Popular baby names in Tennessee, 2002

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 2002 were Madison for girls (621 babies) and Jacob for boys (820). Madison ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 64,977 babies born in Tennessee in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 2002

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

Girls

Briley: 25 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Grayson: 17 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Haven: 30 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Miracle: 35 babies, 4× the national rate
Kallie: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Callie: 59 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mattie: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jamya: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Macey: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gracie: 129 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Martavious: 23 babies, 20.6× the national rate
Kylan: 34 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Ladarius: 18 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Houston: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Jaylon: 50 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Bryson: 112 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jaylan: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Terry: 44 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dalton: 188 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Landon: 156 babies, 3.2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Madison	621	↑1	2
2	Hannah	610	↓1	3
3	Emily	573	–	1
4	Emma	424	↑11	4
5	Sarah	399	↓1	8
6	Alexis	385	↓1	5
7	Abigail	358	–	7
8	Anna	343	↑1	20
9	Elizabeth	318	↓1	11
10	Lauren	306	↑2	13
11	Taylor	306	↓5	18
12	Haley	303	↑2	35
13	Olivia	298	↓2	10
14	Chloe	276	↑8	25
15	Destiny	268	↓5	34
16	Ashley	255	↓3	6
17	Kayla	255	–	19
18	Brianna	247	–	17
19	Kaitlyn	242	↑10	32
20	Savannah	241	↓1	39
21	Sydney	237	↓5	23
22	Mary	232	↓2	49
23	Alyssa	223	↑3	12
24	Rachel	212	↓3	24
25	Makayla	208	↑9	50
26	Morgan	208	↑2	29
27	Jessica	205	↓4	16
28	Hailey	202	↑2	31
29	Jasmine	199	↓4	26
30	Megan	197	↓3	22
31	Isabella	188	↑15	14
32	Samantha	183	↓8	9
33	Victoria	178	↑2	21
34	Grace	171	↓3	15
35	Katherine	170	↑3	36
36	Shelby	159	↓3	75
37	Katelyn	157	↓1	53
38	Autumn	156	↑2	73
39	Mackenzie	153	↓7	42
40	Kaylee	152	↑2	57
41	Bailey	144	↓4	84
42	Caroline	143	↓3	67
43	Jada	141	↑5	78
44	Jordan	141	–	45
45	Faith	135	new	48
46	Allison	129	↓3	44
47	Gracie	129	new	>100
48	Natalie	129	↓3	30
49	Sara	128	new	59
50	Aaliyah	120	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Jacob	820	–	1
2	William	750	–	11
3	Joshua	594	–	3
4	James	591	–	18
5	Michael	580	↑2	2
6	Ethan	571	↑6	5
7	Matthew	550	↓1	4
8	Austin	544	↓3	26
9	Christopher	510	↓1	8
10	John	429	↓1	17
11	Andrew	427	–	6
12	Caleb	425	↑3	35
13	Tyler	413	–	14
14	Joseph	411	–	7
15	Zachary	390	↓5	19
16	Hunter	368	↑1	38
17	Samuel	355	↑7	25
18	David	348	↑5	13
19	Logan	344	↑1	29
20	Nicholas	344	↓2	9
21	Dylan	340	↓2	23
22	Jonathan	338	↑4	21
23	Brandon	337	↓7	20
24	Elijah	333	↑9	41
25	Robert	323	↓3	34
26	Daniel	313	↑3	10
27	Jackson	309	↑9	50
28	Jordan	309	↑3	37
29	Noah	307	↓8	31
30	Christian	304	–	24
31	Cameron	281	↓4	39
32	Thomas	271	–	36
33	Alexander	267	↑2	15
34	Benjamin	260	↓6	27
35	Justin	257	↓10	22
36	Nathan	236	↑9	28
37	Gabriel	235	↑3	32
38	Mason	222	–	53
39	Anthony	216	–	12
40	Charles	216	↓6	58
41	Ryan	212	↓4	16
42	Aaron	190	–	43
43	Dalton	188	–	>100
44	Luke	188	new	46
45	Isaac	185	↑3	48
46	Seth	179	↓5	72
47	Isaiah	176	↑2	45
48	Nathaniel	173	new	62
49	Timothy	173	↓5	70
50	Cody	172	↓4	71

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