Born in 2007 · Gen Z
Baby names of 2007
The Social Security name files, which cover every name given to at least 5 babies, list 3,998,031 babies born in 2007: 1,922,617 girls and 2,075,414 boys. Emily and Jacob were the most popular names, and 9.3% of all babies got a top-10 name, down from 13.4% in 1997. The name most tied to 2007 is Jayden: among girls, it was 10× as common that year as in the decades around it.
Quick facts
- Generation
- Gen Z
- Born 1997–2012
- Babies on record
- 3,998,031
- 1,922,617 girls · 2,075,414 boys
- Different names
- 20,584
- for girls, plus 14,394 for boys (5+ babies each)
- Top-10 names
- 9.3%
- of babies got one · girls 8.8%, boys 9.8%
Top 10 names of 2007
- 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 2007, 9.3% 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 2007
These names were far more common in 2007 than in the decades around it: the multiplier compares each name's share of 2007 babies with its average share 6–25 years before and after.
| Name | Sex | Rank | Vs. nearby |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jayden | Girl | #172 | 10× |
| Aidan | Boy | #54 | 6.6× |
| Addyson | Girl | #253 | 6.3× |
| Jaden | Boy | #74 | 6.2× |
| Joselyn | Girl | #221 | 6.1× |
| Cadence | Girl | #199 | 6.1× |
| Aniya | Girl | #267 | 5.7× |
| Landen | Boy | #203 | 5.7× |
| Keira | Girl | #128 | 5.7× |
| Miley | Girl | #279 | 5.6× |
Names that peaked in 2007
Each of these reached its highest share of US babies in 2007, the high point in records going back to 1880. Rank is for 2007.
| Name | Sex | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Ava | Girl | #4 |
| Addison | Girl | #11 |
| Xavier | Boy | #68 |
| Jaden | Boy | #74 |
| Jocelyn | Girl | #50 |
| Caden | Boy | #92 |
| Brady | Boy | #93 |
| Isabelle | Girl | #79 |
| Preston | Boy | #114 |
| Peyton | Boy | #125 |
New to the top 1,000 in 2007
Names that made the national top 1,000 for the first time in 2007 (records go back to 1880).
Girls
- Miley1,233 babies
- Mylee542 babies
- Jordin512 babies
- Jaslene501 babies
- Audrina413 babies
- Azul405 babies
- Marely391 babies
- Shiloh367 babies
Boys
- Madden266 babies
- Slade246 babies
- Kellan228 babies
- Jaydan223 babies
- Nery222 babies
- Rayan220 babies
- Dereon214 babies
- Yael212 babies
Where are they now?
Top-100 names of 2007 that have since dropped out of the top 1,000. Ranks are for 2007 and 2025.
Girls
- Alexa #40 in 2007 , now #1,029 in 2025
- Katelyn #75 in 2007 , now #1,077 in 2025
- Jada #95 in 2007 , now #1,201 in 2025
Boys
Every top-100 boys' name from 2007 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