Most Popular Baby Names in 1996

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
1	Michael	38,373
2	Matthew	32,077
3	Jacob	31,924
4	Christopher	30,902
5	Joshua	29,174
6	Nicholas	27,722
7	Tyler	26,955
8	Brandon	25,847
9	Austin	25,663
10	Andrew	25,244
11	Daniel	25,125
12	Joseph	24,758
13	David	23,024
14	Zachary	22,368
15	John	22,186
16	Ryan	21,810
17	James	21,164
18	William	20,544
19	Anthony	20,507
20	Justin	20,011
21	Jonathan	18,602
22	Alexander	17,964
23	Robert	17,676
24	Christian	15,823
25	Kyle	15,600
26	Kevin	14,589
27	Jordan	13,852
28	Thomas	13,805
29	Benjamin	13,785
30	Samuel	13,629
31	Cody	12,953
32	Jose	12,155
33	Dylan	12,037
34	Aaron	11,971
35	Eric	11,610
36	Brian	10,476
37	Nathan	10,285
38	Steven	9,649
39	Adam	9,557
40	Timothy	8,919
41	Jason	8,696
42	Logan	8,374
43	Charles	8,247
44	Patrick	8,193
45	Richard	8,180
46	Sean	7,896
47	Hunter	7,603
48	Caleb	7,549
49	Cameron	7,388
50	Noah	7,184

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
1	Emily	25,150
2	Jessica	24,200
3	Ashley	23,678
4	Sarah	21,044
5	Samantha	20,551
6	Taylor	19,153
7	Hannah	18,596
8	Alexis	16,592
9	Rachel	16,120
10	Elizabeth	16,004
11	Kayla	15,269
12	Megan	14,770
13	Amanda	13,980
14	Brittany	13,797
15	Madison	13,410
16	Lauren	12,594
17	Brianna	11,925
18	Victoria	11,859
19	Jennifer	11,729
20	Stephanie	11,644
21	Courtney	11,344
22	Nicole	11,134
23	Alyssa	11,024
24	Rebecca	10,626
25	Morgan	10,295
26	Alexandra	10,024
27	Amber	9,771
28	Jasmine	9,707
29	Danielle	9,285
30	Haley	9,042
31	Katherine	8,878
32	Abigail	8,604
33	Anna	8,574
34	Olivia	8,125
35	Shelby	7,950
36	Kelsey	7,655
37	Maria	7,597
38	Allison	7,455
39	Sydney	7,259
40	Kaitlyn	7,241
41	Kimberly	7,175
42	Melissa	7,170
43	Savannah	7,000
44	Mary	6,967
45	Brooke	6,724
46	Natalie	6,693
47	Michelle	6,598
48	Julia	6,314
49	Jordan	6,299
50	Sara	6,288