Popular baby names in Maine, 2002

The most popular baby names in Maine in 2002 were Emily for girls (142 babies) and Jacob for boys (153). Social Security records list 9,890 babies born in Maine in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 2002

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

Girls

Willow: 15 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Molly: 34 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Sophie: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Michaela: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Amelia: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Isabelle: 26 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Delaney: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Margaret: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lydia: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Riley: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Colby: 77 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Gage: 33 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Brady: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Liam: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Nolan: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Calvin: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lucas: 49 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Owen: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Wyatt: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Bradley: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Emily	142	–	1
2	Hannah	118	↑1	3
3	Madison	111	↑2	2
4	Abigail	109	↓2	7
5	Emma	105	↓1	4
6	Olivia	86	–	10
7	Alexis	81	–	5
8	Sarah	80	↑1	8
9	Elizabeth	76	↑2	11
10	Grace	68	↓2	15
11	Taylor	57	↑1	18
12	Isabella	54	↑9	14
13	Lauren	50	↑7	13
14	Samantha	49	↑2	9
15	Anna	48	↑9	20
16	Morgan	48	↓3	29
17	Julia	46	↑8	33
18	Sydney	46	↓4	23
19	Ashley	45	↓4	6
20	Hailey	42	↑7	31
21	Mackenzie	40	↓11	42
22	Alyssa	39	↓5	12
23	Chloe	39	↑21	25
24	Paige	39	↑26	51
25	Haley	38	↑13	35
26	Sophia	38	↑10	27
27	Jasmine	37	↑18	26
28	Brooke	35	↓9	52
29	Gabrielle	35	↑2	66
30	Kaitlyn	35	↑3	32
31	Megan	34	↓13	22
32	Molly	34	↓9	>100
33	Brianna	33	↓11	17
34	Katherine	33	↓2	36
35	Rachel	32	↓5	24
36	Riley	32	new	77
37	Autumn	31	↑3	73
38	Victoria	31	↑3	21
39	Kayla	28	↓13	19
40	Kaylee	27	↓12	57
41	Isabelle	26	↓6	>100
42	Lily	26	↓3	79
43	Natalie	26	new	30
44	Amber	25	↓10	65
45	Jordan	25	new	45
46	Makayla	24	↑2	50
47	Amelia	23	new	>100
48	Savannah	23	new	39
49	Sophie	23	new	>100
50	Destiny	22	↓8	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Jacob	153	–	1
2	Ethan	121	↑2	5
3	Joshua	103	↑5	3
4	Nicholas	102	↓1	9
5	Samuel	96	↑11	25
6	Michael	94	↑8	2
7	Tyler	91	↓1	14
8	Benjamin	89	↑4	27
9	Andrew	88	↑2	6
10	William	87	↑8	11
11	Hunter	86	↑12	38
12	Zachary	85	↓5	19
13	Matthew	84	↓11	4
14	Joseph	82	↑10	7
15	Alexander	77	↑4	15
16	Colby	77	↑4	>100
17	Cameron	75	↓12	39
18	Dylan	74	↓5	23
19	Noah	72	↓10	31
20	Ryan	70	↓10	16
21	Kyle	69	↑14	40
22	Logan	69	↓1	29
23	Austin	68	↓6	26
24	Caleb	65	↓9	35
25	Isaac	65	↓3	48
26	Brandon	64	↑15	20
27	Connor	64	↓1	47
28	Nathan	61	↑4	28
29	Christopher	58	↓2	8
30	Thomas	56	↓2	36
31	Daniel	53	↓2	10
32	Evan	53	↑14	56
33	James	53	↓8	18
34	John	53	↓4	17
35	Lucas	49	↑2	75
36	Aidan	48	↑14	60
37	Gabriel	48	↓6	32
38	Anthony	47	↑1	12
39	Jordan	45	new	37
40	David	44	↑5	13
41	Gavin	44	new	61
42	Cole	41	new	69
43	Adam	40	new	55
44	Cody	38	↓11	71
45	Jack	38	↓5	44
46	Owen	38	↓3	94
47	Nathaniel	36	↑1	62
48	Liam	35	new	>100
49	Robert	35	–	34
50	Isaiah	34	new	45

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