Top Names of 1996
The most popular names recorded in 1996 were Emily for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Emily | 25,150 |
| 2 | Jessica | 24,200 |
| 3 | Ashley | 23,678 |
| 4 | Sarah | 21,044 |
| 5 | Samantha | 20,551 |
| 6 | Taylor | 19,153 |
| 7 | Hannah | 18,596 |
| 8 | Alexis | 16,592 |
| 9 | Rachel | 16,120 |
| 10 | Elizabeth | 16,004 |
| 11 | Kayla | 15,269 |
| 12 | Megan | 14,770 |
| 13 | Amanda | 13,980 |
| 14 | Brittany | 13,797 |
| 15 | Madison | 13,410 |
| 16 | Lauren | 12,594 |
| 17 | Brianna | 11,925 |
| 18 | Victoria | 11,859 |
| 19 | Jennifer | 11,729 |
| 20 | Stephanie | 11,644 |
| 21 | Courtney | 11,344 |
| 22 | Nicole | 11,134 |
| 23 | Alyssa | 11,024 |
| 24 | Rebecca | 10,626 |
| 25 | Morgan | 10,295 |
| 26 | Alexandra | 10,024 |
| 27 | Amber | 9,771 |
| 28 | Jasmine | 9,707 |
| 29 | Danielle | 9,285 |
| 30 | Haley | 9,042 |
| 31 | Katherine | 8,878 |
| 32 | Abigail | 8,604 |
| 33 | Anna | 8,574 |
| 34 | Olivia | 8,125 |
| 35 | Shelby | 7,950 |
| 36 | Kelsey | 7,655 |
| 37 | Maria | 7,597 |
| 38 | Allison | 7,455 |
| 39 | Sydney | 7,259 |
| 40 | Kaitlyn | 7,241 |
| 41 | Kimberly | 7,175 |
| 42 | Melissa | 7,170 |
| 43 | Savannah | 7,000 |
| 44 | Mary | 6,967 |
| 45 | Brooke | 6,724 |
| 46 | Natalie | 6,693 |
| 47 | Michelle | 6,598 |
| 48 | Julia | 6,314 |
| 49 | Jordan | 6,299 |
| 50 | Sara | 6,288 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 38,373 |
| 2 | Matthew | 32,077 |
| 3 | Jacob | 31,924 |
| 4 | Christopher | 30,902 |
| 5 | Joshua | 29,174 |
| 6 | Nicholas | 27,722 |
| 7 | Tyler | 26,955 |
| 8 | Brandon | 25,847 |
| 9 | Austin | 25,663 |
| 10 | Andrew | 25,244 |
| 11 | Daniel | 25,125 |
| 12 | Joseph | 24,758 |
| 13 | David | 23,024 |
| 14 | Zachary | 22,368 |
| 15 | John | 22,186 |
| 16 | Ryan | 21,810 |
| 17 | James | 21,164 |
| 18 | William | 20,544 |
| 19 | Anthony | 20,507 |
| 20 | Justin | 20,011 |
| 21 | Jonathan | 18,602 |
| 22 | Alexander | 17,964 |
| 23 | Robert | 17,676 |
| 24 | Christian | 15,823 |
| 25 | Kyle | 15,600 |
| 26 | Kevin | 14,589 |
| 27 | Jordan | 13,852 |
| 28 | Thomas | 13,805 |
| 29 | Benjamin | 13,785 |
| 30 | Samuel | 13,629 |
| 31 | Cody | 12,953 |
| 32 | Jose | 12,155 |
| 33 | Dylan | 12,037 |
| 34 | Aaron | 11,971 |
| 35 | Eric | 11,610 |
| 36 | Brian | 10,476 |
| 37 | Nathan | 10,285 |
| 38 | Steven | 9,649 |
| 39 | Adam | 9,557 |
| 40 | Timothy | 8,919 |
| 41 | Jason | 8,696 |
| 42 | Logan | 8,374 |
| 43 | Charles | 8,247 |
| 44 | Patrick | 8,193 |
| 45 | Richard | 8,180 |
| 46 | Sean | 7,896 |
| 47 | Hunter | 7,603 |
| 48 | Caleb | 7,549 |
| 49 | Cameron | 7,388 |
| 50 | Noah | 7,184 |