Most Popular Names Germany 2000
| Description: | Most popular names for male newborns in united Germany 2000 |
| Source: | Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache (GfdS) |
| Series: | Germany |
| Following list: | 2001 |
| Previous list: | 1999 |
| Highest new entries: | Jonas (new at 8) |
| Largest rises: | Paul +4 (now at 6), Alexander +1 (now at 1) |
| Largest falls: | Daniel -3 (now at 9), Lukas -2 (now at 3) |
| Note: | Rankings with limited informative value: First names and second names are counted equally despite second names playing a rather small role in everyday life of Germans |
| Rank | Name | +/- | Graph |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander |  1 | Graph |
| 2 | Maximilian | 1 | Graph |
| 3 | Lukas |  2 | Graph |
| 4 | Léon | Graph | |
| 5 | Tim | Graph | |
| 6 | Paul | 4 | Graph |
| 7 | Niklas | Graph | |
| 8 | Jonas |  | Graph |
| 9 | Daniel | 3 | Graph |
| 10 | Jan | 2 | Graph |