Most Popular Baby Names of the 1990s

The top U.S. baby names across the 1990s (1990–1999), 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	303,129
2	Ashley	301,820
3	Emily	237,260
4	Sarah	224,413
5	Samantha	224,020
6	Amanda	191,131
7	Brittany	190,822
8	Elizabeth	172,690
9	Taylor	169,038
10	Megan	160,373
11	Hannah	158,814
12	Kayla	155,892
13	Lauren	153,590
14	Stephanie	149,837
15	Rachel	149,164
16	Jennifer	148,036
17	Nicole	136,100
18	Alexis	131,198
19	Victoria	117,474
20	Amber	115,605
21	Alyssa	115,254
22	Courtney	113,289
23	Rebecca	109,717
24	Danielle	109,595
25	Jasmine	105,317
26	Brianna	99,104
27	Katherine	96,885
28	Alexandra	94,802
29	Madison	91,907
30	Morgan	91,196
31	Melissa	89,989
32	Michelle	86,529
33	Kelsey	85,130
34	Chelsea	84,804
35	Anna	78,591
36	Kimberly	77,877
37	Tiffany	77,534
38	Olivia	75,913
39	Mary	75,713
40	Christina	74,659
41	Allison	74,431
42	Abigail	72,777
43	Sara	72,170
44	Shelby	71,994
45	Heather	71,625
46	Haley	71,198
47	Maria	70,902
48	Kaitlyn	67,565
49	Laura	67,251
50	Erin	65,334

Boys — Top 50

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	462,451
2	Christopher	360,280
3	Matthew	351,673
4	Joshua	329,184
5	Jacob	298,410
6	Nicholas	275,326
7	Andrew	272,929
8	Daniel	272,345
9	Tyler	262,308
10	Joseph	260,738
11	Brandon	259,415
12	David	253,712
13	James	244,962
14	Ryan	241,240
15	John	240,147
16	Zachary	225,280
17	Justin	220,128
18	William	217,818
19	Anthony	216,229
20	Robert	205,454
21	Jonathan	197,500
22	Austin	190,135
23	Alexander	183,943
24	Kyle	180,218
25	Kevin	165,223
26	Thomas	146,634
27	Cody	146,484
28	Jordan	144,752
29	Eric	135,242
30	Benjamin	133,937
31	Aaron	128,372
32	Christian	126,058
33	Samuel	125,592
34	Dylan	122,074
35	Steven	121,104
36	Brian	119,303
37	Jose	119,036
38	Timothy	107,767
39	Nathan	107,319
40	Adam	106,906
41	Richard	94,874
42	Patrick	92,932
43	Charles	92,433
44	Sean	92,001
45	Jason	91,730
46	Cameron	81,134
47	Jeremy	77,794
48	Mark	75,815
49	Stephen	75,164
50	Jesse	73,790