2000s Baby Names

45,773 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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Rankings for

#625
Alayna Alayna is a girl's name, a modern respelling that sits between several older names.
10,110 in the 2000s
#626
Heidi Heidi is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble one."
10,102 in the 2000s
#627
Lorenzo Lorenzo is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "from Laurentum," the Italian and Spanish form of Laurence.
10,089 in the 2000s
#628
Aniya
10,086 in the 2000s
#629
Kathleen Kathleen is a girl's name anglicizing the Irish Caitlín, a form of Catherine, and it inherits that name's unknown meaning.
10,065 in the 2000s
#630
Britney
10,016 in the 2000s
#631
Sandra Sandra is a girl's name that began as an Italian short form of Alessandra and became independent in the twentieth century.
10,016 in the 2000s
#632
Aden
9,982 in the 2000s
#633
Emerson Emerson is a name of English origin meaning "son of Emery."
9,971 in the 2000s
#634
Maddox Maddox means son of Madoc, and Madoc is the prince who supposedly reached America in 1170 — a legend the Tudors found useful, since it would have given England a claim predating Spain's.
9,942 in the 2000s
#635
Jaylin
9,939 in the 2000s
#636
Izabella
9,936 in the 2000s
#637
Xander Xander is a boy's name, a short form of Alexander meaning defender of men.
9,921 in the 2000s
#638
Paola Paola is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "small" or "humble," the Italian form of Paula.
9,916 in the 2000s
#639
Tony Tony is a boy's name from the Roman family name Antonius, whose meaning has never been established.
9,915 in the 2000s
#640
Leila Leila means night, from Arabic, and it is one of the most evenly spread names on this site — France 211th, the United States 259th, England and Wales 269th, Scotland 282nd and Ireland 339th, a spread of just 128 places.
9,904 in the 2000s
#641
Cindy Cindy is a girl's name, a pet form of Cynthia, which was a title of the moon goddess Artemis.
9,901 in the 2000s
#642
Arturo Arturo means bear, probably — but Arthur is one of the unsolved names, with a Celtic word for bear and a Roman family name both proposed and neither established.
9,888 in the 2000s
#643
Daniella Daniella means God is my judge, and the name is a legal claim — Daniel's story turns on false accusation and vindication, so the name states in advance who decides the case.
9,861 in the 2000s
#644
Bridget Bridget means exalted one, and it belonged to a goddess before a saint — Brigid was the Irish deity of poetry, smithcraft and healing, and the saint absorbed her feast, her fire and her attributes.
9,861 in the 2000s
#645
Violet Violet is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "purple," taken from viola, the Latin word for the purple flower.
9,811 in the 2000s
#646
Jude Jude is a name of Hebrew origin meaning "praised" or "thanks."
9,795 in the 2000s
#647
Dominique Dominique is a French name meaning of the Lord, given to children born on a Sunday.
9,682 in the 2000s
#648
Curtis Curtis is a boy's name from a Norman French nickname meaning courteous, and it is one of very few names that describes manners rather than birth, appearance or trade.
9,655 in the 2000s
#649
Natasha Natasha means born on Christmas day, and it is a Russian pet form rather than a full name — Natalya is the formal version, and Russians would not use Natasha on a document.
9,644 in the 2000s
#650
Kaylie
9,621 in the 2000s
#651
Wendy Wendy is usually credited to J.
9,612 in the 2000s
#652
Eliza Eliza is a girl's name that began as a short form of Elizabeth, and so means "God is my oath," from the Hebrew Elisheva.
9,608 in the 2000s
#653
Alina Alina is a girl's name with several origins. It functions as a short form of Adelina and so means "noble," from the Germanic adal; a Slavic line connects it to light or bright; and an Arabic reading gives "noble" from a different root entirely.
9,604 in the 2000s
#654
Priscilla Priscilla means ancient or venerable, and it is a diminutive — so the name literally reads as little old one, which was a mark of respect rather than an insult.
9,599 in the 2000s
#655
Jonathon Jonathon respells Jonathan, and the original names a gift — Yahweh has given, borne in scripture by the friend whose bond with David the text describes in terms it uses nowhere else.
9,583 in the 2000s
#656
Shayla
9,574 in the 2000s
#657
Rose Rose is a girl's name of Latin origin naming the flower, from rosa.
9,569 in the 2000s
#658
Georgia Georgia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "farmer" or "worker of the earth," the feminine of George, from ge, earth, and ergon, work.
9,538 in the 2000s
#659
Kristina Kristina means a follower of Christ, the Scandinavian and Slavic form of Christina.
9,537 in the 2000s
#660
Katrina Katrina has no securely known meaning, because Catherine does not — the Greek original has never been derived, and the pure reading was attached centuries later by a false association.
9,521 in the 2000s
#661
Aurora Aurora is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "dawn."
9,458 in the 2000s
#662
Rowan Rowan is a name with two origins. The Irish line comes from Ó Ruadháin, from ruadh meaning red, giving "little red-haired one."
9,456 in the 2000s
#663
Alissa Alissa means noble, and the flower it resembles was named for rabies — alyssum joins the Greek negative to lyssa, madness, because the plant was believed to cure the bite of a mad dog.
9,444 in the 2000s
#664
Ivy Ivy is a girl's name of English origin naming the climbing evergreen plant, from the Old English ifig.
9,380 in the 2000s
#665
Kirsten Kirsten means a follower of the anointed one, and the anointing is literal — Christ translates the Hebrew mashiach, and both words describe someone smeared with oil at a coronation rather than a divine title.
9,349 in the 2000s
#666
Patricia Patricia is a girl's name from the Latin for noble or patrician, the feminine of Patrick.
9,335 in the 2000s
#667
Nayeli Nayeli is a girl's name used widely in Mexico and among Mexican-American families, usually given as Zapotec for "I love you".
9,311 in the 2000s
#668
Leilani Leilani is a girl's name of Hawaiian origin meaning "heavenly flowers" or "royal child," from lei, a garland or wreath of flowers, and lani, meaning sky, heaven, or royalty.
9,280 in the 2000s
#669
Kobe Kobe is a boy's name best known from the Japanese city, whose name means "door of the gods".
9,253 in the 2000s
#670
Emely
9,224 in the 2000s
#671
Ruth Ruth is a girl's name of Hebrew origin usually given as "companion" or "friend," though the derivation is not secure.
9,192 in the 2000s
#672
Reece Reece means ardor, and its England and Wales peak of 1,828 in 1996 is far larger than anything the United States has recorded — a Welsh name that reached America late and never matched its home scale.
9,184 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.