Popular baby names in Virginia, 2002

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 2002 were Madison for girls (626 babies) and Jacob for boys (765). Madison ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 76,147 babies born in Virginia in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 2002

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

Girls

Nyasia: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Iyana: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Virginia: 58 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Shaniya: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Ainsley: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Amya: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Amani: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
India: 52 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Aniyah: 38 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Anaya: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Jamari: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Keshawn: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Deshawn: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Khalil: 35 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Mohammad: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jaheim: 40 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marquis: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Grayson: 47 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jaquan: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jaylen: 75 babies, 2.3× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Madison	626	↑2	2
2	Emily	599	↓1	1
3	Hannah	562	↓1	3
4	Sarah	481	–	8
5	Abigail	423	↑1	7
6	Elizabeth	399	↑4	11
7	Emma	398	↑7	4
8	Alexis	381	–	5
9	Olivia	374	↑2	10
10	Kayla	367	↓5	19
11	Grace	341	↑5	15
12	Taylor	335	↓5	18
13	Ashley	334	–	6
14	Lauren	316	↓5	13
15	Anna	306	–	20
16	Jessica	301	↓4	16
17	Samantha	290	↑2	9
18	Brianna	287	↑3	17
19	Katherine	287	↑1	36
20	Sydney	278	↓2	23
21	Rachel	277	↓4	24
22	Victoria	261	↑4	21
23	Isabella	257	↑12	14
24	Megan	251	↓1	22
25	Alyssa	239	–	12
26	Morgan	238	↓4	29
27	Kaitlyn	237	↑6	32
28	Jordan	235	↑6	45
29	Haley	228	↓5	35
30	Caroline	225	↓3	67
31	Chloe	216	↑5	25
32	Jasmine	215	↓2	26
33	Destiny	211	↓5	34
34	Savannah	211	↓2	39
35	Sophia	208	↑4	27
36	Julia	192	↓7	33
37	Mary	191	↓6	49
38	Alexandra	189	↑5	38
39	Mackenzie	188	↑9	42
40	Hailey	186	↑2	31
41	Jennifer	182	–	28
42	Natalie	181	new	30
43	Makayla	178	↓6	50
44	Faith	155	–	48
45	Allison	153	↓5	44
46	Madeline	150	↑3	56
47	Nicole	150	↑3	37
48	Rebecca	150	↓10	54
49	Gabrielle	138	new	66
50	Stephanie	136	new	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Jacob	765	–	1
2	Michael	758	↑1	2
3	William	743	↓1	11
4	Joshua	651	–	3
5	Ethan	624	↑12	5
6	Matthew	622	↓1	4
7	Christopher	587	↓1	8
8	James	573	↑2	18
9	John	560	↓2	17
10	Andrew	530	↑1	6
11	Nicholas	524	↓3	9
12	Ryan	517	↑2	16
13	Joseph	513	↓4	7
14	Tyler	484	↓1	14
15	Zachary	459	↓3	19
16	David	453	↓1	13
17	Daniel	447	↑3	10
18	Alexander	442	–	15
19	Brandon	418	↓3	20
20	Samuel	406	↑6	25
21	Robert	394	↑8	34
22	Justin	387	↓3	22
23	Austin	386	↑4	26
24	Benjamin	384	↓3	27
25	Christian	379	↑3	24
26	Jonathan	378	↓4	21
27	Anthony	374	↑3	12
28	Thomas	366	↓5	36
29	Dylan	354	↓4	23
30	Logan	342	↑3	29
31	Caleb	341	↑1	35
32	Cameron	330	↑4	39
33	Noah	319	↓9	31
34	Kevin	314	–	33
35	Hunter	312	↓4	38
36	Jordan	309	↑1	37
37	Elijah	303	↑4	41
38	Nathan	302	↓3	28
39	Gabriel	284	↑5	32
40	Jason	280	↓2	42
41	Charles	263	↓1	58
42	Isaiah	260	↓3	45
43	Kyle	241	↓1	40
44	Jackson	229	new	50
45	Adam	223	↑4	55
46	Luke	220	↑2	46
47	Brian	210	↓2	51
48	Sean	208	new	59
49	Connor	207	↓3	47
50	Aaron	205	↓7	43

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