Popular names of 2000, and how old they are now

People born in 2000 turn 26 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 3.8 million births in 2000 under names it lists, and by our estimate about 98% of them are still alive: about 3.7 million people.

The year's top names were Emily for girls and Jacob for boys. Babies born that year are in Gen Z (see Gen Z names).

12 names on AgeByName had their busiest year ever in 2000: Hannah, Cameron, Hunter, Brianna, Sydney, Destiny, Haley, Kaitlyn, Savannah, Seth, Garrett and Caroline.

Top girl names of 2000

Most popular girl names of 2000
#	Name	Born 2000	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Emily	25,959	26,000	29
2	Hannah	23,087	23,000	25
3	Madison	19,968	20,000	20
4	Ashley	18,000	18,000	33
5	Sarah	17,715	17,000	39
6	Alexis	17,631	17,000	26
7	Samantha	17,265	17,000	30
8	Jessica	15,711	16,000	38
9	Elizabeth	15,117	15,000	44
10	Taylor	15,080	15,000	27
11	Lauren	14,176	14,000	33
12	Alyssa	13,553	13,000	26
13	Kayla	13,313	13,000	28
14	Abigail	13,094	13,000	21
15	Brianna	12,880	13,000	25
16	Olivia	12,855	13,000	18
17	Emma	12,560	12,000	20
18	Megan	11,436	11,000	35
19	Grace	11,285	11,000	27
20	Victoria	10,926	11,000	34
21	Rachel	10,687	11,000	38
22	Anna	10,613	10,000	39
23	Sydney	10,243	10,000	24
24	Destiny	9,850	9,700	24
25	Morgan	9,502	9,400	27
26	Jennifer	9,390	9,300	46
27	Jasmine	9,099	9,000	27
28	Haley	9,069	9,000	27
29	Julia	8,769	8,700	38
30	Kaitlyn	8,759	8,600	26
31	Nicole	8,563	8,500	39
32	Amanda	8,558	8,400	39
33	Katherine	8,109	8,000	43
34	Natalie	8,096	8,000	29
35	Hailey	7,829	7,700	19
36	Alexandra	7,550	7,500	28
37	Savannah	7,100	7,000	20
38	Chloe	7,094	7,000	17
39	Rebecca	7,078	7,000	48
40	Stephanie	7,028	6,900	43
41	Maria	6,857	6,800	45
42	Sophia	6,564	6,500	16
43	Mackenzie	6,350	6,300	21
44	Allison	6,315	6,200	31
45	Isabella	6,242	6,200	15
46	Mary	6,222	6,100	66
47	Amber	6,182	6,100	37
48	Danielle	6,092	6,000	38
49	Gabrielle	5,872	5,800	27
50	Jordan	5,809	5,700	26

Top boy names of 2000

Most popular boy names of 2000
#	Name	Born 2000	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Jacob	34,492	34,000	26
2	Michael	32,045	31,000	49
3	Matthew	28,580	28,000	36
4	Joshua	27,543	27,000	33
5	Christopher	24,936	24,000	41
6	Nicholas	24,653	24,000	33
7	Andrew	23,658	23,000	36
8	Joseph	22,844	22,000	45
9	Daniel	22,338	22,000	42
10	Tyler	21,506	21,000	28
11	William	20,669	20,000	51
12	Brandon	20,337	20,000	33
13	Ryan	20,269	20,000	33
14	John	20,115	20,000	55
15	Zachary	19,852	19,000	29
16	David	19,787	19,000	52
17	Anthony	19,656	19,000	40
18	James	17,991	18,000	54
19	Justin	17,784	17,000	34
20	Alexander	17,290	17,000	26
21	Jonathan	16,888	17,000	35
22	Christian	16,059	16,000	26
23	Austin	15,947	16,000	26
24	Dylan	15,405	15,000	21
25	Ethan	15,226	15,000	19
26	Benjamin	14,845	15,000	30
27	Noah	14,282	14,000	16
28	Samuel	14,188	14,000	32
29	Robert	13,739	13,000	58
30	Nathan	13,040	13,000	30
31	Cameron	12,767	12,000	23
32	Kevin	12,674	12,000	45
33	Thomas	12,638	12,000	53
34	Jose	12,585	12,000	34
35	Hunter	12,538	12,000	20
36	Jordan	12,168	12,000	26
37	Kyle	11,969	12,000	34
38	Caleb	9,866	9,600	21
39	Jason	9,778	9,600	42
40	Logan	9,737	9,500	19
41	Aaron	9,561	9,400	34
42	Eric	9,162	9,000	44
43	Brian	8,958	8,800	48
44	Gabriel	8,681	8,500	23
45	Adam	8,136	8,000	35
46	Jack	8,125	7,900	34
47	Isaiah	8,029	7,900	18
48	Juan	7,712	7,500	34
49	Luis	7,662	7,500	30
50	Connor	7,530	7,400	20

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 2000, from Social Security's records. “Alive today” estimates how many of them are still living, using SSA's cohort life tables for people born in 2000. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 2000 babies. How we calculate this