2000s Baby Names
3,602 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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#619Marley Marley is a name of Old English origin meaning "boundary wood" or "pleasant meadow."10,291 in the 2000s
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#647Dominique Dominique is a French name meaning of the Lord, given to children born on a Sunday.9,682 in the 2000s
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#903Quincy Quincy is a unisex name of Norman French origin meaning "estate of Quintus".6,264 in the 2000s
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#1,030Francis Francis is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "Frenchman" or "free man."5,322 in the 2000s
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#1,112Rory Rory is a name of Irish and Scottish Gaelic origin meaning "red king."4,822 in the 2000s
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#1,158Campbell Campbell is a unisex name of Scottish origin meaning "crooked mouth".4,521 in the 2000s
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#1,304Frankie Frankie is a name of Germanic origin meaning "free man" or "Frenchman."3,792 in the 2000s
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#1,319Finley Finley is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin meaning "fair-haired warrior."3,729 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.