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

SQL 2005, 2008:

SELECT TOP 3 ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY NumberOfVotes DESC) AS VoteRank, Name FROM PuppyNames

EDIT: Sorry - just saw you specified 2000.