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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#2,161Raelynn Raelynn is a girl's name of modern American coinage, joining Rae to the -lynn suffix.1,847 in the 2000s
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#2,162Emmy Emmy is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "whole" or "universal," a diminutive of Emma.1,846 in the 2000s
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#2,164Royce Royce is a boy's name from an English surname meaning "son of Roy" or "son of Rose."1,845 in the 2000s
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#2,191Sunny Sunny is a unisex name taken from the English word, from the Old English sunne.1,808 in the 2000s
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#2,194Kalani Kalani is a unisex name of Hawaiian origin meaning "the heavens" or "the royal one".1,802 in the 2000s
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#2,202Hezekiah Hezekiah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God strengthens."1,790 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.