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 20,553,510 male births and 19,646,216 female births
Popular names of the period 1990s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Michael 462,390 Jessica 303,118
2 Christopher 360,255 Ashley 301,815
3 Matthew 351,649 Emily 237,244
4 Joshua 329,157 Sarah 224,392
5 Jacob 298,400 Samantha 224,015
6 Nicholas 275,309 Amanda 191,121
7 Andrew 272,909 Brittany 190,818
8 Daniel 272,315 Elizabeth 172,683
9 Tyler 262,296 Taylor 169,029
10 Joseph 260,709 Megan 160,367
11 Brandon 259,407 Hannah 158,807
12 David 253,678 Kayla 155,890
13 James 244,947 Lauren 153,584
14 Ryan 241,222 Stephanie 149,833
15 John 240,118 Rachel 149,156
16 Zachary 225,275 Jennifer 148,032
17 Justin 220,119 Nicole 136,103
18 William 217,810 Alexis 131,194
19 Anthony 216,205 Victoria 117,468
20 Robert 205,436 Amber 115,598
21 Jonathan 197,483 Alyssa 115,250
22 Austin 190,130 Courtney 113,279
23 Alexander 183,931 Rebecca 109,711
24 Kyle 180,203 Danielle 109,587
25 Kevin 165,210 Jasmine 105,315
26 Thomas 146,617 Brianna 99,102
27 Cody 146,478 Katherine 96,879
28 Jordan 144,746 Alexandra 94,795
29 Eric 135,231 Madison 91,905
30 Benjamin 133,922 Morgan 91,192
31 Aaron 128,359 Melissa 89,985
32 Christian 126,045 Michelle 86,524
33 Samuel 125,575 Kelsey 85,127
34 Dylan 122,067 Chelsea 84,799
35 Steven 121,092 Anna 78,578
36 Brian 119,287 Kimberly 77,877
37 Jose 119,022 Tiffany 77,532
38 Timothy 107,757 Olivia 75,906
39 Nathan 107,308 Mary 75,698
40 Adam 106,894 Christina 74,656
41 Richard 94,865 Allison 74,427
42 Patrick 92,925 Abigail 72,770
43 Charles 92,422 Sara 72,163
44 Sean 91,994 Shelby 71,992
45 Jason 91,716 Heather 71,624
46 Cameron 81,128 Haley 71,197
47 Jeremy 77,791 Maria 70,893
48 Mark 75,804 Kaitlyn 67,565
49 Stephen 75,162 Laura 67,242
50 Jesse 73,789 Erin 65,332
51 Juan 70,908 Andrea 65,239
52 Alex 70,821 Natalie 63,380
53 Travis 68,204 Jordan 61,753
54 Jeffrey 66,985 Brooke 60,628
55 Ethan 66,920 Julia 59,946
56 Caleb 66,286 Emma 58,239
57 Luis 64,742 Vanessa 57,916
58 Jared 63,785 Erica 55,760
59 Logan 63,569 Sydney 55,755
60 Hunter 60,520 Kelly 55,720
61 Trevor 59,940 Kristen 53,072
62 Bryan 59,745 Katelyn 52,810
63 Evan 59,396 Marissa 51,214
64 Paul 58,924 Amy 51,168
65 Taylor 58,400 Crystal 51,098
66 Kenneth 58,252 Paige 50,554
67 Connor 57,387 Cassandra 50,362
68 Dustin 56,767 Gabrielle 49,814
69 Noah 56,256 Katie 49,456
70 Carlos 55,168 Caitlin 49,036
71 Devin 55,068 Lindsey 48,973
72 Gabriel 54,809 Destiny 48,235
73 Ian 53,998 Kathryn 47,172
74 Nathaniel 52,575 Jacqueline 45,950
75 Gregory 52,085 Shannon 45,911
76 Derek 50,749 Jenna 45,851
77 Corey 50,219 Angela 45,164
78 Jesus 49,123 Savannah 44,716
79 Scott 49,018 Mariah 44,601
80 Bradley 48,080 Alexandria 44,093
81 Dakota 46,651 Sierra 43,637
82 Antonio 46,541 Alicia 43,483
83 Marcus 46,483 Briana 42,799
84 Blake 45,867 Miranda 42,222
85 Garrett 45,325 Jamie 41,445
86 Edward 45,165 Catherine 40,759
87 Luke 44,432 Brittney 40,030
88 Shawn 42,481 Breanna 40,025
89 Peter 42,382 Grace 39,866
90 Seth 42,209 Monica 38,889
91 Mitchell 42,013 Sabrina 38,661
92 Adrian 41,976 Madeline 36,964
93 Victor 41,066 Caroline 36,827
94 Miguel 41,008 Molly 36,557
95 Shane 40,597 Erika 35,072
96 Chase 40,305 Mackenzie 34,779
97 Isaac 40,265 Leah 34,100
98 Spencer 38,178 Diana 33,774
99 Lucas 38,171 Whitney 32,886
100 Jack 37,487 Cheyenne 31,849
101 Tanner 37,392 Bailey 31,620
102 Angel 36,987 Christine 31,614
103 Vincent 36,708 Meghan 31,499
104 Isaiah 36,584 Lindsay 31,384
105 Dalton 35,976 Angelica 31,323
106 Brett 35,417 Cynthia 31,311
107 George 35,247 Margaret 31,292
108 Alejandro 35,170 Kaitlin 30,819
109 Elijah 34,648 Alexa 30,296
110 Cory 34,166 Hailey 30,295
111 Cole 33,860 Veronica 29,857
112 Joel 33,797 Melanie 29,353
113 Erik 33,599 Bianca 28,557
114 Jake 33,102 Autumn 28,153
115 Mason 32,873 Ariel 28,141
116 Jorge 32,723 Kristin 27,824
117 Dillon 32,660 Bethany 27,752
118 Raymond 31,718 Lisa 27,430
119 Colton 30,469 Kristina 27,244
120 Ricardo 29,307 Holly 27,073
121 Casey 29,246 Leslie 26,771
122 Francisco 28,719 Casey 25,897
123 Brendan 28,510 Chloe 25,859
124 Devon 28,420 April 25,773
125 Keith 28,371 Julie 25,431
126 Colin 28,255 Claire 25,318
127 Wesley 28,245 Kaylee 25,211
128 Phillip 27,969 Brenda 24,930
129 Oscar 27,882 Kathleen 24,851
130 Julian 27,671 Karen 24,514
131 Johnathan 27,263 Rachael 24,513
132 Eduardo 27,218 Sophia 24,500
133 Chad 27,109 Patricia 24,119
134 Donald 26,755 Gabriela 24,082
135 Bryce 26,752 Kendra 23,972
136 Ronald 26,681 Dominique 23,648
137 Alec 25,907 Ana 23,528
138 Dominic 25,637 Kara 23,517
139 Grant 25,457 Desiree 23,492
140 Martin 25,324 Tara 23,372
141 Henry 25,244 Michaela 23,171
142 Mario 24,570 Brandi 22,957
143 Xavier 24,286 Carly 22,790
144 Manuel 24,173 Kylie 22,730
145 Alan 24,091 Karina 22,609
146 Derrick 23,982 Adriana 22,337
147 Frank 23,964 Valerie 22,010
148 Tristan 23,913 Caitlyn 21,989
149 Collin 23,750 Natasha 21,973
150 Omar 23,729 Hayley 21,858
151 Jeremiah 23,649 Rebekah 20,927
152 Jackson 23,592 Jocelyn 20,880
153 Troy 22,818 Cassidy 20,659
154 Edgar 22,207 Jade 20,395
155 Javier 22,109 Gabriella 20,167
156 Douglas 21,969 Makayla 20,082
157 Clayton 21,813 Daisy 19,990
158 Jonathon 21,429 Alison 19,725
159 Nicolas 21,219 Jillian 19,725
160 Andre 21,089 Faith 19,529
161 Maxwell 20,908 Audrey 19,527
162 Ivan 20,511 Angel 19,501
163 Philip 20,457 Nancy 19,493
164 Levi 20,404 Dana 19,282
165 Sergio 20,127 Krystal 19,077
166 Roberto 20,061 Alejandra 19,008
167 Darius 19,664 Ariana 18,861
168 Andres 19,637 Summer 18,805
169 Cristian 19,526 Isabella 18,754
170 Hector 19,487 Mikayla 18,745
171 Fernando 19,430 Raven 18,502
172 Drew 19,328 Katrina 18,400
173 Curtis 19,207 Kiara 17,822
174 Gary 19,193 Sandra 17,618
175 Riley 18,839 Meagan 17,106
176 Johnny 18,483 Lydia 16,986
177 Max 18,212 Kirsten 16,882
178 Dennis 18,102 Chelsey 16,837
179 Malik 17,949 Zoe 16,791
180 Wyatt 17,936 Monique 16,761
181 Cesar 17,841 Claudia 16,515
182 Edwin 17,475 Mallory 16,471
183 Gavin 17,277 Joanna 16,285
184 Preston 17,089 Deanna 16,219
185 Marco 17,001 Isabel 16,103
186 Allen 16,950 Ashlee 15,978
187 Ruben 16,929 Felicia 15,643
188 Calvin 16,861 Marisa 15,535
189 Mathew 16,799 Mercedes 15,291
190 Randy 16,783 Mckenzie 15,284
191 Brent 16,625 Jasmin 15,235
192 Jerry 16,576 Krista 15,213
193 Hayden 16,348 Yesenia 15,174
194 Alexis 16,263 Diamond 15,160
195 Parker 16,237 Evelyn 15,126
196 Brady 16,230 Selena 15,041
197 Tony 16,136 Cindy 15,040
198 Pedro 16,130 Brandy 14,908
199 Craig 16,105 Gina 14,881
200 Larry 15,944 Mia 14,629
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2023. See the limitations of this data source.