2000s Baby Names
25,403 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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#1,869Amirah Amirah is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "princess" or "commander".2,280 in the 2000s
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#1,896Pearl Pearl is a girl's name taken from the gem, and it charts in all seven markets.2,238 in the 2000s
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#1,899Charlee Charlee is a girl's name of Germanic origin, a respelling of Charlie.2,234 in the 2000s
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#1,903Gemma Gemma is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "gem" or "precious stone."2,223 in the 2000s
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#1,908Winter Winter is a girl's name taken from the season, from the Old English winter.2,213 in the 2000s
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#1,942Rita Rita is a girl's name meaning pearl, clipped from the end of Margarita rather than the front.2,169 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.