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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#2,268Lorelai Lorelai is a girl's name of German origin naming a rock on the Rhine, where a siren was said to lure boatmen to their deaths.1,719 in the 2000s 9 of 10 years
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#2,269Rayan Rayan is a name of Arabic origin meaning "luxuriant" or "well-watered."1,719 in the 2000s
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#2,275Mae Mae is a girl's name in France, generally read as a form of Mae or as a feminine of the Breton Mahé.1,714 in the 2000s
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#2,277Raiden Raiden is a boy's name of Japanese origin naming the god of thunder and lightning.1,713 in the 2000s
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#2,279Matilda Matilda is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "mighty in battle."1,712 in the 2000s
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#2,280Fletcher Fletcher is a boy's name from an English occupational surname for a maker of arrows.1,711 in the 2000s
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#2,282Arleth Arleth is a girl's name used almost exclusively in Mexico and among Mexican-American families.1,709 in the 2000s
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#2,294Zainab Zainab is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "fragrant flowering tree."1,699 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.