Popular names of 2001, and how old they are now

People born in 2001 turn 25 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 3.7 million births in 2001 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 2001: Madison, Dylan, Samuel, Julia, Mackenzie, Carlos, Alejandro, Colby, Eduardo, Javier, Jakob and Nayeli.

Top girl names of 2001

Most popular girl names of 2001
#	Name	Born 2001	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Emily	25,059	25,000	29
2	Madison	22,166	22,000	20
3	Hannah	20,723	20,000	25
4	Ashley	16,531	16,000	33
5	Alexis	16,404	16,000	26
6	Sarah	15,929	16,000	39
7	Samantha	15,867	16,000	30
8	Abigail	14,807	15,000	21
9	Elizabeth	14,792	15,000	44
10	Olivia	13,977	14,000	18
11	Jessica	13,925	14,000	38
12	Taylor	13,693	14,000	27
13	Emma	13,327	13,000	20
14	Alyssa	13,272	13,000	26
15	Lauren	12,782	13,000	33
16	Grace	12,090	12,000	27
17	Kayla	11,892	12,000	28
18	Brianna	11,776	12,000	25
19	Anna	10,596	10,000	39
20	Megan	10,300	10,000	35
21	Victoria	10,179	10,000	34
22	Destiny	9,752	9,600	24
23	Sydney	9,639	9,500	24
24	Rachel	9,556	9,400	38
25	Jasmine	8,958	8,800	27
26	Jennifer	8,923	8,800	46
27	Julia	8,838	8,700	38
28	Isabella	8,835	8,700	15
29	Morgan	8,735	8,600	27
30	Chloe	8,177	8,100	17
31	Kaitlyn	8,164	8,100	26
32	Natalie	8,049	8,000	29
33	Hailey	8,032	7,900	19
34	Haley	8,011	7,900	27
35	Katherine	7,880	7,800	43
36	Nicole	7,820	7,700	39
37	Sophia	7,162	7,100	16
38	Alexandra	7,045	7,000	28
39	Amanda	6,980	6,900	39
40	Mackenzie	6,934	6,800	21
41	Maria	6,842	6,800	45
42	Savannah	6,737	6,700	20
43	Stephanie	6,613	6,500	43
44	Allison	6,215	6,100	31
45	Jenna	6,143	6,100	29
46	Rebecca	5,893	5,800	48
47	Jordan	5,803	5,700	26
48	Mary	5,762	5,700	66
49	Andrea	5,745	5,700	42
50	Gabrielle	5,606	5,500	27

Top boy names of 2001

Most popular boy names of 2001
#	Name	Born 2001	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Jacob	32,573	32,000	26
2	Michael	29,689	29,000	49
3	Matthew	26,812	26,000	36
4	Joshua	26,024	25,000	33
5	Christopher	23,132	23,000	41
6	Nicholas	22,849	22,000	33
7	Andrew	22,422	22,000	36
8	Joseph	22,030	22,000	45
9	Daniel	21,013	21,000	42
10	William	20,110	20,000	51
11	Anthony	19,737	19,000	40
12	David	19,362	19,000	52
13	Tyler	19,275	19,000	28
14	John	18,904	19,000	55
15	Ryan	18,289	18,000	33
16	Zachary	18,185	18,000	29
17	Ethan	17,962	18,000	19
18	Brandon	17,893	18,000	33
19	James	17,074	17,000	54
20	Alexander	16,720	16,000	26
21	Dylan	16,497	16,000	21
22	Justin	16,231	16,000	34
23	Jonathan	16,147	16,000	35
24	Christian	15,457	15,000	26
25	Austin	14,955	15,000	26
26	Samuel	14,813	15,000	32
27	Benjamin	14,339	14,000	30
28	Noah	13,494	13,000	16
29	Logan	12,710	12,000	19
30	Robert	12,665	12,000	58
31	Nathan	12,647	12,000	30
32	Kevin	12,596	12,000	45
33	Thomas	12,148	12,000	53
34	Jose	12,144	12,000	34
35	Cameron	11,581	11,000	23
36	Hunter	11,335	11,000	20
37	Caleb	11,177	11,000	21
38	Gabriel	10,917	11,000	23
39	Jordan	10,815	11,000	26
40	Kyle	10,568	10,000	34
41	Jason	10,164	10,000	42
42	Aaron	9,552	9,400	34
43	Isaiah	8,589	8,400	18
44	Eric	8,559	8,400	44
45	Elijah	8,339	8,200	16
46	Brian	8,303	8,100	48
47	Isaac	8,200	8,000	21
48	Jack	8,149	8,000	34
49	Connor	8,082	7,900	20
50	Luke	8,008	7,800	21

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 2001, 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 2001. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 2001 babies. How we calculate this