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
| # | Name | Babies | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jessica | 32,122 | 1.80% |
| 2 | Ashley | 30,281 | 1.70% |
| 3 | Emily | 24,154 | 1.35% |
| 4 | Samantha | 22,824 | 1.28% |
| 5 | Sarah | 22,299 | 1.25% |
| 6 | Taylor | 20,734 | 1.16% |
| 7 | Brittany | 18,900 | 1.06% |
| 8 | Amanda | 18,718 | 1.05% |
| 9 | Elizabeth | 16,786 | 0.94% |
| 10 | Megan | 16,580 | 0.93% |
| 11 | Nicole | 16,011 | 0.90% |
| 12 | Kayla | 15,885 | 0.89% |
| 13 | Rachel | 15,492 | 0.87% |
| 14 | Lauren | 15,158 | 0.85% |
| 15 | Stephanie | 14,750 | 0.83% |
| 16 | Hannah | 14,494 | 0.81% |
| 17 | Jennifer | 14,001 | 0.78% |
| 18 | Alexis | 13,039 | 0.73% |
| 19 | Victoria | 12,694 | 0.71% |
| 20 | Danielle | 12,455 | 0.70% |
| 21 | Amber | 12,343 | 0.69% |
| 22 | Courtney | 12,020 | 0.67% |
| 23 | Jasmine | 11,714 | 0.66% |
| 24 | Rebecca | 11,284 | 0.63% |
| 25 | Morgan | 10,655 | 0.60% |
| 26 | Alyssa | 10,602 | 0.59% |
| 27 | Brianna | 10,516 | 0.59% |
| 28 | Alexandra | 10,226 | 0.57% |
| 29 | Kelsey | 9,749 | 0.55% |
| 30 | Katherine | 9,586 | 0.54% |
| 31 | Melissa | 8,795 | 0.49% |
| 32 | Kimberly | 8,747 | 0.49% |
| 33 | Michelle | 8,639 | 0.48% |
| 34 | Allison | 8,150 | 0.46% |
| 35 | Tiffany | 8,096 | 0.45% |
| 36 | Haley | 7,803 | 0.44% |
| 37 | Mary | 7,758 | 0.43% |
| 38 | Chelsea | 7,718 | 0.43% |
| 39 | Christina | 7,668 | 0.43% |
| 40 | Shelby | 7,546 | 0.42% |
| 41 | Anna | 7,529 | 0.42% |
| 42 | Abigail | 7,243 | 0.41% |
| 43 | Sara | 7,220 | 0.40% |
| 44 | Heather | 7,033 | 0.39% |
| 45 | Erin | 6,908 | 0.39% |
| 46 | Laura | 6,860 | 0.38% |
| 47 | Maria | 6,753 | 0.38% |
| 48 | Kaitlyn | 6,686 | 0.37% |
| 49 | Andrea | 6,482 | 0.36% |
| 50 | Olivia | 6,432 | 0.36% |
Boys, 1994
| # | Name | Babies | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 44,477 | 2.30% |
| 2 | Christopher | 34,807 | 1.80% |
| 3 | Matthew | 33,654 | 1.74% |
| 4 | Joshua | 31,374 | 1.62% |
| 5 | Tyler | 30,482 | 1.58% |
| 6 | Brandon | 29,492 | 1.53% |
| 7 | Jacob | 29,417 | 1.52% |
| 8 | Daniel | 28,065 | 1.45% |
| 9 | Nicholas | 27,770 | 1.44% |
| 10 | Andrew | 26,019 | 1.35% |
| 11 | Joseph | 25,734 | 1.33% |
| 12 | Zachary | 25,139 | 1.30% |
| 13 | David | 24,877 | 1.29% |
| 14 | James | 24,778 | 1.28% |
| 15 | John | 24,187 | 1.25% |
| 16 | Ryan | 24,063 | 1.25% |
| 17 | Austin | 23,192 | 1.20% |
| 18 | Anthony | 21,604 | 1.12% |
| 19 | William | 21,492 | 1.11% |
| 20 | Justin | 20,940 | 1.08% |
| 21 | Robert | 20,560 | 1.06% |
| 22 | Alexander | 20,101 | 1.04% |
| 23 | Jonathan | 19,068 | 0.99% |
| 24 | Kyle | 18,399 | 0.95% |
| 25 | Cody | 17,589 | 0.91% |
| 26 | Kevin | 17,315 | 0.90% |
| 27 | Thomas | 14,910 | 0.77% |
| 28 | Aaron | 14,385 | 0.74% |
| 29 | Jordan | 14,160 | 0.73% |
| 30 | Eric | 13,311 | 0.69% |
| 31 | Benjamin | 12,791 | 0.66% |
| 32 | Dylan | 12,530 | 0.65% |
| 33 | Samuel | 12,147 | 0.63% |
| 34 | Steven | 12,090 | 0.63% |
| 35 | Christian | 11,987 | 0.62% |
| 36 | Jose | 11,731 | 0.61% |
| 37 | Brian | 11,648 | 0.60% |
| 38 | Adam | 11,023 | 0.57% |
| 39 | Timothy | 10,767 | 0.56% |
| 40 | Nathan | 10,386 | 0.54% |
| 41 | Richard | 9,516 | 0.49% |
| 42 | Patrick | 9,337 | 0.48% |
| 43 | Charles | 9,018 | 0.47% |
| 44 | Sean | 8,838 | 0.46% |
| 45 | Jesse | 8,683 | 0.45% |
| 46 | Jason | 8,552 | 0.44% |
| 47 | Jeremy | 8,227 | 0.43% |
| 48 | Mark | 7,488 | 0.39% |
| 49 | Stephen | 7,481 | 0.39% |
| 50 | Alex | 7,240 | 0.37% |
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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