Names by year · United States

The names of 2002

In 2002, the SSA recorded 3,738,396 babies with names given at least five times. Emily was the top girls' name and Jacob the top boys' name.

Girls

RankNamebornin 2025
1Emily1 in 7324,470#34
2Madison1 in 8321,774#40
3Hannah1 in 9518,828#56
4Emma1 in 10916,558#3
5Alexis1 in 11515,636#554
6Ashley1 in 11715,344#164
7Abigail1 in 11715,303#41
8Sarah1 in 12214,779#90
9Samantha1 in 12214,671#151
10Olivia1 in 12314,631#1
11Elizabeth1 in 12314,621#17
12Alyssa1 in 14012,847#453
13Lauren1 in 14612,327#401
14Isabella1 in 14812,171#7
15Grace1 in 14912,056#38
16Jessica1 in 15111,921#665
17Brianna1 in 15611,524#222
18Taylor1 in 15711,468#403
19Kayla1 in 15911,310#364
20Anna1 in 17310,398#107
21Victoria1 in 1849,785#54
22Megan1 in 1959,210#889
23Sydney1 in 1999,034#348
24Rachel1 in 2018,944#250
25Chloe1 in 2028,902#23

Boys

RankNamebornin 2025
1Jacob1 in 6330,586#43
2Michael1 in 6928,258#21
3Joshua1 in 7525,998#66
4Matthew1 in 7725,154#32
5Ethan1 in 8822,113#24
6Andrew1 in 8822,037#73
7Joseph1 in 8921,920#29
8Christopher1 in 9021,689#68
9Nicholas1 in 9121,390#112
10Daniel1 in 9121,352#22
11William1 in 9620,136#9
12Anthony1 in 9919,590#46
13David1 in 10418,704#35
14Tyler1 in 10618,266#220
15Alexander1 in 11017,718#30
16Ryan1 in 11017,658#99
17John1 in 11117,477#23
18James1 in 11416,968#6
19Zachary1 in 11716,622#216
20Brandon1 in 11916,282#261
21Jonathan1 in 12515,514#89
22Justin1 in 13014,906#233
23Dylan1 in 13114,821#41
24Christian1 in 13314,597#96
25Samuel1 in 13314,579#18

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