By year

The top names of 2004

Emily led the girls and Jacob the boys, out of 3,821,229 babies in the public record for that year.

Girls, 2004

#NameBabiesShare
1Emily25,0421.36%
2Emma21,6251.18%
3Madison20,6281.12%
4Olivia16,1080.88%
5Hannah15,6140.85%
6Abigail15,4360.84%
7Isabella15,0210.82%
8Ashley14,3770.78%
9Samantha13,7860.75%
10Elizabeth13,5770.74%
11Alexis13,4770.73%
12Sarah12,7580.69%
13Grace12,5360.68%
14Alyssa12,1090.66%
15Sophia10,9190.59%
16Lauren9,9830.54%
17Brianna9,8040.53%
18Kayla9,7730.53%
19Natalie9,6890.53%
20Anna9,5310.52%
21Jessica9,4700.52%
22Taylor9,3030.51%
23Chloe8,7290.48%
24Hailey8,6850.47%
25Ava8,6450.47%
26Jasmine8,4920.46%
27Sydney8,3680.46%
28Victoria8,2790.45%
29Ella8,2520.45%
30Mia7,3990.40%
31Morgan7,2950.40%
32Julia7,1490.39%
33Kaitlyn6,9880.38%
34Rachel6,9230.38%
35Katherine6,7420.37%
36Megan6,6870.36%
37Alexandra6,6250.36%
38Destiny6,5460.36%
39Jennifer6,5450.36%
40Allison5,8730.32%
41Savannah5,8140.32%
42Maria5,7570.31%
43Nicole5,7410.31%
44Haley5,7280.31%
45Mackenzie5,7280.31%
46Brooke5,7120.31%
47Makayla5,6660.31%
48Trinity5,6380.31%
49Kylie5,5570.30%
50Kaylee5,4440.30%

Boys, 2004

#NameBabiesShare
1Jacob27,9111.41%
2Michael25,4701.28%
3Joshua24,2141.22%
4Matthew22,8821.15%
5Ethan22,2101.12%
6Andrew21,7171.09%
7Daniel21,0181.06%
8William20,2371.02%
9Joseph20,1471.01%
10Christopher19,6360.99%
11Anthony19,6130.99%
12Ryan19,4960.98%
13Nicholas18,5190.93%
14David18,4120.93%
15Alexander17,9250.90%
16Tyler17,4500.88%
17John16,4700.83%
18James16,4690.83%
19Dylan14,8520.75%
20Nathan14,6340.74%
21Jonathan14,3750.72%
22Brandon14,1350.71%
23Samuel14,1310.71%
24Christian13,9260.70%
25Benjamin13,8320.70%
26Zachary13,7120.69%
27Logan13,1400.66%
28Jose12,1870.61%
29Noah11,9160.60%
30Justin11,8790.60%
31Elijah11,7140.59%
32Gabriel11,5630.58%
33Caleb11,3070.57%
34Kevin11,2200.57%
35Austin10,7450.54%
36Robert10,6840.54%
37Thomas10,5040.53%
38Connor10,0490.51%
39Evan9,9830.50%
40Aidan9,8240.49%
41Luke9,5980.48%
42Jack9,5800.48%
43Jordan9,5600.48%
44Angel9,5160.48%
45Isaiah9,2640.47%
46Isaac9,1810.46%
47Jason9,0630.46%
48Jackson8,9770.45%
49Hunter8,9020.45%
50Cameron8,8870.45%

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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