Popular names of 2005, and how old they are now

People born in 2005 turn 21 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 3.8 million births in 2005 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 2005: Juan, Ian, Angelina, Jada, Conner, Braden, Alondra, Manuel, Ashlyn, Ty, Edgar and Hector.

Top girl names of 2005

Most popular girl names of 2005
#	Name	Born 2005	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Emily	23,952	24,000	29
2	Emma	20,362	20,000	20
3	Madison	19,578	19,000	20
4	Abigail	15,756	16,000	21
5	Olivia	15,700	16,000	18
6	Isabella	15,197	15,000	15
7	Hannah	14,854	15,000	25
8	Samantha	13,642	14,000	30
9	Ava	13,606	13,000	14
10	Ashley	13,276	13,000	33
11	Elizabeth	12,743	13,000	44
12	Sophia	12,678	13,000	16
13	Alexis	11,977	12,000	26
14	Grace	11,865	12,000	27
15	Sarah	11,555	11,000	39
16	Alyssa	10,891	11,000	26
17	Mia	10,846	11,000	15
18	Natalie	10,742	11,000	29
19	Chloe	9,598	9,500	17
20	Brianna	9,370	9,300	25
21	Lauren	9,249	9,200	33
22	Anna	9,113	9,000	39
23	Ella	9,072	9,000	22
24	Taylor	8,676	8,600	27
25	Kayla	8,620	8,500	28
26	Hailey	8,595	8,500	19
27	Jessica	8,115	8,000	38
28	Victoria	7,961	7,900	34
29	Jasmine	7,873	7,800	27
30	Sydney	7,376	7,300	24
31	Julia	7,089	7,000	38
32	Destiny	6,894	6,800	24
33	Morgan	6,749	6,700	27
34	Kaitlyn	6,521	6,500	26
35	Savannah	6,484	6,400	20
36	Katherine	6,392	6,300	43
37	Alexandra	6,319	6,300	28
38	Rachel	6,226	6,200	38
39	Lily	6,090	6,000	16
40	Kaylee	5,870	5,800	19
41	Megan	5,856	5,800	35
42	Jennifer	5,837	5,800	46
43	Angelina	5,813	5,800	27
44	Makayla	5,727	5,700	20
45	Allison	5,634	5,600	31
46	Maria	5,600	5,500	45
47	Brooke	5,571	5,500	29
48	Trinity	5,455	5,400	19
49	Faith	5,256	5,200	27
50	Lillian	5,215	5,200	29

Top boy names of 2005

Most popular boy names of 2005
#	Name	Born 2005	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Jacob	25,851	25,000	26
2	Michael	23,828	23,000	49
3	Joshua	23,261	23,000	33
4	Matthew	21,483	21,000	36
5	Ethan	21,318	21,000	19
6	Andrew	20,742	20,000	36
7	Daniel	20,236	20,000	42
8	Anthony	19,387	19,000	40
9	Joseph	19,241	19,000	45
10	Christopher	19,174	19,000	41
11	William	19,060	19,000	51
12	David	18,144	18,000	52
13	Alexander	18,130	18,000	26
14	Ryan	17,990	18,000	33
15	Nicholas	17,076	17,000	33
16	Tyler	16,989	17,000	28
17	James	16,140	16,000	54
18	John	15,796	16,000	55
19	Jonathan	14,443	14,000	35
20	Nathan	14,365	14,000	30
21	Samuel	14,271	14,000	32
22	Christian	14,210	14,000	26
23	Noah	13,905	14,000	16
24	Dylan	13,782	14,000	21
25	Benjamin	13,586	13,000	30
26	Logan	13,475	13,000	19
27	Brandon	12,947	13,000	33
28	Gabriel	12,759	13,000	23
29	Zachary	12,288	12,000	29
30	Jose	12,065	12,000	34
31	Elijah	11,612	11,000	16
32	Angel	10,993	11,000	25
33	Kevin	10,917	11,000	45
34	Jack	10,906	11,000	34
35	Caleb	10,894	11,000	21
36	Justin	10,518	10,000	34
37	Robert	10,166	10,000	58
38	Austin	10,111	10,000	26
39	Evan	10,109	10,000	24
40	Thomas	10,041	9,900	53
41	Luke	10,011	9,900	21
42	Mason	9,771	9,600	16
43	Aidan	9,759	9,600	19
44	Jackson	9,580	9,400	16
45	Isaiah	9,527	9,400	18
46	Jordan	9,398	9,300	26
47	Gavin	9,340	9,200	19
48	Connor	9,321	9,200	20
49	Isaac	9,127	9,000	21
50	Aiden	9,083	8,900	13

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 2005, 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 2005. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 2005 babies. How we calculate this