Name.Baby Names by year 2000s 2005 Most Popular Baby Names of 2005 Social Security has card records for 4,156,508 babies born in the U.S. in 2005. Emily was the top girl name (23,952 babies) and Jacob the top boy name (25,851).
Top 100 names of 2005 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 2005, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Emily 23,952 #34 2 Emma 20,362 #3 3 Madison 19,578 #40 4 Abigail 15,756 #41 5 Olivia 15,700 #1 6 Isabella 15,197 #7 7 Hannah 14,854 #56 8 Samantha 13,642 #151 9 Ava 13,606 #11 10 Ashley 13,276 #164 11 Elizabeth 12,743 #17 12 Sophia 12,678 #5 13 Alexis 11,977 #554 14 Grace 11,865 #38 15 Sarah 11,555 #90 16 Alyssa 10,891 #453 17 Mia 10,846 #6 18 Natalie 10,742 #89 19 Chloe 9,598 #23 20 Brianna 9,370 #222 21 Lauren 9,249 #401 22 Anna 9,113 #107 23 Ella 9,072 #29 24 Taylor 8,676 #403 25 Kayla 8,620 #364 26 Hailey 8,595 #104 27 Jessica 8,115 #665 28 Victoria 7,961 #54 29 Jasmine 7,873 #206 30 Sydney 7,376 #348 31 Julia 7,089 #131 32 Destiny 6,894 #635 33 Morgan 6,749 #312 34 Kaitlyn 6,521 #799 35 Savannah 6,484 #135 36 Katherine 6,392 #186 37 Alexandra 6,319 #237 38 Rachel 6,226 #250 39 Lily 6,090 #18 40 Kaylee 5,870 #255 41 Megan 5,856 #887 42 Jennifer 5,837 #586 43 Angelina 5,813 #347 44 Makayla 5,727 #566 45 Allison 5,634 #103 46 Maria 5,600 #87 47 Brooke 5,571 #313 48 Trinity 5,455 #428 49 Faith 5,256 #254 50 Lillian 5,215 #57
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 2005, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Mackenzie 5,199 #228 52 Sofia 5,162 #9 53 Haley 5,128 #861 54 Riley 5,127 #48 55 Gabrielle 5,018 #632 56 Nicole 4,993 #382 57 Kylie 4,970 #204 58 Zoe 4,965 #31 59 Katelyn 4,928 #1,076 60 Paige 4,906 #346 61 Gabriella 4,824 #105 62 Jenna 4,796 #679 63 Kimberly 4,752 #302 64 Stephanie 4,701 #557 65 Andrea 4,672 #235 66 Alexa 4,664 #1,029 67 Avery 4,654 #37 68 Leah 4,601 #58 69 Nevaeh 4,560 #165 70 Madeline 4,528 #81 71 Evelyn 4,490 #8 72 Mary 4,481 #125 73 Maya 4,431 #62 74 Michelle 4,312 #465 75 Sara 4,285 #198 76 Jada 4,267 #1,200 77 Audrey 4,137 #86 78 Brooklyn 4,132 #118 79 Amanda 4,099 #493 80 Vanessa 4,095 #377 81 Rebecca 4,018 #349 82 Ariana 3,981 #128 83 Caroline 3,974 #96 84 Amelia 3,912 #4 85 Mariah 3,840 #447 86 Jordan 3,696 #584 87 Jocelyn 3,681 #393 88 Arianna 3,673 #234 89 Isabel 3,611 #176 90 Autumn 3,603 #88 91 Marissa 3,592 #1,673 92 Melanie 3,495 #142 93 Aaliyah 3,459 #101 94 Gracie 3,371 #227 95 Claire 3,293 #68 96 Isabelle 3,284 #166 97 Molly 3,215 #196 98 Mya 3,208 #443 99 Katie 3,177 #646 100 Diana 3,159 #244
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 2005, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Jacob 25,851 #43 2 Michael 23,828 #21 3 Joshua 23,261 #66 4 Matthew 21,483 #32 5 Ethan 21,318 #24 6 Andrew 20,742 #73 7 Daniel 20,236 #22 8 Anthony 19,387 #46 9 Joseph 19,241 #29 10 Christopher 19,174 #68 11 William 19,060 #9 12 David 18,144 #35 13 Alexander 18,130 #30 14 Ryan 17,990 #99 15 Nicholas 17,076 #112 16 Tyler 16,989 #219 17 James 16,140 #6 18 John 15,796 #23 19 Jonathan 14,443 #89 20 Nathan 14,365 #63 21 Samuel 14,271 #18 22 Christian 14,210 #96 23 Noah 13,905 #2 24 Dylan 13,782 #41 25 Benjamin 13,586 #11 26 Logan 13,475 #53 27 Brandon 12,947 #261 28 Gabriel 12,759 #37 29 Zachary 12,288 #216 30 Jose 12,065 #95 31 Elijah 11,612 #7 32 Angel 10,993 #67 33 Kevin 10,917 #221 34 Jack 10,906 #15 35 Caleb 10,894 #58 36 Justin 10,518 #233 37 Robert 10,166 #92 38 Austin 10,111 #113 39 Evan 10,109 #153 40 Thomas 10,041 #34 41 Luke 10,011 #33 42 Mason 9,771 #39 43 Aidan 9,759 #326 44 Jackson 9,580 #36 45 Isaiah 9,527 #57 46 Jordan 9,398 #131 47 Gavin 9,340 #303 48 Connor 9,321 #166 49 Isaac 9,127 #47 50 Aiden 9,083 #62
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 2005, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Jason 8,614 #165 52 Cameron 8,574 #76 53 Hunter 8,512 #130 54 Jayden 8,264 #70 55 Juan 8,231 #159 56 Charles 7,933 #48 57 Aaron 7,811 #80 58 Lucas 7,578 #10 59 Luis 7,469 #144 60 Owen 7,169 #31 61 Landon 7,110 #127 62 Diego 6,942 #158 63 Brian 6,920 #339 64 Adam 6,846 #101 65 Adrian 6,727 #74 66 Eric 6,697 #273 67 Nathaniel 6,689 #140 68 Ian 6,688 #83 68 Kyle 6,688 #508 70 Carlos 6,563 #150 71 Alex 6,488 #232 72 Bryan 6,454 #336 73 Jesus 6,382 #173 74 Julian 6,116 #25 75 Sean 5,997 #489 76 Hayden 5,916 #161 77 Carter 5,899 #45 78 Jeremiah 5,847 #88 79 Cole 5,587 #182 80 Brayden 5,512 #229 81 Wyatt 5,356 #38 82 Chase 5,199 #192 83 Steven 5,079 #271 84 Timothy 5,034 #203 85 Dominic 4,994 #106 86 Sebastian 4,956 #16 87 Xavier 4,879 #108 88 Jaden 4,849 #421 89 Jesse 4,746 #184 90 Devin 4,715 #548 91 Seth 4,713 #581 92 Antonio 4,694 #176 93 Miguel 4,677 #212 94 Richard 4,667 #234 95 Colin 4,532 #343 96 Cody 4,529 #318 97 Alejandro 4,482 #195 98 Caden 4,438 #201 99 Blake 4,418 #316 100 Kaden 4,365 #328
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