The 200 most popular boys’ names of 2000
12,119 different boys’ names were recorded in 2000, covering 1,964,001 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob | 34,492 |
| 2 | Michael | 32,045 |
| 3 | Matthew | 28,580 |
| 4 | Joshua | 27,543 |
| 5 | Christopher | 24,936 |
| 6 | Nicholas | 24,653 |
| 7 | Andrew | 23,658 |
| 8 | Joseph | 22,844 |
| 9 | Daniel | 22,338 |
| 10 | Tyler | 21,506 |
| 11 | William | 20,669 |
| 12 | Brandon | 20,337 |
| 13 | Ryan | 20,269 |
| 14 | John | 20,115 |
| 15 | Zachary | 19,852 |
| 16 | David | 19,787 |
| 17 | Anthony | 19,656 |
| 18 | James | 17,991 |
| 19 | Justin | 17,784 |
| 20 | Alexander | 17,290 |
| 21 | Jonathan | 16,888 |
| 22 | Christian | 16,059 |
| 23 | Austin | 15,947 |
| 24 | Dylan | 15,405 |
| 25 | Ethan | 15,226 |
| 26 | Benjamin | 14,845 |
| 27 | Noah | 14,282 |
| 28 | Samuel | 14,188 |
| 29 | Robert | 13,739 |
| 30 | Nathan | 13,040 |
| 31 | Cameron | 12,767 |
| 32 | Kevin | 12,674 |
| 33 | Thomas | 12,638 |
| 34 | Jose | 12,585 |
| 35 | Hunter | 12,538 |
| 36 | Jordan | 12,168 |
| 37 | Kyle | 11,969 |
| 38 | Caleb | 9,866 |
| 39 | Jason | 9,778 |
| 40 | Logan | 9,737 |
| 41 | Aaron | 9,561 |
| 42 | Eric | 9,162 |
| 43 | Brian | 8,958 |
| 44 | Gabriel | 8,681 |
| 45 | Adam | 8,136 |
| 46 | Jack | 8,125 |
| 47 | Isaiah | 8,029 |
| 48 | Juan | 7,712 |
| 49 | Luis | 7,662 |
| 50 | Connor | 7,530 |
| 51 | Charles | 7,525 |
| 52 | Elijah | 7,472 |
| 53 | Isaac | 7,439 |
| 54 | Steven | 7,361 |
| 55 | Evan | 7,334 |
| 56 | Jared | 7,324 |
| 57 | Sean | 7,316 |
| 58 | Timothy | 7,261 |
| 59 | Luke | 7,148 |
| 60 | Cody | 7,132 |
| 61 | Nathaniel | 6,797 |
| 62 | Alex | 6,748 |
| 63 | Seth | 6,717 |
| 64 | Mason | 6,516 |
| 65 | Richard | 6,354 |
| 66 | Carlos | 6,322 |
| 67 | Angel | 6,306 |
| 68 | Patrick | 6,297 |
| 69 | Devin | 6,152 |
| 70 | Bryan | 6,143 |
| 71 | Cole | 5,926 |
| 72 | Jackson | 5,903 |
| 73 | Ian | 5,886 |
| 74 | Garrett | 5,840 |
| 75 | Trevor | 5,745 |
| 76 | Jesus | 5,682 |
| 77 | Chase | 5,442 |
| 78 | Adrian | 5,341 |
| 79 | Mark | 5,230 |
| 80 | Blake | 5,143 |
| 81 | Sebastian | 5,029 |
| 82 | Antonio | 4,892 |
| 83 | Lucas | 4,818 |
| 84 | Jeremy | 4,738 |
| 85 | Gavin | 4,686 |
| 86 | Miguel | 4,673 |
| 87 | Julian | 4,590 |
| 88 | Dakota | 4,553 |
| 89 | Alejandro | 4,511 |
| 90 | Jesse | 4,485 |
| 91 | Dalton | 4,445 |
| 92 | Bryce | 4,319 |
| 93 | Tanner | 4,235 |
| 94 | Kenneth | 4,152 |
| 95 | Stephen | 4,137 |
| 96 | Jake | 4,091 |
| 97 | Victor | 4,053 |
| 98 | Spencer | 4,044 |
| 99 | Marcus | 3,797 |
| 100 | Paul | 3,795 |
| 101 | Brendan | 3,657 |
| 102 | Jeremiah | 3,643 |
| 103 | Xavier | 3,640 |
| 104 | Jeffrey | 3,563 |
| 105 | Tristan | 3,531 |
| 106 | Jalen | 3,513 |
| 107 | Jorge | 3,496 |
| 108 | Edward | 3,485 |
| 109 | Riley | 3,421 |
| 110 | Wyatt | 3,411 |
| 111 | Colton | 3,410 |
| 112 | Joel | 3,380 |
| 113 | Maxwell | 3,364 |
| 114 | Aidan | 3,296 |
| 115 | Travis | 3,289 |
| 116 | Shane | 3,275 |
| 117 | Colin | 3,256 |
| 118 | Dominic | 3,246 |
| 119 | Carson | 3,239 |
| 120 | Vincent | 3,235 |
| 121 | Derek | 3,214 |
| 122 | Oscar | 3,178 |
| 123 | Grant | 3,174 |
| 124 | Eduardo | 3,161 |
| 125 | Peter | 3,148 |
| 126 | Henry | 3,127 |
| 127 | Parker | 3,099 |
| 128 | Collin | 3,045 |
| 129 | Hayden | 3,044 |
| 130 | George | 3,037 |
| 131 | Bradley | 3,017 |
| 132 | Mitchell | 2,983 |
| 133 | Devon | 2,974 |
| 134 | Ricardo | 2,918 |
| 135 | Shawn | 2,894 |
| 136 | Taylor | 2,854 |
| 137 | Nicolas | 2,846 |
| 138 | Gregory | 2,839 |
| 139 | Francisco | 2,837 |
| 140 | Liam | 2,781 |
| 141 | Preston | 2,743 |
| 141 | Kaleb | 2,743 |
| 143 | Erik | 2,722 |
| 144 | Owen | 2,715 |
| 144 | Alexis | 2,715 |
| 146 | Omar | 2,688 |
| 147 | Diego | 2,685 |
| 148 | Dustin | 2,621 |
| 149 | Corey | 2,607 |
| 150 | Fernando | 2,602 |
| 151 | Clayton | 2,564 |
| 152 | Carter | 2,550 |
| 153 | Ivan | 2,531 |
| 154 | Jaden | 2,520 |
| 155 | Javier | 2,493 |
| 156 | Alec | 2,479 |
| 157 | Johnathan | 2,469 |
| 158 | Scott | 2,458 |
| 159 | Manuel | 2,427 |
| 160 | Cristian | 2,423 |
| 161 | Alan | 2,415 |
| 162 | Raymond | 2,404 |
| 163 | Brett | 2,383 |
| 164 | Max | 2,355 |
| 164 | Andres | 2,355 |
| 166 | Gage | 2,348 |
| 167 | Mario | 2,333 |
| 168 | Dawson | 2,312 |
| 169 | Dillon | 2,263 |
| 170 | Cesar | 2,260 |
| 171 | Wesley | 2,216 |
| 172 | Levi | 2,200 |
| 173 | Jakob | 2,161 |
| 174 | Chandler | 2,131 |
| 175 | Martin | 2,110 |
| 176 | Malik | 2,084 |
| 177 | Edgar | 2,072 |
| 178 | Sergio | 2,063 |
| 178 | Trenton | 2,063 |
| 180 | Josiah | 2,029 |
| 181 | Marco | 2,027 |
| 182 | Nolan | 2,026 |
| 183 | Peyton | 2,000 |
| 184 | Harrison | 1,986 |
| 185 | Hector | 1,979 |
| 186 | Micah | 1,975 |
| 187 | Roberto | 1,957 |
| 188 | Drew | 1,948 |
| 189 | Brady | 1,884 |
| 189 | Erick | 1,884 |
| 191 | Conner | 1,880 |
| 192 | Jonah | 1,833 |
| 193 | Casey | 1,822 |
| 194 | Jayden | 1,821 |
| 195 | Edwin | 1,802 |
| 196 | Emmanuel | 1,800 |
| 197 | Andre | 1,796 |
| 198 | Phillip | 1,776 |
| 199 | Brayden | 1,760 |
| 200 | Landon | 1,758 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 2000 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.