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 we track 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

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.