What are the most popular names of 2001? Below we have listed the top most popular baby names by year, as calculated from the names added to our users' favorite name lists. Our popularity lists tend to predict the U.S. Social Security baby names rankings by 1-3 years, because our members are naming future babies! You can select any year starting with 2001, the year we started collecting and posting this data.
Note: Rankings combine the stats for different spellings of the same name, like Sophia and Sofia.
Rank | Male | Female |
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1 | ★ Jacob | ★ Emily |
2 | ★ Michael | ★ Madison |
3 | ★ Matthew | ★ Hannah |
4 | ★ Joshua | ★ Ashley |
5 | ★ Christopher | ★ Alexis |
6 | ★ Nicholas | ★ Samantha |
7 | ★ Andrew | ★ Sarah/Sara |
8 | ★ Joseph | ★ Abigail |
9 | ★ Daniel | ★ Elizabeth |
10 | ★ William | ★ Jessica |
11 | ★ Anthony | ★ Olivia |
12 | ★ David | ★ Taylor |
13 | ★ Tyler | ★ Emma |
14 | ★ John | ★ Alissa/Alyssa |
15 | ★ Ryan | ★ Lauren/Lauryn |
16 | ★ Zachary | ★ Grace |
17 | ★ Ethan | ★ Kayla |
18 | ★ Brandon | ★ Brianna |
19 | ★ James | ★ Anna |
20 | ★ Alexander | ★ Megan/Meghan |