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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#49
Austin Austin is a boy's name that began as a medieval English contraction of Augustine, meaning "venerable" or "majestic," from the Latin augustus.
113,931 in the 2000s
#50
Kevin Kevin is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "gentle birth," and its saint founded Glendalough and by tradition lived to 120.
111,366 in the 2000s
#51
Grace Grace is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "favor" or "blessing," from gratia.
110,905 in the 2000s
#52
Elijah Elijah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "my God is Yahweh," from Eliyahu.
110,848 in the 2000s
#53
Caleb Caleb is a boy's name of Hebrew origin whose root is debated.
110,303 in the 2000s
#54
Cameron Cameron is a name of Scottish origin meaning "crooked nose," from the Gaelic cam, crooked, and sròn, nose.
107,805 in the 2000s
#55
Robert Robert is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "bright fame," from hrod, fame, and beraht, bright.
106,830 in the 2000s
#56
Ava Ava is a girl's name with several proposed origins rather than one settled root.
104,692 in the 2000s
#57
Jayden Jayden is a boy's name of modern American coinage, formed on the pattern of Aiden.
102,643 in the 2000s
#58
Thomas Thomas is a boy's name of Aramaic origin meaning "twin," from te'oma.
102,261 in the 2000s
#59
Brianna Brianna is a girl's name, the feminine of Brian, whose Irish meaning has never been securely established.
99,978 in the 2000s
#60
Hunter Hunter is a name of English origin meaning "one who hunts."
98,430 in the 2000s
#61
Lauren Lauren is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "laurel," which became a women's name because a film studio invented one.
97,409 in the 2000s
#62
Chloe Chloe is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "green shoot" or "young growth," referring to the first green of new crops.
96,697 in the 2000s
#63
Jack Jack is a boy's name of English origin that began as a pet form of John, by way of the medieval nickname Jankin.
95,661 in the 2000s
#64
Natalie Natalie is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "birthday of the Lord," from natalis.
95,246 in the 2000s
#65
Jackson Jackson is a boy's name of English origin meaning "son of Jack."
94,780 in the 2000s
#66
Kayla Kayla is a girl's name with no established etymology, an American coinage of the 1950s that a soap opera turned into a top-name.
94,516 in the 2000s
#67
Evan Evan is a boy's name of Welsh origin meaning "God is gracious."
93,200 in the 2000s
#68
Isaiah Isaiah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is salvation," from Yesha'yahu.
93,053 in the 2000s
#69
Mason Mason is a boy's name of English origin meaning "stone worker."
91,808 in the 2000s
#70
Isaac Isaac is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he laughs," from Yitzhak.
90,935 in the 2000s
#71
Jessica Jessica is a girl's name invented by Shakespeare for The Merchant of Venice in 1596.
90,851 in the 2000s
#72
Luke Luke is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "man from Lucania," a region of southern Italy.
90,634 in the 2000s
#73
Anna Anna is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "grace" or "favor," the Greek and Latin form of Hannah.
90,470 in the 2000s
#74
Jason Jason is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "healer."
88,735 in the 2000s
#75
Gavin Gavin is a boy's name from the Arthurian Gawain, whose meaning has never been established.
88,670 in the 2000s
#76
Aaron Aaron is a boy's name of Hebrew origin whose meaning is not established.
87,334 in the 2000s
#77
Connor Connor is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "lover of hounds."
86,358 in the 2000s
#78
Riley Riley is a name with two origins that converged. The Irish line comes from Ó Raghallaigh, an Anglicized surname, while the English line names a place meaning "rye clearing," from the Old English ryge and leah.
85,155 in the 2000s
#79
Victoria Victoria is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "victory."
85,105 in the 2000s
#80
Aiden Aiden is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little fire," an Anglicized form of Aodhán.
84,683 in the 2000s
#81
Mia Mia is a girl's name that began as a short form of longer names such as Maria and Amelia before becoming an independent given name in its own right.
83,651 in the 2000s
#82
Hailey Hailey is a girl's name of English origin meaning "hay clearing," from the Old English heg, hay, and leah, a woodland clearing.
82,128 in the 2000s
#83
Morgan Morgan is a Welsh name meaning sea-born, and it charts in all seven markets within a range of just over three hundred places — one of the most evenly distributed names on this site.
78,594 in the 2000s
#84
Aidan Aidan is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little fire," from Aodh, the name of a fire god.
78,126 in the 2000s
#85
Sydney Sydney is a name from a French place name — Saint-Denis, contracted by English speakers — and the Australian city was named after a man who bore it.
77,288 in the 2000s
#86
Kyle Kyle is a boy's name of Scottish Gaelic origin meaning "narrow strait," taken from a district of Ayrshire.
76,636 in the 2000s
#87
Jasmine Jasmine is a girl's name of Persian origin taken from the flower, whose name comes from yasmin.
76,283 in the 2000s
#88
Juan Juan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is gracious."
76,081 in the 2000s
#89
Charles Charles is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "free man," from karl.
75,495 in the 2000s
#90
Luis Luis is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior."
74,528 in the 2000s
#91
Adam Adam is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "earth" or "ground," from adamah.
71,176 in the 2000s
#92
Lucas Lucas is a boy's name of Latin origin, the Latin form of Luke.
71,114 in the 2000s
#93
Julia Julia is a girl's name of Latin origin, the feminine of the Roman family name Julius.
70,994 in the 2000s
#94
Destiny Destiny is a word name meaning a fixed future, and its root is a verb about standing firm — the Latin destinare means to make fast or fix in place, so the idea is settled rather than foreseen.
69,993 in the 2000s
#95
Brian Brian is a boy's name of Irish origin whose meaning is unsettled — noble and high are both proposed, and neither is secure.
69,972 in the 2000s
#96
Eric Eric is a boy's name of Old Norse origin meaning "eternal ruler" or "sole ruler."
69,629 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.