Popular baby names in Delaware, 2002

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 2002 were Emily for girls (70 babies) and Matthew for boys (100). Matthew ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,134 babies born in Delaware in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 2002

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

Girls

Autumn: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kelly: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rachel: 46 babies, 3× the national rate
Gabriella: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Riley: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Alexandria: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Erin: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Haley: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Paige: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Danielle: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Edwin: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Collin: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shane: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Mark: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Edward: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Aiden: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jordan: 57 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Cole: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Xavier: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Evan: 35 babies, 2.2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Emily	70	↑1	1
2	Madison	64	↓1	2
3	Hannah	57	↑1	3
4	Olivia	55	↑2	10
5	Alexis	53	↓2	5
6	Sarah	53	↑1	8
7	Kayla	48	↑3	19
8	Ashley	46	↑5	6
9	Elizabeth	46	↑10	11
10	Rachel	46	↑16	24
11	Samantha	43	↓3	9
12	Abigail	42	↓7	7
13	Emma	42	↓2	4
14	Isabella	40	↑16	14
15	Anna	39	↑23	20
16	Jessica	37	↑1	16
17	Alyssa	35	↓5	12
18	Brianna	35	–	17
19	Haley	34	↑5	35
20	Taylor	34	↓11	18
21	Grace	33	↓7	15
22	Lauren	33	↓6	13
23	Morgan	33	↓3	29
24	Victoria	31	↑3	21
25	Julia	29	↓10	33
26	Megan	28	↓5	22
27	Jordan	26	↑8	45
28	Sydney	26	↑1	23
29	Destiny	25	↓1	34
30	Paige	25	↑16	51
31	Alexandra	24	↑2	38
32	Autumn	24	new	73
33	Amanda	23	↓10	46
34	Sophia	23	↑7	27
35	Chloe	22	new	25
36	Jennifer	22	new	28
37	Jenna	21	new	47
38	Natalie	21	new	30
39	Brooke	20	new	52
40	Erin	20	↓1	72
41	Gabriella	20	new	76
42	Katherine	20	↓17	36
43	Mackenzie	20	↓21	42
44	Riley	20	new	77
45	Danielle	19	new	71
46	Hailey	19	↓12	31
47	Kaitlyn	19	↑3	32
48	Mia	19	new	43
49	Savannah	19	↓18	39
50	Allison	18	↓8	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Matthew	100	↑2	4
2	Nicholas	88	↑7	9
3	Michael	84	↓2	2
4	Jacob	78	↓2	1
5	John	78	↑5	17
6	Ryan	76	↓1	16
7	William	76	↑8	11
8	Andrew	75	↑3	6
9	Joshua	72	↓1	3
10	Joseph	71	↑2	7
11	Christopher	70	↓5	8
12	James	67	↓5	18
13	Anthony	64	↑1	12
14	Tyler	63	↓1	14
15	Daniel	62	↑2	10
16	Brandon	60	↑7	20
17	Justin	59	↑1	22
18	Jordan	57	↑24	37
19	Zachary	56	↓15	19
20	David	54	–	13
21	Benjamin	48	↑1	27
22	Dylan	48	↓1	23
23	Robert	48	↑2	34
24	Alexander	47	–	15
25	Logan	47	↑2	29
26	Ethan	46	↑4	5
27	Nathan	45	↓8	28
28	Christian	41	↑3	24
29	Samuel	41	↑3	25
30	Austin	38	↑6	26
31	Kyle	37	↓5	40
32	Thomas	37	↓16	36
33	Jason	36	↑8	42
34	Kevin	36	↑9	33
35	Evan	35	new	56
36	Luke	35	↓1	46
37	Cameron	34	↓9	39
38	Jonathan	33	↓1	21
39	Jose	32	new	30
40	Charles	31	new	58
41	Connor	31	↓1	47
42	Elijah	31	↓3	41
43	Cole	30	new	69
44	Isaiah	30	↑1	45
45	Sean	29	↓7	59
46	Jack	27	new	44
47	Mason	27	new	53
48	Noah	27	↓19	31
49	Aidan	26	new	60
50	Timothy	25	new	70

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