #48 56 Evan 7,258 #153 57 Sean 7,224 #489 58 Angel 6,978 #67 59 Carlos 6,842 #150 60 Jackson 6,836 #36 61 Nathaniel 6,646 #140 62 Alex 6,613 #232 63 Steven 6,589 #271 64 Cody 6,575 #318 65 Jared 6,434 #396 66 Jesus 6,425 #173 67 Timothy 6,423 #203 68 Seth 6,223 #581 69 Bryan 6,125 #336 70 Ian 6,084 #83 71 Devin 6,040 #548 72 Patrick 5,786 #235 73 Richard 5,771 #234 74 Cole 5,739 #182 75 Adrian 5,424 #74 76 Trevor 5,396 #679 77 Blake 5,356 #316 78 Gavin 5,260 #303 79 Chase 5,199 #192 80 Garrett 5,061 #564 81 Sebastian 4,979 #16 82 Julian 4,944 #25 83 Lucas 4,900 #10 84 Mark 4,754 #244 85 Antonio 4,736 #176 86 Aidan 4,632 #326 87 Miguel 4,558 #212 88 Alejandro 4,557 #195 89 Jeremy 4,270 #292 90 Jeremiah 4,223 #88 91 Jesse 4,222 #184 92 Bryce 4,150 #357 93 Dakota 3,980 #319 94 Xavier 3,979 #108 95 Carson 3,943 #124 96 Victor 3,921 #209 97 Kenneth 3,907 #294 98 Dalton 3,895 #448 99 Colby 3,859 #615 100 Jake 3,838 #457
Entered the top 100 in 2001
