By year

The top names of 1994

Jessica led the girls and Michael the boys, out of 3,717,784 babies in the public record for that year.

Girls, 1994

#NameBabiesShare
1Jessica32,1221.80%
2Ashley30,2811.70%
3Emily24,1541.35%
4Samantha22,8241.28%
5Sarah22,2991.25%
6Taylor20,7341.16%
7Brittany18,9001.06%
8Amanda18,7181.05%
9Elizabeth16,7860.94%
10Megan16,5800.93%
11Nicole16,0110.90%
12Kayla15,8850.89%
13Rachel15,4920.87%
14Lauren15,1580.85%
15Stephanie14,7500.83%
16Hannah14,4940.81%
17Jennifer14,0010.78%
18Alexis13,0390.73%
19Victoria12,6940.71%
20Danielle12,4550.70%
21Amber12,3430.69%
22Courtney12,0200.67%
23Jasmine11,7140.66%
24Rebecca11,2840.63%
25Morgan10,6550.60%
26Alyssa10,6020.59%
27Brianna10,5160.59%
28Alexandra10,2260.57%
29Kelsey9,7490.55%
30Katherine9,5860.54%
31Melissa8,7950.49%
32Kimberly8,7470.49%
33Michelle8,6390.48%
34Allison8,1500.46%
35Tiffany8,0960.45%
36Haley7,8030.44%
37Mary7,7580.43%
38Chelsea7,7180.43%
39Christina7,6680.43%
40Shelby7,5460.42%
41Anna7,5290.42%
42Abigail7,2430.41%
43Sara7,2200.40%
44Heather7,0330.39%
45Erin6,9080.39%
46Laura6,8600.38%
47Maria6,7530.38%
48Kaitlyn6,6860.37%
49Andrea6,4820.36%
50Olivia6,4320.36%

Boys, 1994

#NameBabiesShare
1Michael44,4772.30%
2Christopher34,8071.80%
3Matthew33,6541.74%
4Joshua31,3741.62%
5Tyler30,4821.58%
6Brandon29,4921.53%
7Jacob29,4171.52%
8Daniel28,0651.45%
9Nicholas27,7701.44%
10Andrew26,0191.35%
11Joseph25,7341.33%
12Zachary25,1391.30%
13David24,8771.29%
14James24,7781.28%
15John24,1871.25%
16Ryan24,0631.25%
17Austin23,1921.20%
18Anthony21,6041.12%
19William21,4921.11%
20Justin20,9401.08%
21Robert20,5601.06%
22Alexander20,1011.04%
23Jonathan19,0680.99%
24Kyle18,3990.95%
25Cody17,5890.91%
26Kevin17,3150.90%
27Thomas14,9100.77%
28Aaron14,3850.74%
29Jordan14,1600.73%
30Eric13,3110.69%
31Benjamin12,7910.66%
32Dylan12,5300.65%
33Samuel12,1470.63%
34Steven12,0900.63%
35Christian11,9870.62%
36Jose11,7310.61%
37Brian11,6480.60%
38Adam11,0230.57%
39Timothy10,7670.56%
40Nathan10,3860.54%
41Richard9,5160.49%
42Patrick9,3370.48%
43Charles9,0180.47%
44Sean8,8380.46%
45Jesse8,6830.45%
46Jason8,5520.44%
47Jeremy8,2270.43%
48Mark7,4880.39%
49Stephen7,4810.39%
50Alex7,2400.37%

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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