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 20,554,275 male births and 19,646,758 female births
Popular names of the period 1990s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Michael 462,411 Jessica 303,122
2 Christopher 360,264 Ashley 301,817
3 Matthew 351,652 Emily 237,254
4 Joshua 329,171 Sarah 224,402
5 Jacob 298,402 Samantha 224,011
6 Nicholas 275,321 Amanda 191,124
7 Andrew 272,911 Brittany 190,819
8 Daniel 272,331 Elizabeth 172,682
9 Tyler 262,299 Taylor 169,030
10 Joseph 260,720 Megan 160,368
11 Brandon 259,407 Hannah 158,812
12 David 253,698 Kayla 155,890
13 James 244,945 Lauren 153,585
14 Ryan 241,235 Stephanie 149,836
15 John 240,127 Rachel 149,159
16 Zachary 225,277 Jennifer 148,032
17 Justin 220,119 Nicole 136,099
18 William 217,812 Alexis 131,194
19 Anthony 216,214 Victoria 117,472
20 Robert 205,445 Amber 115,601
21 Jonathan 197,493 Alyssa 115,250
22 Austin 190,132 Courtney 113,285
23 Alexander 183,938 Rebecca 109,716
24 Kyle 180,205 Danielle 109,592
25 Kevin 165,217 Jasmine 105,315
26 Thomas 146,624 Brianna 99,103
27 Cody 146,480 Katherine 96,880
28 Jordan 144,748 Alexandra 94,800
29 Eric 135,237 Madison 91,905
30 Benjamin 133,935 Morgan 91,195
31 Aaron 128,368 Melissa 89,985
32 Christian 126,050 Michelle 86,524
33 Samuel 125,585 Kelsey 85,129
34 Dylan 122,070 Chelsea 84,801
35 Steven 121,097 Anna 78,588
36 Brian 119,290 Kimberly 77,877
37 Jose 119,027 Tiffany 77,533
38 Timothy 107,762 Olivia 75,907
39 Nathan 107,315 Mary 75,707
40 Adam 106,904 Christina 74,655
41 Richard 94,866 Allison 74,427
42 Patrick 92,929 Abigail 72,770
43 Charles 92,424 Sara 72,165
44 Sean 91,998 Shelby 71,992
45 Jason 91,722 Heather 71,624
46 Cameron 81,130 Haley 71,198
47 Jeremy 77,792 Maria 70,899
48 Mark 75,812 Kaitlyn 67,564
49 Stephen 75,162 Laura 67,248
50 Jesse 73,784 Erin 65,334
51 Juan 70,909 Andrea 65,242
52 Alex 70,824 Natalie 63,381
53 Travis 68,203 Jordan 61,755
54 Jeffrey 66,986 Brooke 60,629
55 Ethan 66,924 Julia 59,947
56 Caleb 66,290 Emma 58,244
57 Luis 64,747 Vanessa 57,916
58 Jared 63,788 Erica 55,761
59 Logan 63,570 Sydney 55,755
60 Hunter 60,521 Kelly 55,720
61 Trevor 59,941 Kristen 53,074
62 Bryan 59,749 Katelyn 52,810
63 Evan 59,397 Marissa 51,214
64 Paul 58,926 Amy 51,168
65 Taylor 58,404 Crystal 51,097
66 Kenneth 58,254 Paige 50,554
67 Connor 57,390 Cassandra 50,362
68 Dustin 56,767 Gabrielle 49,817
69 Noah 56,263 Katie 49,460
70 Carlos 55,169 Caitlin 49,035
71 Devin 55,070 Lindsey 48,974
72 Gabriel 54,810 Destiny 48,236
73 Ian 54,000 Kathryn 47,175
74 Nathaniel 52,574 Jacqueline 45,948
75 Gregory 52,083 Shannon 45,909
76 Derek 50,754 Jenna 45,853
77 Corey 50,221 Angela 45,167
78 Jesus 49,123 Savannah 44,716
79 Scott 49,017 Mariah 44,601
80 Bradley 48,085 Alexandria 44,094
81 Dakota 46,650 Sierra 43,638
82 Antonio 46,547 Alicia 43,485
83 Marcus 46,487 Briana 42,801
84 Blake 45,868 Miranda 42,223
85 Garrett 45,326 Jamie 41,443
86 Edward 45,162 Catherine 40,758
87 Luke 44,433 Brittney 40,030
88 Shawn 42,480 Breanna 40,025
89 Peter 42,389 Grace 39,867
90 Seth 42,210 Monica 38,893
91 Mitchell 42,014 Sabrina 38,662
92 Adrian 41,977 Madeline 36,965
93 Victor 41,067 Caroline 36,827
94 Miguel 41,008 Molly 36,559
95 Shane 40,599 Erika 35,073
96 Chase 40,307 Mackenzie 34,779
97 Isaac 40,266 Leah 34,100
98 Spencer 38,181 Diana 33,777
99 Lucas 38,173 Whitney 32,885
100 Jack 37,493 Cheyenne 31,848
101 Tanner 37,396 Bailey 31,620
102 Angel 36,987 Christine 31,615
103 Vincent 36,711 Meghan 31,499
104 Isaiah 36,585 Lindsay 31,383
105 Dalton 35,978 Angelica 31,330
106 Brett 35,418 Cynthia 31,311
107 George 35,245 Margaret 31,292
108 Alejandro 35,171 Kaitlin 30,819
109 Elijah 34,649 Hailey 30,296
110 Cory 34,164 Alexa 30,294
111 Cole 33,861 Veronica 29,858
112 Joel 33,798 Melanie 29,352
113 Erik 33,602 Bianca 28,557
114 Jake 33,106 Autumn 28,154
115 Mason 32,879 Ariel 28,141
116 Jorge 32,724 Kristin 27,822
117 Dillon 32,662 Bethany 27,753
118 Raymond 31,719 Lisa 27,431
119 Colton 30,469 Kristina 27,244
120 Ricardo 29,307 Holly 27,072
121 Casey 29,246 Leslie 26,771
122 Francisco 28,721 Casey 25,897
123 Brendan 28,510 Chloe 25,856
124 Devon 28,421 April 25,773
125 Keith 28,372 Julie 25,433
126 Colin 28,257 Claire 25,320
127 Wesley 28,246 Kaylee 25,212
128 Phillip 27,967 Brenda 24,928
129 Oscar 27,883 Kathleen 24,847
130 Julian 27,673 Rachael 24,514
131 Johnathan 27,263 Karen 24,513
132 Eduardo 27,220 Sophia 24,501
133 Chad 27,109 Patricia 24,119
134 Donald 26,755 Gabriela 24,084
135 Bryce 26,754 Kendra 23,971
136 Ronald 26,682 Dominique 23,648
137 Alec 25,908 Ana 23,536
138 Dominic 25,636 Kara 23,513
139 Grant 25,455 Desiree 23,492
140 Martin 25,324 Tara 23,370
141 Henry 25,244 Michaela 23,171
142 Mario 24,570 Brandi 22,957
143 Xavier 24,288 Carly 22,790
144 Manuel 24,173 Kylie 22,729
145 Alan 24,093 Karina 22,610
146 Derrick 23,982 Adriana 22,339
147 Frank 23,965 Valerie 22,010
148 Tristan 23,914 Caitlyn 21,990
149 Collin 23,754 Natasha 21,975
150 Omar 23,730 Hayley 21,858
151 Jeremiah 23,646 Rebekah 20,926
152 Jackson 23,590 Jocelyn 20,880
153 Troy 22,817 Cassidy 20,659
154 Edgar 22,209 Jade 20,395
155 Javier 22,112 Gabriella 20,167
156 Douglas 21,970 Makayla 20,083
157 Clayton 21,813 Daisy 19,990
158 Jonathon 21,429 Alison 19,728
159 Nicolas 21,218 Jillian 19,725
160 Andre 21,089 Faith 19,529
161 Maxwell 20,908 Audrey 19,528
162 Ivan 20,511 Angel 19,501
163 Philip 20,458 Nancy 19,495
164 Levi 20,406 Dana 19,282
165 Sergio 20,129 Krystal 19,078
166 Roberto 20,062 Alejandra 19,010
167 Darius 19,664 Ariana 18,862
168 Andres 19,637 Summer 18,806
169 Cristian 19,526 Isabella 18,760
170 Hector 19,487 Mikayla 18,746
171 Fernando 19,433 Raven 18,502
172 Drew 19,331 Katrina 18,400
173 Curtis 19,205 Kiara 17,821
174 Gary 19,195 Sandra 17,620
175 Riley 18,838 Meagan 17,106
176 Johnny 18,483 Lydia 16,989
177 Max 18,215 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 17,842 Claudia 16,518
182 Edwin 17,475 Mallory 16,471
183 Gavin 17,278 Joanna 16,285
184 Preston 17,089 Deanna 16,219
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 15,536
189 Mathew 16,799 Mercedes 15,291
190 Randy 16,783 Mckenzie 15,285
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 16,138 Cindy 15,039
198 Pedro 16,132 Brandy 14,908
199 Craig 16,105 Gina 14,882
200 Larry 15,944 Mia 14,629
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2024. See the limitations of this data source.