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Most Popular Baby Names of 2004

Social Security has card records for 4,130,877 babies born in the U.S. in 2004. Emily was the top girl name (25,042 babies) and Jacob the top boy name (27,911).

Top 100 names of 2004

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Girls 1–50

Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 2004, ranks 1–50
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
1	Emily	25,042	#34
2	Emma	21,625	#3
3	Madison	20,628	#40
4	Olivia	16,108	#1
5	Hannah	15,614	#56
6	Abigail	15,436	#41
7	Isabella	15,021	#7
8	Ashley	14,377	#164
9	Samantha	13,786	#151
10	Elizabeth	13,577	#17
11	Alexis	13,477	#554
12	Sarah	12,758	#90
13	Grace	12,536	#38
14	Alyssa	12,109	#453
15	Sophia	10,919	#5
16	Lauren	9,983	#401
17	Brianna	9,804	#222
18	Kayla	9,773	#364
19	Natalie	9,689	#89
20	Anna	9,531	#107
21	Jessica	9,470	#665
22	Taylor	9,303	#403
23	Chloe	8,729	#23
24	Hailey	8,685	#104
25	Ava	8,645	#11
26	Jasmine	8,492	#206
27	Sydney	8,368	#348
28	Victoria	8,279	#54
29	Ella	8,252	#29
30	Mia	7,399	#6
31	Morgan	7,295	#312
32	Julia	7,149	#131
33	Kaitlyn	6,988	#799
34	Rachel	6,923	#250
35	Katherine	6,742	#186
36	Megan	6,687	#887
37	Alexandra	6,625	#237
38	Destiny	6,546	#635
39	Jennifer	6,545	#586
40	Allison	5,873	#103
41	Savannah	5,814	#135
42	Maria	5,757	#87
43	Nicole	5,741	#382
44	Haley	5,728	#861
44	Mackenzie	5,728	#228
46	Brooke	5,712	#313
47	Makayla	5,666	#566
48	Trinity	5,638	#428
49	Kylie	5,557	#204
50	Kaylee	5,444	#255

Girls 51–100

Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 2004, ranks 51–100
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
51	Paige	5,441	#346
52	Faith	5,421	#254
53	Lily	5,402	#18
54	Zoe	5,363	#31
55	Stephanie	5,181	#557
56	Jenna	5,175	#679
57	Andrea	5,056	#235
58	Riley	4,982	#48
59	Katelyn	4,952	#1,076
60	Angelina	4,917	#347
61	Kimberly	4,847	#302
62	Mary	4,838	#125
63	Madeline	4,767	#81
64	Leah	4,744	#58
65	Lillian	4,734	#57
66	Michelle	4,720	#465
67	Amanda	4,697	#493
68	Sara	4,507	#198
69	Sofia	4,475	#9
70	Rebecca	4,474	#349
71	Jordan	4,447	#584
72	Alexa	4,440	#1,029
73	Gabrielle	4,420	#632
74	Caroline	4,379	#96
75	Vanessa	4,350	#377
76	Gabriella	4,256	#105
77	Avery	4,044	#37
78	Marissa	4,009	#1,673
79	Ariana	3,996	#128
80	Audrey	3,903	#86
81	Jada	3,891	#1,200
82	Autumn	3,868	#88
83	Maya	3,767	#62
84	Evelyn	3,763	#8
85	Jocelyn	3,743	#393
86	Arianna	3,686	#234
87	Amber	3,639	#520
88	Isabel	3,638	#176
89	Melanie	3,583	#142
90	Diana	3,554	#244
91	Danielle	3,530	#549
92	Sierra	3,520	#614
93	Leslie	3,501	#712
94	Aaliyah	3,492	#101
95	Erin	3,367	#833
96	Amelia	3,354	#4
97	Molly	3,344	#196
98	Melissa	3,339	#419
99	Claire	3,333	#68
100	Bailey	3,309	#208

Boys 1–50

Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 2004, ranks 1–50
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
1	Jacob	27,911	#43
2	Michael	25,470	#21
3	Joshua	24,214	#66
4	Matthew	22,882	#32
5	Ethan	22,210	#24
6	Andrew	21,717	#73
7	Daniel	21,018	#22
8	William	20,237	#9
9	Joseph	20,147	#29
10	Christopher	19,636	#68
11	Anthony	19,613	#46
12	Ryan	19,496	#99
13	Nicholas	18,519	#112
14	David	18,412	#35
15	Alexander	17,925	#30
16	Tyler	17,450	#219
17	John	16,470	#23
18	James	16,469	#6
19	Dylan	14,852	#41
20	Nathan	14,634	#63
21	Jonathan	14,375	#89
22	Brandon	14,135	#261
23	Samuel	14,131	#18
24	Christian	13,926	#96
25	Benjamin	13,832	#11
26	Zachary	13,712	#216
27	Logan	13,140	#53
28	Jose	12,187	#95
29	Noah	11,916	#2
30	Justin	11,879	#233
31	Elijah	11,714	#7
32	Gabriel	11,563	#37
33	Caleb	11,307	#58
34	Kevin	11,220	#221
35	Austin	10,745	#113
36	Robert	10,684	#92
37	Thomas	10,504	#34
38	Connor	10,049	#166
39	Evan	9,983	#153
40	Aidan	9,824	#326
41	Luke	9,598	#33
42	Jack	9,580	#15
43	Jordan	9,560	#131
44	Angel	9,516	#67
45	Isaiah	9,264	#57
46	Isaac	9,181	#47
47	Jason	9,063	#165
48	Jackson	8,977	#36
49	Hunter	8,902	#130
50	Cameron	8,887	#76

Boys 51–100

Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 2004, ranks 51–100
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
51	Mason	8,619	#39
52	Gavin	8,610	#303
53	Aaron	8,400	#80
54	Juan	8,134	#159
55	Kyle	7,826	#508
56	Charles	7,652	#48
57	Luis	7,495	#144
58	Adam	7,474	#101
59	Brian	7,333	#339
60	Aiden	7,161	#62
61	Eric	7,133	#273
62	Jayden	6,927	#70
63	Alex	6,812	#232
64	Sean	6,769	#489
65	Bryan	6,732	#336
66	Lucas	6,716	#10
67	Owen	6,707	#31
68	Nathaniel	6,675	#140
69	Ian	6,507	#83
70	Jesus	6,472	#173
71	Carlos	6,260	#150
72	Adrian	6,140	#74
73	Diego	5,876	#158
74	Julian	5,673	#25
75	Cole	5,648	#182
76	Ashton	5,436	#197
77	Jeremiah	5,381	#88
78	Steven	5,357	#271
79	Timothy	5,234	#203
80	Seth	5,188	#581
81	Devin	5,167	#548
82	Chase	5,161	#192
83	Jaden	5,151	#421
84	Cody	5,125	#318
85	Colin	5,122	#343
86	Landon	5,042	#127
87	Hayden	5,019	#161
88	Xavier	5,016	#108
89	Carter	5,009	#45
90	Wyatt	4,974	#38
91	Dominic	4,879	#106
92	Richard	4,848	#234
93	Antonio	4,843	#176
94	Jesse	4,761	#184
95	Blake	4,694	#316
96	Miguel	4,525	#212
97	Sebastian	4,521	#16
98	Jake	4,473	#457
99	Alejandro	4,451	#195
100	Patrick	4,441	#235

Entered the top 100 in 2004

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