Popular Baby Names of the 1990s

Baby Names

Obie Editorial Team

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 20,538,667 male births and 19,633,720 female births.

Popular names of the 1990s
  MalesFemales
RankNameNumberNameNumber
1 Michael 462,220 Jessica 303,008
2 Christopher 360,133 Ashley 301,749
3 Matthew 351,541 Emily 237,189
4 Joshua 329,034 Sarah 224,091
5 Jacob 298,128 Samantha 223,963
6 Nicholas 275,251 Amanda 190,962
7 Andrew 272,692 Brittany 190,799
8 Daniel 271,929 Elizabeth 172,484
9 Tyler 262,246 Taylor 169,000
10 Joseph 260,472 Megan 160,334
11 Brandon 259,347 Hannah 158,706
12 David 253,352 Kayla 155,864
13 James 244,834 Lauren 153,552
14 Ryan 241,144 Stephanie 149,771
15 John 239,845 Rachel 148,985
16 Zachary 225,225 Jennifer 147,978
17 Justin 220,054 Nicole 136,061
18 William 217,671 Alexis 131,159
19 Anthony 216,131 Victoria 117,423
20 Robert 205,353 Amber 115,581
21 Jonathan 197,329 Alyssa 115,229
22 Austin 190,082 Courtney 113,270
23 Alexander 183,856 Rebecca 109,572
24 Kyle 180,165 Danielle 109,545
25 Kevin 165,131 Jasmine 105,286
26 Thomas 146,538 Brianna 99,075
27 Cody 146,453 Katherine 96,839
28 Jordan 144,699 Alexandra 94,764
29 Eric 135,165 Madison 91,884
30 Benjamin 133,793 Morgan 91,173
31 Aaron 128,251 Melissa 89,955
32 Christian 125,964 Michelle 86,483
33 Samuel 125,321 Kelsey 85,126
34 Dylan 122,034 Chelsea 84,792
35 Steven 121,048 Anna 78,392
36 Brian 119,234 Kimberly 77,865
37 Jose 118,911 Tiffany 77,515
38 Timothy 107,706 Olivia 75,864
39 Nathan 107,257 Mary 75,350
40 Adam 106,847 Christina 74,623
41 Richard 94,830 Allison 74,409
42 Patrick 92,894 Abigail 72,722
43 Charles 92,394 Sara 72,093
44 Sean 91,967 Shelby 71,982
45 Jason 91,645 Heather 71,615
46 Cameron 81,109 Haley 71,176
47 Jeremy 77,763 Maria 70,794
48 Mark 75,772 Kaitlyn 67,555
49 Stephen 75,094 Laura 67,146
50 Jesse 73,733 Erin 65,318
51 Juan 70,837 Andrea 65,201
52 Alex 70,791 Natalie 63,360
53 Travis 68,184 Jordan 61,736
54 Jeffrey 66,974 Brooke 60,620
55 Ethan 66,893 Julia 59,913
56 Caleb 66,237 Emma 58,038
57 Luis 64,686 Vanessa 57,886
58 Jared 63,762 Erica 55,748
59 Logan 63,553 Sydney 55,745
60 Hunter 60,505 Kelly 55,712
61 Trevor 59,917 Kristen 53,067
62 Bryan 59,721 Katelyn 52,801
63 Evan 59,378 Marissa 51,205
64 Paul 58,860 Amy 51,148
65 Taylor 58,391 Crystal 51,080
66 Kenneth 58,235 Paige 50,546
67 Connor 57,367 Cassandra 50,350
68 Dustin 56,758 Gabrielle 49,796
69 Noah 56,140 Katie 49,235
70 Carlos 55,117 Caitlin 49,026
71 Devin 55,051 Lindsey 48,969
72 Gabriel 54,771 Destiny 48,215
73 Ian 53,982 Kathryn 47,129
74 Nathaniel 52,549 Jacqueline 45,943
75 Gregory 52,069 Shannon 45,905
76 Derek 50,737 Jenna 45,842
77 Corey 50,208 Angela 45,143
78 Jesus 49,069 Savannah 44,693
79 Scott 49,002 Mariah 44,583
80 Bradley 48,063 Alexandria 44,088
81 Dakota 46,640 Sierra 43,617
82 Antonio 46,524 Alicia 43,467
83 Marcus 46,450 Briana 42,791
84 Blake 45,854 Miranda 42,216
85 Garrett 45,310 Jamie 41,435
86 Edward 45,117 Catherine 40,731
87 Luke 44,400 Brittney 40,024
88 Shawn 42,461 Breanna 40,022
89 Peter 42,336 Grace 39,830
90 Seth 42,189 Monica 38,877
91 Mitchell 42,001 Sabrina 38,652
92 Adrian 41,959 Madeline 36,953
93 Victor 41,034 Caroline 36,801
94 Miguel 40,967 Molly 36,545
95 Shane 40,581 Erika 35,057
96 Chase 40,295 Mackenzie 34,770
97 Isaac 40,212 Leah 34,061
98 Spencer 38,167 Diana 33,757
99 Lucas 38,148 Whitney 32,880
100 Jack 37,466 Cheyenne 31,838
101 Tanner 37,386 Bailey 31,613
102 Angel 36,969 Christine 31,597
103 Vincent 36,695 Meghan 31,492
104 Isaiah 36,565 Lindsay 31,374
105 Dalton 35,972 Cynthia 31,309
106 Brett 35,413 Angelica 31,307
107 George 35,225 Margaret 31,270
108 Alejandro 35,142 Kaitlin 30,814
109 Elijah 34,623 Alexa 30,294
110 Cory 34,157 Hailey 30,286
111 Cole 33,848 Veronica 29,845
112 Joel 33,775 Melanie 29,346
113 Erik 33,592 Bianca 28,547
114 Jake 33,075 Autumn 28,145
115 Mason 32,867 Ariel 28,133
116 Jorge 32,695 Kristin 27,823
117 Dillon 32,654 Bethany 27,735
118 Raymond 31,617 Lisa 27,426
119 Colton 30,459 Kristina 27,232
120 Ricardo 29,284 Holly 27,065
121 Casey 29,244 Leslie 26,761
122 Francisco 28,694 Casey 25,892
123 Brendan 28,502 Chloe 25,847
124 Devon 28,413 April 25,760
125 Keith 28,369 Julie 25,417
126 Colin 28,246 Claire 25,298
127 Wesley 28,236 Kaylee 25,210
128 Phillip 27,957 Brenda 24,913
129 Oscar 27,865 Kathleen 24,838
130 Julian 27,644 Rachael 24,510
131 Johnathan 27,253 Karen 24,496
132 Eduardo 27,203 Sophia 24,481
133 Chad 27,104 Patricia 24,121
134 Donald 26,751 Gabriela 24,069
135 Bryce 26,748 Kendra 23,966
136 Ronald 26,677 Dominique 23,638
137 Alec 25,904 Kara 23,508
138 Dominic 25,625 Ana 23,496
139 Grant 25,446 Desiree 23,489
140 Martin 25,304 Tara 23,360
141 Henry 25,097 Michaela 23,162
142 Mario 24,563 Brandi 22,954
143 Xavier 24,281 Carly 22,785
144 Manuel 24,150 Kylie 22,726
145 Alan 24,073 Karina 22,599
146 Derrick 23,974 Adriana 22,328
147 Frank 23,946 Valerie 21,999
148 Tristan 23,903 Caitlyn 21,985
149 Collin 23,744 Natasha 21,961
150 Omar 23,696 Hayley 21,851
151 Jeremiah 23,624 Rebekah 20,900
152 Jackson 23,582 Jocelyn 20,874
153 Troy 22,814 Cassidy 20,656
154 Edgar 22,180 Jade 20,388
155 Javier 22,087 Gabriella 20,156
156 Douglas 21,962 Makayla 20,075
157 Clayton 21,805 Daisy 19,983
158 Jonathon 21,423 Alison 19,723
159 Nicolas 21,195 Jillian 19,722
160 Andre 21,086 Audrey 19,518
161 Maxwell 20,904 Faith 19,509
162 Ivan 20,460 Angel 19,491
163 Philip 20,446 Nancy 19,457
164 Levi 20,211 Dana 19,279
165 Sergio 20,105 Krystal 19,075
166 Roberto 20,039 Alejandra 18,989
167 Darius 19,660 Ariana 18,854
168 Andres 19,618 Summer 18,797
169 Cristian 19,512 Mikayla 18,740
170 Hector 19,474 Isabella 18,738
171 Fernando 19,413 Raven 18,498
172 Drew 19,325 Katrina 18,390
173 Curtis 19,193 Kiara 17,817
174 Gary 19,189 Sandra 17,616
175 Riley 18,832 Meagan 17,104
176 Johnny 18,436 Kirsten 16,880
177 Max 18,201 Lydia 16,860
178 Dennis 18,076 Chelsey 16,835
179 Malik 17,942 Zoe 16,784
180 Wyatt 17,922 Monique 16,764
181 Cesar 17,820 Claudia 16,497
182 Edwin 17,451 Mallory 16,469
183 Gavin 17,273 Joanna 16,269
184 Preston 17,077 Deanna 16,217
185 Marco 16,990 Isabel 16,095
186 Ruben 16,912 Ashlee 15,971
187 Allen 16,889 Felicia 15,635
188 Calvin 16,850 Marisa 15,531
189 Mathew 16,793 Mercedes 15,289
190 Randy 16,778 Mckenzie 15,284
191 Brent 16,621 Jasmin 15,228
192 Jerry 16,541 Krista 15,211
193 Hayden 16,341 Yesenia 15,167
194 Alexis 16,248 Diamond 15,154
195 Parker 16,230 Evelyn 15,120
196 Brady 16,228 Selena 15,036
197 Tony 16,127 Cindy 15,035
198 Pedro 16,116 Brandy 14,899
199 Craig 16,099 Gina 14,877
200 Larry 15,942 Mia 14,614

 

Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of the end of February 2011. 
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