Born in 2005 · Gen Z
Baby names of 2005
The Social Security name files, which cover every name given to at least 5 babies, list 3,845,147 babies born in 2005: 1,847,842 girls and 1,997,305 boys. Emily and Jacob were the most popular names, and 9.9% of all babies got a top-10 name, down from 14.1% in 1995. The name most tied to 2005 is Jadyn: among girls, it was 20× as common that year as in the decades around it.
Quick facts
- Generation
- Gen Z
- Born 1997–2012
- Babies on record
- 3,845,147
- 1,847,842 girls · 1,997,305 boys
- Different names
- 19,199
- for girls, plus 13,370 for boys (5+ babies each)
- Top-10 names
- 9.9%
- of babies got one · girls 9.0%, boys 10.7%
Top 10 names of 2005
- Emily was the #1 name for girls every year from 1996 to 2007.
- Jacob was the #1 name for boys every year from 1999 to 2012.
How many babies got a top-10 name?
In 2005, 9.9% of babies were given one of that year's 10 most popular names. Across all years, that share fell from 29.0% in 1935 to 7.5% in 2025.
Names that sound like 2005
These names were far more common in 2005 than in the decades around it: the multiplier compares each name's share of 2005 babies with its average share 6–25 years before and after.
| Name | Sex | Rank | Vs. nearby |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jadyn | Girl | #249 | 20× |
| Jaden | Girl | #282 | 14× |
| Aidan | Boy | #43 | 8.5× |
| Jayden | Girl | #224 | 7.6× |
| Aniya | Girl | #261 | 5.8× |
| Jada | Girl | #76 | 5.6× |
| Trinity | Girl | #48 | 5.3× |
| Braden | Boy | #133 | 5.3× |
| Cadence | Girl | #207 | 5.2× |
| Jaden | Boy | #88 | 5.2× |
Names that peaked in 2005
Each of these reached its highest share of US babies in 2005, the high point in records going back to 1880. Rank is for 2005.
| Name | Sex | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Natalie | Girl | #18 |
| Juan | Boy | #55 |
| Ian | Boy | #68 |
| Angelina | Girl | #43 |
| Jada | Girl | #76 |
| Gracie | Girl | #94 |
| Conner | Boy | #127 |
| Braden | Boy | #133 |
| Alondra | Girl | #120 |
| Ashlyn | Girl | #127 |
New to the top 1,000 in 2005
Names that made the national top 1,000 for the first time in 2005 (records go back to 1880).
Girls
- Mikalah321 babies
- Emery318 babies
- Arleth314 babies
- Karma298 babies
- Jaelynn293 babies
- Siena293 babies
- Anabelle283 babies
- Naima283 babies
Boys
- Talan446 babies
- Amare347 babies
- Makai230 babies
- Braylen222 babies
- Kadyn214 babies
- Leandro211 babies
- Aedan207 babies
- Finnegan204 babies
Where are they now?
Top-100 names of 2005 that have since dropped out of the top 1,000. Ranks are for 2005 and 2025.
Girls
- Katelyn #59 in 2005 , now #1,077 in 2025
- Alexa #66 in 2005 , now #1,029 in 2025
- Jada #76 in 2005 , now #1,201 in 2025
- Marissa #91 in 2005 , now #1,679 in 2025
Boys
Every top-100 boys' name from 2005 is still in the 2025 top 1,000.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data