By year

The top names of 1992

Ashley led the girls and Michael the boys, out of 3,841,340 babies in the public record for that year.

Girls, 1992

#NameBabiesShare
1Ashley38,4602.09%
2Jessica38,3612.08%
3Amanda25,0391.36%
4Brittany24,9831.35%
5Sarah24,6341.34%
6Samantha24,4071.32%
7Emily21,8351.18%
8Stephanie19,6801.07%
9Elizabeth19,0351.03%
10Megan17,8420.97%
11Jennifer17,8190.97%
12Lauren17,2150.93%
13Kayla16,5170.90%
14Nicole16,3270.89%
15Chelsea16,1770.88%
16Rachel15,8400.86%
17Taylor14,9540.81%
18Danielle14,0980.76%
19Amber13,9170.75%
20Rebecca13,1100.71%
21Courtney12,6040.68%
22Victoria11,9070.65%
23Kelsey11,7130.64%
24Melissa11,7100.64%
25Michelle11,5120.62%
26Hannah11,4960.62%
27Katherine11,1490.60%
28Jasmine10,4790.57%
29Alexandra10,2210.55%
30Alyssa10,1630.55%
31Heather9,7250.53%
32Tiffany9,7220.53%
33Christina9,4440.51%
34Shelby9,3960.51%
35Kimberly8,8950.48%
36Mary8,4630.46%
37Sara8,4430.46%
38Laura8,3110.45%
39Andrea8,0240.44%
40Alexis7,9480.43%
41Morgan7,7890.42%
42Kaitlyn7,4800.41%
43Brianna7,2960.40%
44Erica7,1330.39%
45Maria7,0910.38%
46Erin7,0590.38%
47Kelly7,0120.38%
48Allison6,9030.37%
49Anna6,8530.37%
50Crystal6,5980.36%

Boys, 1992

#NameBabiesShare
1Michael54,4102.72%
2Christopher42,4682.13%
3Matthew37,7331.89%
4Joshua36,2211.81%
5Andrew30,5421.53%
6Brandon29,6281.48%
7Daniel29,1571.46%
8Tyler28,8061.44%
9James28,5131.43%
10David28,4251.42%
11Joseph27,9041.40%
12Nicholas27,7621.39%
13Ryan27,0221.35%
14John26,2531.31%
15Jacob25,6651.28%
16Zachary24,8021.24%
17Robert24,0941.21%
18Justin23,6201.18%
19Anthony23,1741.16%
20William23,0661.15%
21Jonathan21,4131.07%
22Kyle20,7141.04%
23Alexander20,0691.00%
24Cody19,8761.00%
25Kevin19,6470.98%
26Eric16,1450.81%
27Thomas15,2900.77%
28Dylan15,0640.75%
29Steven15,0390.75%
30Aaron14,5120.73%
31Brian14,1070.71%
32Jordan14,0320.70%
33Benjamin13,4550.67%
34Timothy12,8640.64%
35Christian11,9530.60%
36Adam11,9050.60%
37Jose11,8240.59%
38Austin11,4580.57%
39Patrick11,4090.57%
40Samuel11,3440.57%
41Richard11,3320.57%
42Sean11,0650.55%
43Charles10,4690.52%
44Nathan10,1540.51%
45Stephen9,3080.47%
46Jason9,2490.46%
47Jeremy9,0420.45%
48Travis8,8950.45%
49Mark8,7450.44%
50Jesse8,5630.43%

United States national data, Social Security Administration. The file counts Social Security applications, so its early decades undercount; the share column is a name's part of the names recorded for that sex that year, not of all births. How we use it.

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