Most Popular Names of the 1990s
The top 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 |