Top 1000 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 2002

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2002 Popular Names U.S. - Top 1000 Baby Names
				Change from 2001						Change from 2001
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Emily	24,464	1.239	0	-593	1	Jacob	30,574	1.480	0	-1,971
2	Madison	21,773	1.103	0	-391	2	Michael	28,245	1.367	0	-1,438
3	Hannah	18,822	0.953	0	-1,894	3	Joshua	25,993	1.258	1	-22
4	Emma	16,540	0.838	9	3,232	4	Matthew	25,153	1.218	-1	-1,655
5	Alexis	15,636	0.792	0	-766	5	Ethan	22,109	1.070	12	4,147
6	Ashley	15,344	0.777	-2	-1,183	6	Andrew	22,019	1.066	1	-392
7	Abigail	15,298	0.775	1	491	7	Joseph	21,895	1.060	1	-116
8	Sarah	14,760	0.748	-2	-1,139	8	Christopher	21,684	1.050	-3	-1,442
9	Samantha	14,666	0.743	-2	-1,198	9	Nicholas	21,390	1.035	-3	-1,455
10	Olivia	14,629	0.741	0	652	10	Daniel	21,316	1.032	-1	327
11	Elizabeth	14,604	0.740	-2	-182	11	William	20,124	0.974	-1	23
12	Alyssa	12,844	0.651	2	-428	12	Anthony	19,586	0.948	-1	-149
13	Lauren	12,325	0.624	2	-456	13	David	18,675	0.904	-1	-673
14	Isabella	12,167	0.616	14	3,332	14	Tyler	18,265	0.884	-1	-1,008
15	Grace	12,056	0.611	1	-32	15	Alexander	17,714	0.858	5	999
16	Jessica	11,918	0.604	-5	-2,004	16	Ryan	17,660	0.855	-1	-626
17	Brianna	11,519	0.583	1	-255	17	John	17,455	0.845	-3	-1,434
18	Taylor	11,467	0.581	-6	-2,226	18	James	16,959	0.821	1	-111
19	Kayla	11,310	0.573	-2	-581	19	Zachary	16,622	0.805	-3	-1,564
20	Anna	10,388	0.526	-1	-192	20	Brandon	16,277	0.788	-2	-1,615
21	Victoria	9,784	0.496	0	-396	21	Jonathan	15,511	0.751	2	-633
22	Megan	9,210	0.467	-2	-1,089	22	Justin	14,903	0.721	0	-1,328
23	Sydney	9,034	0.458	0	-604	23	Dylan	14,820	0.717	-2	-1,676
24	Rachel	8,927	0.452	0	-612	24	Christian	14,594	0.706	0	-860
25	Chloe	8,900	0.451	5	723	25	Samuel	14,560	0.705	1	-234
26	Jasmine	8,867	0.449	-1	-89	26	Austin	14,540	0.704	-1	-415
27	Sophia	8,664	0.439	10	1,503	27	Benjamin	13,482	0.653	0	-850
28	Jennifer	8,537	0.432	-2	-385	28	Nathan	13,220	0.640	3	573
29	Morgan	8,432	0.427	0	-303	29	Logan	12,972	0.628	0	261
30	Natalie	8,350	0.423	2	302	30	Jose	12,861	0.623	4	722
31	Hailey	7,991	0.405	2	-41	31	Noah	12,067	0.584	-3	-1,417
32	Kaitlyn	7,980	0.404	-1	-182	32	Gabriel	12,054	0.584	6	1,139
33	Julia	7,963	0.403	-6	-874	33	Kevin	12,043	0.583	-1	-550
34	Destiny	7,801	0.395	-12	-1,948	34	Robert	12,027	0.582	-4	-637
35	Haley	7,456	0.378	-1	-554	35	Caleb	11,660	0.564	2	484
36	Katherine	7,212	0.365	-1	-667	36	Thomas	11,291	0.547	-3	-856
37	Nicole	6,974	0.353	-1	-843	37	Jordan	11,151	0.540	2	338
38	Alexandra	6,936	0.351	0	-106	38	Hunter	11,083	0.537	-2	-251
39	Savannah	6,581	0.333	3	-156	39	Cameron	10,337	0.500	-4	-1,245
40	Maria	6,382	0.323	1	-458	40	Kyle	10,063	0.487	0	-506
41	Mackenzie	6,268	0.317	-1	-666	41	Elijah	10,050	0.487	4	1,712
42	Stephanie	6,267	0.317	1	-343	42	Jason	9,954	0.482	-1	-210
43	Mia	6,259	0.317	33	2,341	43	Aaron	9,002	0.436	-1	-537
44	Allison	6,240	0.316	0	29	44	Jack	8,998	0.436	4	850
45	Jordan	6,151	0.312	2	348	45	Isaiah	8,964	0.434	-2	379
46	Amanda	6,134	0.311	-7	-833	46	Luke	8,692	0.421	4	686
47	Jenna	5,664	0.287	-2	-478	47	Connor	8,410	0.407	2	328
48	Faith	5,524	0.280	5	114	48	Isaac	8,308	0.402	-1	111
49	Makayla	5,476	0.277	5	159	49	Angel	8,186	0.396	9	1,210
50	Paige	5,467	0.277	21	1,193	50	Jackson	8,153	0.395	10	1,319

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.