Popular baby names of 2002

In 2002, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emily for girls (24,470 babies) and Jacob for boys (30,586). Social Security records show 3,738,396 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 18,086 girls' names and 12,489 boys' names.

2002 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 9.6% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 12.4% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Riley, Lily, Ava, Ella, Maya, Jocelyn, Melanie, Lillian and 2 more.
New in the boys' top 100: Dominic, Jaden, Owen, Hayden, Diego, Riley.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001
1	Emily	24,470	–
2	Madison	21,774	–
3	Hannah	18,828	–
4	Emma	16,558	↑9
5	Alexis	15,636	–
6	Ashley	15,344	↓2
7	Abigail	15,303	↑1
8	Sarah	14,779	↓2
9	Samantha	14,671	↓2
10	Olivia	14,631	–
11	Elizabeth	14,621	↓2
12	Alyssa	12,847	↑2
13	Lauren	12,327	↑2
14	Isabella	12,171	↑14
15	Grace	12,056	↑1
16	Jessica	11,921	↓5
17	Brianna	11,524	↑1
18	Taylor	11,468	↓6
19	Kayla	11,310	↓2
20	Anna	10,398	↓1
21	Victoria	9,785	–
22	Megan	9,210	↓2
23	Sydney	9,034	–
24	Rachel	8,944	–
25	Chloe	8,902	↑5
26	Jasmine	8,869	↓1
27	Sophia	8,665	↑10
28	Jennifer	8,540	↓2
29	Morgan	8,433	–
30	Natalie	8,352	↑2
31	Hailey	7,992	↑2
32	Kaitlyn	7,981	↓1
33	Julia	7,965	↓6
34	Destiny	7,804	↓12
35	Haley	7,457	↓1
36	Katherine	7,212	↓1
37	Nicole	6,974	↓1
38	Alexandra	6,936	–
39	Savannah	6,581	↑3
40	Maria	6,391	↑1
41	Stephanie	6,270	↑2
42	Mackenzie	6,268	↓2
43	Mia	6,259	↑33
44	Allison	6,239	–
45	Jordan	6,152	↑2
46	Amanda	6,145	↓7
47	Jenna	5,664	↓2
48	Faith	5,527	↑5
49	Mary	5,487	↓1
50	Makayla	5,476	↑4
51	Paige	5,470	↑20
52	Brooke	5,338	↑5
53	Katelyn	5,267	↓1
54	Rebecca	5,222	↓8
55	Andrea	5,118	↓6
56	Madeline	5,114	–
57	Kaylee	4,983	↑9
58	Michelle	4,950	↑1
59	Sara	4,945	↓1
60	Zoe	4,887	↑5
61	Kylie	4,833	↑34
62	Sierra	4,807	↓7
63	Kimberly	4,790	↓2
64	Aaliyah	4,779	↑32
65	Amber	4,723	↓14
66	Gabrielle	4,669	↓16
67	Caroline	4,657	↓5
68	Vanessa	4,455	↓4
69	Alexa	4,401	↑9
70	Trinity	4,385	↓3
71	Danielle	4,205	↓8
72	Erin	4,145	↓12
73	Autumn	4,104	↓1
74	Angelina	3,981	↑19
75	Shelby	3,961	↓7
76	Gabriella	3,910	↑7
77	Riley	3,906	new
78	Jada	3,899	↓3
79	Lily	3,834	new
80	Melissa	3,769	↓6
81	Jacqueline	3,754	↓11
82	Ava	3,751	new
83	Angela	3,714	↓6
84	Bailey	3,662	↓15
85	Isabel	3,651	↑3
86	Jade	3,630	↑12
87	Leah	3,604	–
88	Courtney	3,580	↓15
89	Ella	3,567	new
90	Maya	3,545	new
91	Leslie	3,522	↓7
92	Jocelyn	3,521	new
93	Ariana	3,492	↓1
94	Melanie	3,484	new
95	Claire	3,406	↓13
96	Lillian	3,397	new
97	Christina	3,391	↓17
98	Evelyn	3,372	new
99	Marissa	3,317	↓20
100	Audrey	3,306	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001
1	Jacob	30,586	–
2	Michael	28,258	–
3	Joshua	25,998	↑1
4	Matthew	25,154	↓1
5	Ethan	22,113	↑12
6	Andrew	22,037	↑1
7	Joseph	21,920	↑1
8	Christopher	21,689	↓3
9	Nicholas	21,390	↓3
10	Daniel	21,352	↓1
11	William	20,136	↓1
12	Anthony	19,590	↓1
13	David	18,704	↓1
14	Tyler	18,266	↓1
15	Alexander	17,718	↑5
16	Ryan	17,658	↓1
17	John	17,477	↓3
18	James	16,968	↑1
19	Zachary	16,622	↓3
20	Brandon	16,282	↓2
21	Jonathan	15,514	↑2
22	Justin	14,906	–
23	Dylan	14,821	↓2
24	Christian	14,597	–
25	Samuel	14,579	↑1
26	Austin	14,542	↓1
27	Benjamin	13,492	–
28	Nathan	13,224	↑3
29	Logan	12,974	–
30	Jose	12,868	↑4
31	Noah	12,076	↓3
32	Gabriel	12,059	↑6
33	Kevin	12,046	↓1
34	Robert	12,031	↓4
35	Caleb	11,665	↑2
36	Thomas	11,293	↓3
37	Jordan	11,152	↑2
38	Hunter	11,085	↓2
39	Cameron	10,339	↓4
40	Kyle	10,064	–
41	Elijah	10,053	↑4
42	Jason	9,956	↓1
43	Aaron	9,008	↓1
44	Jack	9,000	↑4
45	Isaiah	8,965	↓2
46	Luke	8,692	↑4
47	Connor	8,409	↑2
48	Isaac	8,312	↓1
49	Angel	8,192	↑9
50	Jackson	8,153	↑10
51	Brian	8,082	↓5
52	Eric	7,928	↓8
53	Mason	7,878	↑1
54	Juan	7,820	↓1
55	Adam	7,754	↓4
56	Evan	7,386	–
57	Luis	7,379	↓5
58	Charles	7,208	↓3
59	Sean	7,028	↓2
60	Aidan	6,954	↑26
61	Gavin	6,951	↑17
62	Nathaniel	6,813	↓1
63	Alex	6,807	↓1
64	Bryan	6,617	↑5
65	Carlos	6,592	↓6
66	Jesus	6,371	–
67	Ian	6,360	↑3
68	Steven	6,222	↓5
69	Cole	6,038	↑5
70	Timothy	6,020	↓3
71	Cody	5,939	↓7
72	Seth	5,740	↓4
73	Adrian	5,684	↑2
74	Devin	5,440	↓3
75	Lucas	5,381	↑8
76	Blake	5,358	↑1
77	Richard	5,322	↓4
78	Julian	5,223	↑4
79	Patrick	5,153	↓7
80	Sebastian	5,137	↑1
81	Trevor	5,060	↓5
82	Chase	4,858	↓3
83	Dominic	4,855	new
84	Jared	4,837	↓19
85	Antonio	4,730	–
86	Jeremiah	4,720	↑4
87	Jaden	4,651	new
88	Xavier	4,648	↑6
89	Miguel	4,644	↓2
90	Jesse	4,431	↑1
91	Garrett	4,357	↓11
92	Alejandro	4,356	↓4
93	Mark	4,222	↓9
94	Owen	4,190	new
95	Jeremy	4,166	↓6
96	Hayden	4,142	new
97	Bryce	4,068	↓5
98	Diego	3,979	new
99	Riley	3,959	new
100	Victor	3,935	↓4

Every name given in 2002

All 30,575 names Social Security recorded for 2002, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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