Popular baby names in North Dakota, 2002

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 2002 were Madison for girls (70 babies) and Jacob for boys (93). Madison ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 5,674 babies born in North Dakota in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 2002

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

Girls

Abby: 25 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Ellie: 18 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Macy: 15 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Mckenna: 17 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Molly: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Mikayla: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Shelby: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Paige: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Katie: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Morgan: 40 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Dawson: 29 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Kaden: 29 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Brady: 34 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Ty: 19 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Cade: 17 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Parker: 28 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Carter: 30 babies, 5× the national rate
Brayden: 23 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Riley: 31 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Wyatt: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Madison	70	–	2
2	Hannah	68	–	3
3	Emily	55	–	1
4	Grace	48	–	15
5	Emma	47	–	4
6	Abigail	42	–	7
7	Morgan	40	↑6	29
8	Elizabeth	38	↑7	11
9	Sydney	37	–	23
10	Taylor	37	–	18
11	Alexis	33	↓4	5
12	Alyssa	33	↑31	12
13	Ashley	33	↑4	6
14	Kaitlyn	33	↓3	32
15	Hailey	32	↓1	31
16	Lauren	32	↑14	13
17	Anna	29	↑6	20
18	Olivia	29	↓10	10
19	Paige	27	↑1	51
20	Samantha	27	↓2	9
21	Chloe	26	↑14	25
22	Sophia	26	↑16	27
23	Abby	25	↑16	>100
24	Megan	24	↓12	22
25	Jenna	23	↑3	47
26	Rachel	23	↑5	24
27	Allison	20	↑13	44
28	Brooke	20	↓9	52
29	Molly	20	new	>100
30	Shelby	20	↓1	75
31	Haley	19	↑14	35
32	Ellie	18	new	>100
33	Kaylee	18	↓8	57
34	Gabrielle	17	new	66
35	Isabella	17	new	14
36	Jessica	17	↑1	16
37	Makayla	17	new	50
38	Mckenna	17	new	>100
39	Amber	16	↑5	65
40	Brianna	16	↓13	17
41	Katie	16	new	>100
42	Mikayla	16	new	>100
43	Savannah	16	new	39
44	Ava	15	new	82
45	Bailey	15	↓13	84
46	Jasmine	15	↓10	26
47	Katelyn	15	new	53
48	Kayla	15	↓24	19
49	Macy	15	new	>100
50	Mia	15	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Jacob	93	–	1
2	Ethan	89	–	5
3	Logan	72	↑10	29
4	Joshua	53	↑16	3
5	Tyler	51	↑1	14
6	Hunter	50	↓1	38
7	Zachary	50	↑5	19
8	Austin	48	↓1	26
9	Noah	47	↑7	31
10	Matthew	45	↓7	4
11	Michael	44	↑3	2
12	Alexander	42	↑5	15
13	Joseph	41	↑12	7
14	Samuel	41	↑12	25
15	Isaac	40	↑4	48
16	Mason	40	↓1	53
17	Adam	38	↑26	55
18	Caleb	38	↑18	35
19	Dylan	36	↓15	23
20	Benjamin	35	↓10	27
21	Andrew	34	↓12	6
22	Brady	34	new	>100
23	Cole	34	↓15	69
24	Nicholas	32	↓13	9
25	Alex	31	↑16	63
26	Nathan	31	new	28
27	Riley	31	new	99
28	Carter	30	↓10	>100
29	Ryan	30	↑17	16
30	William	30	↓2	11
31	Connor	29	↓2	47
32	Daniel	29	new	10
33	Dawson	29	↑15	>100
34	Jack	29	↓4	44
35	Kaden	29	new	>100
36	Brandon	28	↓1	20
37	Gabriel	28	↑1	32
38	Jayden	28	↑12	>100
39	Parker	28	↓18	>100
40	Jordan	27	new	37
41	Elijah	26	new	41
42	Gavin	26	↑3	61
43	Seth	26	↓10	72
44	Ian	25	↓4	67
45	Jackson	25	↓14	50
46	Luke	25	↓22	46
47	Tanner	25	↓20	>100
48	Anthony	24	new	12
49	Blake	24	new	76
50	Justin	24	↓18	22

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