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
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Jessica | 46,486 |
| 2 | Ashley | 45,560 |
| 3 | Brittany | 36,537 |
| 4 | Amanda | 34,413 |
| 5 | Samantha | 25,868 |
| 6 | Sarah | 25,825 |
| 7 | Stephanie | 24,864 |
| 8 | Jennifer | 22,236 |
| 9 | Elizabeth | 20,749 |
| 10 | Lauren | 20,507 |
| 11 | Megan | 20,259 |
| 12 | Emily | 19,368 |
| 13 | Nicole | 17,953 |
| 14 | Kayla | 17,538 |
| 15 | Amber | 15,866 |
| 16 | Rachel | 15,710 |
| 17 | Courtney | 15,380 |
| 18 | Danielle | 14,339 |
| 19 | Heather | 14,220 |
| 20 | Melissa | 14,000 |
| 21 | Rebecca | 13,675 |
| 22 | Michelle | 13,424 |
| 23 | Tiffany | 13,162 |
| 24 | Chelsea | 12,784 |
| 25 | Christina | 11,928 |
| 26 | Katherine | 11,627 |
| 27 | Alyssa | 11,263 |
| 28 | Jasmine | 11,037 |
| 29 | Laura | 10,914 |
| 30 | Hannah | 10,282 |
| 31 | Kimberly | 10,191 |
| 32 | Kelsey | 9,494 |
| 33 | Victoria | 9,108 |
| 34 | Sara | 8,979 |
| 35 | Mary | 8,669 |
| 36 | Erica | 8,608 |
| 37 | Alexandra | 8,508 |
| 38 | Amy | 8,464 |
| 39 | Crystal | 8,218 |
| 40 | Andrea | 8,214 |
| 41 | Kelly | 8,137 |
| 42 | Kristen | 8,073 |
| 43 | Erin | 7,988 |
| 44 | Brittney | 7,428 |
| 45 | Anna | 7,293 |
| 46 | Taylor | 7,262 |
| 47 | Maria | 7,185 |
| 48 | Allison | 7,134 |
| 49 | Cassandra | 7,054 |
| 50 | Caitlin | 7,026 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 65,318 |
| 2 | Christopher | 52,359 |
| 3 | Matthew | 44,822 |
| 4 | Joshua | 43,233 |
| 5 | Daniel | 33,831 |
| 6 | David | 33,747 |
| 7 | Andrew | 33,675 |
| 8 | James | 32,357 |
| 9 | Justin | 30,650 |
| 10 | Joseph | 30,134 |
| 11 | Ryan | 29,257 |
| 12 | John | 29,090 |
| 13 | Robert | 28,885 |
| 14 | Nicholas | 27,914 |
| 15 | Anthony | 25,087 |
| 16 | William | 24,909 |
| 17 | Jonathan | 24,077 |
| 18 | Kyle | 22,710 |
| 19 | Brandon | 22,162 |
| 20 | Jacob | 22,023 |
| 21 | Tyler | 20,643 |
| 22 | Zachary | 20,432 |
| 23 | Kevin | 20,412 |
| 24 | Eric | 19,429 |
| 25 | Steven | 18,763 |
| 26 | Thomas | 18,230 |
| 27 | Brian | 16,933 |
| 28 | Alexander | 16,194 |
| 29 | Jordan | 16,137 |
| 30 | Timothy | 15,699 |
| 31 | Cody | 15,399 |
| 32 | Adam | 14,713 |
| 33 | Benjamin | 14,630 |
| 34 | Aaron | 14,555 |
| 35 | Richard | 13,580 |
| 36 | Patrick | 12,378 |
| 37 | Sean | 12,018 |
| 38 | Charles | 11,999 |
| 39 | Stephen | 11,943 |
| 40 | Jeremy | 11,689 |
| 41 | Jose | 11,518 |
| 42 | Travis | 11,460 |
| 43 | Jeffrey | 10,980 |
| 44 | Nathan | 10,936 |
| 45 | Samuel | 10,892 |
| 46 | Jason | 10,695 |
| 47 | Mark | 10,690 |
| 48 | Jesse | 8,977 |
| 49 | Paul | 8,579 |
| 50 | Dustin | 8,457 |