Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 2005

Jacob and Emily topped the list in 2005. The 10 most popular names went to 11% of boys and 9% of girls, from 13,362 boy names and 19,192 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 2005

  1. Jacob 25,851
  2. Michael 23,828
  3. Joshua 23,261
  4. Matthew 21,483
  5. Ethan 21,318
  6. Andrew 20,742
  7. Daniel 20,236
  8. Anthony 19,387
  9. Joseph 19,241
  10. Christopher 19,174
  11. William 19,060
  12. David 18,144
  13. Alexander 18,130
  14. Ryan 17,990
  15. Nicholas 17,076
  16. Tyler 16,989
  17. James 16,140
  18. John 15,796
  19. Jonathan 14,443
  20. Nathan 14,365
  21. Samuel 14,271
  22. Christian 14,210
  23. Noah 13,905
  24. Dylan 13,782
  25. Benjamin 13,586
  26. Logan 13,475
  27. Brandon 12,947
  28. Gabriel 12,759
  29. Zachary 12,288
  30. Jose 12,065
  31. Elijah 11,612
  32. Angel 10,993
  33. Kevin 10,917
  34. Jack 10,906
  35. Caleb 10,894
  36. Justin 10,518
  37. Robert 10,166
  38. Austin 10,111
  39. Evan 10,109
  40. Thomas 10,041
  41. Luke 10,011
  42. Mason 9,771
  43. Aidan 9,759
  44. Jackson 9,580
  45. Isaiah 9,527
  46. Jordan 9,398
  47. Gavin 9,340
  48. Connor 9,321
  49. Isaac 9,127
  50. Aiden 9,083
  51. Jason 8,614
  52. Cameron 8,574
  53. Hunter 8,512
  54. Jayden 8,264
  55. Juan 8,231
  56. Charles 7,933
  57. Aaron 7,811
  58. Lucas 7,578
  59. Luis 7,469
  60. Owen 7,169
  61. Landon 7,110
  62. Diego 6,942
  63. Brian 6,920
  64. Adam 6,846
  65. Adrian 6,727
  66. Eric 6,697
  67. Nathaniel 6,689
  68. Ian 6,688
  69. Kyle 6,688
  70. Carlos 6,563
  71. Alex 6,488
  72. Bryan 6,454
  73. Jesus 6,382
  74. Julian 6,116
  75. Sean 5,997
  76. Hayden 5,916
  77. Carter 5,899
  78. Jeremiah 5,847
  79. Cole 5,587
  80. Brayden 5,512
  81. Wyatt 5,356
  82. Chase 5,199
  83. Steven 5,079
  84. Timothy 5,034
  85. Dominic 4,994
  86. Sebastian 4,956
  87. Xavier 4,879
  88. Jaden 4,849
  89. Jesse 4,746
  90. Devin 4,715
  91. Seth 4,713
  92. Antonio 4,694
  93. Miguel 4,677
  94. Richard 4,667
  95. Colin 4,532
  96. Cody 4,529
  97. Alejandro 4,482
  98. Caden 4,438
  99. Blake 4,418
  100. Kaden 4,365

Top girl names of 2005

  1. Emily 23,952
  2. Emma 20,362
  3. Madison 19,578
  4. Abigail 15,756
  5. Olivia 15,700
  6. Isabella 15,197
  7. Hannah 14,854
  8. Samantha 13,642
  9. Ava 13,606
  10. Ashley 13,276
  11. Elizabeth 12,743
  12. Sophia 12,678
  13. Alexis 11,977
  14. Grace 11,865
  15. Sarah 11,555
  16. Alyssa 10,891
  17. Mia 10,846
  18. Natalie 10,742
  19. Chloe 9,598
  20. Brianna 9,370
  21. Lauren 9,249
  22. Anna 9,113
  23. Ella 9,072
  24. Taylor 8,676
  25. Kayla 8,620
  26. Hailey 8,595
  27. Jessica 8,115
  28. Victoria 7,961
  29. Jasmine 7,873
  30. Sydney 7,376
  31. Julia 7,089
  32. Destiny 6,894
  33. Morgan 6,749
  34. Kaitlyn 6,521
  35. Savannah 6,484
  36. Katherine 6,392
  37. Alexandra 6,319
  38. Rachel 6,226
  39. Lily 6,090
  40. Kaylee 5,870
  41. Megan 5,856
  42. Jennifer 5,837
  43. Angelina 5,813
  44. Makayla 5,727
  45. Allison 5,634
  46. Maria 5,600
  47. Brooke 5,571
  48. Trinity 5,455
  49. Faith 5,256
  50. Lillian 5,215
  51. Mackenzie 5,199
  52. Sofia 5,162
  53. Haley 5,128
  54. Riley 5,127
  55. Gabrielle 5,018
  56. Nicole 4,993
  57. Kylie 4,970
  58. Zoe 4,965
  59. Katelyn 4,928
  60. Paige 4,906
  61. Gabriella 4,824
  62. Jenna 4,796
  63. Kimberly 4,752
  64. Stephanie 4,701
  65. Andrea 4,672
  66. Alexa 4,664
  67. Avery 4,654
  68. Leah 4,601
  69. Nevaeh 4,560
  70. Madeline 4,528
  71. Evelyn 4,490
  72. Mary 4,481
  73. Maya 4,431
  74. Michelle 4,312
  75. Sara 4,285
  76. Jada 4,267
  77. Audrey 4,137
  78. Brooklyn 4,132
  79. Amanda 4,099
  80. Vanessa 4,095
  81. Rebecca 4,018
  82. Ariana 3,981
  83. Caroline 3,974
  84. Amelia 3,912
  85. Mariah 3,840
  86. Jordan 3,696
  87. Jocelyn 3,681
  88. Arianna 3,673
  89. Isabel 3,611
  90. Autumn 3,603
  91. Marissa 3,592
  92. Melanie 3,495
  93. Aaliyah 3,459
  94. Gracie 3,371
  95. Claire 3,293
  96. Isabelle 3,284
  97. Molly 3,215
  98. Mya 3,208
  99. Katie 3,177
  100. Diana 3,159

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 2005?
Jacob was the #1 boy name in 2005 (25,851 babies) and Emily was the #1 girl name (23,952 babies).
How many babies were counted in 2005?
Social Security records list 3,845,147 babies born in 2005 with names given to at least 5 babies: 1,997,305 boys and 1,847,842 girls.