Popular baby names in New Hampshire, 2002

The most popular baby names in New Hampshire in 2002 were Emily for girls (117 babies) and Jacob for boys (147). Social Security records list 10,272 babies born in New Hampshire in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Hampshire in 2002

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

Girls

Sadie: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Molly: 35 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ella: 37 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Shannon: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jillian: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Meghan: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lillian: 32 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Isabelle: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sophie: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Paige: 45 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Colby: 54 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Camden: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Liam: 43 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Owen: 49 babies, 4× the national rate
Griffin: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Harrison: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cooper: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Damien: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Connor: 81 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Scott: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Hampshire, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Emily	117	–	1
2	Madison	112	–	2
3	Emma	111	↑1	4
4	Olivia	103	↑1	10
5	Abigail	101	↑1	7
6	Hannah	87	↓3	3
7	Sarah	87	–	8
8	Elizabeth	81	–	11
9	Samantha	79	↑2	9
10	Anna	67	↑11	20
11	Alexis	63	↑1	5
12	Grace	61	↓2	15
13	Lauren	60	↓4	13
14	Julia	58	↓1	33
15	Isabella	55	↑12	14
16	Sophia	54	↑15	27
17	Sydney	54	↑15	23
18	Alyssa	52	–	12
19	Megan	52	↓5	22
20	Ashley	46	↓4	6
21	Morgan	45	↑4	29
22	Paige	45	↑24	51
23	Katherine	44	↑5	36
24	Taylor	43	↓5	18
25	Chloe	41	↑10	25
26	Brianna	40	↓11	17
27	Hailey	40	↑15	31
28	Nicole	39	↑1	37
29	Rachel	38	↓6	24
30	Victoria	38	↑14	21
31	Ella	37	new	89
32	Molly	35	↓10	>100
33	Allison	34	↑7	44
34	Kayla	34	↓10	19
35	Amanda	33	↑2	46
36	Haley	33	↓10	35
37	Kaitlyn	33	↑2	32
38	Alexandra	32	new	38
39	Lillian	32	new	96
40	Mackenzie	32	↓20	42
41	Lily	30	new	79
42	Madeline	30	↑3	56
43	Brooke	28	↓10	52
44	Natalie	28	new	30
45	Riley	28	new	77
46	Isabelle	27	↓10	>100
47	Jessica	27	↓30	16
48	Jillian	27	new	>100
49	Jordan	27	new	45
50	Mary	27	new	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Jacob	147	–	1
2	Matthew	144	–	4
3	Nicholas	112	↑2	9
4	Ethan	109	↑10	5
5	Joshua	108	↑4	3
6	Ryan	107	↓3	16
7	Michael	100	↑1	2
8	Joseph	98	↑7	7
9	Dylan	97	↑4	23
10	Alexander	92	–	15
11	Andrew	91	↑5	6
12	Tyler	84	↓8	14
13	Samuel	82	↓1	25
14	Connor	81	↑19	47
15	Nathan	80	↑9	28
16	Zachary	78	↓9	19
17	Benjamin	76	↓11	27
18	William	75	↑3	11
19	Hunter	73	↑4	38
20	Thomas	73	↑12	36
21	John	70	↓2	17
22	Noah	70	↑4	31
23	Kyle	69	↓12	40
24	Cameron	67	↓7	39
25	Christopher	67	↓7	8
26	Anthony	62	↑3	12
27	Logan	62	↑4	29
28	James	61	↓8	18
29	Caleb	58	↑1	35
30	Jack	58	↑6	44
31	Austin	57	↑6	26
32	Brandon	57	↑6	20
33	Aidan	56	new	60
34	Daniel	56	↓9	10
35	Jonathan	56	↓7	21
36	David	55	↑6	13
37	Colby	54	↓2	>100
38	Owen	49	new	94
39	Patrick	48	↓5	79
40	Jackson	45	↑4	50
41	Luke	44	new	46
42	Adam	43	↓3	55
43	Liam	43	new	>100
44	Cody	42	↑6	71
45	Trevor	42	↓4	81
46	Aaron	41	new	43
47	Justin	40	↓25	22
48	Timothy	40	new	70
49	Christian	39	new	24
50	Robert	39	↓23	34

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