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Top baby names of the 1990s

The 50 most popular male and female first names born between 1990 and 1999, ranked by total SSA birth registrations for that decade. Each sparkline shows how the name moved year by year within the decade. Hover over a sparkline to see the exact count for any year.

Top 50 male names

  1. 1 Michael 462,451
  2. 2 Christopher 360,280
  3. 3 Matthew 351,673
  4. 4 Joshua 329,184
  5. 5 Jacob 298,410
  6. 6 Nicholas 275,326
  7. 7 Andrew 272,929
  8. 8 Daniel 272,345
  9. 9 Tyler 262,308
  10. 10 Joseph 260,738
  11. 11 Brandon 259,415
  12. 12 David 253,712
  13. 13 James 244,962
  14. 14 Ryan 241,240
  15. 15 John 240,147
  16. 16 Zachary 225,280
  17. 17 Justin 220,128
  18. 18 William 217,818
  19. 19 Anthony 216,229
  20. 20 Robert 205,454
  21. 21 Jonathan 197,500
  22. 22 Austin 190,135
  23. 23 Alexander 183,943
  24. 24 Kyle 180,218
  25. 25 Kevin 165,223
  26. 26 Thomas 146,634
  27. 27 Cody 146,484
  28. 28 Jordan 144,752
  29. 29 Eric 135,242
  30. 30 Benjamin 133,937
  31. 31 Aaron 128,372
  32. 32 Christian 126,058
  33. 33 Samuel 125,592
  34. 34 Dylan 122,074
  35. 35 Steven 121,104
  36. 36 Brian 119,303
  37. 37 Jose 119,036
  38. 38 Timothy 107,767
  39. 39 Nathan 107,319
  40. 40 Adam 106,906
  41. 41 Richard 94,874
  42. 42 Patrick 92,932
  43. 43 Charles 92,433
  44. 44 Sean 92,001
  45. 45 Jason 91,730
  46. 46 Cameron 81,134
  47. 47 Jeremy 77,794
  48. 48 Mark 75,815
  49. 49 Stephen 75,164
  50. 50 Jesse 73,790

Top 50 female names

  1. 1 Jessica 303,129
  2. 2 Ashley 301,820
  3. 3 Emily 237,260
  4. 4 Sarah 224,413
  5. 5 Samantha 224,020
  6. 6 Amanda 191,131
  7. 7 Brittany 190,822
  8. 8 Elizabeth 172,690
  9. 9 Taylor 169,038
  10. 10 Megan 160,373
  11. 11 Hannah 158,814
  12. 12 Kayla 155,892
  13. 13 Lauren 153,590
  14. 14 Stephanie 149,837
  15. 15 Rachel 149,164
  16. 16 Jennifer 148,036
  17. 17 Nicole 136,100
  18. 18 Alexis 131,198
  19. 19 Victoria 117,474
  20. 20 Amber 115,605
  21. 21 Alyssa 115,254
  22. 22 Courtney 113,289
  23. 23 Rebecca 109,717
  24. 24 Danielle 109,595
  25. 25 Jasmine 105,317
  26. 26 Brianna 99,104
  27. 27 Katherine 96,885
  28. 28 Alexandra 94,802
  29. 29 Madison 91,907
  30. 30 Morgan 91,196
  31. 31 Melissa 89,989
  32. 32 Michelle 86,529
  33. 33 Kelsey 85,130
  34. 34 Chelsea 84,804
  35. 35 Anna 78,591
  36. 36 Kimberly 77,877
  37. 37 Tiffany 77,534
  38. 38 Olivia 75,913
  39. 39 Mary 75,713
  40. 40 Christina 74,659
  41. 41 Allison 74,431
  42. 42 Abigail 72,777
  43. 43 Sara 72,170
  44. 44 Shelby 71,994
  45. 45 Heather 71,625
  46. 46 Haley 71,198
  47. 47 Maria 70,902
  48. 48 Kaitlyn 67,565
  49. 49 Laura 67,251
  50. 50 Erin 65,334