Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 2002

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 2002 were Emily for girls (499 babies) and Jacob for boys (607). Social Security records list 53,687 babies born in Wisconsin in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 2002

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

Girls

Brynn: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Greta: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cecelia: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Annika: 43 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Desirae: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cora: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Abbey: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mckenna: 79 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alayna: 34 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lydia: 108 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Dayne: 16 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Sawyer: 37 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Keagan: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Bennett: 37 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Brady: 142 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Mitchell: 117 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dane: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Elliot: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Elliott: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Braeden: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Emily	499	–	1
2	Emma	447	↑1	4
3	Olivia	377	↑1	10
4	Hannah	376	↓2	3
5	Abigail	374	↑3	7
6	Grace	357	↑1	15
7	Elizabeth	348	↓2	11
8	Alexis	324	↑1	5
9	Lauren	287	↑3	13
10	Megan	271	↓4	22
11	Samantha	261	↓1	9
12	Madison	251	↑3	2
13	Ashley	245	–	6
14	Anna	244	–	20
15	Alyssa	242	↑3	12
16	Taylor	234	↓5	18
17	Isabella	230	↑8	14
18	Morgan	221	↓2	29
19	Sarah	217	↓2	8
20	Sydney	215	↑2	23
21	Hailey	207	↓2	31
22	Paige	194	↑11	51
23	Madeline	193	↑8	56
24	Brianna	184	↓3	17
25	Rachel	182	↓5	24
26	Kayla	174	↓3	19
27	Natalie	172	↑8	30
28	Kaitlyn	164	↑1	32
29	Allison	161	↑3	44
30	Sophia	160	–	27
31	Chloe	155	↑3	25
32	Jenna	155	↓8	47
33	Julia	155	↓7	33
34	Jessica	152	↓6	16
35	Mackenzie	150	↓8	42
36	Brooke	143	↑1	52
37	Autumn	139	↑3	73
38	Jasmine	126	↑10	26
39	Haley	123	↓3	35
40	Ella	122	new	89
41	Molly	114	new	>100
42	Savannah	110	↑1	39
43	Katherine	108	↑2	36
44	Lydia	108	new	>100
45	Rebecca	108	↑4	54
46	Ava	107	new	82
47	Kylie	107	new	61
48	Amber	105	↓2	65
49	Madelyn	105	new	>100
50	Faith	103	↓6	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Jacob	607	–	1
2	Ethan	519	↑4	5
3	Tyler	423	↑1	14
4	Nicholas	422	↑1	9
5	Joshua	411	↑3	3
6	Alexander	408	↑6	15
7	Michael	408	↑4	2
8	Austin	405	↑2	26
9	Joseph	403	↑5	7
10	Samuel	403	↓8	25
11	Matthew	397	↓8	4
12	Benjamin	378	↓5	27
13	Zachary	376	↓4	19
14	Andrew	370	↑1	6
15	Logan	368	↓2	29
16	Nathan	332	↑5	28
17	Ryan	314	↓1	16
18	Dylan	307	↓1	23
19	William	283	↑8	11
20	Noah	282	↓2	31
21	Hunter	276	↓2	38
22	Daniel	275	↑1	10
23	Jack	257	↑3	44
24	Mason	257	↑9	53
25	Anthony	255	↓3	12
26	Brandon	251	↓6	20
27	Evan	226	↑8	56
28	John	222	↓4	17
29	David	220	↑1	13
30	Connor	219	↑7	47
31	James	219	↓2	18
32	Kyle	216	↓7	40
33	Caleb	214	↓2	35
34	Isaiah	202	↑7	45
35	Cole	192	↑4	69
36	Isaac	192	↓2	48
37	Jordan	189	↑1	37
38	Elijah	187	↑8	41
39	Thomas	183	↑3	36
40	Jonathan	182	↑9	21
41	Christopher	181	↓13	8
42	Luke	181	↑1	46
43	Justin	169	↓11	22
44	Jackson	168	new	50
45	Christian	165	new	24
46	Alex	158	↓6	63
47	Gabriel	157	–	32
48	Robert	157	new	34
49	Adam	156	↓13	55
50	Gavin	154	new	61

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