Name Yearbook

Top Baby Names of the 1990s

In the 1990s, Jessica was the most popular name for babies recorded as girls (303,136 babies) and Michael for babies recorded as boys (462,466).

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies in the 1990s
1	Jessica	303,136
2	Ashley	301,820
3	Emily	237,262
4	Sarah	224,423
5	Samantha	224,023
6	Amanda	191,132
7	Brittany	190,826
8	Elizabeth	172,693
9	Taylor	169,040
10	Megan	160,375
11	Hannah	158,818
12	Kayla	155,893
13	Lauren	153,590
14	Stephanie	149,836
15	Rachel	149,167
16	Jennifer	148,041
17	Nicole	136,103
18	Alexis	131,199
19	Victoria	117,475
20	Amber	115,605
21	Alyssa	115,255
22	Courtney	113,290
23	Rebecca	109,721
24	Danielle	109,597
25	Jasmine	105,322
26	Brianna	99,108
27	Katherine	96,885
28	Alexandra	94,806
29	Madison	91,907
30	Morgan	91,196
31	Melissa	89,990
32	Michelle	86,532
33	Kelsey	85,134
34	Chelsea	84,805
35	Anna	78,595
36	Kimberly	77,879
37	Tiffany	77,534
38	Olivia	75,913
39	Mary	75,723
40	Christina	74,660
41	Allison	74,433
42	Abigail	72,779
43	Sara	72,170
44	Shelby	71,995
45	Heather	71,626
46	Haley	71,197
47	Maria	70,911
48	Kaitlyn	67,567
49	Laura	67,253
50	Erin	65,335
51	Andrea	65,246
52	Natalie	63,382
53	Jordan	61,757
54	Brooke	60,630
55	Julia	59,954
56	Emma	58,252
57	Vanessa	57,920
58	Erica	55,762
59	Sydney	55,756
60	Kelly	55,724
61	Kristen	53,075
62	Katelyn	52,811
63	Marissa	51,214
64	Amy	51,167
65	Crystal	51,098
66	Paige	50,552
67	Cassandra	50,364
68	Gabrielle	49,818
69	Katie	49,468
70	Caitlin	49,033
71	Lindsey	48,975
72	Destiny	48,238
73	Kathryn	47,179
74	Jacqueline	45,948
75	Shannon	45,912
76	Jenna	45,856
77	Angela	45,171
78	Savannah	44,716
79	Mariah	44,603
80	Alexandria	44,095
81	Sierra	43,638
82	Alicia	43,488
83	Briana	42,801
84	Miranda	42,225
85	Jamie	41,441
86	Catherine	40,763
87	Brittney	40,030
88	Breanna	40,026
89	Grace	39,872
90	Monica	38,895
91	Sabrina	38,664
92	Madeline	36,967
93	Caroline	36,827
94	Molly	36,567
95	Erika	35,076
96	Mackenzie	34,778
97	Leah	34,099
98	Diana	33,784
99	Whitney	32,886
100	Cheyenne	31,849

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies in the 1990s
1	Michael	462,466
2	Christopher	360,287
3	Matthew	351,682
4	Joshua	329,192
5	Jacob	298,415
6	Nicholas	275,329
7	Andrew	272,941
8	Daniel	272,360
9	Tyler	262,320
10	Joseph	260,751
11	Brandon	259,420
12	David	253,711
13	James	244,980
14	Ryan	241,248
15	John	240,151
16	Zachary	225,290
17	Justin	220,135
18	William	217,822
19	Anthony	216,231
20	Robert	205,459
21	Jonathan	197,503
22	Austin	190,140
23	Alexander	183,952
24	Kyle	180,218
25	Kevin	165,232
26	Thomas	146,638
27	Cody	146,486
28	Jordan	144,756
29	Eric	135,244
30	Benjamin	133,939
31	Aaron	128,377
32	Christian	126,065
33	Samuel	125,597
34	Dylan	122,074
35	Steven	121,110
36	Brian	119,309
37	Jose	119,042
38	Timothy	107,772
39	Nathan	107,332
40	Adam	106,909
41	Richard	94,876
42	Patrick	92,931
43	Charles	92,434
44	Sean	92,003
45	Jason	91,731
46	Cameron	81,131
47	Jeremy	77,794
48	Mark	75,816
49	Stephen	75,160
50	Jesse	73,791
51	Juan	70,919
52	Alex	70,830
53	Travis	68,208
54	Jeffrey	66,987
55	Ethan	66,930
56	Caleb	66,298
57	Luis	64,761
58	Jared	63,792
59	Logan	63,577
60	Hunter	60,524
61	Trevor	59,943
62	Bryan	59,751
63	Evan	59,396
64	Paul	58,931
65	Taylor	58,408
66	Kenneth	58,254
67	Connor	57,391
68	Dustin	56,768
69	Noah	56,269
70	Carlos	55,185
71	Devin	55,072
72	Gabriel	54,819
73	Ian	54,007
74	Nathaniel	52,577
75	Gregory	52,090
76	Derek	50,756
77	Corey	50,223
78	Jesus	49,129
79	Scott	49,019
80	Bradley	48,086
81	Dakota	46,649
82	Antonio	46,546
83	Marcus	46,497
84	Blake	45,873
85	Garrett	45,326
86	Edward	45,164
87	Luke	44,434
88	Shawn	42,483
89	Peter	42,394
90	Seth	42,213
91	Mitchell	42,015
92	Adrian	41,982
93	Victor	41,072
94	Miguel	41,009
95	Shane	40,598
96	Chase	40,311
97	Isaac	40,271
98	Spencer	38,182
99	Lucas	38,178
100	Jack	37,501

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