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

#NameBabiesShare
1Jessica27,9411.59%
2Ashley26,6061.51%
3Emily24,3821.39%
4Samantha21,6441.23%
5Sarah21,3951.22%
6Taylor20,4261.16%
7Hannah17,0180.97%
8Brittany16,4770.94%
9Amanda16,3540.93%
10Elizabeth16,1920.92%
11Kayla16,0870.91%
12Rachel16,0470.91%
13Megan15,5300.88%
14Alexis14,3340.82%
15Lauren13,4430.76%
16Stephanie12,9770.74%
17Courtney12,7750.73%
18Jennifer12,6830.72%
19Nicole12,2770.70%
20Victoria12,2520.70%
21Brianna11,8810.68%
22Amber10,9650.62%
23Morgan10,8770.62%
24Danielle10,6530.61%
25Jasmine10,2790.58%
26Alexandra10,1600.58%
27Alyssa10,1000.57%
28Rebecca9,9110.56%
29Madison9,7750.56%
30Katherine8,9870.51%
31Anna8,5700.49%
32Haley8,2080.47%
33Kelsey8,1840.47%
34Allison8,1260.46%
35Melissa7,8790.45%
36Abigail7,8250.44%
37Kimberly7,7450.44%
38Shelby7,6320.43%
39Olivia7,6270.43%
40Mary7,4580.42%
41Michelle7,3920.42%
42Kaitlyn7,3850.42%
43Sydney7,3600.42%
44Maria7,0030.40%
45Christina6,9530.40%
46Tiffany6,9360.39%
47Chelsea6,7610.38%
48Sara6,6970.38%
49Erin6,5650.37%
50Jordan6,4810.37%

Boys, 1995

#NameBabiesShare
1Michael41,4092.18%
2Matthew32,8821.73%
3Christopher32,6791.72%
4Jacob31,1341.64%
5Joshua30,7201.61%
6Tyler29,1611.53%
7Nicholas29,1601.53%
8Brandon26,9041.41%
9Daniel26,7281.40%
10Austin25,9081.36%
11Andrew25,8601.36%
12Joseph25,3541.33%
13John23,2441.22%
14Zachary23,1311.22%
15Ryan23,0891.21%
16David23,0451.21%
17James22,7391.19%
18Justin21,5811.13%
19Anthony20,4821.08%
20William20,1601.06%
21Alexander19,4561.02%
22Robert18,5860.98%
23Jonathan18,1550.95%
24Kyle16,7610.88%
25Kevin15,8600.83%
26Cody15,5660.82%
27Thomas14,1630.74%
28Christian13,8130.73%
29Jordan13,5740.71%
30Aaron13,2910.70%
31Benjamin12,7200.67%
32Eric12,4850.66%
33Samuel12,4400.65%
34Dylan12,0910.64%
35Jose11,7810.62%
36Brian10,9910.58%
37Steven10,6610.56%
38Adam10,4850.55%
39Nathan10,3060.54%
40Timothy9,7880.51%
41Jason9,0040.47%
42Richard8,7840.46%
43Patrick8,6740.46%
44Charles8,4780.45%
45Sean8,1670.43%
46Jesse7,4950.39%
47Alex7,4240.39%
48Jeremy7,0840.37%
49Cameron7,0300.37%
50Juan6,9820.37%

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.

Get the free Name Kit

Five printables made in your browser: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Yours in a moment, for one email.

Make the kit

The book is in the works

A printed picture book where your child earns every letter of their own name, page by page. See the preview pages and hear when it is ready.

Preview the book