By year

The top names of 1993

Jessica led the girls and Michael the boys, out of 3,770,400 babies in the public record for that year.

Girls, 1993

#NameBabiesShare
1Jessica34,9931.93%
2Ashley34,8491.93%
3Sarah24,2571.34%
4Samantha23,6681.31%
5Emily23,5961.30%
6Brittany21,7251.20%
7Taylor21,2701.18%
8Amanda20,8111.15%
9Elizabeth17,5590.97%
10Stephanie17,1860.95%
11Megan16,3840.91%
12Lauren16,1940.90%
13Nicole16,1830.89%
14Rachel15,9740.88%
15Jennifer15,7490.87%
16Kayla15,4530.85%
17Amber14,0660.78%
18Danielle12,9920.72%
19Victoria12,9250.71%
20Courtney12,5770.70%
21Hannah12,5100.69%
22Rebecca12,3210.68%
23Jasmine12,0630.67%
24Kelsey11,3800.63%
25Chelsea11,2870.62%
26Alyssa11,0310.61%
27Alexis10,8340.60%
28Alexandra10,6830.59%
29Katherine10,5060.58%
30Melissa10,2250.57%
31Michelle10,1930.56%
32Brianna8,7750.49%
33Tiffany8,5860.47%
34Morgan8,5730.47%
35Christina8,2890.46%
36Mary8,1240.45%
37Shelby8,1220.45%
38Heather8,1030.45%
39Kimberly7,9650.44%
40Sara7,9020.44%
41Allison7,7290.43%
42Haley7,6180.42%
43Laura7,2620.40%
44Andrea7,2420.40%
45Maria6,9780.39%
46Kaitlyn6,9560.38%
47Anna6,8130.38%
48Erin6,7170.37%
49Erica6,4110.35%
50Olivia6,3430.35%

Boys, 1993

#NameBabiesShare
1Michael49,5712.53%
2Christopher38,2371.95%
3Matthew35,7821.82%
4Joshua33,5901.71%
5Tyler29,8001.52%
6Brandon28,7351.47%
7Daniel28,6981.46%
8Nicholas28,1141.43%
9Jacob27,4871.40%
10Andrew27,3261.39%
11David27,0381.38%
12Joseph27,0141.38%
13Ryan26,7271.36%
14James26,2591.34%
15Zachary25,5381.30%
16John24,9961.27%
17Robert22,4471.14%
18William22,2181.13%
19Anthony21,7881.11%
20Justin21,5401.10%
21Alexander20,5301.05%
22Jonathan19,9541.02%
23Kyle19,4540.99%
24Cody19,1520.98%
25Kevin19,0840.97%
26Austin17,5870.90%
27Thomas14,8680.76%
28Jordan14,7580.75%
29Eric14,5480.74%
30Aaron13,8370.71%
31Steven13,4740.69%
32Benjamin12,6860.65%
33Dylan12,6860.65%
34Brian12,5440.64%
35Christian11,8910.61%
36Jose11,8470.60%
37Samuel11,7110.60%
38Timothy11,6400.59%
39Adam11,5340.59%
40Richard10,2300.52%
41Nathan10,1990.52%
42Sean10,1760.52%
43Patrick9,8570.50%
44Charles9,8550.50%
45Jason8,6390.44%
46Jeremy8,5770.44%
47Stephen8,3690.43%
48Jesse8,2630.42%
49Mark8,0590.41%
50Travis7,9400.40%

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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