Top names of the 1990s

The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for boy and girl 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 20,556,015 boy births and 19,647,806 girl births
Popular names of the period 1990s
Boys Girls
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Michael 462,466 Jessica 303,136
2 Christopher 360,287 Ashley 301,820
3 Matthew 351,682 Emily 237,262
4 Joshua 329,192 Sarah 224,423
5 Jacob 298,415 Samantha 224,023
6 Nicholas 275,329 Amanda 191,132
7 Andrew 272,941 Brittany 190,826
8 Daniel 272,360 Elizabeth 172,693
9 Tyler 262,320 Taylor 169,040
10 Joseph 260,751 Megan 160,375
11 Brandon 259,420 Hannah 158,818
12 David 253,711 Kayla 155,893
13 James 244,980 Lauren 153,590
14 Ryan 241,248 Stephanie 149,836
15 John 240,151 Rachel 149,167
16 Zachary 225,290 Jennifer 148,041
17 Justin 220,135 Nicole 136,103
18 William 217,822 Alexis 131,199
19 Anthony 216,231 Victoria 117,475
20 Robert 205,459 Amber 115,605
21 Jonathan 197,503 Alyssa 115,255
22 Austin 190,140 Courtney 113,290
23 Alexander 183,952 Rebecca 109,721
24 Kyle 180,218 Danielle 109,597
25 Kevin 165,232 Jasmine 105,322
26 Thomas 146,638 Brianna 99,108
27 Cody 146,486 Katherine 96,885
28 Jordan 144,756 Alexandra 94,806
29 Eric 135,244 Madison 91,907
30 Benjamin 133,939 Morgan 91,196
31 Aaron 128,377 Melissa 89,990
32 Christian 126,065 Michelle 86,532
33 Samuel 125,597 Kelsey 85,134
34 Dylan 122,074 Chelsea 84,805
35 Steven 121,110 Anna 78,595
36 Brian 119,309 Kimberly 77,879
37 Jose 119,042 Tiffany 77,534
38 Timothy 107,772 Olivia 75,913
39 Nathan 107,332 Mary 75,723
40 Adam 106,909 Christina 74,660
41 Richard 94,876 Allison 74,433
42 Patrick 92,931 Abigail 72,779
43 Charles 92,434 Sara 72,170
44 Sean 92,003 Shelby 71,995
45 Jason 91,731 Heather 71,626
46 Cameron 81,131 Haley 71,197
47 Jeremy 77,794 Maria 70,911
48 Mark 75,816 Kaitlyn 67,567
49 Stephen 75,160 Laura 67,253
50 Jesse 73,791 Erin 65,335
51 Juan 70,919 Andrea 65,246
52 Alex 70,830 Natalie 63,382
53 Travis 68,208 Jordan 61,757
54 Jeffrey 66,987 Brooke 60,630
55 Ethan 66,930 Julia 59,954
56 Caleb 66,298 Emma 58,252
57 Luis 64,761 Vanessa 57,920
58 Jared 63,792 Erica 55,762
59 Logan 63,577 Sydney 55,756
60 Hunter 60,524 Kelly 55,724
61 Trevor 59,943 Kristen 53,075
62 Bryan 59,751 Katelyn 52,811
63 Evan 59,396 Marissa 51,214
64 Paul 58,931 Amy 51,167
65 Taylor 58,408 Crystal 51,098
66 Kenneth 58,254 Paige 50,552
67 Connor 57,391 Cassandra 50,364
68 Dustin 56,768 Gabrielle 49,818
69 Noah 56,269 Katie 49,468
70 Carlos 55,185 Caitlin 49,033
71 Devin 55,072 Lindsey 48,975
72 Gabriel 54,819 Destiny 48,238
73 Ian 54,007 Kathryn 47,179
74 Nathaniel 52,577 Jacqueline 45,948
75 Gregory 52,090 Shannon 45,912
76 Derek 50,756 Jenna 45,856
77 Corey 50,223 Angela 45,171
78 Jesus 49,129 Savannah 44,716
79 Scott 49,019 Mariah 44,603
80 Bradley 48,086 Alexandria 44,095
81 Dakota 46,649 Sierra 43,638
82 Antonio 46,546 Alicia 43,488
83 Marcus 46,497 Briana 42,801
84 Blake 45,873 Miranda 42,225
85 Garrett 45,326 Jamie 41,441
86 Edward 45,164 Catherine 40,763
87 Luke 44,434 Brittney 40,030
88 Shawn 42,483 Breanna 40,026
89 Peter 42,394 Grace 39,872
90 Seth 42,213 Monica 38,895
91 Mitchell 42,015 Sabrina 38,664
92 Adrian 41,982 Madeline 36,967
93 Victor 41,072 Caroline 36,827
94 Miguel 41,009 Molly 36,567
95 Shane 40,598 Erika 35,076
96 Chase 40,311 Mackenzie 34,778
97 Isaac 40,271 Leah 34,099
98 Spencer 38,182 Diana 33,784
99 Lucas 38,178 Whitney 32,886
100 Jack 37,501 Cheyenne 31,849
101 Tanner 37,392 Bailey 31,621
102 Angel 36,990 Christine 31,618
103 Vincent 36,715 Meghan 31,500
104 Isaiah 36,586 Lindsay 31,382
105 Dalton 35,981 Angelica 31,330
106 Brett 35,422 Cynthia 31,313
107 George 35,246 Margaret 31,294
108 Alejandro 35,178 Kaitlin 30,820
109 Elijah 34,652 Hailey 30,303
110 Cory 34,166 Alexa 30,294
111 Cole 33,868 Veronica 29,860
112 Joel 33,804 Melanie 29,352
113 Erik 33,605 Bianca 28,558
114 Jake 33,115 Autumn 28,155
115 Mason 32,880 Ariel 28,142
116 Jorge 32,729 Kristin 27,819
117 Dillon 32,661 Bethany 27,753
118 Raymond 31,721 Lisa 27,433
119 Colton 30,472 Kristina 27,244
120 Ricardo 29,311 Holly 27,072
121 Casey 29,253 Leslie 26,769
122 Francisco 28,722 Casey 25,901
123 Brendan 28,521 Chloe 25,858
124 Devon 28,422 April 25,772
125 Keith 28,370 Julie 25,434
126 Colin 28,258 Claire 25,326
127 Wesley 28,246 Kaylee 25,214
128 Phillip 27,972 Brenda 24,929
129 Oscar 27,885 Kathleen 24,846
130 Julian 27,674 Karen 24,516
131 Johnathan 27,264 Rachael 24,515
132 Eduardo 27,221 Sophia 24,503
133 Chad 27,112 Patricia 24,118
134 Donald 26,756 Gabriela 24,085
135 Bryce 26,755 Kendra 23,972
136 Ronald 26,681 Dominique 23,649
137 Alec 25,908 Ana 23,541
138 Dominic 25,639 Kara 23,514
139 Grant 25,457 Desiree 23,492
140 Martin 25,331 Tara 23,370
141 Henry 25,249 Michaela 23,173
142 Mario 24,573 Brandi 22,955
143 Xavier 24,290 Carly 22,791
144 Manuel 24,176 Kylie 22,730
145 Alan 24,094 Karina 22,612
146 Derrick 23,991 Adriana 22,342
147 Frank 23,970 Valerie 22,012
148 Tristan 23,915 Caitlyn 21,991
149 Collin 23,753 Natasha 21,977
150 Omar 23,729 Hayley 21,859
151 Jeremiah 23,648 Rebekah 20,927
152 Jackson 23,595 Jocelyn 20,884
153 Troy 22,820 Cassidy 20,659
154 Edgar 22,215 Jade 20,397
155 Javier 22,115 Gabriella 20,173
156 Douglas 21,972 Makayla 20,083
157 Clayton 21,816 Daisy 19,991
158 Jonathon 21,429 Alison 19,729
159 Nicolas 21,219 Jillian 19,725
160 Andre 21,089 Audrey 19,530
161 Maxwell 20,909 Faith 19,529
162 Ivan 20,516 Angel 19,501
163 Philip 20,460 Nancy 19,495
164 Levi 20,408 Dana 19,284
165 Sergio 20,130 Krystal 19,079
166 Roberto 20,062 Alejandra 19,011
167 Darius 19,665 Ariana 18,864
168 Andres 19,640 Summer 18,807
169 Cristian 19,529 Isabella 18,762
170 Hector 19,493 Mikayla 18,746
171 Fernando 19,433 Raven 18,503
172 Drew 19,334 Katrina 18,401
173 Curtis 19,205 Kiara 17,821
174 Gary 19,194 Sandra 17,620
175 Riley 18,841 Meagan 17,107
176 Johnny 18,488 Lydia 16,991
177 Max 18,216 Kirsten 16,882
178 Dennis 18,101 Chelsey 16,838
179 Malik 17,951 Zoe 16,791
180 Wyatt 17,936 Monique 16,761
181 Cesar 17,848 Claudia 16,520
182 Edwin 17,474 Mallory 16,471
183 Gavin 17,280 Joanna 16,287
184 Preston 17,088 Deanna 16,220
185 Marco 17,004 Isabel 16,104
186 Allen 16,951 Ashlee 15,978
187 Ruben 16,930 Felicia 15,643
188 Calvin 16,865 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 16,262 Diamond 15,160
195 Parker 16,234 Evelyn 15,128
196 Brady 16,231 Selena 15,043
197 Tony 16,141 Cindy 15,039
198 Pedro 16,134 Brandy 14,909
199 Craig 16,105 Gina 14,882
200 Larry 15,946 Mia 14,630
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2026. See the limitations of this data source.