Popular names of 2004, and how old they are now

People born in 2004 turn 22 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 3.8 million births in 2004 under names it lists, and by our estimate about 99% of them are still alive: about 3.8 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 2004: Ethan, Nathan, Connor, Jesus, Ashton, Trinity, Kylie, Colin, Jake, Ivan, Cesar and Paris.

Top girl names of 2004

Most popular girl names of 2004
#	Name	Born 2004	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Emily	25,042	25,000	29
2	Emma	21,625	21,000	20
3	Madison	20,628	20,000	20
4	Olivia	16,108	16,000	18
5	Hannah	15,614	15,000	25
6	Abigail	15,436	15,000	21
7	Isabella	15,021	15,000	15
8	Ashley	14,377	14,000	33
9	Samantha	13,786	14,000	30
10	Elizabeth	13,577	13,000	44
11	Alexis	13,477	13,000	26
12	Sarah	12,758	13,000	39
13	Grace	12,536	12,000	27
14	Alyssa	12,109	12,000	26
15	Sophia	10,919	11,000	16
16	Lauren	9,983	9,900	33
17	Brianna	9,804	9,700	25
18	Kayla	9,773	9,700	28
19	Natalie	9,689	9,600	29
20	Anna	9,531	9,400	39
21	Jessica	9,470	9,400	38
22	Taylor	9,303	9,200	27
23	Chloe	8,729	8,600	17
24	Hailey	8,685	8,600	19
25	Ava	8,645	8,600	14
26	Jasmine	8,492	8,400	27
27	Sydney	8,368	8,300	24
28	Victoria	8,279	8,200	34
29	Ella	8,252	8,200	22
30	Mia	7,399	7,300	15
31	Morgan	7,295	7,200	27
32	Julia	7,149	7,100	38
33	Kaitlyn	6,988	6,900	26
34	Rachel	6,923	6,900	38
35	Katherine	6,742	6,700	43
36	Megan	6,687	6,600	35
37	Alexandra	6,625	6,600	28
38	Destiny	6,546	6,500	24
39	Jennifer	6,545	6,500	46
40	Allison	5,873	5,800	31
41	Savannah	5,814	5,800	20
42	Maria	5,757	5,700	45
43	Nicole	5,741	5,700	39
44	Haley	5,728	5,700	27
45	Mackenzie	5,728	5,700	21
46	Brooke	5,712	5,700	29
47	Makayla	5,666	5,600	20
48	Trinity	5,638	5,600	19
49	Kylie	5,557	5,500	20
50	Kaylee	5,444	5,400	19

Top boy names of 2004

Most popular boy names of 2004
#	Name	Born 2004	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Jacob	27,911	27,000	26
2	Michael	25,470	25,000	49
3	Joshua	24,214	24,000	33
4	Matthew	22,882	23,000	36
5	Ethan	22,210	22,000	19
6	Andrew	21,717	21,000	36
7	Daniel	21,018	21,000	42
8	William	20,237	20,000	51
9	Joseph	20,147	20,000	45
10	Christopher	19,636	19,000	41
11	Anthony	19,613	19,000	40
12	Ryan	19,496	19,000	33
13	Nicholas	18,519	18,000	33
14	David	18,412	18,000	52
15	Alexander	17,925	18,000	26
16	Tyler	17,450	17,000	28
17	John	16,470	16,000	55
18	James	16,469	16,000	54
19	Dylan	14,852	15,000	21
20	Nathan	14,634	14,000	30
21	Jonathan	14,375	14,000	35
22	Brandon	14,135	14,000	33
23	Samuel	14,131	14,000	32
24	Christian	13,926	14,000	26
25	Benjamin	13,832	14,000	30
26	Zachary	13,712	13,000	29
27	Logan	13,140	13,000	19
28	Jose	12,187	12,000	34
29	Noah	11,916	12,000	16
30	Justin	11,879	12,000	34
31	Elijah	11,714	12,000	16
32	Gabriel	11,563	11,000	23
33	Caleb	11,307	11,000	21
34	Kevin	11,220	11,000	45
35	Austin	10,745	11,000	26
36	Robert	10,684	11,000	58
37	Thomas	10,504	10,000	53
38	Connor	10,049	9,900	20
39	Evan	9,983	9,800	24
40	Aidan	9,824	9,700	19
41	Luke	9,598	9,400	21
42	Jack	9,580	9,400	34
43	Jordan	9,560	9,400	26
44	Angel	9,516	9,400	25
45	Isaiah	9,264	9,100	18
46	Isaac	9,181	9,000	21
47	Jason	9,063	8,900	42
48	Jackson	8,977	8,800	16
49	Hunter	8,902	8,800	20
50	Cameron	8,887	8,700	23

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 2004, 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 2004. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 2004 babies. How we calculate this