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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#1,395Lewis Lewis is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior," the English form of Louis.3,430 in the 2000s
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#1,413Ronan Ronan is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little seal," from the Irish rón.3,363 in the 2000s
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#1,415Antoine Antoine is a boy's name from the Roman family name Antonius, the French form of Anthony.3,358 in the 2000s
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#1,416Muhammad Muhammad is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "praiseworthy" or "the praised one."3,357 in the 2000s
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#1,427Milo Milo is a boy's name of disputed origin, arriving in England with the Normans alongside Miles.3,325 in the 2000s
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#1,486Mike Mike is a boy's name, the short form of Michael, from a Hebrew question meaning who is like God.3,120 in the 2000s
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#1,511Rhett Rhett is a boy's name of Dutch origin meaning "advice" or "counsel."3,050 in the 2000s
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#1,515Colt Colt is a boy's name taken from the English word for a young male horse, from the Old English colt.3,031 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.