List of the most popular names in the 2000s in the United States

Most popular given names

The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current naming trends, or else be composed of the personal names occurring most within the...

of newborns in the United States

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for all years of the 2000s.

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Male
1	Michael Michael Michael is a given name that comes from the , derived from the Hebrew question מי כמו אלוהים? meaning "Who is like God?" In English, it is sometimes shortened to Mike, Mikey, or, especially in Ireland, Mick...	Jacob	Jacob	Jacob	Jacob	Jacob	Jacob	Jacob	Jacob
2	Jacob Jacob Jacob "heel" or "leg-puller"), also later known as Israel , as described in the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, the New Testament and the Qur'an was the third patriarch of the Hebrew people with whom God made a covenant, and ancestor of the tribes of Israel, which were named after his descendants.In the...	Michael	Michael	Michael	Michael	Michael	Michael	Michael	Michael
3	Matthew Matthew (name) Matthew is a given name that ultimately comes from the Hebrew name Matityahu. It was first named to Saint Matthew, who was one of the twelve disciples and credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Matthew...	Matthew	Joshua	Joshua	Joshua	Joshua	Joshua	Ethan	Ethan
4	Joshua Joshua Joshua , is a minor figure in the Torah, being one of the spies for Israel and in few passages as Moses's assistant. He turns to be the central character in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Joshua...	Joshua	Matthew	Matthew	Matthew	Matthew	Ethan	Joshua	Joshua
5	Christopher	Christopher	Ethan Ethan (given name) Ethan is a male given name of Hebrew origin that means strong, firm, steadfast and safe. It may also be spelled Eitan or Eytan. Ethan may refer to:-Given name:*Ethan , author of Psalm 89...	Andrew	Ethan	Ethan	Matthew	Daniel	Daniel
6	Nicholas Nicholas Nicholas or Nikolas is a male given name, derived from the Greek name Νικόλαος , a combination of the words for "victory" and "people" . The name can be understood to mean victory of the people or "power of the people"...	Nicholas	Andrew	Joseph	Andrew	Andrew	Daniel	Christopher	Alexander Alexander Alexander is a common male first name, and less common surname. The most famous is Alexander the Great, the King of Macedon who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.- Origin :...
7	Andrew Andrew Andrew is the English form of a given name and surname common in many countries. Alternatives include André, Andrey, Andrei, Andrej, András, Andrés, Andreas, Andreu, Anders and Endrew. ‘Andrew’ is a common name in English-speaking countries. In the 1990s it was among the top ten most popular names...	Andrew	Joseph	Ethan	Daniel	Daniel	Christopher	Anthony	Anthony
8	Joseph Joseph (name) Joseph is a name originating from Hebrew, recorded in the Hebrew Bible, as יוֹסֵף, Standard Hebrew Yosef, Tiberian Hebrew and Aramaic Yôsēp̄. In Arabic, including in the Qur'an, the name is spelled يوسف or Yūsuf. The name can be translated from Hebrew יהוה להוסיף Yihoh Lhosif as signifying "YHWH...	Joseph	Christopher	Daniel	William	Anthony	Andrew	William	William
9	Daniel Daniel Daniel is the protagonist in the Book of Daniel of the Hebrew Bible. In the narrative, when Daniel was a young man, he was taken into Babylonian captivity where he was educated in Chaldean thought. However, he never converted to Neo-Babylonian ways...	Daniel	Nicholas	Christopher	Joseph	Christopher	Anthony	Matthew	Christopher
10	Tyler Tyler Tyler is an English word which means door keeper of an inn. It is also thought to be a derived occupational name derived from “tiler”, one who makes tiles. It is used both as a surname, and as given name for both genders...	William William (name) William is a popular given name of old Germanic origin. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066, and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era...	Daniel	Anthony Anthony (given name) Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, , derived from Antonius, a Roman family name . That name seems to have come originally from the Etruscan language, although nothing further is known about this derivation...	Christopher	Joseph	William	Andrew	Matthew
Female
1	Emily Emily (given name) Emily is a feminine name derived from the Roman feminine name Aemilia. The Latin name Aemilia in turn may derive from the Latin word aemulus , meaning "rival", but this may be a folk etymology....	Emily	Emily	Emily	Emily	Emily	Emily	Emily	Emma
2	Hannah Hannah (given name) Hannah is a personal name, also spelt Hanna, Hana, or Chana, deriving from the Hebrew language חַנָּה , meaning "He has favoured me/favours me ", or "gracious". The name is biblical as it is the name of the mother of the prophet Samuel...	Madison	Madison	Emma	Emma	Emma	Emma	Isabella	Isabella
3	Madison Madison (name) Originally, Madison, commonly spelled Maddison in Northeastern England, was only used as a surname, a variant of Mathieson meaning son of Matthew, although possibly occasionally standing for son of Maddy, where Maddy is a pet form of Maud.Madison has become a rather popular female given name in...	Hannah	Hannah	Madison	Madison	Madison	Madison	Emma	Emily
4	Ashley Ashley (name) The name "Ashley" is of English origin, from a place name and surname from the Old English words 'æsc' and 'lēah' ....	Ashley	Emma Emma (given name) Emma is a given female name. It is derived from the Germanic word ermen meaning whole or universal, and was originally a short form of Germanic names that began with ermen. It was introduced to England by Emma of Normandy, who was the wife both of king Ethelred II and later of king Canute...	Hannah	Olivia	Abigail	Isabella	Ava	Madison
5	Sarah Sarah Sarah or Sara was the wife of Abraham and the mother of Isaac as described in the Hebrew Bible and the Quran. Her name was originally Sarai...	Alexis	Alexis	Olivia	Hannah	Olivia	Ava	Madison	Ava
6	Alexis Alexis Alexis was a Greek comic poet of the Middle Comedy period, born at Thurii in Magna Graeca and taken early to Athens, where he became a citizen, being enrolled in the deme Oion and the tribe Leontides. It is thought he lived to the age of 106 and died on the stage while being crowned...	Sarah	Ashley	Abigail	Abigail	Isabella	Abigail	Sophia	Olivia
7	Samantha Samantha Samantha is a feminine given name. It was first recorded in the 18th century in New England, but its origin is unknown.Speculation has suggested an origin from the masculine given name Samuel and anthos, the Greek word for "flower"...	Samantha	Abigail	Alexis	Isabel Isabel Isabel is a Romance-language given name. It is related to Isabelle , Catalan, Provençal), Isabella , and the English Elizabeth.-Etymology:... la	Hannah	Olivia	Olivia	Sophia
8	Jessica Jessica (given name) Jessica is a female given name.The oldest written record of the name with its current spelling is found as the name of a character in Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice, where it belongs to the daughter of Shylock...	Abigail Abigail (name) Abigail is a female given name. The name comes from the Hebrew name אֲבִיגַיִל / אֲבִיגָיִל Avigail, meaning "father rejoice" or "father's joy"....	Sarah	Ashley	Ashley	Samantha	Hannah	Abigail	Abigail
9	Taylor Taylor (given name) Taylor is a given name derived from the English occupational surname Taylor. The surname took its meaning from the Middle English word tailor, meaning "one who cuts cloth."...	Elizabeth	Samantha	Elizabeth	Samantha	Ava Ava (given name) Ava is a feminine given name in the English language. The name is possibly derived from a Germanic name, composed of the element av, which is of an uncertain meaning. It is also possible that modern given name may be a completely modern creation...	Sophia	Hannah	Elizabeth
10	Elizabeth Elizabeth (given name) Elizabeth is a feminine given name derived from the Greek Elisávet , which is a form of the Hebrew name Elisheva , meaning "My God is an oath" or"My God is abundance."...	Olivia Olivia (given name) Olivia, , is a popular feminine given name in the English language. It is a Latinate name derived, first coined by William Shakespeare for a character in the Twelfth Night...	Olivia	Samantha	Elizabeth	Ashley	Samantha	Elizabeth	Chloe Chloe Chloe is a first or given name for girls, especially popular in England. The name comes from the Greek , meaning "young green shoot" and is one of the many names of the Greek goddess Demeter...

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