Popular baby names in Florida, 2002

The most popular baby names in Florida in 2002 were Emily for girls (1,171 babies) and Michael for boys (1,613). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 166,991 babies born in Florida in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 2002

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

Girls

Valentina: 108 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Camila: 115 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Nathalie: 70 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Daniella: 118 babies, 3× the national rate
Zaria: 56 babies, 3× the national rate
Tatiana: 130 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Carolina: 119 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kaley: 59 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gabriela: 298 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sabrina: 246 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Jean: 71 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jaheim: 96 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Willie: 70 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sebastian: 567 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Santiago: 95 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ariel: 47 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Nicolas: 280 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Mateo: 77 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jamal: 74 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tyrese: 56 babies, 2.2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Emily	1,171	–	1
2	Madison	996	–	2
3	Ashley	909	–	6
4	Hannah	896	–	3
5	Isabella	896	↑11	14
6	Brianna	789	↑2	17
7	Sarah	764	–	8
8	Samantha	740	↓3	9
9	Alexis	734	↓3	5
10	Alyssa	716	↑1	12
11	Kayla	683	↑1	19
12	Victoria	628	↑1	21
13	Abigail	623	↑7	7
14	Elizabeth	620	–	11
15	Taylor	586	↓5	18
16	Olivia	578	↑5	10
17	Jessica	575	↓8	16
18	Nicole	570	↓1	37
19	Lauren	561	↓4	13
20	Jasmine	552	↓2	26
21	Emma	540	↑18	4
22	Sophia	518	↑8	27
23	Jennifer	462	↑2	28
24	Alexandra	453	↑2	38
25	Rachel	447	↓1	24
26	Chloe	445	↑10	25
27	Natalie	420	↑7	30
28	Amanda	419	↓6	46
29	Grace	413	↑2	15
30	Megan	411	↓7	22
31	Hailey	405	↑1	31
32	Destiny	398	↓13	34
33	Kaitlyn	395	–	32
34	Savannah	385	↓6	39
35	Maria	374	↑6	40
36	Sydney	373	↑4	23
37	Morgan	372	↓8	29
38	Katherine	368	↓3	36
39	Haley	365	↓1	35
40	Julia	359	↓13	33
41	Stephanie	358	↓4	41
42	Anna	357	–	20
43	Jordan	315	↑4	45
44	Gabriella	314	↓1	76
45	Mia	314	new	43
46	Aaliyah	313	new	64
47	Brooke	309	↑3	52
48	Andrea	303	↓2	55
49	Gabriela	298	new	>100
50	Mackenzie	298	↓1	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Michael	1,613	–	2
2	Joshua	1,469	↑2	3
3	Jacob	1,330	↓1	1
4	Matthew	1,307	↑1	4
5	Daniel	1,291	↑3	10
6	Christopher	1,267	↓3	8
7	Anthony	1,202	–	12
8	Nicholas	1,150	↓2	9
9	David	1,057	–	13
10	Jonathan	1,027	↑2	21
11	Tyler	1,013	↓1	14
12	Joseph	999	↓1	7
13	Alexander	990	↑5	15
14	Christian	945	↑1	24
15	William	919	↑7	11
16	Brandon	908	↓2	20
17	Ethan	905	↑7	5
18	Zachary	887	↓5	19
19	Justin	883	↑4	22
20	James	877	↓1	18
21	Andrew	870	–	6
22	John	854	↓5	17
23	Dylan	829	↓7	23
24	Ryan	806	↓4	16
25	Austin	753	–	26
26	Gabriel	744	↑1	32
27	Kevin	704	↓1	33
28	Logan	684	↑2	29
29	Robert	670	↓1	34
30	Jordan	663	↓1	37
31	Jose	637	–	30
32	Samuel	602	↑3	25
33	Hunter	583	↑1	38
34	Sebastian	567	↑3	80
35	Caleb	560	↑5	35
36	Noah	546	↓4	31
37	Thomas	524	↑1	36
38	Jason	520	↓2	42
39	Kyle	509	–	40
40	Elijah	501	↑6	41
41	Benjamin	488	–	27
42	Nathan	476	–	28
43	Juan	453	↑2	54
44	Cameron	452	↓11	39
45	Brian	433	↑4	51
46	Isaiah	424	↑1	45
47	Angel	401	new	49
48	Eric	395	–	52
49	Bryan	391	↑1	64
50	Carlos	382	↓6	65

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