Top Baby Names of the 1990s · Kiddos Treehouse

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The top names of the 1990s

Jessica and Michael led the decade, out of 37,485,138 babies in the public record.

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Girls, the 1990s

#	Name	Babies	Share
1	Jessica	303,136	1.68%
2	Ashley	301,820	1.68%
3	Emily	237,262	1.32%
4	Sarah	224,423	1.25%
5	Samantha	224,023	1.24%
6	Amanda	191,132	1.06%
7	Brittany	190,826	1.06%
8	Elizabeth	172,693	0.96%
9	Taylor	169,040	0.94%
10	Megan	160,375	0.89%
11	Hannah	158,818	0.88%
12	Kayla	155,893	0.87%
13	Lauren	153,590	0.85%
14	Stephanie	149,836	0.83%
15	Rachel	149,167	0.83%
16	Jennifer	148,041	0.82%
17	Nicole	136,103	0.76%
18	Alexis	131,199	0.73%
19	Victoria	117,475	0.65%
20	Amber	115,605	0.64%
21	Alyssa	115,255	0.64%
22	Courtney	113,290	0.63%
23	Rebecca	109,721	0.61%
24	Danielle	109,597	0.61%
25	Jasmine	105,322	0.58%
26	Brianna	99,108	0.55%
27	Katherine	96,885	0.54%
28	Alexandra	94,806	0.53%
29	Madison	91,907	0.51%
30	Morgan	91,196	0.51%
31	Melissa	89,990	0.50%
32	Michelle	86,532	0.48%
33	Kelsey	85,134	0.47%
34	Chelsea	84,805	0.47%
35	Anna	78,595	0.44%
36	Kimberly	77,879	0.43%
37	Tiffany	77,534	0.43%
38	Olivia	75,913	0.42%
39	Mary	75,723	0.42%
40	Christina	74,660	0.41%
41	Allison	74,433	0.41%
42	Abigail	72,779	0.40%
43	Sara	72,170	0.40%
44	Shelby	71,995	0.40%
45	Heather	71,626	0.40%
46	Haley	71,197	0.40%
47	Maria	70,911	0.39%
48	Kaitlyn	67,567	0.38%
49	Laura	67,253	0.37%
50	Erin	65,335	0.36%
51	Andrea	65,246	0.36%
52	Natalie	63,382	0.35%
53	Jordan	61,757	0.34%
54	Brooke	60,630	0.34%
55	Julia	59,954	0.33%
56	Emma	58,252	0.32%
57	Vanessa	57,920	0.32%
58	Erica	55,762	0.31%
59	Sydney	55,756	0.31%
60	Kelly	55,724	0.31%
61	Kristen	53,075	0.29%
62	Katelyn	52,811	0.29%
63	Marissa	51,214	0.28%
64	Amy	51,167	0.28%
65	Crystal	51,098	0.28%
66	Paige	50,552	0.28%
67	Cassandra	50,364	0.28%
68	Gabrielle	49,818	0.28%
69	Katie	49,468	0.27%
70	Caitlin	49,033	0.27%
71	Lindsey	48,975	0.27%
72	Destiny	48,238	0.27%
73	Kathryn	47,179	0.26%
74	Jacqueline	45,948	0.26%
75	Shannon	45,912	0.25%
76	Jenna	45,856	0.25%
77	Angela	45,171	0.25%
78	Savannah	44,716	0.25%
79	Mariah	44,603	0.25%
80	Alexandria	44,095	0.24%
81	Sierra	43,638	0.24%
82	Alicia	43,488	0.24%
83	Briana	42,801	0.24%
84	Miranda	42,225	0.23%
85	Jamie	41,441	0.23%
86	Catherine	40,763	0.23%
87	Brittney	40,030	0.22%
88	Breanna	40,026	0.22%
89	Grace	39,872	0.22%
90	Monica	38,895	0.22%
91	Sabrina	38,664	0.21%
92	Madeline	36,967	0.21%
93	Caroline	36,827	0.20%
94	Molly	36,567	0.20%
95	Erika	35,076	0.19%
96	Mackenzie	34,778	0.19%
97	Leah	34,099	0.19%
98	Diana	33,784	0.19%
99	Whitney	32,886	0.18%
100	Cheyenne	31,849	0.18%

Boys, the 1990s

#	Name	Babies	Share
1	Michael	462,466	2.37%
2	Christopher	360,287	1.85%
3	Matthew	351,682	1.81%
4	Joshua	329,192	1.69%
5	Jacob	298,415	1.53%
6	Nicholas	275,329	1.41%
7	Andrew	272,941	1.40%
8	Daniel	272,360	1.40%
9	Tyler	262,320	1.35%
10	Joseph	260,751	1.34%
11	Brandon	259,420	1.33%
12	David	253,711	1.30%
13	James	244,980	1.26%
14	Ryan	241,248	1.24%
15	John	240,151	1.23%
16	Zachary	225,290	1.16%
17	Justin	220,135	1.13%
18	William	217,822	1.12%
19	Anthony	216,231	1.11%
20	Robert	205,459	1.05%
21	Jonathan	197,503	1.01%
22	Austin	190,140	0.98%
23	Alexander	183,952	0.94%
24	Kyle	180,218	0.93%
25	Kevin	165,232	0.85%
26	Thomas	146,638	0.75%
27	Cody	146,486	0.75%
28	Jordan	144,756	0.74%
29	Eric	135,244	0.69%
30	Benjamin	133,939	0.69%
31	Aaron	128,377	0.66%
32	Christian	126,065	0.65%
33	Samuel	125,597	0.64%
34	Dylan	122,074	0.63%
35	Steven	121,110	0.62%
36	Brian	119,309	0.61%
37	Jose	119,042	0.61%
38	Timothy	107,772	0.55%
39	Nathan	107,332	0.55%
40	Adam	106,909	0.55%
41	Richard	94,876	0.49%
42	Patrick	92,931	0.48%
43	Charles	92,434	0.47%
44	Sean	92,003	0.47%
45	Jason	91,731	0.47%
46	Cameron	81,131	0.42%
47	Jeremy	77,794	0.40%
48	Mark	75,816	0.39%
49	Stephen	75,160	0.39%
50	Jesse	73,791	0.38%
51	Juan	70,919	0.36%
52	Alex	70,830	0.36%
53	Travis	68,208	0.35%
54	Jeffrey	66,987	0.34%
55	Ethan	66,930	0.34%
56	Caleb	66,298	0.34%
57	Luis	64,761	0.33%
58	Jared	63,792	0.33%
59	Logan	63,577	0.33%
60	Hunter	60,524	0.31%
61	Trevor	59,943	0.31%
62	Bryan	59,751	0.31%
63	Evan	59,396	0.30%
64	Paul	58,931	0.30%
65	Taylor	58,408	0.30%
66	Kenneth	58,254	0.30%
67	Connor	57,391	0.29%
68	Dustin	56,768	0.29%
69	Noah	56,269	0.29%
70	Carlos	55,185	0.28%
71	Devin	55,072	0.28%
72	Gabriel	54,819	0.28%
73	Ian	54,007	0.28%
74	Nathaniel	52,577	0.27%
75	Gregory	52,090	0.27%
76	Derek	50,756	0.26%
77	Corey	50,223	0.26%
78	Jesus	49,129	0.25%
79	Scott	49,019	0.25%
80	Bradley	48,086	0.25%
81	Dakota	46,649	0.24%
82	Antonio	46,546	0.24%
83	Marcus	46,497	0.24%
84	Blake	45,873	0.24%
85	Garrett	45,326	0.23%
86	Edward	45,164	0.23%
87	Luke	44,434	0.23%
88	Shawn	42,483	0.22%
89	Peter	42,394	0.22%
90	Seth	42,213	0.22%
91	Mitchell	42,015	0.22%
92	Adrian	41,982	0.22%
93	Victor	41,072	0.21%
94	Miguel	41,009	0.21%
95	Shane	40,598	0.21%
96	Chase	40,311	0.21%
97	Isaac	40,271	0.21%
98	Spencer	38,182	0.20%
99	Lucas	38,178	0.20%
100	Jack	37,501	0.19%

Year by year

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Counts are summed across the decade's years from the national files; the share column is a name's part of the decade's recorded names for that sex. How we use it.

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