Top names of the 1990s

The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies born during the 1990s. For each rank and sex, the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name. The 200 most popular names were taken from a universe that includes 20,555,308 male births and 19,647,357 female births
Popular names of the period 1990s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Michael 462,451 Jessica 303,129
2 Christopher 360,280 Ashley 301,820
3 Matthew 351,673 Emily 237,260
4 Joshua 329,184 Sarah 224,413
5 Jacob 298,410 Samantha 224,020
6 Nicholas 275,326 Amanda 191,131
7 Andrew 272,929 Brittany 190,822
8 Daniel 272,345 Elizabeth 172,690
9 Tyler 262,308 Taylor 169,038
10 Joseph 260,738 Megan 160,373
11 Brandon 259,415 Hannah 158,814
12 David 253,712 Kayla 155,892
13 James 244,962 Lauren 153,590
14 Ryan 241,240 Stephanie 149,837
15 John 240,147 Rachel 149,164
16 Zachary 225,280 Jennifer 148,036
17 Justin 220,128 Nicole 136,100
18 William 217,818 Alexis 131,198
19 Anthony 216,229 Victoria 117,474
20 Robert 205,454 Amber 115,605
21 Jonathan 197,500 Alyssa 115,254
22 Austin 190,135 Courtney 113,289
23 Alexander 183,943 Rebecca 109,717
24 Kyle 180,218 Danielle 109,595
25 Kevin 165,223 Jasmine 105,317
26 Thomas 146,634 Brianna 99,104
27 Cody 146,484 Katherine 96,885
28 Jordan 144,752 Alexandra 94,802
29 Eric 135,242 Madison 91,907
30 Benjamin 133,937 Morgan 91,196
31 Aaron 128,372 Melissa 89,989
32 Christian 126,058 Michelle 86,529
33 Samuel 125,592 Kelsey 85,130
34 Dylan 122,074 Chelsea 84,804
35 Steven 121,104 Anna 78,591
36 Brian 119,303 Kimberly 77,877
37 Jose 119,036 Tiffany 77,534
38 Timothy 107,767 Olivia 75,913
39 Nathan 107,319 Mary 75,713
40 Adam 106,906 Christina 74,659
41 Richard 94,874 Allison 74,431
42 Patrick 92,932 Abigail 72,777
43 Charles 92,433 Sara 72,170
44 Sean 92,001 Shelby 71,994
45 Jason 91,730 Heather 71,625
46 Cameron 81,134 Haley 71,198
47 Jeremy 77,794 Maria 70,902
48 Mark 75,815 Kaitlyn 67,565
49 Stephen 75,164 Laura 67,251
50 Jesse 73,790 Erin 65,334
51 Juan 70,913 Andrea 65,243
52 Alex 70,832 Natalie 63,382
53 Travis 68,208 Jordan 61,757
54 Jeffrey 66,987 Brooke 60,630
55 Ethan 66,926 Julia 59,951
56 Caleb 66,297 Emma 58,250
57 Luis 64,751 Vanessa 57,918
58 Jared 63,790 Erica 55,763
59 Logan 63,572 Sydney 55,756
60 Hunter 60,523 Kelly 55,723
61 Trevor 59,940 Kristen 53,074
62 Bryan 59,751 Katelyn 52,811
63 Evan 59,397 Marissa 51,215
64 Paul 58,932 Amy 51,169
65 Taylor 58,407 Crystal 51,097
66 Kenneth 58,256 Paige 50,553
67 Connor 57,392 Cassandra 50,362
68 Dustin 56,768 Gabrielle 49,818
69 Noah 56,265 Katie 49,465
70 Carlos 55,179 Caitlin 49,035
71 Devin 55,071 Lindsey 48,975
72 Gabriel 54,813 Destiny 48,236
73 Ian 54,004 Kathryn 47,179
74 Nathaniel 52,576 Jacqueline 45,948
75 Gregory 52,087 Shannon 45,909
76 Derek 50,753 Jenna 45,854
77 Corey 50,221 Angela 45,172
78 Jesus 49,128 Savannah 44,717
79 Scott 49,019 Mariah 44,603
80 Bradley 48,085 Alexandria 44,094
81 Dakota 46,650 Sierra 43,638
82 Antonio 46,546 Alicia 43,486
83 Marcus 46,496 Briana 42,800
84 Blake 45,870 Miranda 42,224
85 Garrett 45,327 Jamie 41,443
86 Edward 45,164 Catherine 40,759
87 Luke 44,436 Brittney 40,030
88 Shawn 42,484 Breanna 40,026
89 Peter 42,393 Grace 39,872
90 Seth 42,209 Monica 38,893
91 Mitchell 42,015 Sabrina 38,663
92 Adrian 41,980 Madeline 36,965
93 Victor 41,068 Caroline 36,827
94 Miguel 41,010 Molly 36,568
95 Shane 40,600 Erika 35,073
96 Chase 40,307 Mackenzie 34,778
97 Isaac 40,268 Leah 34,100
98 Spencer 38,183 Diana 33,780
99 Lucas 38,178 Whitney 32,886
100 Jack 37,502 Cheyenne 31,850
101 Tanner 37,396 Bailey 31,623
102 Angel 36,987 Christine 31,618
103 Vincent 36,712 Meghan 31,500
104 Isaiah 36,585 Lindsay 31,382
105 Dalton 35,980 Angelica 31,330
106 Brett 35,419 Cynthia 31,312
107 George 35,246 Margaret 31,293
108 Alejandro 35,176 Kaitlin 30,820
109 Elijah 34,651 Hailey 30,301
110 Cory 34,166 Alexa 30,294
111 Cole 33,866 Veronica 29,859
112 Joel 33,800 Melanie 29,353
113 Erik 33,604 Bianca 28,558
114 Jake 33,116 Autumn 28,155
115 Mason 32,879 Ariel 28,142
116 Jorge 32,727 Kristin 27,822
117 Dillon 32,662 Bethany 27,753
118 Raymond 31,721 Lisa 27,433
119 Colton 30,472 Kristina 27,244
120 Ricardo 29,308 Holly 27,072
121 Casey 29,250 Leslie 26,771
122 Francisco 28,721 Casey 25,900
123 Brendan 28,511 Chloe 25,856
124 Devon 28,421 April 25,773
125 Keith 28,370 Julie 25,434
126 Colin 28,256 Claire 25,324
127 Wesley 28,246 Kaylee 25,214
128 Phillip 27,970 Brenda 24,929
129 Oscar 27,885 Kathleen 24,847
130 Julian 27,676 Karen 24,515
131 Johnathan 27,264 Rachael 24,514
132 Eduardo 27,220 Sophia 24,502
133 Chad 27,111 Patricia 24,118
134 Donald 26,756 Gabriela 24,085
135 Bryce 26,755 Kendra 23,972
136 Ronald 26,682 Dominique 23,649
137 Alec 25,908 Ana 23,538
138 Dominic 25,639 Kara 23,513
139 Grant 25,457 Desiree 23,492
140 Martin 25,327 Tara 23,371
141 Henry 25,244 Michaela 23,173
142 Mario 24,571 Brandi 22,956
143 Xavier 24,290 Carly 22,790
144 Manuel 24,174 Kylie 22,729
145 Alan 24,094 Karina 22,612
146 Derrick 23,984 Adriana 22,340
147 Frank 23,967 Valerie 22,011
148 Tristan 23,914 Caitlyn 21,991
149 Collin 23,752 Natasha 21,977
150 Omar 23,729 Hayley 21,859
151 Jeremiah 23,646 Rebekah 20,926
152 Jackson 23,591 Jocelyn 20,882
153 Troy 22,820 Cassidy 20,659
154 Edgar 22,212 Jade 20,397
155 Javier 22,116 Gabriella 20,172
156 Douglas 21,971 Makayla 20,083
157 Clayton 21,815 Daisy 19,990
158 Jonathon 21,429 Alison 19,728
159 Nicolas 21,219 Jillian 19,725
160 Andre 21,090 Audrey 19,530
161 Maxwell 20,909 Faith 19,529
162 Ivan 20,514 Angel 19,501
163 Philip 20,458 Nancy 19,495
164 Levi 20,406 Dana 19,283
165 Sergio 20,130 Krystal 19,079
166 Roberto 20,063 Alejandra 19,010
167 Darius 19,665 Ariana 18,862
168 Andres 19,639 Summer 18,806
169 Cristian 19,527 Isabella 18,761
170 Hector 19,491 Mikayla 18,746
171 Fernando 19,433 Raven 18,502
172 Drew 19,333 Katrina 18,401
173 Curtis 19,206 Kiara 17,821
174 Gary 19,196 Sandra 17,620
175 Riley 18,840 Meagan 17,107
176 Johnny 18,484 Lydia 16,990
177 Max 18,214 Kirsten 16,882
178 Dennis 18,100 Chelsey 16,837
179 Malik 17,951 Zoe 16,791
180 Wyatt 17,936 Monique 16,761
181 Cesar 17,845 Claudia 16,520
182 Edwin 17,474 Mallory 16,471
183 Gavin 17,278 Joanna 16,287
184 Preston 17,090 Deanna 16,220
185 Marco 17,001 Isabel 16,104
186 Allen 16,952 Ashlee 15,978
187 Ruben 16,929 Felicia 15,643
188 Calvin 16,863 Marisa 15,537
189 Mathew 16,799 Mercedes 15,291
190 Randy 16,785 Mckenzie 15,286
191 Brent 16,624 Jasmin 15,237
192 Jerry 16,577 Krista 15,213
193 Hayden 16,350 Yesenia 15,174
194 Alexis 16,261 Diamond 15,160
195 Parker 16,235 Evelyn 15,126
196 Brady 16,231 Selena 15,042
197 Tony 16,139 Cindy 15,039
198 Pedro 16,133 Brandy 14,908
199 Craig 16,105 Gina 14,882
200 Larry 15,944 Mia 14,628
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2025. See the limitations of this data source.