By year

The top names of 1999

Emily led the girls and Jacob the boys, out of 3,693,973 babies in the public record for that year.

Girls, 1999

#NameBabiesShare
1Emily26,5421.50%
2Hannah21,6791.22%
3Alexis19,2371.08%
4Sarah19,1191.08%
5Samantha19,0441.07%
6Ashley18,1361.02%
7Madison18,0541.02%
8Taylor16,9060.95%
9Jessica16,3500.92%
10Elizabeth15,3500.87%
11Alyssa14,0360.79%
12Lauren13,9110.78%
13Kayla13,2920.75%
14Brianna12,4190.70%
15Megan12,2300.69%
16Victoria11,8740.67%
17Emma11,7510.66%
18Abigail11,6860.66%
19Rachel11,6320.66%
20Olivia11,2570.63%
21Jennifer10,6160.60%
22Amanda9,7500.55%
23Sydney9,6490.54%
24Morgan9,6070.54%
25Nicole9,5150.54%
26Jasmine9,3510.53%
27Grace9,1810.52%
28Destiny9,1720.52%
29Anna9,1150.51%
30Julia8,7530.49%
31Haley8,2020.46%
32Alexandra8,1630.46%
33Kaitlyn8,1580.46%
34Natalie8,0790.46%
35Brittany7,9420.45%
36Katherine7,9350.45%
37Stephanie7,6920.43%
38Rebecca7,4370.42%
39Maria7,0350.40%
40Allison7,0260.40%
41Amber6,8410.39%
42Savannah6,8060.38%
43Danielle6,7530.38%
44Courtney6,5590.37%
45Mary6,3900.36%
46Gabrielle6,1300.35%
47Brooke6,0660.34%
48Jordan5,7300.32%
49Sierra5,7150.32%
50Sara5,6260.32%

Boys, 1999

#NameBabiesShare
1Jacob35,3711.84%
2Michael33,9151.77%
3Matthew30,4181.58%
4Joshua27,2651.42%
5Nicholas25,6391.34%
6Christopher25,6041.33%
7Andrew23,8661.24%
8Joseph23,2201.21%
9Daniel22,7041.18%
10Tyler22,6691.18%
11Brandon21,6011.12%
12Ryan21,0141.09%
13Austin20,7671.08%
14William20,7181.08%
15John20,3661.06%
16David20,3521.06%
17Zachary19,9851.04%
18Anthony19,4721.01%
19James18,5550.97%
20Justin18,2770.95%
21Alexander17,4200.91%
22Jonathan17,0680.89%
23Dylan15,9810.83%
24Noah14,9310.78%
25Christian14,7830.77%
26Robert14,5400.76%
27Samuel14,0490.73%
28Kyle13,7740.72%
29Benjamin13,6660.71%
30Jordan13,0520.68%
31Thomas12,7950.67%
32Nathan12,5380.65%
33Cameron12,4350.65%
34Kevin12,2570.64%
35Jose12,1550.63%
36Hunter11,4850.60%
37Ethan11,4460.60%
38Aaron9,8600.51%
39Eric9,3820.49%
40Jason9,3660.49%
41Caleb9,2810.48%
42Logan9,1360.48%
43Brian8,8080.46%
44Adam8,2230.43%
45Cody7,8640.41%
46Juan7,8000.41%
47Steven7,6890.40%
48Connor7,5970.40%
49Timothy7,5930.40%
50Charles7,5250.39%

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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