By year

The top names of 2003

Emily led the girls and Jacob the boys, out of 3,802,494 babies in the public record for that year.

Girls, 2003

#NameBabiesShare
1Emily25,6931.41%
2Emma22,7191.24%
3Madison20,2011.11%
4Hannah17,6380.97%
5Olivia16,1540.88%
6Abigail15,9320.87%
7Alexis14,8670.81%
8Ashley14,5190.79%
9Elizabeth14,1230.77%
10Samantha13,8700.76%
11Sarah13,7850.75%
12Isabella13,7810.75%
13Grace12,7810.70%
14Alyssa12,7500.70%
15Lauren11,0510.60%
16Kayla10,9570.60%
17Brianna10,5840.58%
18Jessica10,4540.57%
19Taylor10,3140.56%
20Sophia9,6870.53%
21Anna9,4640.52%
22Victoria9,2510.51%
23Natalie9,1510.50%
24Chloe9,0820.50%
25Sydney8,9110.49%
26Hailey8,7980.48%
27Jasmine8,0650.44%
28Rachel7,9970.44%
29Morgan7,9280.43%
30Megan7,8000.43%
31Jennifer7,5690.41%
32Kaitlyn7,5470.41%
33Julia7,4370.41%
34Haley7,1980.39%
35Katherine7,1260.39%
36Mia7,0830.39%
37Destiny6,9770.38%
38Alexandra6,5450.36%
39Ava6,2800.34%
40Nicole6,2380.34%
41Savannah6,1540.34%
42Maria6,0910.33%
43Brooke5,9710.33%
44Ella5,9090.32%
45Mackenzie5,8650.32%
46Allison5,8500.32%
47Paige5,7580.32%
48Jordan5,6500.31%
49Stephanie5,6030.31%
50Faith5,5970.31%

Boys, 2003

#NameBabiesShare
1Jacob29,6581.50%
2Michael27,1291.37%
3Joshua25,1061.27%
4Matthew24,0111.22%
5Andrew22,1621.12%
6Joseph21,3941.08%
7Ethan21,3621.08%
8Daniel21,0721.07%
9Christopher20,7531.05%
10Anthony20,1491.02%
11William20,0001.01%
12Nicholas19,6961.00%
13Ryan19,5780.99%
14David18,6410.94%
15Tyler18,1850.92%
16Alexander17,7140.90%
17John17,2490.87%
18James16,8960.86%
19Dylan15,7030.79%
20Zachary15,5410.79%
21Brandon15,2450.77%
22Jonathan14,9940.76%
23Samuel14,6910.74%
24Benjamin14,0860.71%
25Christian13,9080.70%
26Nathan13,6670.69%
27Justin13,6550.69%
28Logan13,1870.67%
29Gabriel12,5220.63%
30Jose12,3940.63%
31Noah11,8430.60%
32Kevin11,7340.59%
33Austin11,6900.59%
34Caleb11,6430.59%
35Robert11,3990.58%
36Thomas10,9350.55%
37Elijah10,6650.54%
38Jordan10,3310.52%
39Aidan10,0670.51%
40Cameron9,9650.50%
41Hunter9,9000.50%
42Jason9,8220.50%
43Connor9,6700.49%
44Evan9,4440.48%
45Jack9,3180.47%
46Luke9,3040.47%
47Angel9,1610.46%
48Isaac8,9440.45%
49Isaiah8,9000.45%
50Aaron8,8740.45%

United States national data, Social Security Administration. The file counts Social Security applications, so its early decades undercount; the share column is a name's part of the names recorded for that sex that year, not of all births. How we use it.

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