Most Popular Names of the 1990s
The top names across the 1990s (1991–1999), totaled over the whole decade. The decade's #1 names were Jessica for girls and Michael for boys.
Girls — Top 50
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Jessica | 30,614 |
| 2 | Sarah | 25,534 |
| 3 | Emily | 19,003 |
| 4 | Samantha | 18,265 |
| 5 | Stephanie | 17,771 |
| 6 | Ashley | 15,674 |
| 7 | Alexandra | 15,664 |
| 8 | Nicole | 14,055 |
| 9 | Amanda | 13,504 |
| 10 | Melissa | 13,203 |
| 11 | Megan | 12,961 |
| 12 | Rebecca | 12,079 |
| 13 | Taylor | 11,944 |
| 14 | Jennifer | 11,517 |
| 15 | Brittany | 11,184 |
| 16 | Rachel | 10,762 |
| 17 | Kayla | 10,145 |
| 18 | Victoria | 9,930 |
| 19 | Catherine | 9,914 |
| 20 | Vanessa | 9,122 |
| 21 | Emma | 8,973 |
| 22 | Michelle | 8,718 |
| 23 | Sabrina | 8,658 |
| 24 | Danielle | 8,615 |
| 25 | Laura | 8,327 |
| 26 | Cassandra | 7,663 |
| 27 | Courtney | 7,507 |
| 28 | Lauren | 7,488 |
| 29 | Julia | 7,459 |
| 30 | Hannah | 7,422 |
| 31 | Alyssa | 7,397 |
| 32 | Audrey | 7,124 |
| 33 | Sara | 7,031 |
| 34 | Kelsey | 6,940 |
| 35 | Elizabeth | 6,902 |
| 36 | Gabrielle | 6,812 |
| 37 | Madison | 6,757 |
| 38 | Chelsea | 6,690 |
| 39 | Emilie | 6,480 |
| 40 | Katherine | 6,369 |
| 41 | Olivia | 6,233 |
| 42 | Jenna | 6,047 |
| 43 | Kaitlyn | 5,835 |
| 44 | Amy | 5,777 |
| 45 | Valerie | 5,612 |
| 46 | Natasha | 5,563 |
| 47 | Melanie | 5,530 |
| 48 | Camille | 5,444 |
| 49 | Marie | 5,404 |
| 50 | Christina | 5,331 |
Boys — Top 50
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 31,621 |
| 2 | Matthew | 30,486 |
| 3 | Ryan | 22,554 |
| 4 | Brandon | 22,093 |
| 5 | Joshua | 21,725 |
| 6 | Christopher | 20,650 |
| 7 | Nicholas | 20,552 |
| 8 | David | 19,919 |
| 9 | Tyler | 19,746 |
| 10 | Daniel | 19,622 |
| 11 | Samuel | 18,381 |
| 12 | Jordan | 18,333 |
| 13 | Andrew | 18,198 |
| 14 | Kyle | 17,875 |
| 15 | Alexander | 17,557 |
| 16 | Justin | 17,530 |
| 17 | Jonathan | 17,257 |
| 18 | Kevin | 16,446 |
| 19 | Jacob | 15,930 |
| 20 | William | 15,895 |
| 21 | Alexandre | 14,765 |
| 22 | Dylan | 14,093 |
| 23 | James | 13,666 |
| 24 | Adam | 12,367 |
| 25 | Benjamin | 11,996 |
| 26 | Anthony | 11,933 |
| 27 | Gabriel | 11,911 |
| 28 | Eric | 11,703 |
| 29 | Maxime | 11,499 |
| 30 | Zachary | 11,484 |
| 31 | Joseph | 11,150 |
| 32 | Thomas | 10,784 |
| 33 | Robert | 10,242 |
| 34 | Cody | 10,137 |
| 35 | Patrick | 9,701 |
| 36 | John | 9,671 |
| 37 | Jeremy | 9,639 |
| 38 | Mathieu | 9,460 |
| 39 | Steven | 9,404 |
| 40 | Nicolas | 9,402 |
| 41 | Jesse | 9,369 |
| 42 | Nathan | 9,326 |
| 43 | Austin | 9,147 |
| 44 | Jason | 9,040 |
| 45 | Vincent | 8,930 |
| 46 | Simon | 8,303 |
| 47 | Connor | 7,949 |
| 48 | Aaron | 7,906 |
| 49 | Mitchell | 7,831 |
| 50 | Alex | 7,304 |