By year
The top names of 1995
Jessica led the girls and Michael the boys, out of 3,662,249 babies in the public record for that year.
Girls, 1995
| # | Name | Babies | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jessica | 27,941 | 1.59% |
| 2 | Ashley | 26,606 | 1.51% |
| 3 | Emily | 24,382 | 1.39% |
| 4 | Samantha | 21,644 | 1.23% |
| 5 | Sarah | 21,395 | 1.22% |
| 6 | Taylor | 20,426 | 1.16% |
| 7 | Hannah | 17,018 | 0.97% |
| 8 | Brittany | 16,477 | 0.94% |
| 9 | Amanda | 16,354 | 0.93% |
| 10 | Elizabeth | 16,192 | 0.92% |
| 11 | Kayla | 16,087 | 0.91% |
| 12 | Rachel | 16,047 | 0.91% |
| 13 | Megan | 15,530 | 0.88% |
| 14 | Alexis | 14,334 | 0.82% |
| 15 | Lauren | 13,443 | 0.76% |
| 16 | Stephanie | 12,977 | 0.74% |
| 17 | Courtney | 12,775 | 0.73% |
| 18 | Jennifer | 12,683 | 0.72% |
| 19 | Nicole | 12,277 | 0.70% |
| 20 | Victoria | 12,252 | 0.70% |
| 21 | Brianna | 11,881 | 0.68% |
| 22 | Amber | 10,965 | 0.62% |
| 23 | Morgan | 10,877 | 0.62% |
| 24 | Danielle | 10,653 | 0.61% |
| 25 | Jasmine | 10,279 | 0.58% |
| 26 | Alexandra | 10,160 | 0.58% |
| 27 | Alyssa | 10,100 | 0.57% |
| 28 | Rebecca | 9,911 | 0.56% |
| 29 | Madison | 9,775 | 0.56% |
| 30 | Katherine | 8,987 | 0.51% |
| 31 | Anna | 8,570 | 0.49% |
| 32 | Haley | 8,208 | 0.47% |
| 33 | Kelsey | 8,184 | 0.47% |
| 34 | Allison | 8,126 | 0.46% |
| 35 | Melissa | 7,879 | 0.45% |
| 36 | Abigail | 7,825 | 0.44% |
| 37 | Kimberly | 7,745 | 0.44% |
| 38 | Shelby | 7,632 | 0.43% |
| 39 | Olivia | 7,627 | 0.43% |
| 40 | Mary | 7,458 | 0.42% |
| 41 | Michelle | 7,392 | 0.42% |
| 42 | Kaitlyn | 7,385 | 0.42% |
| 43 | Sydney | 7,360 | 0.42% |
| 44 | Maria | 7,003 | 0.40% |
| 45 | Christina | 6,953 | 0.40% |
| 46 | Tiffany | 6,936 | 0.39% |
| 47 | Chelsea | 6,761 | 0.38% |
| 48 | Sara | 6,697 | 0.38% |
| 49 | Erin | 6,565 | 0.37% |
| 50 | Jordan | 6,481 | 0.37% |
Boys, 1995
| # | Name | Babies | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 41,409 | 2.18% |
| 2 | Matthew | 32,882 | 1.73% |
| 3 | Christopher | 32,679 | 1.72% |
| 4 | Jacob | 31,134 | 1.64% |
| 5 | Joshua | 30,720 | 1.61% |
| 6 | Tyler | 29,161 | 1.53% |
| 7 | Nicholas | 29,160 | 1.53% |
| 8 | Brandon | 26,904 | 1.41% |
| 9 | Daniel | 26,728 | 1.40% |
| 10 | Austin | 25,908 | 1.36% |
| 11 | Andrew | 25,860 | 1.36% |
| 12 | Joseph | 25,354 | 1.33% |
| 13 | John | 23,244 | 1.22% |
| 14 | Zachary | 23,131 | 1.22% |
| 15 | Ryan | 23,089 | 1.21% |
| 16 | David | 23,045 | 1.21% |
| 17 | James | 22,739 | 1.19% |
| 18 | Justin | 21,581 | 1.13% |
| 19 | Anthony | 20,482 | 1.08% |
| 20 | William | 20,160 | 1.06% |
| 21 | Alexander | 19,456 | 1.02% |
| 22 | Robert | 18,586 | 0.98% |
| 23 | Jonathan | 18,155 | 0.95% |
| 24 | Kyle | 16,761 | 0.88% |
| 25 | Kevin | 15,860 | 0.83% |
| 26 | Cody | 15,566 | 0.82% |
| 27 | Thomas | 14,163 | 0.74% |
| 28 | Christian | 13,813 | 0.73% |
| 29 | Jordan | 13,574 | 0.71% |
| 30 | Aaron | 13,291 | 0.70% |
| 31 | Benjamin | 12,720 | 0.67% |
| 32 | Eric | 12,485 | 0.66% |
| 33 | Samuel | 12,440 | 0.65% |
| 34 | Dylan | 12,091 | 0.64% |
| 35 | Jose | 11,781 | 0.62% |
| 36 | Brian | 10,991 | 0.58% |
| 37 | Steven | 10,661 | 0.56% |
| 38 | Adam | 10,485 | 0.55% |
| 39 | Nathan | 10,306 | 0.54% |
| 40 | Timothy | 9,788 | 0.51% |
| 41 | Jason | 9,004 | 0.47% |
| 42 | Richard | 8,784 | 0.46% |
| 43 | Patrick | 8,674 | 0.46% |
| 44 | Charles | 8,478 | 0.45% |
| 45 | Sean | 8,167 | 0.43% |
| 46 | Jesse | 7,495 | 0.39% |
| 47 | Alex | 7,424 | 0.39% |
| 48 | Jeremy | 7,084 | 0.37% |
| 49 | Cameron | 7,030 | 0.37% |
| 50 | Juan | 6,982 | 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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