2000s Baby Names

16,582 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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Rankings for

#1
Jacob Jacob is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "supplanter" or "holder of the heel," from Ya'aqov.
274,600 in the 2000s
#2
Michael Michael is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "who is like God?" — a rhetorical question expecting the answer that no one is.
251,539 in the 2000s
#3
Joshua Joshua is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is salvation," from Yehoshua.
232,528 in the 2000s
#5
Matthew Matthew is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of Yahweh," from Mattityahu.
222,020 in the 2000s
#6
Daniel Daniel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my judge," from Daniyyel.
204,483 in the 2000s
#7
Christopher Christopher is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "bearer of Christ," from Christos and pherein, to carry.
203,803 in the 2000s
#8
Andrew Andrew is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "manly" or "brave," from andreios, from aner, a man.
202,983 in the 2000s
#9
Ethan Ethan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "firm," "enduring," or "strong."
202,208 in the 2000s
#10
Joseph Joseph is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he will add," from Yosef.
195,325 in the 2000s
#11
William William is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "resolute protection," from wil, meaning will or desire, and helm, meaning helmet.
194,769 in the 2000s
#13
Anthony Anthony is a boy's name from the Roman family name Antonius, whose meaning is genuinely unknown — it is probably Etruscan rather than Latin.
192,296 in the 2000s
#15
David David is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "beloved," from Dawid.
180,435 in the 2000s
#16
Alexander Alexander is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "defender of men," from alexein, to defend, and aner, man.
179,447 in the 2000s
#17
Ryan Ryan is a boy's name of Irish origin, anglicized from Ó Riain.
179,147 in the 2000s
#18
Nicholas Nicholas is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "victory of the people," from nike, victory, and laos, the people.
177,931 in the 2000s
#19
Tyler Tyler is a boy's name from a medieval trade — a man who laid roof tiles — and the leader of the Peasants' Revolt carried it as a job description.
169,866 in the 2000s
#20
James 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
#21
John John is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is gracious," from Yochanan.
161,412 in the 2000s
#27
Christian Christian is a boy's name from the Latin christianus, meaning "a follower of Christ."
145,259 in the 2000s
#28
Jonathan Jonathan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh has given," from Yehonatan.
145,190 in the 2000s
#30
Dylan Dylan is a boy's name of Welsh origin meaning "great tide" or "sea," from the elements dy and llanw.
144,295 in the 2000s
#31
Noah Noah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "rest" or "comfort," from Noach.
144,153 in the 2000s
#32
Brandon Brandon is a boy's name from an English place name meaning broom-covered hill, often confused with the Irish Brendan.
143,292 in the 2000s
#33
Logan Logan is a name of Scottish origin meaning "little hollow," from the Gaelic lag, meaning a hollow or low-lying place, with a diminutive ending.
142,404 in the 2000s
#34
Samuel Samuel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin usually translated as "God has heard," from Shemu'el.
138,909 in the 2000s
#35
Benjamin Benjamin is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "son of the right hand," from Binyamin.
137,546 in the 2000s
#36
Nathan Nathan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he gave," from Natan.
135,110 in the 2000s
#37
Zachary Zachary is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "the Lord has remembered."
135,019 in the 2000s
#42
Justin Justin is a boy's name from the Latin for just or righteous.
123,277 in the 2000s
#43
Gabriel Gabriel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my strength," from Gavri'el.
121,792 in the 2000s
#47
Jose Jose is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he will add," the Spanish and Portuguese form of Joseph.
116,108 in the 2000s
#49
Austin Austin is a boy's name that began as a medieval English contraction of Augustine, meaning "venerable" or "majestic," from the Latin augustus.
113,931 in the 2000s
#50
Kevin Kevin is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "gentle birth," and its saint founded Glendalough and by tradition lived to 120.
111,366 in the 2000s
#52
Elijah Elijah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "my God is Yahweh," from Eliyahu.
110,848 in the 2000s
#53
Caleb Caleb is a boy's name of Hebrew origin whose root is debated.
110,303 in the 2000s
#54
Cameron Cameron is a name of Scottish origin meaning "crooked nose," from the Gaelic cam, crooked, and sròn, nose.
107,805 in the 2000s
#55
Robert Robert is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "bright fame," from hrod, fame, and beraht, bright.
106,830 in the 2000s
#57
Jayden Jayden is a boy's name of modern American coinage, formed on the pattern of Aiden.
102,643 in the 2000s
#58
Thomas Thomas is a boy's name of Aramaic origin meaning "twin," from te'oma.
102,261 in the 2000s
#60
Hunter Hunter is a name of English origin meaning "one who hunts."
98,430 in the 2000s
#63
Jack Jack is a boy's name of English origin that began as a pet form of John, by way of the medieval nickname Jankin.
95,661 in the 2000s
#65
Jackson Jackson is a boy's name of English origin meaning "son of Jack."
94,780 in the 2000s
#67
Evan Evan is a boy's name of Welsh origin meaning "God is gracious."
93,200 in the 2000s
#68
Isaiah Isaiah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is salvation," from Yesha'yahu.
93,053 in the 2000s
#69
Mason Mason is a boy's name of English origin meaning "stone worker."
91,808 in the 2000s
#70
Isaac Isaac is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he laughs," from Yitzhak.
90,935 in the 2000s
#72
Luke Luke is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "man from Lucania," a region of southern Italy.
90,634 in the 2000s
#74
Jason Jason is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "healer."
88,735 in the 2000s

What made a 2000s name

Nothing about the sound of it. A name is on this page because children in the United States were registered with it between 2000 and 2009, and its position is simply how many. Every list of "2000s names" you will find elsewhere is somebody's sense of the period; this one is the register.

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.