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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#2,267Rayan Rayan is a name of Arabic origin meaning "luxuriant" or "well-watered."1,719 in the 2000s
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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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#2,275Mae 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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#2,283Arleth 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
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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.