Names by year · United States

The names of 1999

In 1999, the SSA recorded 3,693,973 babies with names given at least five times. Emily was the top girls' name and Jacob the top boys' name.

Girls

RankNamebornin 2025
1Emily1 in 6726,542#34
2Hannah1 in 8221,679#56
3Alexis1 in 9219,237#554
4Sarah1 in 9319,119#90
5Samantha1 in 9319,044#151
6Ashley1 in 9818,136#164
7Madison1 in 9818,054#40
8Taylor1 in 10516,906#403
9Jessica1 in 10816,350#665
10Elizabeth1 in 11615,350#17
11Alyssa1 in 12614,036#453
12Lauren1 in 12813,911#401
13Kayla1 in 13313,292#364
14Brianna1 in 14312,419#222
15Megan1 in 14512,230#889
16Victoria1 in 14911,874#54
17Emma1 in 15111,751#3
18Abigail1 in 15211,686#41
19Rachel1 in 15211,632#250
20Olivia1 in 15811,257#1
21Jennifer1 in 16710,616#586
22Amanda1 in 1829,750#493
23Sydney1 in 1849,649#348
24Morgan1 in 1859,607#312
25Nicole1 in 1869,515#383

Boys

RankNamebornin 2025
1Jacob1 in 5435,371#43
2Michael1 in 5733,915#21
3Matthew1 in 6330,418#32
4Joshua1 in 7027,265#66
5Nicholas1 in 7525,639#112
6Christopher1 in 7525,604#68
7Andrew1 in 8023,866#73
8Joseph1 in 8323,220#29
9Daniel1 in 8522,704#22
10Tyler1 in 8522,669#220
11Brandon1 in 8921,601#261
12Ryan1 in 9121,014#99
13Austin1 in 9220,767#113
14William1 in 9320,718#9
15John1 in 9420,366#23
16David1 in 9420,352#35
17Zachary1 in 9619,985#216
18Anthony1 in 9919,472#46
19James1 in 10318,555#6
20Justin1 in 10518,277#233
21Alexander1 in 11017,420#30
22Jonathan1 in 11317,068#89
23Dylan1 in 12015,981#41
24Noah1 in 12914,931#2
25Christian1 in 13014,783#96

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