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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#3,618Chester Chester is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "fortress" or "walled camp."884 in the 2000s
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#3,626Royal Royal is a unisex name taken from the English word, from the Latin regalis — of a king.881 in the 2000s
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#3,630Emir Emir is a boy's name from the Arabic title amir, "commander" or "prince."879 in the 2000s
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#3,647Antonella Antonella is a girl's name of Italian origin, a diminutive of Antonia.872 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.