Most Popular Baby Names of the 1990s

The top 100 names of the 1990s

Ranked by total births across the whole decade, not by any single year. Tap a column heading to sort. "Births" is the decade total.

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Top 100 girl names of the 1990s

Top 100 girl names of the 1990s

1	Jessica	303,136
2	Ashley	301,820
3	Emily	237,262
4	Sarah	224,423
5	Samantha	224,023
6	Amanda	191,132
7	Brittany	190,826
8	Elizabeth	172,693
9	Taylor	169,040
10	Megan	160,375
11	Hannah	158,818
12	Kayla	155,893
13	Lauren	153,590
14	Stephanie	149,833
15	Rachel	149,167
16	Jennifer	148,037
17	Nicole	136,103
18	Alexis	131,199
19	Victoria	117,475
20	Amber	115,605
21	Alyssa	115,255
22	Courtney	113,290
23	Rebecca	109,721
24	Danielle	109,597
25	Jasmine	105,313
26	Brianna	99,108
27	Katherine	96,885
28	Alexandra	94,806
29	Madison	91,860
30	Morgan	91,196
31	Melissa	89,974
32	Michelle	86,525
33	Kelsey	85,126
34	Chelsea	84,783
35	Anna	78,591
36	Kimberly	77,857
37	Tiffany	77,523
38	Olivia	75,907
39	Mary	75,711
40	Christina	74,643
41	Allison	74,433
42	Abigail	72,771
43	Sara	72,170
44	Shelby	71,991
45	Heather	71,605
46	Haley	71,186
47	Maria	70,880
48	Kaitlyn	67,548
49	Laura	67,244
50	Erin	65,335
51	Andrea	65,243
52	Natalie	63,371
53	Jordan	61,757
54	Brooke	60,627
55	Julia	59,948
56	Emma	58,236
57	Vanessa	57,840
58	Erica	55,740
59	Sydney	55,736
60	Kelly	55,691
61	Kristen	53,042
62	Katelyn	52,799
63	Marissa	51,194
64	Amy	51,143
65	Crystal	51,042
66	Paige	50,550
67	Cassandra	50,343
68	Gabrielle	49,783
69	Katie	49,441
70	Caitlin	49,026
71	Lindsey	48,964
72	Destiny	48,172
73	Kathryn	47,168
74	Jacqueline	45,882
75	Shannon	45,872
76	Jenna	45,841
77	Angela	45,133
78	Savannah	44,655
79	Mariah	44,587
80	Alexandria	44,038
81	Sierra	43,617
82	Alicia	43,481
83	Briana	42,749
84	Miranda	42,204
85	Jamie	41,427
86	Catherine	40,721
87	Brittney	40,006
88	Breanna	39,985
89	Grace	39,834
90	Monica	38,833
91	Sabrina	38,600
92	Madeline	36,869
93	Caroline	36,721
94	Molly	36,540
95	Erika	35,024
96	Mackenzie	34,701
97	Leah	34,072
98	Diana	33,608
99	Whitney	32,760
100	Cheyenne	31,759

Based on 0 girls counted in the published data for 1990–1999.

Top 100 boy names of the 1990s

Top 100 boy names of the 1990s

1	Michael	462,466
2	Christopher	360,287
3	Matthew	351,682
4	Joshua	329,192
5	Jacob	298,415
6	Nicholas	275,329
7	Andrew	272,941
8	Daniel	272,360
9	Tyler	262,320
10	Joseph	260,751
11	Brandon	259,420
12	David	253,711
13	James	244,980
14	Ryan	241,248
15	John	240,151
16	Zachary	225,290
17	Justin	220,135
18	William	217,822
19	Anthony	216,231
20	Robert	205,459
21	Jonathan	197,503
22	Austin	190,140
23	Alexander	183,952
24	Kyle	180,218
25	Kevin	165,229
26	Thomas	146,638
27	Cody	146,480
28	Jordan	144,756
29	Eric	135,244
30	Benjamin	133,939
31	Aaron	128,377
32	Christian	126,065
33	Samuel	125,597
34	Dylan	122,074
35	Steven	121,110
36	Brian	119,305
37	Jose	118,889
38	Timothy	107,772
39	Nathan	107,332
40	Adam	106,909
41	Richard	94,876
42	Patrick	92,931
43	Charles	92,434
44	Sean	92,003
45	Jason	91,731
46	Cameron	81,131
47	Jeremy	77,794
48	Mark	75,814
49	Stephen	75,146
50	Jesse	73,791
51	Alex	70,830
52	Juan	70,772
53	Travis	68,205
54	Jeffrey	66,970
55	Ethan	66,926
56	Caleb	66,283
57	Luis	64,561
58	Jared	63,788
59	Logan	63,549
60	Hunter	60,477
61	Trevor	59,939
62	Bryan	59,715
63	Evan	59,390
64	Paul	58,931
65	Taylor	58,394
66	Kenneth	58,241
67	Connor	57,352
68	Dustin	56,750
69	Noah	56,200
70	Devin	55,072
71	Carlos	55,037
72	Gabriel	54,798
73	Ian	54,007
74	Nathaniel	52,573
75	Gregory	52,068
76	Derek	50,745
77	Corey	50,182
78	Scott	49,004
79	Jesus	48,863
80	Bradley	48,067
81	Dakota	46,593
82	Marcus	46,469
83	Antonio	46,417
84	Blake	45,792
85	Garrett	45,312
86	Edward	45,096
87	Luke	44,420
88	Shawn	42,479
89	Peter	42,340
90	Seth	42,195
91	Mitchell	41,970
92	Adrian	41,836
93	Victor	40,910
94	Miguel	40,769
95	Shane	40,587
96	Chase	40,263
97	Isaac	40,243
98	Spencer	38,171
99	Lucas	38,156
100	Jack	37,437

Based on 0 boys counted in the published data for 1990–1999.

The #1 name of each year

Which name led the country in each year of the 1990s.

Number one girl and boy name, 1990s
Year	#1 girl name (births)	#1 boy name (births)
1990	Jessica (46,486)	Michael (65,321)
1991	Ashley (43,477)	Michael (60,810)
1992	Ashley (38,460)	Michael (54,410)
1993	Jessica (34,993)	Michael (49,571)
1994	Jessica (32,122)	Michael (44,477)
1995	Jessica (27,941)	Michael (41,409)
1996	Emily (25,150)	Michael (38,373)
1997	Emily (25,734)	Michael (37,562)
1998	Emily (26,188)	Michael (36,618)
1999	Emily (26,542)	Jacob (35,371)

How the decade is counted

A decade total adds up every published birth for a name across all ten years (or, for the 2020s, 2020 to 2025), for the 50 states and DC. A name that was #1 for one huge year but quiet the rest of the decade will not beat a name that stayed near the top all decade. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a state in a year are not published by SSA, so decade totals are slightly smaller than true births.

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Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, baby names data, births in 2025, released May 2026. Data checked 8 November 2026. ssa.gov baby names.