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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#178Alejandro Alejandro is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "defender of mankind."43,271 in the 2000s
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#183Bryce Bryce means speckled or freckled, from a Gaulish saint's name whose meaning is not certain.40,911 in the 2000s
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#201Caden Caden is a boy's name of modern American coinage with no documented origin.37,328 in the 2000s
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#214Vincent Vincent is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "conquering," from vincere, to conquer.35,334 in the 2000s
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#242Edward Edward is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "wealthy guardian."30,880 in the 2000s
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#248Alan Alan is a boy's name of Breton origin whose meaning has never been established.29,741 in the 2000s
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#261Nicolas Nicolas is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "victory of the people."28,309 in the 2000s
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#263Omar Omar is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "flourishing" or "long-lived."28,224 in the 2000s
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#266Spencer Spencer is a name of Middle English origin meaning "steward" or "dispenser of provisions."28,066 in the 2000s
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#270Ayden Ayden is a boy's name, a respelling of the Irish Aidan meaning "little fire."27,598 in the 2000s
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#277Ricardo Ricardo is a boy's name meaning brave ruler, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Richard.27,232 in the 2000s
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#279Brody Brody is a boy's name of Scottish origin taken from a place near Forres in Moray.26,819 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.