Popular baby names in Washington, 2002

The most popular baby names in Washington in 2002 were Emily for girls (495 babies) and Ethan for boys (562). Ethan ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 61,949 babies born in Washington in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 2002

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

Girls

Makena: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Malia: 40 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Noelia: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Annika: 49 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Clara: 54 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Stella: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Elle: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lila: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ainsley: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Fiona: 39 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Kellen: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
August: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Duncan: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kayden: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cyrus: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Beau: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gunnar: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Silas: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dane: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kai: 52 babies, 2.7× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Emily	495	–	1
2	Emma	429	↑2	4
3	Hannah	416	–	3
4	Madison	392	↓2	2
5	Olivia	333	↑1	10
6	Grace	323	↓1	15
7	Elizabeth	301	–	11
8	Abigail	278	↑5	7
9	Samantha	271	↓1	9
10	Alexis	268	↑2	5
11	Sarah	265	↓2	8
12	Ashley	262	↓2	6
13	Alyssa	259	↑4	12
14	Isabella	258	↑4	14
15	Jessica	242	↓4	16
16	Lauren	230	↑5	13
17	Hailey	226	↑2	31
18	Anna	223	↓3	20
19	Taylor	223	↓5	18
20	Sophia	220	↑4	27
21	Chloe	217	↓1	25
22	Natalie	209	–	30
23	Megan	200	↓7	22
24	Victoria	186	↑17	21
25	Kayla	179	↑5	19
26	Julia	178	↑5	33
27	Sydney	175	↓2	23
28	Jasmine	169	↓2	26
29	Jennifer	152	–	28
30	Rachel	147	↓7	24
31	Madeline	137	↓3	56
32	Maria	135	↑3	40
33	Mackenzie	131	↑4	42
34	Haley	127	↑10	35
35	Paige	127	new	51
36	Kaylee	126	new	57
37	Ella	123	new	89
38	Nicole	123	↓11	37
39	Faith	122	↑4	48
40	Kaitlyn	120	↓6	32
41	Katherine	119	↓8	36
42	Lily	119	new	79
43	Brianna	118	↓5	17
44	Zoe	118	↓5	60
45	Mia	115	new	43
46	Morgan	115	↓14	29
47	Savannah	115	↓11	39
48	Allison	111	↓6	44
49	Sierra	109	↓9	62
50	Trinity	108	new	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Ethan	562	↑2	5
2	Jacob	536	↓1	1
3	Michael	433	↑1	2
4	Joshua	422	↓2	3
5	Alexander	417	↑1	15
6	Daniel	405	↑2	10
7	Tyler	387	–	14
8	Andrew	380	↓3	6
9	Joseph	370	↑1	7
10	Matthew	370	↓1	4
11	Benjamin	362	↑2	27
12	Samuel	353	↑4	25
13	Ryan	352	↓1	16
14	David	342	↑1	13
15	Nicholas	330	↓4	9
16	Nathan	324	↑4	28
17	William	323	↑1	11
18	Anthony	310	↓4	12
19	Austin	303	–	26
20	Dylan	301	↑1	23
21	Zachary	301	↓4	19
22	Gabriel	299	↑4	32
23	Hunter	277	↑10	38
24	Cameron	269	↑1	39
25	Christopher	263	↓3	8
26	Logan	261	↓3	29
27	Elijah	258	↑15	41
28	Caleb	257	↑9	35
29	James	252	↑1	18
30	Isaac	249	↑6	48
31	John	248	↓3	17
32	Jose	245	↑8	30
33	Brandon	243	↓9	20
34	Jonathan	241	↓7	21
35	Justin	229	↓1	22
36	Kyle	225	↓5	40
37	Connor	220	↓2	47
38	Isaiah	220	↑6	45
39	Noah	219	↓10	31
40	Mason	218	↑5	53
41	Jackson	217	↑6	50
42	Christian	212	↓10	24
43	Jack	206	↑6	44
44	Thomas	200	↓6	36
45	Jordan	193	↓6	37
46	Gavin	185	new	61
47	Kevin	179	↓1	33
48	Cody	174	new	71
49	Cole	172	↓8	69
50	Evan	172	↓2	56

← Washington 2001 Washington: all years · US 2002 Washington 2003 →