Top Names of 1994
The most popular names recorded in 1994 were Jessica for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Jessica | 32,122 |
| 2 | Ashley | 30,283 |
| 3 | Emily | 24,153 |
| 4 | Samantha | 22,824 |
| 5 | Sarah | 22,298 |
| 6 | Taylor | 20,734 |
| 7 | Brittany | 18,900 |
| 8 | Amanda | 18,718 |
| 9 | Elizabeth | 16,786 |
| 10 | Megan | 16,580 |
| 11 | Nicole | 16,011 |
| 12 | Kayla | 15,885 |
| 13 | Rachel | 15,492 |
| 14 | Lauren | 15,158 |
| 15 | Stephanie | 14,750 |
| 16 | Hannah | 14,495 |
| 17 | Jennifer | 14,001 |
| 18 | Alexis | 13,039 |
| 19 | Victoria | 12,694 |
| 20 | Danielle | 12,454 |
| 21 | Amber | 12,343 |
| 22 | Courtney | 12,019 |
| 23 | Jasmine | 11,713 |
| 24 | Rebecca | 11,283 |
| 25 | Morgan | 10,655 |
| 26 | Alyssa | 10,602 |
| 27 | Brianna | 10,516 |
| 28 | Alexandra | 10,226 |
| 29 | Kelsey | 9,748 |
| 30 | Katherine | 9,586 |
| 31 | Melissa | 8,796 |
| 32 | Kimberly | 8,747 |
| 33 | Michelle | 8,639 |
| 34 | Allison | 8,150 |
| 35 | Tiffany | 8,096 |
| 36 | Haley | 7,803 |
| 37 | Mary | 7,756 |
| 38 | Chelsea | 7,718 |
| 39 | Christina | 7,668 |
| 40 | Shelby | 7,545 |
| 41 | Anna | 7,529 |
| 42 | Abigail | 7,243 |
| 43 | Sara | 7,219 |
| 44 | Heather | 7,033 |
| 45 | Erin | 6,908 |
| 46 | Laura | 6,860 |
| 47 | Maria | 6,752 |
| 48 | Kaitlyn | 6,686 |
| 49 | Andrea | 6,482 |
| 50 | Olivia | 6,432 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 44,475 |
| 2 | Christopher | 34,806 |
| 3 | Matthew | 33,654 |
| 4 | Joshua | 31,375 |
| 5 | Tyler | 30,480 |
| 6 | Brandon | 29,490 |
| 7 | Jacob | 29,419 |
| 8 | Daniel | 28,062 |
| 9 | Nicholas | 27,767 |
| 10 | Andrew | 26,015 |
| 11 | Joseph | 25,732 |
| 12 | Zachary | 25,137 |
| 13 | David | 24,874 |
| 14 | James | 24,777 |
| 15 | John | 24,186 |
| 16 | Ryan | 24,066 |
| 17 | Austin | 23,192 |
| 18 | Anthony | 21,602 |
| 19 | William | 21,491 |
| 20 | Justin | 20,939 |
| 21 | Robert | 20,559 |
| 22 | Alexander | 20,098 |
| 23 | Jonathan | 19,068 |
| 24 | Kyle | 18,398 |
| 25 | Cody | 17,589 |
| 26 | Kevin | 17,315 |
| 27 | Thomas | 14,910 |
| 28 | Aaron | 14,385 |
| 29 | Jordan | 14,161 |
| 30 | Eric | 13,310 |
| 31 | Benjamin | 12,791 |
| 32 | Dylan | 12,530 |
| 33 | Samuel | 12,146 |
| 34 | Steven | 12,088 |
| 35 | Christian | 11,987 |
| 36 | Jose | 11,729 |
| 37 | Brian | 11,646 |
| 38 | Adam | 11,022 |
| 39 | Timothy | 10,768 |
| 40 | Nathan | 10,381 |
| 41 | Richard | 9,516 |
| 42 | Patrick | 9,336 |
| 43 | Charles | 9,018 |
| 44 | Sean | 8,838 |
| 45 | Jesse | 8,682 |
| 46 | Jason | 8,550 |
| 47 | Jeremy | 8,227 |
| 48 | Mark | 7,487 |
| 49 | Stephen | 7,482 |
| 50 | Alex | 7,240 |