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
| # | Name | Babies | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jessica | 34,993 | 1.93% |
| 2 | Ashley | 34,849 | 1.93% |
| 3 | Sarah | 24,257 | 1.34% |
| 4 | Samantha | 23,668 | 1.31% |
| 5 | Emily | 23,596 | 1.30% |
| 6 | Brittany | 21,725 | 1.20% |
| 7 | Taylor | 21,270 | 1.18% |
| 8 | Amanda | 20,811 | 1.15% |
| 9 | Elizabeth | 17,559 | 0.97% |
| 10 | Stephanie | 17,186 | 0.95% |
| 11 | Megan | 16,384 | 0.91% |
| 12 | Lauren | 16,194 | 0.90% |
| 13 | Nicole | 16,183 | 0.89% |
| 14 | Rachel | 15,974 | 0.88% |
| 15 | Jennifer | 15,749 | 0.87% |
| 16 | Kayla | 15,453 | 0.85% |
| 17 | Amber | 14,066 | 0.78% |
| 18 | Danielle | 12,992 | 0.72% |
| 19 | Victoria | 12,925 | 0.71% |
| 20 | Courtney | 12,577 | 0.70% |
| 21 | Hannah | 12,510 | 0.69% |
| 22 | Rebecca | 12,321 | 0.68% |
| 23 | Jasmine | 12,063 | 0.67% |
| 24 | Kelsey | 11,380 | 0.63% |
| 25 | Chelsea | 11,287 | 0.62% |
| 26 | Alyssa | 11,031 | 0.61% |
| 27 | Alexis | 10,834 | 0.60% |
| 28 | Alexandra | 10,683 | 0.59% |
| 29 | Katherine | 10,506 | 0.58% |
| 30 | Melissa | 10,225 | 0.57% |
| 31 | Michelle | 10,193 | 0.56% |
| 32 | Brianna | 8,775 | 0.49% |
| 33 | Tiffany | 8,586 | 0.47% |
| 34 | Morgan | 8,573 | 0.47% |
| 35 | Christina | 8,289 | 0.46% |
| 36 | Mary | 8,124 | 0.45% |
| 37 | Shelby | 8,122 | 0.45% |
| 38 | Heather | 8,103 | 0.45% |
| 39 | Kimberly | 7,965 | 0.44% |
| 40 | Sara | 7,902 | 0.44% |
| 41 | Allison | 7,729 | 0.43% |
| 42 | Haley | 7,618 | 0.42% |
| 43 | Laura | 7,262 | 0.40% |
| 44 | Andrea | 7,242 | 0.40% |
| 45 | Maria | 6,978 | 0.39% |
| 46 | Kaitlyn | 6,956 | 0.38% |
| 47 | Anna | 6,813 | 0.38% |
| 48 | Erin | 6,717 | 0.37% |
| 49 | Erica | 6,411 | 0.35% |
| 50 | Olivia | 6,343 | 0.35% |
Boys, 1993
| # | Name | Babies | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 49,571 | 2.53% |
| 2 | Christopher | 38,237 | 1.95% |
| 3 | Matthew | 35,782 | 1.82% |
| 4 | Joshua | 33,590 | 1.71% |
| 5 | Tyler | 29,800 | 1.52% |
| 6 | Brandon | 28,735 | 1.47% |
| 7 | Daniel | 28,698 | 1.46% |
| 8 | Nicholas | 28,114 | 1.43% |
| 9 | Jacob | 27,487 | 1.40% |
| 10 | Andrew | 27,326 | 1.39% |
| 11 | David | 27,038 | 1.38% |
| 12 | Joseph | 27,014 | 1.38% |
| 13 | Ryan | 26,727 | 1.36% |
| 14 | James | 26,259 | 1.34% |
| 15 | Zachary | 25,538 | 1.30% |
| 16 | John | 24,996 | 1.27% |
| 17 | Robert | 22,447 | 1.14% |
| 18 | William | 22,218 | 1.13% |
| 19 | Anthony | 21,788 | 1.11% |
| 20 | Justin | 21,540 | 1.10% |
| 21 | Alexander | 20,530 | 1.05% |
| 22 | Jonathan | 19,954 | 1.02% |
| 23 | Kyle | 19,454 | 0.99% |
| 24 | Cody | 19,152 | 0.98% |
| 25 | Kevin | 19,084 | 0.97% |
| 26 | Austin | 17,587 | 0.90% |
| 27 | Thomas | 14,868 | 0.76% |
| 28 | Jordan | 14,758 | 0.75% |
| 29 | Eric | 14,548 | 0.74% |
| 30 | Aaron | 13,837 | 0.71% |
| 31 | Steven | 13,474 | 0.69% |
| 32 | Benjamin | 12,686 | 0.65% |
| 33 | Dylan | 12,686 | 0.65% |
| 34 | Brian | 12,544 | 0.64% |
| 35 | Christian | 11,891 | 0.61% |
| 36 | Jose | 11,847 | 0.60% |
| 37 | Samuel | 11,711 | 0.60% |
| 38 | Timothy | 11,640 | 0.59% |
| 39 | Adam | 11,534 | 0.59% |
| 40 | Richard | 10,230 | 0.52% |
| 41 | Nathan | 10,199 | 0.52% |
| 42 | Sean | 10,176 | 0.52% |
| 43 | Patrick | 9,857 | 0.50% |
| 44 | Charles | 9,855 | 0.50% |
| 45 | Jason | 8,639 | 0.44% |
| 46 | Jeremy | 8,577 | 0.44% |
| 47 | Stephen | 8,369 | 0.43% |
| 48 | Jesse | 8,263 | 0.42% |
| 49 | Mark | 8,059 | 0.41% |
| 50 | Travis | 7,940 | 0.40% |
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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