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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#966Haven Haven is a name of Old English origin meaning "harbor" or "place of safety."5,723 in the 2000s
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#967Adeline Adeline is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble," from the element adal.5,719 in the 2000s
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#968Nehemiah Nehemiah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "the Lord comforts".5,718 in the 2000s
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#972Billy Billy is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "resolute protector."5,703 in the 2000s
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#983Frederick Frederick is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "peaceful ruler."5,630 in the 2000s
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#999Cash Cash is a boy's name of English origin meaning a maker of boxes or cases.5,536 in the 2000s
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#1,003Janet Janet is a girl's name, a Scottish diminutive of Jane meaning God is gracious.5,501 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.