Popular baby names in California, 2002

The most popular baby names in California in 2002 were Emily for girls (3,022 babies) and Daniel for boys (4,136). Daniel ranked #10 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 467,782 babies born in California in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 2002

Names given at least 15 times in California that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Arlene: 137 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Yvette: 144 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lizeth: 150 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Belen: 121 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lizette: 120 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Aileen: 203 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Guadalupe: 494 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gisselle: 244 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marlene: 193 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Monserrat: 142 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 347 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Yahir: 137 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ernesto: 324 babies, 3× the national rate
Moises: 314 babies, 3× the national rate
Esteban: 300 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Angel: 2,888 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Diego: 1,394 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cesar: 833 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gerardo: 517 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Saul: 367 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Emily	3,022	–	1
2	Ashley	2,684	–	6
3	Samantha	2,541	–	9
4	Jessica	2,006	–	16
5	Jennifer	1,987	↑1	28
6	Isabella	1,887	↑10	14
7	Alyssa	1,874	↓2	12
8	Elizabeth	1,712	–	11
9	Jasmine	1,667	↑1	26
10	Natalie	1,646	↓3	30
11	Alexis	1,604	↓2	5
12	Sarah	1,565	↓1	8
13	Madison	1,538	–	2
14	Hannah	1,488	↓2	3
15	Stephanie	1,468	–	41
16	Brianna	1,460	↑2	17
17	Andrea	1,349	↓3	55
18	Sophia	1,329	↑9	27
19	Maria	1,297	↑1	40
20	Emma	1,296	↑12	4
21	Michelle	1,274	↑2	58
22	Vanessa	1,257	↓5	68
23	Victoria	1,217	↑1	21
24	Kimberly	1,212	↓5	63
25	Lauren	1,210	↑1	13
26	Leslie	1,210	↑3	91
27	Kayla	1,194	↓6	19
28	Abigail	1,188	↑2	7
29	Olivia	1,102	↑5	10
30	Mia	1,086	new	43
31	Jacqueline	1,057	↓6	81
32	Melissa	1,046	↓4	80
33	Nicole	1,045	↓2	37
34	Grace	1,022	↓1	15
35	Alexandra	1,000	↑1	38
36	Destiny	982	↓14	34
37	Jocelyn	976	↑7	92
38	Megan	953	↑2	22
39	Katherine	948	↓2	36
40	Julia	915	↓5	33
41	Evelyn	900	↑6	98
42	Chloe	872	–	25
43	Rachel	863	–	24
44	Taylor	861	↓6	18
45	Daniela	852	new	>100
46	Amanda	839	↓5	46
47	Hailey	838	↑3	31
48	Daisy	832	↓2	>100
49	Lizbeth	832	new	>100
50	Angela	826	↓5	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Daniel	4,136	–	10
2	Anthony	3,772	–	12
3	Jose	3,558	↑1	30
4	Andrew	3,557	↓1	6
5	Jacob	3,385	–	1
6	Joshua	3,382	↑2	3
7	Michael	3,238	–	2
8	David	3,194	↓2	13
9	Matthew	3,093	–	4
10	Christopher	2,904	–	8
11	Angel	2,888	↑2	49
12	Jonathan	2,725	↓1	21
13	Joseph	2,705	↓1	7
14	Alexander	2,395	↑6	15
15	Kevin	2,347	↓1	33
16	Ryan	2,289	↑1	16
17	Brandon	2,269	↑1	20
18	Ethan	2,263	↑7	5
19	Christian	2,261	↓4	24
20	Nicholas	2,208	↓4	9
21	Juan	2,060	↑2	54
22	Luis	1,988	↓3	57
23	Jesus	1,976	↓2	66
24	Nathan	1,942	↑3	28
25	Justin	1,937	↓3	22
26	Gabriel	1,788	–	32
27	Carlos	1,781	↓3	65
28	Adrian	1,673	↑5	73
29	Bryan	1,666	↑7	64
30	Jason	1,605	↓2	42
31	William	1,569	↓1	11
32	Samuel	1,563	↓1	25
33	Tyler	1,537	↓1	14
34	Brian	1,531	↑1	51
35	Dylan	1,493	↓6	23
36	James	1,472	↑6	18
37	Isaac	1,450	↑1	48
38	John	1,435	↓4	17
39	Diego	1,394	new	98
40	Miguel	1,386	↑1	89
41	Isaiah	1,346	↑3	45
42	Benjamin	1,335	↓2	27
43	Aaron	1,323	–	43
44	Alejandro	1,323	↓7	92
45	Robert	1,322	↓6	34
46	Eric	1,298	↓1	52
47	Julian	1,234	↑3	78
48	Zachary	1,200	↓1	19
49	Elijah	1,163	new	41
50	Noah	1,144	↓4	31

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