Most Popular Baby Names of the 1990s

Top Boy Names

# Name Births
1 Michael 462,451
2 Christopher 360,280
3 Matthew 351,673
4 Joshua 329,184
5 Jacob 298,410
6 Nicholas 275,326
7 Andrew 272,929
8 Daniel 272,345
9 Tyler 262,308
10 Joseph 260,738
11 Brandon 259,415
12 David 253,712
13 James 244,962
14 Ryan 241,240
15 John 240,147
16 Zachary 225,280
17 Justin 220,128
18 William 217,818
19 Anthony 216,229
20 Robert 205,454
21 Jonathan 197,500
22 Austin 190,135
23 Alexander 183,943
24 Kyle 180,218
25 Kevin 165,223
26 Thomas 146,634
27 Cody 146,484
28 Jordan 144,752
29 Eric 135,242
30 Benjamin 133,937
31 Aaron 128,372
32 Christian 126,058
33 Samuel 125,592
34 Dylan 122,074
35 Steven 121,104
36 Brian 119,303
37 Jose 119,036
38 Timothy 107,767
39 Nathan 107,319
40 Adam 106,906
41 Richard 94,874
42 Patrick 92,932
43 Charles 92,433
44 Sean 92,001
45 Jason 91,730
46 Cameron 81,134
47 Jeremy 77,794
48 Mark 75,815
49 Stephen 75,164
50 Jesse 73,790

Top Girl Names

# Name Births
1 Jessica 303,129
2 Ashley 301,820
3 Emily 237,260
4 Sarah 224,413
5 Samantha 224,020
6 Amanda 191,131
7 Brittany 190,822
8 Elizabeth 172,690
9 Taylor 169,038
10 Megan 160,373
11 Hannah 158,814
12 Kayla 155,892
13 Lauren 153,590
14 Stephanie 149,837
15 Rachel 149,164
16 Jennifer 148,036
17 Nicole 136,100
18 Alexis 131,198
19 Victoria 117,474
20 Amber 115,605
21 Alyssa 115,254
22 Courtney 113,289
23 Rebecca 109,717
24 Danielle 109,595
25 Jasmine 105,317
26 Brianna 99,104
27 Katherine 96,885
28 Alexandra 94,802
29 Madison 91,907
30 Morgan 91,196
31 Melissa 89,989
32 Michelle 86,529
33 Kelsey 85,130
34 Chelsea 84,804
35 Anna 78,591
36 Kimberly 77,877
37 Tiffany 77,534
38 Olivia 75,913
39 Mary 75,713
40 Christina 74,659
41 Allison 74,431
42 Abigail 72,777
43 Sara 72,170
44 Shelby 71,994
45 Heather 71,625
46 Haley 71,198
47 Maria 70,902
48 Kaitlyn 67,565
49 Laura 67,251
50 Erin 65,334