Names by decade · United States

The names of the 1990s

Jessica for girls and Michael for boys: the 30 most-given names of the decade, and the share of babies who got each.

Girls

  1. Jessica1 in 59
  2. Ashley1 in 60
  3. Emily1 in 76
  4. Sarah1 in 80
  5. Samantha1 in 80
  6. Amanda1 in 94
  7. Brittany1 in 94
  8. Elizabeth1 in 104
  9. Taylor1 in 107
  10. Megan1 in 112
  11. Hannah1 in 113
  12. Kayla1 in 115
  13. Lauren1 in 117
  14. Stephanie1 in 120
  15. Rachel1 in 121
  16. Jennifer1 in 122
  17. Nicole1 in 132
  18. Alexis1 in 137
  19. Victoria1 in 153
  20. Amber1 in 156
  21. Alyssa1 in 156
  22. Courtney1 in 159
  23. Rebecca1 in 164
  24. Danielle1 in 164
  25. Jasmine1 in 171
  26. Brianna1 in 182
  27. Katherine1 in 186
  28. Alexandra1 in 190
  29. Madison1 in 196
  30. Morgan1 in 197

Boys

  1. Michael1 in 42
  2. Christopher1 in 54
  3. Matthew1 in 55
  4. Joshua1 in 59
  5. Jacob1 in 65
  6. Nicholas1 in 71
  7. Andrew1 in 71
  8. Daniel1 in 72
  9. Tyler1 in 74
  10. Joseph1 in 75
  11. Brandon1 in 75
  12. David1 in 77
  13. James1 in 80
  14. Ryan1 in 81
  15. John1 in 81
  16. Zachary1 in 86
  17. Justin1 in 88
  18. William1 in 89
  19. Anthony1 in 90
  20. Robert1 in 95
  21. Jonathan1 in 99
  22. Austin1 in 102
  23. Alexander1 in 106
  24. Kyle1 in 108
  25. Kevin1 in 118
  26. Thomas1 in 133
  27. Cody1 in 133
  28. Jordan1 in 135
  29. Eric1 in 144
  30. Benjamin1 in 145

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