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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#3,223Kyson Kyson is a modern American boy's name that follows the pattern of Tyson and Bryson.1,041 in the 2000s
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#3,240Maureen Maureen is the Irish Máirín, a diminutive of Máire, which is itself the Irish form of Mary.1,035 in the 2000s
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#3,254Otis Otis is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "wealth" or "fortune."1,028 in the 2000s
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#3,260Salem Salem is a unisex name of Hebrew origin meaning "complete" or "at peace".1,026 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.