Most Popular Baby Names of 2002

In 2002, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emily for girls and Jacob for boys. Emily was given to 24,470 girls and Jacob to 30,586 boys, according to Social Security card applications.

Across all names, the Social Security Administration recorded 3,738,396 births for names given to at least five babies that year, down from 3,743,505 in 2001. The tables below show the top 100 names for each sex with their rank change from the year before, followed by the biggest movers in the top 1,000.

New to the top 100 this year: Riley, Lily, Ava, Ella, Maya, and Jocelyn.

← 2001 2003 →The 2000s Download top 1,000 (CSV)

Top 100 baby names of 2002

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Emily	24,470	–
2	Madison	21,774	–
3	Hannah	18,828	–
4	Emma	16,558	↑ 9
5	Alexis	15,636	–
6	Ashley	15,344	↓ 2
7	Abigail	15,303	↑ 1
8	Sarah	14,779	↓ 2
9	Samantha	14,671	↓ 2
10	Olivia	14,631	–
11	Elizabeth	14,621	↓ 2
12	Alyssa	12,847	↑ 2
13	Lauren	12,327	↑ 2
14	Isabella	12,171	↑ 14
15	Grace	12,056	↑ 1
16	Jessica	11,921	↓ 5
17	Brianna	11,524	↑ 1
18	Taylor	11,468	↓ 6
19	Kayla	11,310	↓ 2
20	Anna	10,398	↓ 1
21	Victoria	9,785	–
22	Megan	9,210	↓ 2
23	Sydney	9,034	–
24	Rachel	8,944	–
25	Chloe	8,902	↑ 5
26	Jasmine	8,869	↓ 1
27	Sophia	8,665	↑ 10
28	Jennifer	8,540	↓ 2
29	Morgan	8,433	–
30	Natalie	8,352	↑ 2
31	Hailey	7,992	↑ 2
32	Kaitlyn	7,981	↓ 1
33	Julia	7,965	↓ 6
34	Destiny	7,804	↓ 12
35	Haley	7,457	↓ 1
36	Katherine	7,212	↓ 1
37	Nicole	6,974	↓ 1
38	Alexandra	6,936	–
39	Savannah	6,581	↑ 3
40	Maria	6,391	↑ 1
41	Stephanie	6,270	↑ 2
42	Mackenzie	6,268	↓ 2
43	Mia	6,259	↑ 33
44	Allison	6,239	–
45	Jordan	6,152	↑ 2
46	Amanda	6,145	↓ 7
47	Jenna	5,664	↓ 2
48	Faith	5,527	↑ 5
49	Mary	5,487	↓ 1
50	Makayla	5,476	↑ 4
51	Paige	5,470	↑ 20
52	Brooke	5,338	↑ 5
53	Katelyn	5,267	↓ 1
54	Rebecca	5,222	↓ 8
55	Andrea	5,118	↓ 6
56	Madeline	5,114	–
57	Kaylee	4,983	↑ 9
58	Michelle	4,950	↑ 1
59	Sara	4,945	↓ 1
60	Zoe	4,887	↑ 5
61	Kylie	4,833	↑ 34
62	Sierra	4,807	↓ 7
63	Kimberly	4,790	↓ 2
64	Aaliyah	4,779	↑ 32
65	Amber	4,723	↓ 14
66	Gabrielle	4,669	↓ 16
67	Caroline	4,657	↓ 5
68	Vanessa	4,455	↓ 4
69	Alexa	4,401	↑ 9
70	Trinity	4,385	↓ 3
71	Danielle	4,205	↓ 8
72	Erin	4,145	↓ 12
73	Autumn	4,104	↓ 1
74	Angelina	3,981	↑ 19
75	Shelby	3,961	↓ 7
76	Gabriella	3,910	↑ 7
77	Riley	3,906	↑ 29
78	Jada	3,899	↓ 3
79	Lily	3,834	↑ 24
80	Melissa	3,769	↓ 6
81	Jacqueline	3,754	↓ 11
82	Ava	3,751	↑ 50
83	Angela	3,714	↓ 6
84	Bailey	3,662	↓ 15
85	Isabel	3,651	↑ 3
86	Jade	3,630	↑ 12
87	Leah	3,604	–
88	Courtney	3,580	↓ 15
89	Ella	3,567	↑ 101
90	Maya	3,545	↑ 20
91	Leslie	3,522	↓ 7
92	Jocelyn	3,521	↑ 31
93	Ariana	3,492	↓ 1
94	Melanie	3,484	↑ 23
95	Claire	3,406	↓ 13
96	Lillian	3,397	↑ 15
97	Christina	3,391	↓ 17
98	Evelyn	3,372	↑ 28
99	Marissa	3,317	↓ 20
100	Audrey	3,306	↑ 12

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Jacob	30,586	–
2	Michael	28,258	–
3	Joshua	25,998	↑ 1
4	Matthew	25,154	↓ 1
5	Ethan	22,113	↑ 12
6	Andrew	22,037	↑ 1
7	Joseph	21,920	↑ 1
8	Christopher	21,689	↓ 3
9	Nicholas	21,390	↓ 3
10	Daniel	21,352	↓ 1
11	William	20,136	↓ 1
12	Anthony	19,590	↓ 1
13	David	18,704	↓ 1
14	Tyler	18,266	↓ 1
15	Alexander	17,718	↑ 5
16	Ryan	17,658	↓ 1
17	John	17,477	↓ 3
18	James	16,968	↑ 1
19	Zachary	16,622	↓ 3
20	Brandon	16,282	↓ 2
21	Jonathan	15,514	↑ 2
22	Justin	14,906	–
23	Dylan	14,821	↓ 2
24	Christian	14,597	–
25	Samuel	14,579	↑ 1
26	Austin	14,542	↓ 1
27	Benjamin	13,492	–
28	Nathan	13,224	↑ 3
29	Logan	12,974	–
30	Jose	12,868	↑ 4
31	Noah	12,076	↓ 3
32	Gabriel	12,059	↑ 6
33	Kevin	12,046	↓ 1
34	Robert	12,031	↓ 4
35	Caleb	11,665	↑ 2
36	Thomas	11,293	↓ 3
37	Jordan	11,152	↑ 2
38	Hunter	11,085	↓ 2
39	Cameron	10,339	↓ 4
40	Kyle	10,064	–
41	Elijah	10,053	↑ 4
42	Jason	9,956	↓ 1
43	Aaron	9,008	↓ 1
44	Jack	9,000	↑ 4
45	Isaiah	8,965	↓ 2
46	Luke	8,692	↑ 4
47	Connor	8,409	↑ 2
48	Isaac	8,312	↓ 1
49	Angel	8,192	↑ 9
50	Jackson	8,153	↑ 10
51	Brian	8,082	↓ 5
52	Eric	7,928	↓ 8
53	Mason	7,878	↑ 1
54	Juan	7,820	↓ 1
55	Adam	7,754	↓ 4
56	Evan	7,386	–
57	Luis	7,379	↓ 5
58	Charles	7,208	↓ 3
59	Sean	7,028	↓ 2
60	Aidan	6,954	↑ 26
61	Gavin	6,951	↑ 17
62	Nathaniel	6,813	↓ 1
63	Alex	6,807	↓ 1
64	Bryan	6,617	↑ 5
65	Carlos	6,592	↓ 6
66	Jesus	6,371	–
67	Ian	6,360	↑ 3
68	Steven	6,222	↓ 5
69	Cole	6,038	↑ 5
70	Timothy	6,020	↓ 3
71	Cody	5,939	↓ 7
72	Seth	5,740	↓ 4
73	Adrian	5,684	↑ 2
74	Devin	5,440	↓ 3
75	Lucas	5,381	↑ 8
76	Blake	5,358	↑ 1
77	Richard	5,322	↓ 4
78	Julian	5,223	↑ 4
79	Patrick	5,153	↓ 7
80	Sebastian	5,137	↑ 1
81	Trevor	5,060	↓ 5
82	Chase	4,858	↓ 3
83	Dominic	4,855	↑ 23
84	Jared	4,837	↓ 19
85	Antonio	4,730	–
86	Jeremiah	4,720	↑ 4
87	Jaden	4,651	↑ 27
88	Xavier	4,648	↑ 6
89	Miguel	4,644	↓ 2
90	Jesse	4,431	↑ 1
91	Garrett	4,357	↓ 11
92	Alejandro	4,356	↓ 4
93	Mark	4,222	↓ 9
94	Owen	4,190	↑ 36
95	Jeremy	4,166	↓ 6
96	Hayden	4,142	↑ 21
97	Bryce	4,068	↓ 5
98	Diego	3,979	↑ 41
99	Riley	3,959	↑ 6
100	Victor	3,935	↓ 4

Biggest movers of 2002

Changes in rank within the top 1,000 compared with the year before.

Rising Girls

Ashanti ↑ 710 #115
Nyla ↑ 416 #453
Jimena ↑ 325 #550
Reese ↑ 318 #465
Shakira ↑ 316 #536
Kaia ↑ 309 #584
Lana ↑ 274 #668
Ximena ↑ 269 #604
Liberty ↑ 264 #483
Taliyah ↑ 259 #685

Falling Girls

Johana ↓ 247 #996
Yuliana ↓ 213 #904
Sheridan ↓ 203 #983
Aylin ↓ 184 #940
Brisa ↓ 177 #693
Lyndsey ↓ 174 #892
Joana ↓ 172 #870
Carrie ↓ 164 #752
Devin ↓ 160 #772
Jeanette ↓ 158 #993

New in the top 1,000 (Girls)

Elle, Lisbeth, Lola, Evelin, Makena, Kendal, Joslyn, Belen, Jaliyah, Emerson, Denisse, Danna, Keyla, Giana, Tristan

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Girls)

Citlalli, Chyna, Beyonce, Nayely, Nallely, Reina, Jacklyn, Kinsey, Michele, Drew, Silvia, Lourdes, Daisha, Katia, Cielo

Rising Boys

Caiden ↑ 297 #681
Alessandro ↑ 255 #714
Jahiem ↑ 248 #741
Omari ↑ 239 #700
Aldo ↑ 225 #410
Alijah ↑ 225 #684
Brodie ↑ 224 #703
Xander ↑ 211 #544
Landen ↑ 203 #476
Ayden ↑ 185 #321

Falling Boys

Shemar ↓ 378 #972
Cristobal ↓ 281 #989
Jordy ↓ 191 #812
Jevon ↓ 179 #949
Jarod ↓ 167 #555
Antwan ↓ 167 #939
Kory ↓ 164 #975
Tylor ↓ 163 #836
Cortez ↓ 158 #971
Bret ↓ 155 #869

New in the top 1,000 (Boys)

Omarion, Yahir, Kenyon, Amarion, Gael, Waylon, Cael, Treyton, Tavion, Aditya, Aryan, Jaheem, Zaire, Lisandro, Malakai

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Boys)

Don, Jalon, Rashawn, Deondre, Jackie, Courtney, Tyron, Mackenzie, Imanol, Jordyn, Tyquan, Mariano, Keshaun, Jovanny, Andreas

Other years

Trend lists

Source: US Social Security Administration. Ranks are computed from birth counts for each sex; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are not published.