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
| # | Name | Babies | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emily | 26,542 | 1.50% |
| 2 | Hannah | 21,679 | 1.22% |
| 3 | Alexis | 19,237 | 1.08% |
| 4 | Sarah | 19,119 | 1.08% |
| 5 | Samantha | 19,044 | 1.07% |
| 6 | Ashley | 18,136 | 1.02% |
| 7 | Madison | 18,054 | 1.02% |
| 8 | Taylor | 16,906 | 0.95% |
| 9 | Jessica | 16,350 | 0.92% |
| 10 | Elizabeth | 15,350 | 0.87% |
| 11 | Alyssa | 14,036 | 0.79% |
| 12 | Lauren | 13,911 | 0.78% |
| 13 | Kayla | 13,292 | 0.75% |
| 14 | Brianna | 12,419 | 0.70% |
| 15 | Megan | 12,230 | 0.69% |
| 16 | Victoria | 11,874 | 0.67% |
| 17 | Emma | 11,751 | 0.66% |
| 18 | Abigail | 11,686 | 0.66% |
| 19 | Rachel | 11,632 | 0.66% |
| 20 | Olivia | 11,257 | 0.63% |
| 21 | Jennifer | 10,616 | 0.60% |
| 22 | Amanda | 9,750 | 0.55% |
| 23 | Sydney | 9,649 | 0.54% |
| 24 | Morgan | 9,607 | 0.54% |
| 25 | Nicole | 9,515 | 0.54% |
| 26 | Jasmine | 9,351 | 0.53% |
| 27 | Grace | 9,181 | 0.52% |
| 28 | Destiny | 9,172 | 0.52% |
| 29 | Anna | 9,115 | 0.51% |
| 30 | Julia | 8,753 | 0.49% |
| 31 | Haley | 8,202 | 0.46% |
| 32 | Alexandra | 8,163 | 0.46% |
| 33 | Kaitlyn | 8,158 | 0.46% |
| 34 | Natalie | 8,079 | 0.46% |
| 35 | Brittany | 7,942 | 0.45% |
| 36 | Katherine | 7,935 | 0.45% |
| 37 | Stephanie | 7,692 | 0.43% |
| 38 | Rebecca | 7,437 | 0.42% |
| 39 | Maria | 7,035 | 0.40% |
| 40 | Allison | 7,026 | 0.40% |
| 41 | Amber | 6,841 | 0.39% |
| 42 | Savannah | 6,806 | 0.38% |
| 43 | Danielle | 6,753 | 0.38% |
| 44 | Courtney | 6,559 | 0.37% |
| 45 | Mary | 6,390 | 0.36% |
| 46 | Gabrielle | 6,130 | 0.35% |
| 47 | Brooke | 6,066 | 0.34% |
| 48 | Jordan | 5,730 | 0.32% |
| 49 | Sierra | 5,715 | 0.32% |
| 50 | Sara | 5,626 | 0.32% |
Boys, 1999
| # | Name | Babies | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob | 35,371 | 1.84% |
| 2 | Michael | 33,915 | 1.77% |
| 3 | Matthew | 30,418 | 1.58% |
| 4 | Joshua | 27,265 | 1.42% |
| 5 | Nicholas | 25,639 | 1.34% |
| 6 | Christopher | 25,604 | 1.33% |
| 7 | Andrew | 23,866 | 1.24% |
| 8 | Joseph | 23,220 | 1.21% |
| 9 | Daniel | 22,704 | 1.18% |
| 10 | Tyler | 22,669 | 1.18% |
| 11 | Brandon | 21,601 | 1.12% |
| 12 | Ryan | 21,014 | 1.09% |
| 13 | Austin | 20,767 | 1.08% |
| 14 | William | 20,718 | 1.08% |
| 15 | John | 20,366 | 1.06% |
| 16 | David | 20,352 | 1.06% |
| 17 | Zachary | 19,985 | 1.04% |
| 18 | Anthony | 19,472 | 1.01% |
| 19 | James | 18,555 | 0.97% |
| 20 | Justin | 18,277 | 0.95% |
| 21 | Alexander | 17,420 | 0.91% |
| 22 | Jonathan | 17,068 | 0.89% |
| 23 | Dylan | 15,981 | 0.83% |
| 24 | Noah | 14,931 | 0.78% |
| 25 | Christian | 14,783 | 0.77% |
| 26 | Robert | 14,540 | 0.76% |
| 27 | Samuel | 14,049 | 0.73% |
| 28 | Kyle | 13,774 | 0.72% |
| 29 | Benjamin | 13,666 | 0.71% |
| 30 | Jordan | 13,052 | 0.68% |
| 31 | Thomas | 12,795 | 0.67% |
| 32 | Nathan | 12,538 | 0.65% |
| 33 | Cameron | 12,435 | 0.65% |
| 34 | Kevin | 12,257 | 0.64% |
| 35 | Jose | 12,155 | 0.63% |
| 36 | Hunter | 11,485 | 0.60% |
| 37 | Ethan | 11,446 | 0.60% |
| 38 | Aaron | 9,860 | 0.51% |
| 39 | Eric | 9,382 | 0.49% |
| 40 | Jason | 9,366 | 0.49% |
| 41 | Caleb | 9,281 | 0.48% |
| 42 | Logan | 9,136 | 0.48% |
| 43 | Brian | 8,808 | 0.46% |
| 44 | Adam | 8,223 | 0.43% |
| 45 | Cody | 7,864 | 0.41% |
| 46 | Juan | 7,800 | 0.41% |
| 47 | Steven | 7,689 | 0.40% |
| 48 | Connor | 7,597 | 0.40% |
| 49 | Timothy | 7,593 | 0.40% |
| 50 | Charles | 7,525 | 0.39% |
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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