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

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.