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

#97
Rachel Rachel is a girl's name from Hebrew meaning ewe, borne by Jacob's wife in Genesis.
68,521 in the 2000s
#98
Adrian Adrian is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "from Hadria," a town in northern Italy that also gave its name to the Adriatic Sea.
67,912 in the 2000s
#99
Ella Ella is a girl's name with two distinct origins. The Norman French line derives from the Germanic element ali, meaning other or foreign, while a Hebrew line gives Ella as a word for a terebinth tree.
67,644 in the 2000s
#100
Kaitlyn Kaitlyn is a girl's name that respells the Irish Caitlín — which came into Irish from French, and into French from Greek.
67,021 in the 2000s
#101
Megan Megan is a girl's name, the Welsh pet form of Margaret, from a Greek word for pearl that reached Europe from Persian.
66,953 in the 2000s
#102
Alex Alex is a name of Greek origin meaning "defender of mankind."
65,925 in the 2000s
#103
Katherine Katherine is a girl's name whose meaning is not settled.
65,475 in the 2000s
#104
Savannah Savannah is a girl's name of Taino origin meaning "treeless plain."
64,867 in the 2000s
#105
Sean Sean is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "God is gracious," the Irish form of John by way of Norman French.
64,406 in the 2000s
#106
Nathaniel Nathaniel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God."
64,392 in the 2000s
#107
Jennifer Jennifer is a girl's name, the Cornish form of the Welsh Gwenhwyfar, the name of King Arthur's queen.
63,694 in the 2000s
#108
Carlos Carlos is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "free man."
63,329 in the 2000s
#109
Bryan Bryan is a boy's name of Irish origin whose meaning is unsettled — noble and high are both proposed.
62,117 in the 2000s
#110
Ian Ian is a boy's name of Scottish origin meaning "Yahweh is gracious," the Scottish Gaelic form of John.
62,046 in the 2000s
#111
Owen Owen is a boy's name of Welsh origin, the anglicized form of Owain.
62,022 in the 2000s
#112
Jesus Jesus is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "the Lord is salvation."
61,604 in the 2000s
#113
Alexandra Alexandra is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "defender of men," and it appears as a title of the goddess Hera before it was ever a personal name.
61,417 in the 2000s
#114
Landon Landon is a boy's name of English origin meaning "long hill," from the Old English lang, long, and dun, a hill or down.
61,405 in the 2000s
#115
Julian Julian is a boy's name of Latin origin, derived from the Roman family name Julius.
61,111 in the 2000s
#116
Hayden Hayden is a name of Old English origin meaning "hay valley" or "hedged hill."
60,536 in the 2000s
#117
Allison Allison is a girl's name of Norman French origin, from Alis — the medieval form of Alice — plus a diminutive ending.
60,097 in the 2000s
#118
Chase Chase is a boy's name of Old French origin meaning "huntsman."
58,655 in the 2000s
#119
Avery Avery is a name of English origin meaning "elf counsel," derived from the Norman French form of the Germanic name Alberich.
57,562 in the 2000s
#120
Haley Haley means hay meadow, from an English place name.
57,252 in the 2000s
#121
Maria Maria is a girl's name of Hebrew origin, the Latin and Greek form of Miryam.
57,191 in the 2000s
#122
Cole Cole is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "coal-black" or "swarthy."
57,013 in the 2000s
#123
Jaden Jaden is a modern American name with a genuine biblical original behind it — Jadon appears once in Nehemiah, as a man who helped rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, and almost nothing else is known of him.
56,637 in the 2000s
#124
Kaylee Kaylee is an invented name with no single source — it fuses the Kay and Lee sounds that were already everywhere, and the meanings assigned to it afterwards were reverse-engineered.
56,543 in the 2000s
#125
Lily Lily is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "lily flower," from lilium.
56,263 in the 2000s
#126
Diego Diego is a boy's name of Hebrew origin, the Spanish form of James.
56,156 in the 2000s
#127
Jeremiah Jeremiah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh exalts" or "Yahweh establishes," from Yirmeyahu.
55,810 in the 2000s
#128
Mackenzie Mackenzie means son of Coinneach, and the missing sound is the point — the Gaelic ends in a soft ch that English cannot spell, so the anglicized ending was written as a z that was never pronounced as one.
55,591 in the 2000s
#129
Addison Addison is a name of English origin meaning "son of Adam."
55,195 in the 2000s
#130
Makayla Makayla is one of a large family of respellings of Michaela, and the name underneath is a question — Michael means who is like God, expecting the answer nobody.
55,099 in the 2000s
#131
Brooke Brooke is a girl's name from the English word for a small stream.
54,797 in the 2000s
#132
Nicole Nicole is a girl's name, the French feminine of Nicholas, meaning victory of the people.
54,714 in the 2000s
#133
Steven Steven is a boy's name from the Greek for crown or garland, and the phonetic respelling of Stephen.
54,034 in the 2000s
#134
Sebastian Sebastian is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "from Sebaste," a city whose name derives from sebastos, meaning venerable or august.
54,001 in the 2000s
#135
Carter Carter is a name of English origin meaning "one who transports goods by cart."
53,340 in the 2000s
#136
Xavier Xavier is a boy's name from a Basque place name meaning "the new house," from etxe berri.
52,659 in the 2000s
#137
Timothy Timothy is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "honoring God."
52,573 in the 2000s
#138
Peyton Peyton is a name of Old English origin meaning "Pæga's settlement."
52,448 in the 2000s
#139
Devin Devin is a name from an Irish surname, and its meanings are contested — poet, and a word for a stag, are both proposed from different Irish originals.
52,433 in the 2000s
#140
Wyatt Wyatt is a boy's name of English origin meaning "brave in war," from the medieval given name Wyot, itself from Old English elements meaning war and hardy.
51,468 in the 2000s
#141
Blake Blake is a name of Old English origin with two opposite meanings.
51,447 in the 2000s
#142
Brayden Brayden is a modern American invention with a real Irish surname behind it, and it peaked in 2010 — one of the latest peaks on this site.
50,979 in the 2000s
#143
Stephanie Stephanie is a girl's name from the Greek for crown or garland, the feminine of Stephen.
50,072 in the 2000s
#144
Andrea Andrea is a name meaning "manly" or "brave," from the Greek aner.
49,555 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.