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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#2,838Hank Hank is a boy's name of Germanic origin, a short form of Henry meaning "home ruler".1,243 in the 2000s
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#2,856Herbert Herbert is a boy's name from Germanic elements meaning bright army.1,234 in the 2000s
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#2,900Hayes Hayes is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "hedged enclosure."1,209 in the 2000s
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#2,901Odin Odin is a boy's name of Old Norse origin meaning roughly "the frenzied one".1,209 in the 2000s
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#2,925Cian Cian is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "ancient" or "enduring."1,198 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.