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 20,552,947 male births and 19,645,704 female births
Popular names of the period 1990s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Michael 462,383 Jessica 303,115
2 Christopher 360,241 Ashley 301,815
3 Matthew 351,643 Emily 237,243
4 Joshua 329,150 Sarah 224,380
5 Jacob 298,390 Samantha 224,017
6 Nicholas 275,311 Amanda 191,109
7 Andrew 272,895 Brittany 190,818
8 Daniel 272,308 Elizabeth 172,676
9 Tyler 262,295 Taylor 169,028
10 Joseph 260,703 Megan 160,365
11 Brandon 259,403 Hannah 158,804
12 David 253,667 Kayla 155,889
13 James 244,940 Lauren 153,581
14 Ryan 241,215 Stephanie 149,830
15 John 240,111 Rachel 149,152
16 Zachary 225,270 Jennifer 148,033
17 Justin 220,119 Nicole 136,102
18 William 217,810 Alexis 131,191
19 Anthony 216,197 Victoria 117,466
20 Robert 205,433 Amber 115,599
21 Jonathan 197,475 Alyssa 115,250
22 Austin 190,124 Courtney 113,280
23 Alexander 183,926 Rebecca 109,708
24 Kyle 180,199 Danielle 109,583
25 Kevin 165,204 Jasmine 105,313
26 Thomas 146,608 Brianna 99,103
27 Cody 146,478 Katherine 96,879
28 Jordan 144,737 Alexandra 94,794
29 Eric 135,225 Madison 91,903
30 Benjamin 133,918 Morgan 91,187
31 Aaron 128,360 Melissa 89,985
32 Christian 126,041 Michelle 86,523
33 Samuel 125,573 Kelsey 85,126
34 Dylan 122,063 Chelsea 84,800
35 Steven 121,095 Anna 78,573
36 Brian 119,285 Kimberly 77,879
37 Jose 119,020 Tiffany 77,532
38 Timothy 107,750 Olivia 75,902
39 Nathan 107,310 Mary 75,689
40 Adam 106,892 Christina 74,656
41 Richard 94,862 Allison 74,428
42 Patrick 92,924 Abigail 72,768
43 Charles 92,422 Sara 72,160
44 Sean 91,995 Shelby 71,992
45 Jason 91,711 Heather 71,624
46 Cameron 81,128 Haley 71,195
47 Jeremy 77,791 Maria 70,890
48 Mark 75,802 Kaitlyn 67,565
49 Stephen 75,159 Laura 67,241
50 Jesse 73,791 Erin 65,329
51 Juan 70,904 Andrea 65,237
52 Alex 70,819 Natalie 63,381
53 Travis 68,201 Jordan 61,754
54 Jeffrey 66,986 Brooke 60,627
55 Ethan 66,918 Julia 59,946
56 Caleb 66,282 Emma 58,233
57 Luis 64,742 Vanessa 57,916
58 Jared 63,785 Erica 55,758
59 Logan 63,571 Sydney 55,754
60 Hunter 60,519 Kelly 55,721
61 Trevor 59,940 Kristen 53,072
62 Bryan 59,742 Katelyn 52,810
63 Evan 59,398 Marissa 51,213
64 Paul 58,924 Amy 51,166
65 Taylor 58,398 Crystal 51,098
66 Kenneth 58,250 Paige 50,553
67 Connor 57,383 Cassandra 50,360
68 Dustin 56,767 Gabrielle 49,813
69 Noah 56,253 Katie 49,449
70 Carlos 55,164 Caitlin 49,037
71 Devin 55,066 Lindsey 48,973
72 Gabriel 54,807 Destiny 48,235
73 Ian 53,999 Kathryn 47,170
74 Nathaniel 52,575 Jacqueline 45,948
75 Gregory 52,083 Shannon 45,912
76 Derek 50,744 Jenna 45,851
77 Corey 50,217 Angela 45,164
78 Jesus 49,116 Savannah 44,713
79 Scott 49,016 Mariah 44,601
80 Bradley 48,084 Alexandria 44,094
81 Dakota 46,648 Sierra 43,636
82 Antonio 46,540 Alicia 43,482
83 Marcus 46,481 Briana 42,800
84 Blake 45,866 Miranda 42,221
85 Garrett 45,326 Jamie 41,445
86 Edward 45,165 Catherine 40,757
87 Luke 44,432 Brittney 40,031
88 Shawn 42,479 Breanna 40,025
89 Peter 42,381 Grace 39,862
90 Seth 42,209 Monica 38,885
91 Mitchell 42,011 Sabrina 38,661
92 Adrian 41,975 Madeline 36,963
93 Victor 41,068 Caroline 36,825
94 Miguel 41,006 Molly 36,557
95 Shane 40,596 Erika 35,071
96 Chase 40,305 Mackenzie 34,778
97 Isaac 40,264 Leah 34,099
98 Spencer 38,179 Diana 33,773
99 Lucas 38,167 Whitney 32,886
100 Jack 37,484 Cheyenne 31,849
101 Tanner 37,390 Bailey 31,621
102 Angel 36,987 Christine 31,616
103 Vincent 36,706 Meghan 31,502
104 Isaiah 36,583 Lindsay 31,384
105 Dalton 35,976 Angelica 31,322
106 Brett 35,417 Cynthia 31,310
107 George 35,248 Margaret 31,292
108 Alejandro 35,168 Kaitlin 30,819
109 Elijah 34,650 Alexa 30,296
110 Cory 34,165 Hailey 30,293
111 Cole 33,859 Veronica 29,854
112 Joel 33,796 Melanie 29,353
113 Erik 33,595 Bianca 28,556
114 Jake 33,102 Autumn 28,153
115 Mason 32,873 Ariel 28,139
116 Jorge 32,722 Kristin 27,824
117 Dillon 32,659 Bethany 27,752
118 Raymond 31,719 Lisa 27,429
119 Colton 30,466 Kristina 27,244
120 Ricardo 29,304 Holly 27,072
121 Casey 29,247 Leslie 26,770
122 Francisco 28,718 Casey 25,897
123 Brendan 28,510 Chloe 25,859
124 Devon 28,420 April 25,772
125 Keith 28,373 Julie 25,431
126 Colin 28,254 Claire 25,324
127 Wesley 28,245 Kaylee 25,210
128 Phillip 27,968 Brenda 24,928
129 Oscar 27,877 Kathleen 24,850
130 Julian 27,668 Karen 24,513
131 Johnathan 27,263 Rachael 24,513
132 Eduardo 27,218 Sophia 24,499
133 Chad 27,110 Patricia 24,122
134 Donald 26,754 Gabriela 24,082
135 Bryce 26,752 Kendra 23,970
136 Ronald 26,682 Dominique 23,648
137 Alec 25,907 Ana 23,524
138 Dominic 25,636 Kara 23,517
139 Grant 25,459 Desiree 23,492
140 Martin 25,323 Tara 23,369
141 Henry 25,237 Michaela 23,169
142 Mario 24,570 Brandi 22,957
143 Xavier 24,286 Carly 22,790
144 Manuel 24,171 Kylie 22,730
145 Alan 24,089 Karina 22,609
146 Derrick 23,982 Adriana 22,336
147 Frank 23,963 Valerie 22,009
148 Tristan 23,912 Caitlyn 21,988
149 Collin 23,747 Natasha 21,972
150 Omar 23,727 Hayley 21,857
151 Jeremiah 23,649 Rebekah 20,926
152 Jackson 23,589 Jocelyn 20,880
153 Troy 22,819 Cassidy 20,660
154 Edgar 22,205 Jade 20,394
155 Javier 22,103 Gabriella 20,167
156 Douglas 21,968 Makayla 20,081
157 Clayton 21,811 Daisy 19,989
158 Jonathon 21,429 Alison 19,726
159 Nicolas 21,218 Jillian 19,725
160 Andre 21,088 Faith 19,529
161 Maxwell 20,908 Audrey 19,527
162 Ivan 20,511 Angel 19,501
163 Philip 20,456 Nancy 19,493
164 Levi 20,400 Dana 19,280
165 Sergio 20,124 Krystal 19,076
166 Roberto 20,061 Alejandra 19,007
167 Darius 19,663 Ariana 18,861
168 Andres 19,635 Summer 18,804
169 Cristian 19,526 Isabella 18,753
170 Hector 19,485 Mikayla 18,744
171 Fernando 19,431 Raven 18,504
172 Drew 19,328 Katrina 18,399
173 Curtis 19,204 Kiara 17,822
174 Gary 19,193 Sandra 17,618
175 Riley 18,839 Meagan 17,106
176 Johnny 18,482 Lydia 16,983
177 Max 18,213 Kirsten 16,882
178 Dennis 18,101 Chelsey 16,837
179 Malik 17,950 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 17,275 Joanna 16,285
184 Preston 17,086 Deanna 16,218
185 Marco 17,000 Isabel 16,103
186 Allen 16,950 Ashlee 15,978
187 Ruben 16,929 Felicia 15,643
188 Calvin 16,860 Marisa 15,535
189 Mathew 16,798 Mercedes 15,291
190 Randy 16,781 Mckenzie 15,284
191 Brent 16,625 Jasmin 15,235
192 Jerry 16,577 Krista 15,213
193 Hayden 16,347 Yesenia 15,174
194 Alexis 16,264 Diamond 15,160
195 Parker 16,235 Evelyn 15,124
196 Brady 16,230 Selena 15,041
197 Tony 16,136 Cindy 15,040
198 Pedro 16,128 Brandy 14,908
199 Craig 16,108 Gina 14,880
200 Larry 15,943 Mia 14,626
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2022. See the limitations of this data source.