SQL: Numbering the rows returned by a SELECT statement

Question

Suppose I have a SELECT statement that returns some set of results. Is there some way I can number my results in the following way:

SELECT TOP 3 Name FR

Answer 1

With SQL 2000 you need to use a correlated sub-query.

   SELECT (
              SELECT COUNT(*)
                FROM PuppyNames b
               WHERE b.Popularity <= a.Popularity
          ) AS Ranking
        , a.Name
     FROM PuppyNames a
 ORDER BY a.Popularity