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

#NameBabies
1Ashley43,477
2Jessica43,395
3Brittany29,090
4Amanda28,896
5Samantha25,648
6Sarah25,231
7Stephanie22,775
8Jennifer20,673
9Elizabeth20,395
10Emily20,311
11Megan19,278
12Kayla18,545
13Lauren18,411
14Rachel16,343
15Nicole16,047
16Amber14,993
17Danielle13,618
18Chelsea13,509
19Courtney13,441
20Melissa13,348
21Rebecca13,300
22Michelle12,213
23Heather11,703
24Jasmine11,525
25Katherine11,495
26Kelsey11,434
27Tiffany11,155
28Victoria10,914
29Hannah10,769
30Alyssa10,678
31Christina10,564
32Taylor10,254
33Shelby10,220
34Kimberly9,799
35Laura9,644
36Alexandra9,459
37Sara8,846
38Mary8,764
39Andrea7,995
40Erica7,800
41Crystal7,727
42Kelly7,514
43Amy7,275
44Erin7,208
45Maria7,136
46Anna7,118
47Alexis7,009
48Kristen6,816
49Morgan6,794
50Allison6,773

Boys

#NameBabies
1Michael60,807
2Christopher47,110
3Matthew41,647
4Joshua41,226
5Andrew31,541
6Daniel30,932
7James30,513
8David30,417
9Joseph29,839
10John27,809
11Ryan27,534
12Nicholas27,357
13Robert26,836
14Justin26,794
15Brandon26,022
16Tyler25,210
17Jacob25,197
18Anthony24,447
19William23,858
20Jonathan22,975
21Kyle21,610
22Zachary21,387
23Kevin20,261
24Cody18,980
25Eric18,051
26Alexander17,637
27Steven16,861
28Thomas16,788
29Jordan16,020
30Brian14,917
31Aaron14,242
32Timothy14,153
33Benjamin13,879
34Richard12,555
35Patrick12,413
36Adam12,308
37Jose11,728
38Charles11,336
39Samuel11,232
40Sean11,181
41Stephen10,526
42Nathan10,498
43Jeremy10,402
44Travis10,134
45Jeffrey9,894
46Dylan9,763
47Mark9,683
48Christian9,447
49Jason9,386
50Austin9,055