Popular names of 2003, and how old they are now

People born in 2003 turn 23 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 3.8 million births in 2003 under names it lists, and by our estimate about 99% 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 2003: Emma, Abigail, Grace, Aidan, Hailey, Paige, Faith, Gabriela, Daniela, Nicolas, Gage and Donovan.

Top girl names of 2003

Most popular girl names of 2003
#	Name	Born 2003	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Emily	25,693	25,000	29
2	Emma	22,719	22,000	20
3	Madison	20,201	20,000	20
4	Hannah	17,638	17,000	25
5	Olivia	16,154	16,000	18
6	Abigail	15,932	16,000	21
7	Alexis	14,867	15,000	26
8	Ashley	14,519	14,000	33
9	Elizabeth	14,123	14,000	44
10	Samantha	13,870	14,000	30
11	Sarah	13,785	14,000	39
12	Isabella	13,781	14,000	15
13	Grace	12,781	13,000	27
14	Alyssa	12,750	13,000	26
15	Lauren	11,051	11,000	33
16	Kayla	10,957	11,000	28
17	Brianna	10,584	10,000	25
18	Jessica	10,454	10,000	38
19	Taylor	10,314	10,000	27
20	Sophia	9,687	9,600	16
21	Anna	9,464	9,400	39
22	Victoria	9,251	9,100	34
23	Natalie	9,151	9,000	29
24	Chloe	9,082	9,000	17
25	Sydney	8,911	8,800	24
26	Hailey	8,798	8,700	19
27	Jasmine	8,065	8,000	27
28	Rachel	7,997	7,900	38
29	Morgan	7,928	7,800	27
30	Megan	7,800	7,700	35
31	Jennifer	7,569	7,500	46
32	Kaitlyn	7,547	7,500	26
33	Julia	7,437	7,400	38
34	Haley	7,198	7,100	27
35	Katherine	7,126	7,000	43
36	Mia	7,083	7,000	15
37	Destiny	6,977	6,900	24
38	Alexandra	6,545	6,500	28
39	Ava	6,280	6,200	14
40	Nicole	6,238	6,200	39
41	Savannah	6,154	6,100	20
42	Maria	6,091	6,000	45
43	Brooke	5,971	5,900	29
44	Ella	5,909	5,800	22
45	Mackenzie	5,865	5,800	21
46	Allison	5,850	5,800	31
47	Paige	5,758	5,700	27
48	Jordan	5,650	5,600	26
49	Stephanie	5,603	5,500	43
50	Faith	5,597	5,500	27

Top boy names of 2003

Most popular boy names of 2003
#	Name	Born 2003	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Jacob	29,658	29,000	26
2	Michael	27,129	27,000	49
3	Joshua	25,106	25,000	33
4	Matthew	24,011	24,000	36
5	Andrew	22,162	22,000	36
6	Joseph	21,394	21,000	45
7	Ethan	21,362	21,000	19
8	Daniel	21,072	21,000	42
9	Christopher	20,753	20,000	41
10	Anthony	20,149	20,000	40
11	William	20,000	20,000	51
12	Nicholas	19,696	19,000	33
13	Ryan	19,578	19,000	33
14	David	18,641	18,000	52
15	Tyler	18,185	18,000	28
16	Alexander	17,714	17,000	26
17	John	17,249	17,000	55
18	James	16,896	17,000	54
19	Dylan	15,703	15,000	21
20	Zachary	15,541	15,000	29
21	Brandon	15,245	15,000	33
22	Jonathan	14,994	15,000	35
23	Samuel	14,691	14,000	32
24	Benjamin	14,086	14,000	30
25	Christian	13,908	14,000	26
26	Nathan	13,667	13,000	30
27	Justin	13,655	13,000	34
28	Logan	13,187	13,000	19
29	Gabriel	12,522	12,000	23
30	Jose	12,394	12,000	34
31	Noah	11,843	12,000	16
32	Kevin	11,734	12,000	45
33	Austin	11,690	11,000	26
34	Caleb	11,643	11,000	21
35	Robert	11,399	11,000	58
36	Thomas	10,935	11,000	53
37	Elijah	10,665	10,000	16
38	Jordan	10,331	10,000	26
39	Aidan	10,067	9,900	19
40	Cameron	9,965	9,800	23
41	Hunter	9,900	9,700	20
42	Jason	9,822	9,600	42
43	Connor	9,670	9,500	20
44	Evan	9,444	9,300	24
45	Jack	9,318	9,200	34
46	Luke	9,304	9,100	21
47	Angel	9,161	9,000	25
48	Isaac	8,944	8,800	21
49	Isaiah	8,900	8,700	18
50	Aaron	8,874	8,700	34

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 2003, 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 2003. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 2003 babies. How we calculate this