Most popular girls’ names in California, 2002
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Emily | 3,022 |
| 2 | Ashley | 2,684 |
| 3 | Samantha | 2,541 |
| 4 | Jessica | 2,006 |
| 5 | Jennifer | 1,987 |
| 6 | Isabella | 1,887 |
| 7 | Alyssa | 1,874 |
| 8 | Elizabeth | 1,712 |
| 9 | Jasmine | 1,667 |
| 10 | Natalie | 1,646 |
| 11 | Alexis | 1,604 |
| 12 | Sarah | 1,565 |
| 13 | Madison | 1,538 |
| 14 | Hannah | 1,488 |
| 15 | Stephanie | 1,468 |
| 16 | Brianna | 1,460 |
| 17 | Andrea | 1,349 |
| 18 | Sophia | 1,329 |
| 19 | Maria | 1,297 |
| 20 | Emma | 1,296 |
| 21 | Michelle | 1,274 |
| 22 | Vanessa | 1,257 |
| 23 | Victoria | 1,217 |
| 24 | Kimberly | 1,212 |
| 25 | Lauren | 1,210 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 25 | Leslie | 1,210 |
| 27 | Kayla | 1,194 |
| 28 | Abigail | 1,188 |
| 29 | Olivia | 1,102 |
| 30 | Mia | 1,086 |
| 31 | Jacqueline | 1,057 |
| 32 | Melissa | 1,046 |
| 33 | Nicole | 1,045 |
| 34 | Grace | 1,022 |
| 35 | Alexandra | 1,000 |
| 36 | Destiny | 982 |
| 37 | Jocelyn | 976 |
| 38 | Megan | 953 |
| 39 | Katherine | 948 |
| 40 | Julia | 915 |
| 41 | Evelyn | 900 |
| 42 | Chloe | 872 |
| 43 | Rachel | 863 |
| 44 | Taylor | 861 |
| 45 | Daniela | 852 |
| 46 | Amanda | 839 |
| 47 | Hailey | 838 |
| 48 | Daisy | 832 |
| 48 | Lizbeth | 832 |
| 50 | Angela | 826 |
| 51 | Diana | 813 |
| 52 | Angelina | 803 |
| 52 | Melanie | 803 |
| 54 | Isabel | 792 |
| 55 | Sydney | 785 |
| 56 | Sofia | 751 |
| 57 | Ariana | 744 |
| 58 | Kaitlyn | 736 |
| 59 | Alondra | 728 |
| 60 | Gabriela | 696 |
| 61 | Alexa | 687 |
| 62 | Savannah | 663 |
| 63 | Valerie | 654 |
| 64 | Anna | 653 |
| 65 | Maya | 635 |
| 66 | Crystal | 632 |
| 67 | Angelica | 606 |
| 68 | Karen | 598 |
| 69 | Briana | 592 |
| 70 | Haley | 585 |
| 71 | Rebecca | 572 |
| 72 | Esmeralda | 569 |
| 73 | Sierra | 568 |
| 74 | Alejandra | 561 |
| 75 | Cassandra | 560 |
| 75 | Karina | 560 |
| 77 | Zoe | 557 |
| 78 | Amy | 556 |
| 79 | Allison | 555 |
| 80 | Sara | 542 |
| 81 | Danielle | 539 |
| 82 | Faith | 536 |
| 83 | Karla | 534 |
| 84 | Cynthia | 528 |
| 84 | Katelyn | 528 |
| 86 | Audrey | 526 |
| 86 | Jordan | 526 |
| 88 | Giselle | 521 |
| 89 | Marissa | 518 |
| 90 | Valeria | 512 |
| 91 | Ana | 511 |
| 92 | Kylie | 509 |
| 93 | Kelly | 508 |
| 94 | Amber | 506 |
| 95 | Adriana | 499 |
| 96 | Guadalupe | 494 |
| 97 | Aaliyah | 491 |
| 98 | Alicia | 490 |
| 99 | Natalia | 486 |
| 100 | Madeline | 485 |