Top 100 History: Boys' 2000s

We have finally entered the contemporary era of naming.

Changes

2000

Left: Brendan, Jeffrey, Tristan

Entered: Julian, Gavin, Sebastian

2001

Left: Tanner, Stephen, Spencer, Marcus, Paul

Entered: Colby, Carson, Xavier, Jeremiah, Aidan

2002

Left: Jake, Kenneth, Carson, Dakota, Dalton, Colby 

Entered: Riley, Diego, Hayden, Owen, Jaden, Dominic

2003

Left: Bryce, Riley, Mark, Garrett, Jared, Jeremy

Entered: Jake, Landon, Carson, Colin, Jayden, Aiden

2004

Left: Carson, Victor, Trevor

Entered: Wyatt, Carter, Ashton

2005

Left: Jake, Ashton, Patrick

Entered: Kaden, Caden, Brayden

2006

Left: Jesse, Seth, Cody, Colin

Entered: Liam, Henry, Carson, Tristan

2007

Left: Richard, Alejandro

Entered: Cooper, Brady

2008

Left: Miguel, Antonio, Steven, Timothy, Devin

Entered: Eli, Colton, Josiah, Ayden, Brody

2009

Left: Jaden, Kaden, Caden, Brady

Entered: Miguel, Oliver, Parker, Levi

Movement

  • Julian, Gavin, Sebastian, Carson, Jeremiah, Xavier, Aidan, Jayden, Aiden, Diego, Hayden, Owen, Dominic, Landon, Wyatt, Carter, Brayden, Liam, Eli, Colton, Josiah, Ayden, Brody, Parker, and Levi became newly popular.
  • Henry and Oliver were revived. 
  • Brendan, Jeffrey, Tanner, Stephen, Spencer, Marcus, Paul, Jake, Kenneth, Dakota, Dalton, Bryce, Mark, Garrett, Jared, Jeremy, Victor, Trevor, Patrick, Jesse, Seth, Richard, Alejandro, Antonio, Steven, Timothy, and Devin left the top 100. 
  • Alexander, Noah, Jayden, and Ethan entered the top 10. 
  • William returned to the top 10.
  • Nicholas, Tyler, Matthew, Andrew, and Joseph left the top 10.
  • Alexander, Ethan, Noah, Jayden, Benjamin, Logan, and Aiden entered the top 20.
  • John, Tyler, Nicholas, Brandon, Justin, Zachary, and Austin left the top 20. 
  • Elijah, Gabriel, Jackson, Gavin, Mason, Evan, Landon, Angel, Lucas, Isaac, Luke, Brayden, Liam, and Carter entered the top 50. 
  • Jack returned to the top 50.
  • Zachary, Aaron, Robert, Thomas, Cameron, Austin, Charles, Jason, Juan, Adam, Brian, Eric, Kyle, Steven, and Timothy left the top 50.
Trends
  • More names ending in "er" became common (Xavier, Carter, Parker). 
  • The "ayden" names emerged (Aidan, Hayden, Jayden, Aiden, Brayden, Ayden). 
  • Classics were revived (Henry, Oliver, Julian). 
  • More Biblical names became stylish (Jeremiah, Eli, Josiah, Levi).
  • More names ending in "ee" dropped (Jeffrey, Jeremy, Jesse, Timothy). 
  • Single-syllable names continued to trend downwards (Paul, Jake, Mark, Seth). 
  • Short names ending in "n" continued to rise (Gavin, Aidan, Aiden, Owen).

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