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Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers) baby name rankings

Compare the most popular boy and girl names recorded in the United States for babies born from 1997 to 2012.

Leading boy name Jacob

441,284 recorded births

Leading girl name Emily

344,442 recorded births

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U.S. births

Boy names

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Rank Name Recorded births
1 Jacob 441,284
2 Michael 409,205
3 Joshua 357,620
4 Matthew 357,016
5 Christopher 324,328
6 Daniel 319,238
7 Andrew 315,518
8 William 307,319
9 Joseph 304,379
10 Anthony 294,079
11 Ethan 284,020
12 David 283,247
13 Nicholas 283,127
14 Alexander 278,580
15 Ryan 269,405
16 Tyler 263,850
17 James 262,449
18 John 256,732
19 Brandon 237,030
20 Noah 231,877
21 Jonathan 228,860
22 Christian 217,868
23 Zachary 217,502
24 Benjamin 215,642
25 Samuel 215,625
26 Dylan 213,918
27 Austin 203,089
28 Nathan 201,751
29 Logan 199,940
30 Justin 198,867
31 Gabriel 177,492
32 Robert 174,539
33 Jose 172,701
34 Elijah 169,590
35 Kevin 169,267
36 Jordan 167,583
37 Caleb 166,662
38 Thomas 161,603
39 Mason 158,254
40 Cameron 150,063
41 Hunter 148,588
42 Jackson 143,194
43 Jayden 141,206
44 Aaron 141,203
45 Jack 138,898
46 Isaiah 138,097
47 Evan 137,379
48 Isaac 137,205
49 Jason 133,960
50 Luke 133,454

U.S. births

Girl names

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Rank Name Recorded births
1 Emily 344,442
2 Madison 281,263
3 Emma 268,499
4 Hannah 240,298
5 Olivia 239,097
6 Abigail 223,584
7 Isabella 223,341
8 Samantha 216,462
9 Elizabeth 209,643
10 Ashley 208,376
11 Alexis 207,204
12 Sarah 201,368
13 Sophia 197,471
14 Alyssa 173,011
15 Taylor 171,947
16 Jessica 154,458
17 Ava 153,450
18 Grace 152,980
19 Brianna 152,378
20 Lauren 149,449
21 Kayla 148,127
22 Natalie 142,604
23 Victoria 140,778
24 Chloe 140,710
25 Anna 133,785
26 Mia 125,539
27 Jasmine 115,876
28 Hailey 115,201
29 Sydney 114,440
30 Rachel 114,126
31 Megan 112,443
32 Morgan 112,063
33 Julia 108,205
34 Destiny 103,596
35 Jennifer 103,482
36 Katherine 102,023
37 Savannah 100,651
38 Allison 98,892
39 Kaitlyn 98,817
40 Ella 98,165
41 Alexandra 97,906
42 Nicole 92,636
43 Maria 87,837
44 Haley 87,533
45 Kaylee 85,661
46 Lily 85,567
47 Amanda 83,877
48 Brooke 83,820
49 Stephanie 82,447
50 Addison 81,219