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.

All Girls Boys Unisex

Rankings for

#913
Martha Martha is a girl's name of Aramaic origin meaning "lady" or "mistress of the house."
6,179 in the 2000s
#914
Alanna Alanna is a girl's name usually given as the feminine of Alan, a Breton name whose own meaning is not established.
6,175 in the 2000s
#915
Athena Athena is a girl's name from the Greek goddess of wisdom, warfare and craft.
6,169 in the 2000s
#916
Carla Carla is a girl's name meaning free man, the Italian and Spanish feminine of Carlo.
6,167 in the 2000s
#917
Kristin Kristin is a girl's name meaning a follower of Christ, and it is the smaller of a pair — Kristen holds 222,720 recorded births to its 181,344, and both charted only ever in America.
6,166 in the 2000s
#918
Marie Marie is a girl's name of Hebrew origin, the French form of Mary, and the largest name in the birth records with more than 2.8 million births on record.
6,149 in the 2000s
#919
Armani Armani is a unisex name of Italian origin, a surname meaning "son of Armanno" — a Germanic name built from elements for army and man.
6,133 in the 2000s
#920
Guillermo
6,100 in the 2000s
#921
Destinee
6,099 in the 2000s
#922
Lena Lena is a girl's name used as a short form of Helena, Magdalena and Elena, so it usually carries the sense "light" or "torch."
6,097 in the 2000s
#923
Willow Willow is a girl's name of English origin naming the tree, from the Old English welig.
6,076 in the 2000s
#924
Jayce Jayce is a boy's name of modern American coinage, a respelling of Jason or a stretched form of Jay.
6,059 in the 2000s
#925
Haleigh
6,046 in the 2000s
#926
Cara Cara is a girl's name with two independent sources: the Italian cara, meaning "dear" or "beloved," and the Irish cara, meaning "friend."
6,034 in the 2000s
#927
Cheyanne
6,034 in the 2000s
#928
Joy Joy is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning exactly what it says, taken from the English word.
6,026 in the 2000s
#929
Alisha Alisha means noble, and it is British and Irish rather than American — England and Wales 376th, Ireland 381st and Northern Ireland 407th all rank it far above the United States at 1,229th.
6,015 in the 2000s
#930
Kody
6,011 in the 2000s
#931
Anderson Anderson is a boy's name of Scottish and Scandinavian origin meaning "son of Andrew".
6,000 in the 2000s
#932
Alessandra Alessandra is a girl's name meaning "defender of the people."
5,989 in the 2000s
#933
Amya
5,985 in the 2000s
#934
America
5,982 in the 2000s
#935
Madelynn
5,972 in the 2000s
#936
Hazel Hazel is a girl's name of English origin naming the hazel tree, from the Old English hæsel.
5,971 in the 2000s
#937
Lyla Lyla is a girl's name of disputed origin.
5,969 in the 2000s
#938
Samara Samara is a girl's name with several sources. In botany a samara is the winged seed of an elm or maple; it is also a Russian city on the Volga, an ancient Mesopotamian site, and a form of the Hebrew Shomron.
5,967 in the 2000s
#939
Conor Conor is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "lover of hounds," from the Irish Conchobhar.
5,949 in the 2000s
#940
Grady Grady means noble, and it comes from a byname rather than a rank — the Irish grádha describes someone held in esteem, which is a reputation earned rather than a title inherited.
5,948 in the 2000s
#941
Miley Miley is a girl's name best known from Miley Cyrus, whose own was a nickname from smiley.
5,924 in the 2000s
#942
Quinton
5,917 in the 2000s
#943
Renee Renee is a girl's name from the Latin for reborn, given at baptism to mark spiritual rebirth.
5,905 in the 2000s
#944
Kali Kali is a girl's name of Sanskrit origin naming the Hindu goddess, from kala meaning both black and time.
5,904 in the 2000s
#945
Jamal
5,898 in the 2000s
#946
Jamari
5,890 in the 2000s
#947
Nelson Nelson means son of Neil, and the admiral made it a given name — it was a surname until Trafalgar, after which parents across the English-speaking world started using it as a first name outright.
5,883 in the 2000s
#948
Abbigail
5,879 in the 2000s
#949
Khalil Khalil is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "friend" — specifically a close and trusted one.
5,879 in the 2000s
#950
Jameson Jameson is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "son of James."
5,876 in the 2000s
#951
Rene Rene is a name from the Latin for reborn, given at baptism to mark spiritual rebirth.
5,866 in the 2000s
#952
Mekhi
5,851 in the 2000s
#953
Sam Sam is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God has heard," a short form of Samuel.
5,848 in the 2000s
#954
River River is a name taken from the English word, which comes through Anglo-Norman from the Latin riparius, meaning "of the riverbank."
5,843 in the 2000s
#955
Aileen Aileen means hazel, most likely, and the shining gloss usually given for it comes from confusion with Helen — the Norman Aveline is the likelier parent, and it has nothing to do with light.
5,821 in the 2000s
#956
Reed Reed is a boy's name of English origin meaning "red" — a nickname for someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion.
5,800 in the 2000s
#957
Joey Joey is a name of Hebrew origin meaning "God will increase."
5,789 in the 2000s
#958
Davion
5,788 in the 2000s
#959
Lilian Lilian is the most evenly split name in this whole sweep — 46 percent of recorded births are female, because France uses it for boys and the English-speaking markets use it for girls.
5,783 in the 2000s
#960
Darian
5,778 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.