Top Names of 1991
The most popular names recorded in 1991 were Ashley for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Ashley | 43,477 |
| 2 | Jessica | 43,395 |
| 3 | Brittany | 29,090 |
| 4 | Amanda | 28,896 |
| 5 | Samantha | 25,648 |
| 6 | Sarah | 25,231 |
| 7 | Stephanie | 22,775 |
| 8 | Jennifer | 20,673 |
| 9 | Elizabeth | 20,395 |
| 10 | Emily | 20,311 |
| 11 | Megan | 19,278 |
| 12 | Kayla | 18,545 |
| 13 | Lauren | 18,411 |
| 14 | Rachel | 16,343 |
| 15 | Nicole | 16,047 |
| 16 | Amber | 14,993 |
| 17 | Danielle | 13,618 |
| 18 | Chelsea | 13,509 |
| 19 | Courtney | 13,441 |
| 20 | Melissa | 13,348 |
| 21 | Rebecca | 13,300 |
| 22 | Michelle | 12,213 |
| 23 | Heather | 11,703 |
| 24 | Jasmine | 11,525 |
| 25 | Katherine | 11,495 |
| 26 | Kelsey | 11,434 |
| 27 | Tiffany | 11,155 |
| 28 | Victoria | 10,914 |
| 29 | Hannah | 10,769 |
| 30 | Alyssa | 10,678 |
| 31 | Christina | 10,564 |
| 32 | Taylor | 10,254 |
| 33 | Shelby | 10,220 |
| 34 | Kimberly | 9,799 |
| 35 | Laura | 9,644 |
| 36 | Alexandra | 9,459 |
| 37 | Sara | 8,846 |
| 38 | Mary | 8,764 |
| 39 | Andrea | 7,995 |
| 40 | Erica | 7,800 |
| 41 | Crystal | 7,727 |
| 42 | Kelly | 7,514 |
| 43 | Amy | 7,275 |
| 44 | Erin | 7,208 |
| 45 | Maria | 7,136 |
| 46 | Anna | 7,118 |
| 47 | Alexis | 7,009 |
| 48 | Kristen | 6,816 |
| 49 | Morgan | 6,794 |
| 50 | Allison | 6,773 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 60,807 |
| 2 | Christopher | 47,110 |
| 3 | Matthew | 41,647 |
| 4 | Joshua | 41,226 |
| 5 | Andrew | 31,541 |
| 6 | Daniel | 30,932 |
| 7 | James | 30,513 |
| 8 | David | 30,417 |
| 9 | Joseph | 29,839 |
| 10 | John | 27,809 |
| 11 | Ryan | 27,534 |
| 12 | Nicholas | 27,357 |
| 13 | Robert | 26,836 |
| 14 | Justin | 26,794 |
| 15 | Brandon | 26,022 |
| 16 | Tyler | 25,210 |
| 17 | Jacob | 25,197 |
| 18 | Anthony | 24,447 |
| 19 | William | 23,858 |
| 20 | Jonathan | 22,975 |
| 21 | Kyle | 21,610 |
| 22 | Zachary | 21,387 |
| 23 | Kevin | 20,261 |
| 24 | Cody | 18,980 |
| 25 | Eric | 18,051 |
| 26 | Alexander | 17,637 |
| 27 | Steven | 16,861 |
| 28 | Thomas | 16,788 |
| 29 | Jordan | 16,020 |
| 30 | Brian | 14,917 |
| 31 | Aaron | 14,242 |
| 32 | Timothy | 14,153 |
| 33 | Benjamin | 13,879 |
| 34 | Richard | 12,555 |
| 35 | Patrick | 12,413 |
| 36 | Adam | 12,308 |
| 37 | Jose | 11,728 |
| 38 | Charles | 11,336 |
| 39 | Samuel | 11,232 |
| 40 | Sean | 11,181 |
| 41 | Stephen | 10,526 |
| 42 | Nathan | 10,498 |
| 43 | Jeremy | 10,402 |
| 44 | Travis | 10,134 |
| 45 | Jeffrey | 9,894 |
| 46 | Dylan | 9,763 |
| 47 | Mark | 9,683 |
| 48 | Christian | 9,447 |
| 49 | Jason | 9,386 |
| 50 | Austin | 9,055 |