2000s Baby Names
16,768 names were given to children in the United States between 2000 and 2009, ranked below by how many.
A name's place is its total across those ten years. Names that appear in only some of the decade say so, because a name recorded once is a different fact from one recorded every year.
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#3Joshua Joshua is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is salvation," from Yehoshua.232,528 in the 2000s
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#5Matthew Matthew is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of Yahweh," from Mattityahu.222,020 in the 2000s
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#6Daniel Daniel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my judge," from Daniyyel.204,483 in the 2000s
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#9Ethan Ethan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "firm," "enduring," or "strong."202,208 in the 2000s
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#10Joseph Joseph is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he will add," from Yosef.195,325 in the 2000s
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#15David David is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "beloved," from Dawid.180,435 in the 2000s
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#20James James is a boy's name of Hebrew origin, an English form of Jacob by way of Late Latin Iacomus.163,609 in the 2000s
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#21John John is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is gracious," from Yochanan.161,412 in the 2000s
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#27Christian Christian is a boy's name from the Latin christianus, meaning "a follower of Christ."145,259 in the 2000s
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#28Jonathan Jonathan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh has given," from Yehonatan.145,190 in the 2000s
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#31Noah Noah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "rest" or "comfort," from Noach.144,153 in the 2000s
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#34Samuel Samuel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin usually translated as "God has heard," from Shemu'el.138,909 in the 2000s
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#35Benjamin Benjamin is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "son of the right hand," from Binyamin.137,546 in the 2000s
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#36Nathan Nathan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he gave," from Natan.135,110 in the 2000s
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#37Zachary Zachary is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "the Lord has remembered."135,019 in the 2000s
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#43Gabriel Gabriel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my strength," from Gavri'el.121,792 in the 2000s
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#52Elijah Elijah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "my God is Yahweh," from Eliyahu.110,848 in the 2000s
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#57Jayden Jayden is a boy's name of modern American coinage, formed on the pattern of Aiden.102,643 in the 2000s
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#58Thomas Thomas is a boy's name of Aramaic origin meaning "twin," from te'oma.102,261 in the 2000s
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#68Isaiah Isaiah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is salvation," from Yesha'yahu.93,053 in the 2000s
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#70Isaac Isaac is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he laughs," from Yitzhak.90,935 in the 2000s
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#75Gavin Gavin is a boy's name from the Arthurian Gawain, whose meaning has never been established.88,670 in the 2000s
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#76Aaron Aaron is a boy's name of Hebrew origin whose meaning is not established.87,334 in the 2000s
What Made a 2000s Name
Children in the United States were registered with it between 2000 and 2009. A name's position here is how many of them were.
Why Some Names Only Cover Part of the Decade
A name that appears in three of the ten years either arrived partway through or faded out — and either is more interesting than the total on its own. The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.
Where to Go Next
Open any name to see its full curve — most of these have a hundred and forty years of it. Or compare the ends of the same measurement: the most popular names now and the rarest.