Top Names of 1990

The most popular names recorded in 1990 were Jessica for girls and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.

Girls

#NameBabies
1Jessica46,486
2Ashley45,560
3Brittany36,537
4Amanda34,413
5Samantha25,868
6Sarah25,825
7Stephanie24,864
8Jennifer22,236
9Elizabeth20,749
10Lauren20,507
11Megan20,259
12Emily19,368
13Nicole17,953
14Kayla17,538
15Amber15,866
16Rachel15,710
17Courtney15,380
18Danielle14,339
19Heather14,220
20Melissa14,000
21Rebecca13,675
22Michelle13,424
23Tiffany13,162
24Chelsea12,784
25Christina11,928
26Katherine11,627
27Alyssa11,263
28Jasmine11,037
29Laura10,914
30Hannah10,282
31Kimberly10,191
32Kelsey9,494
33Victoria9,108
34Sara8,979
35Mary8,669
36Erica8,608
37Alexandra8,508
38Amy8,464
39Crystal8,218
40Andrea8,214
41Kelly8,137
42Kristen8,073
43Erin7,988
44Brittney7,428
45Anna7,293
46Taylor7,262
47Maria7,185
48Allison7,134
49Cassandra7,054
50Caitlin7,026

Boys

#NameBabies
1Michael65,318
2Christopher52,359
3Matthew44,822
4Joshua43,233
5Daniel33,831
6David33,747
7Andrew33,675
8James32,357
9Justin30,650
10Joseph30,134
11Ryan29,257
12John29,090
13Robert28,885
14Nicholas27,914
15Anthony25,087
16William24,909
17Jonathan24,077
18Kyle22,710
19Brandon22,162
20Jacob22,023
21Tyler20,643
22Zachary20,432
23Kevin20,412
24Eric19,429
25Steven18,763
26Thomas18,230
27Brian16,933
28Alexander16,194
29Jordan16,137
30Timothy15,699
31Cody15,399
32Adam14,713
33Benjamin14,630
34Aaron14,555
35Richard13,580
36Patrick12,378
37Sean12,018
38Charles11,999
39Stephen11,943
40Jeremy11,689
41Jose11,518
42Travis11,460
43Jeffrey10,980
44Nathan10,936
45Samuel10,892
46Jason10,695
47Mark10,690
48Jesse8,977
49Paul8,579
50Dustin8,457