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The most popular baby names of 2003

SSA recorded 3,802,494 births in 2003 across all reported names — 1,827,145 girls and 1,975,349 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 2003

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 2002.
#NameBirthsvs 2002
1 Emily 25,693 —
2 Emma 22,719 +2
3 Madison 20,201 -1
4 Hannah 17,638 -1
5 Olivia 16,154 +5
6 Abigail 15,932 +1
7 Alexis 14,867 -2
8 Ashley 14,519 -2
9 Elizabeth 14,123 +2
10 Samantha 13,870 -1
11 Sarah 13,785 -3
12 Isabella 13,781 +2
13 Grace 12,781 +2
14 Alyssa 12,750 -2
15 Lauren 11,051 -2
16 Kayla 10,957 +3
17 Brianna 10,584 —
18 Jessica 10,454 -2
19 Taylor 10,314 -1
20 Sophia 9,687 +7
21 Anna 9,464 -1
22 Victoria 9,251 -1
23 Natalie 9,151 +7
24 Chloe 9,082 +1
25 Sydney 8,911 -2
26 Hailey 8,798 +5
27 Jasmine 8,065 -1
28 Rachel 7,997 -4
29 Morgan 7,928 —
30 Megan 7,800 -8
31 Jennifer 7,569 -3
32 Kaitlyn 7,547 —
33 Julia 7,437 —
34 Haley 7,198 +1
35 Katherine 7,126 +1
36 Mia 7,083 +7
37 Destiny 6,977 -3
38 Alexandra 6,545 —
39 Ava 6,280 +43
40 Nicole 6,238 -3
41 Savannah 6,154 -2
42 Maria 6,091 -2
43 Brooke 5,971 +9
44 Ella 5,909 +45
45 Mackenzie 5,865 -3
46 Allison 5,850 -2
47 Paige 5,758 +4
48 Jordan 5,650 -3
49 Stephanie 5,603 -8
50 Faith 5,597 -2
51 Makayla 5,580 -1
52 Kylie 5,558 +9
53 Kaylee 5,452 +4
54 Amanda 5,354 -8
55 Jenna 5,352 -8
56 Trinity 5,130 +14
57 Zoe 5,087 +3
58 Katelyn 5,054 -5
59 Mary 5,043 -10
60 Andrea 4,982 -5
61 Madeline 4,976 -5
62 Michelle 4,873 -4
62 Rebecca 4,873 -8
64 Kimberly 4,825 -1
65 Sara 4,764 -6
66 Gabrielle 4,600 —
67 Alexa 4,598 +2
68 Caroline 4,585 -1
69 Lily 4,434 +10
70 Vanessa 4,352 -2
71 Angelina 4,272 +3
72 Riley 4,243 +5
73 Sierra 4,242 -11
74 Amber 4,123 -9
75 Autumn 4,059 -2
76 Lillian 4,030 +20
77 Gabriella 4,021 -1
78 Audrey 3,998 +22
79 Jada 3,987 -1
80 Erin 3,926 -8
81 Leah 3,925 +6
82 Danielle 3,865 -11
83 Isabel 3,853 +2
84 Maya 3,849 +6
85 Ariana 3,834 +8
86 Arianna 3,796 +28
87 Jocelyn 3,718 +5
88 Evelyn 3,701 +10
89 Avery 3,687 +43
90 Aaliyah 3,673 -26
91 Leslie 3,639 —
92 Claire 3,571 +3
93 Melanie 3,550 +1
94 Shelby 3,537 -19
95 Marissa 3,517 +4
96 Melissa 3,502 -16
97 Sofia 3,488 +15
98 Bailey 3,467 -14
99 Molly 3,403 +8
100 Jacqueline 3,400 -19

Top 100 boys' names in 2003

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 2002.
#NameBirthsvs 2002
1 Jacob 29,658 —
2 Michael 27,129 —
3 Joshua 25,106 —
4 Matthew 24,011 —
5 Andrew 22,162 +1
6 Joseph 21,394 +1
7 Ethan 21,362 -2
8 Daniel 21,072 +2
9 Christopher 20,753 -1
10 Anthony 20,149 +2
11 William 20,000 —
12 Nicholas 19,696 -3
13 Ryan 19,578 +3
14 David 18,641 -1
15 Tyler 18,185 -1
16 Alexander 17,714 -1
17 John 17,249 —
18 James 16,896 —
19 Dylan 15,703 +4
20 Zachary 15,541 -1
21 Brandon 15,245 -1
22 Jonathan 14,994 -1
23 Samuel 14,691 +2
24 Benjamin 14,086 +3
25 Christian 13,908 -1
26 Nathan 13,667 +2
27 Justin 13,655 -5
28 Logan 13,187 +1
29 Gabriel 12,522 +3
30 Jose 12,394 —
31 Noah 11,843 —
32 Kevin 11,734 +1
33 Austin 11,690 -7
34 Caleb 11,643 +1
35 Robert 11,399 -1
36 Thomas 10,935 —
37 Elijah 10,665 +4
38 Jordan 10,331 -1
39 Aidan 10,067 +21
40 Cameron 9,965 -1
41 Hunter 9,900 -3
42 Jason 9,822 —
43 Connor 9,670 +4
44 Evan 9,444 +12
45 Jack 9,318 -1
46 Luke 9,304 —
47 Angel 9,161 +2
48 Isaac 8,944 —
49 Isaiah 8,900 -4
50 Aaron 8,874 -7
51 Gavin 8,764 +10
52 Jackson 8,713 -2
53 Kyle 8,651 -13
54 Mason 7,897 -1
55 Juan 7,831 -1
56 Eric 7,787 -4
57 Charles 7,696 +1
58 Adam 7,690 -3
59 Brian 7,672 -8
60 Luis 7,585 -3
61 Sean 7,102 -2
62 Alex 6,794 +1
63 Nathaniel 6,666 -1
64 Bryan 6,619 —
65 Ian 6,466 +2
66 Carlos 6,218 -1
67 Jesus 6,163 -1
68 Adrian 6,110 +5
69 Cole 5,898 —
70 Steven 5,860 -2
71 Lucas 5,756 +4
72 Owen 5,701 +22
73 Aiden 5,684 +62
74 Devin 5,646 —
75 Jayden 5,547 +26
76 Timothy 5,487 -6
77 Julian 5,410 +1
78 Cody 5,400 -7
79 Blake 5,275 -3
80 Seth 5,256 -8
81 Dominic 5,219 +2
82 Jaden 5,182 +5
83 Diego 5,121 +15
84 Hayden 5,101 +12
85 Xavier 5,066 +3
86 Richard 5,054 -9
87 Chase 5,014 -5
88 Colin 4,876 +28
89 Carson 4,861 +16
90 Jeremiah 4,855 -4
91 Patrick 4,789 -12
92 Antonio 4,717 -7
93 Sebastian 4,649 -13
94 Jesse 4,606 -4
95 Miguel 4,592 -6
96 Victor 4,436 +4
97 Landon 4,412 +45
98 Jake 4,406 +4
99 Trevor 4,387 -18
100 Alejandro 4,317 -8

Names that climbed fastest in 2003

Ranked by places gained against 2002, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 2003Rank 2002Change
Cadence girls 476 958 +482
Samara girls 456 923 +467
Trista girls 505 967 +462
Dylan girls 502 882 +380
Yahir boys 258 604 +346
Janiyah girls 721 1,060 +339
Keira girls 620 939 +319
Xander boys 234 542 +308
Brynn girls 291 585 +294
Rebeca girls 633 875 +242
Sanaa girls 797 1,039 +242
Zander boys 312 533 +221
Amya girls 425 632 +207
Gael boys 526 719 +193
Rowan boys 624 816 +192

Names that fell fastest in 2003

NameRank 2003Rank 2002Change
Litzy girls 835 501 -334
Iyana girls 990 751 -239
Shakira girls 747 535 -212
Ashanti girls 325 115 -210
Janice girls 954 746 -208
Rianna girls 1,057 850 -207
Jarod boys 758 554 -204
Hunter girls 764 561 -203
Celina girls 1,008 812 -196
Nyah girls 810 615 -195
Darlene girls 1,084 894 -190
Jayde girls 1,084 898 -186
Tierra girls 892 712 -180
Nayeli girls 432 262 -170
Kelsi girls 1,079 909 -170

Names that first appear in 2003

2003 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 2003

For these names, 2003 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.