Eras & decades

Names that belong entirely to the 1990s

44 names · 29 girls · 15 boys · records through 2025

Every decade signs its name in the records. These reached their all-time top-100 peak in the 1990s — the years of mixtapes, mall food courts and dial-up — and have since stepped out of the mainstream.

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This guide has 44 names: 29 girl names and 15 boy names. Names whose all-time top-100 peak fell in the 1990s and which now rank outside the national top-300 (or are unranked). Built from US Social Security birth records through 2025. Tap + beside any name to keep it on your shortlist as you read.

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Girl names

29 names

Boy names

15 names

Every rank and count here is published by the US Social Security Administration and refreshed each year when the new figures land. The method is stated at the top of this page.

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