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The 100 most-chosen girl and boy names in the US in the 1990s, from official Social Security birth records. Every name links to its full history and popularity chart. Then see which names rose and fell since and what is climbing now.

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The 1990s lists

Girls100

  1. 1Jessica303,136
  2. 2Ashley301,820
  3. 3Emily237,262
  4. 4Sarah224,423
  5. 5Samantha224,023
  6. 6Amanda191,132
  7. 7Brittany190,826
  8. 8Elizabeth172,693
  9. 9Taylor169,040
  10. 10Megan160,375
  11. 11Hannah158,818
  12. 12Kayla155,893
  13. 13Lauren153,590
  14. 14Stephanie149,836
  15. 15Rachel149,167
  16. 16Jennifer148,041
  17. 17Nicole136,103
  18. 18Alexis131,199
  19. 19Victoria117,475
  20. 20Amber115,605
  21. 21Alyssa115,255
  22. 22Courtney113,290
  23. 23Rebecca109,721
  24. 24Danielle109,597
  25. 25Jasmine105,322
  26. 26Brianna99,108
  27. 27Katherine96,885
  28. 28Alexandra94,806
  29. 29Madison91,907
  30. 30Morgan91,196
  31. 31Melissa89,990
  32. 32Michelle86,532
  33. 33Kelsey85,134
  34. 34Chelsea84,805
  35. 35Anna78,595
  36. 36Kimberly77,879
  37. 37Tiffany77,534
  38. 38Olivia75,913
  39. 39Mary75,723
  40. 40Christina74,660
  41. 41Allison74,433
  42. 42Abigail72,779
  43. 43Sara72,170
  44. 44Shelby71,995
  45. 45Heather71,626
  46. 46Haley71,197
  47. 47Maria70,911
  48. 48Kaitlyn67,567
  49. 49Laura67,253
  50. 50Erin65,335
  51. 51Andrea65,246
  52. 52Natalie63,382
  53. 53Jordan61,757
  54. 54Brooke60,630
  55. 55Julia59,954
  56. 56Emma58,252
  57. 57Vanessa57,920
  58. 58Erica55,762
  59. 59Sydney55,756
  60. 60Kelly55,724
  61. 61Kristen53,075
  62. 62Katelyn52,811
  63. 63Marissa51,214
  64. 64Amy51,167
  65. 65Crystal51,098
  66. 66Paige50,552
  67. 67Cassandra50,364
  68. 68Gabrielle49,818
  69. 69Katie49,468
  70. 70Caitlin49,033
  71. 71Lindsey48,975
  72. 72Destiny48,238
  73. 73Kathryn47,179
  74. 74Jacqueline45,948
  75. 75Shannon45,912
  76. 76Jenna45,856
  77. 77Angela45,171
  78. 78Savannah44,716
  79. 79Mariah44,603
  80. 80Alexandria44,095
  81. 81Sierra43,638
  82. 82Alicia43,488
  83. 83Briana42,801
  84. 84Miranda42,225
  85. 85Jamie41,441
  86. 86Catherine40,763
  87. 87Brittney40,030
  88. 88Breanna40,026
  89. 89Grace39,872
  90. 90Monica38,895
  91. 91Sabrina38,664
  92. 92Madeline36,967
  93. 93Caroline36,827
  94. 94Molly36,567
  95. 95Erika35,076
  96. 96Mackenzie34,778
  97. 97Leah34,099
  98. 98Diana33,784
  99. 99Whitney32,886
  100. 100Cheyenne31,849

US babies given each name in the 1990s.

Boys100

  1. 1Michael462,466
  2. 2Christopher360,287
  3. 3Matthew351,682
  4. 4Joshua329,192
  5. 5Jacob298,415
  6. 6Nicholas275,329
  7. 7Andrew272,941
  8. 8Daniel272,360
  9. 9Tyler262,320
  10. 10Joseph260,751
  11. 11Brandon259,420
  12. 12David253,711
  13. 13James244,980
  14. 14Ryan241,248
  15. 15John240,151
  16. 16Zachary225,290
  17. 17Justin220,135
  18. 18William217,822
  19. 19Anthony216,231
  20. 20Robert205,459
  21. 21Jonathan197,503
  22. 22Austin190,140
  23. 23Alexander183,952
  24. 24Kyle180,218
  25. 25Kevin165,232
  26. 26Thomas146,638
  27. 27Cody146,486
  28. 28Jordan144,756
  29. 29Eric135,244
  30. 30Benjamin133,939
  31. 31Aaron128,377
  32. 32Christian126,065
  33. 33Samuel125,597
  34. 34Dylan122,074
  35. 35Steven121,110
  36. 36Brian119,309
  37. 37Jose119,042
  38. 38Timothy107,772
  39. 39Nathan107,332
  40. 40Adam106,909
  41. 41Richard94,876
  42. 42Patrick92,931
  43. 43Charles92,434
  44. 44Sean92,003
  45. 45Jason91,731
  46. 46Cameron81,131
  47. 47Jeremy77,794
  48. 48Mark75,816
  49. 49Stephen75,160
  50. 50Jesse73,791
  51. 51Juan70,919
  52. 52Alex70,830
  53. 53Travis68,208
  54. 54Jeffrey66,987
  55. 55Ethan66,930
  56. 56Caleb66,298
  57. 57Luis64,761
  58. 58Jared63,792
  59. 59Logan63,577
  60. 60Hunter60,524
  61. 61Trevor59,943
  62. 62Bryan59,751
  63. 63Evan59,396
  64. 64Paul58,931
  65. 65Taylor58,408
  66. 66Kenneth58,254
  67. 67Connor57,391
  68. 68Dustin56,768
  69. 69Noah56,269
  70. 70Carlos55,185
  71. 71Devin55,072
  72. 72Gabriel54,819
  73. 73Ian54,007
  74. 74Nathaniel52,577
  75. 75Gregory52,090
  76. 76Derek50,756
  77. 77Corey50,223
  78. 78Jesus49,129
  79. 79Scott49,019
  80. 80Bradley48,086
  81. 81Dakota46,649
  82. 82Antonio46,546
  83. 83Marcus46,497
  84. 84Blake45,873
  85. 85Garrett45,326
  86. 86Edward45,164
  87. 87Luke44,434
  88. 88Shawn42,483
  89. 89Peter42,394
  90. 90Seth42,213
  91. 91Mitchell42,015
  92. 92Adrian41,982
  93. 93Victor41,072
  94. 94Miguel41,009
  95. 95Shane40,598
  96. 96Chase40,311
  97. 97Isaac40,271
  98. 98Spencer38,182
  99. 99Lucas38,178
  100. 100Jack37,501

US babies given each name in the 1990s.

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What was the most popular girl name in the 1990s?
Jessica was the #1 girl name in the US in the 1990s, given to 303,136 babies.
What was the most popular boy name in the 1990s?
Michael was the #1 boy name in the US in the 1990s, given to 462,466 babies.

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