Names by year · United States

The names of 1991

In 1991, the SSA recorded 3,895,335 babies with names given at least five times. Ashley was the top girls' name and Michael the top boys' name.

Girls

RankNamebornin 2025
1Ashley1 in 4343,477#164
2Jessica1 in 4343,398#665
3Brittany1 in 6429,093#928
4Amanda1 in 6528,896#493
5Samantha1 in 7325,651#151
6Sarah1 in 7425,233#90
7Stephanie1 in 8222,775#557
8Jennifer1 in 9120,673#586
9Elizabeth1 in 9220,395#17
10Emily1 in 9220,311#34
11Megan1 in 9719,278#889
12Kayla1 in 10118,545#364
13Lauren1 in 10218,412#401
14Rachel1 in 11516,344#250
15Nicole1 in 11716,046#383
16Amber1 in 12514,992#520
17Danielle1 in 13813,619#549
18Chelsea1 in 13913,509#851
19Courtney1 in 13913,441#2,335
20Melissa1 in 14013,348#420
21Rebecca1 in 14113,298#350
22Michelle1 in 15412,213#465
23Heather1 in 16011,703#1,264
24Jasmine1 in 16311,524#206
25Katherine1 in 16311,495#186

Boys

RankNamebornin 2025
1Michael1 in 3360,810#21
2Christopher1 in 4347,111#68
3Matthew1 in 4941,647#32
4Joshua1 in 4941,226#66
5Andrew1 in 6431,539#73
6Daniel1 in 6530,935#22
7James1 in 6630,514#6
8David1 in 6630,416#35
9Joseph1 in 6829,840#29
10John1 in 7327,809#23
11Ryan1 in 7327,536#99
12Nicholas1 in 7427,357#112
13Robert1 in 7526,839#92
14Justin1 in 7526,797#233
15Brandon1 in 7826,021#261
16Tyler1 in 8025,209#220
17Jacob1 in 8025,200#43
18Anthony1 in 8324,447#46
19William1 in 8523,860#9
20Jonathan1 in 8822,975#89
21Kyle1 in 9321,610#509
22Zachary1 in 9421,387#216
23Kevin1 in 10020,262#221
24Cody1 in 10618,980#318
25Eric1 in 11218,051#273

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