Most popular baby names of 2002

In 2002, the most popular names for US babies were Jacob for boys (30,586 babies, 1.6% of boys) and Emily for girls (24,469 babies, 1.4% of girls). The rest of the top five were Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan for boys and Madison, Hannah, Emma and Alexis for girls. SSA recorded 12,488 different boy names and 18,085 different girl names that year.

Top 100 boy names, 2002
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Jacob	30,586	–
2	Michael	28,258	–
3	Joshua	25,997	▲ 1
4	Matthew	25,154	▼ 1
5	Ethan	22,112	▲ 12
6	Andrew	22,036	▲ 1
7	Joseph	21,918	▲ 1
8	Christopher	21,689	▼ 3
9	Nicholas	21,390	▼ 3
10	Daniel	21,350	▼ 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	17,476	▼ 3
18	James	16,968	▲ 1
19	Zachary	16,622	▼ 3
20	Brandon	16,281	▼ 2
21	Jonathan	15,514	▲ 2
22	Justin	14,906	–
23	Dylan	14,821	▼ 2
24	Christian	14,596	–
25	Samuel	14,579	▲ 1
26	Austin	14,543	▼ 1
27	Benjamin	13,492	–
28	Nathan	13,225	▲ 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	10,063	–
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	8,311	▼ 1
49	Angel	8,192	▲ 9
50	Jackson	8,153	▲ 10
51	Brian	8,082	▼ 5
52	Eric	7,927	▼ 8
53	Mason	7,878	▲ 1
54	Juan	7,819	▼ 1
55	Adam	7,754	▼ 4
56	Evan	7,384	–
57	Luis	7,378	▼ 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	6,806	▼ 1
64	Bryan	6,617	▲ 5
65	Carlos	6,592	▼ 6
66	Jesus	6,370	–
67	Ian	6,361	▲ 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	4,729	–
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

Top 100 girl names, 2002
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Emily	24,469	–
2	Madison	21,773	–
3	Hannah	18,827	–
4	Emma	16,557	▲ 9
5	Alexis	15,636	–
6	Ashley	15,344	▼ 2
7	Abigail	15,302	▲ 1
8	Sarah	14,778	▼ 2
9	Samantha	14,671	▼ 2
10	Olivia	14,630	–
11	Elizabeth	14,620	▼ 2
12	Alyssa	12,847	▲ 2
13	Lauren	12,326	▲ 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	10,394	▼ 1
21	Victoria	9,785	–
22	Megan	9,210	▼ 2
23	Sydney	9,034	–
24	Rachel	8,943	–
25	Chloe	8,902	▲ 5
26	Jasmine	8,868	▼ 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	7,805	▼ 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	6,389	▲ 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	5,485	▼ 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	4,944	▼ 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	3,753	▼ 11
82	Ava	3,751	▲ 50
83	Angela	3,715	▼ 6
84	Bailey	3,662	▼ 15
85	Isabel	3,650	▲ 3
86	Jade	3,630	▲ 12
87	Leah	3,604	–
88	Courtney	3,580	▼ 15
89	Ella	3,566	▲ 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	3,405	▼ 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

Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 2002. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.