Popular baby names of 1990

In 1990, the most popular baby names in the United States were Jessica for girls (46,486 babies) and Michael for boys (65,321). Social Security records show 3,952,585 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 15,234 girls' names and 9,493 boys' names.

1990 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 16.0% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 19.5% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Olivia, Paige, Ariel, Alexandria, Gabrielle, Shelby.
New in the boys' top 100: Dylan, Jesus, Garrett, Gabriel.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989
1	Jessica	46,486	–
2	Ashley	45,561	–
3	Brittany	36,536	–
4	Amanda	34,413	–
5	Samantha	25,868	↑1
6	Sarah	25,824	↓1
7	Stephanie	24,864	↑1
8	Jennifer	22,236	↓1
9	Elizabeth	20,750	↑1
10	Lauren	20,506	↓1
11	Megan	20,259	–
12	Emily	19,370	↑1
13	Nicole	17,954	↓1
14	Kayla	17,538	↑6
15	Amber	15,866	↓1
16	Rachel	15,710	↑2
17	Courtney	15,380	↑4
18	Danielle	14,339	↓1
19	Heather	14,220	↓4
20	Melissa	14,000	↓1
21	Rebecca	13,677	↑3
22	Michelle	13,425	–
23	Tiffany	13,160	↓7
24	Chelsea	12,785	↑3
25	Christina	11,927	↓2
26	Katherine	11,625	–
27	Alyssa	11,263	↑6
28	Jasmine	11,037	↑2
29	Laura	10,914	↓4
30	Hannah	10,283	↑12
31	Kimberly	10,191	↓3
32	Kelsey	9,494	↓1
33	Victoria	9,109	↑11
34	Sara	8,979	↓5
35	Mary	8,670	↑3
36	Erica	8,608	↓2
37	Alexandra	8,508	↑6
38	Amy	8,463	↓3
39	Crystal	8,218	↓7
40	Andrea	8,214	↓1
41	Kelly	8,137	↓4
42	Kristen	8,073	↓6
43	Erin	7,989	↓3
44	Brittney	7,427	↓3
45	Anna	7,293	↑6
46	Taylor	7,262	↑29
47	Maria	7,186	↑9
48	Allison	7,136	↓2
49	Cassandra	7,054	↑5
50	Caitlin	7,026	↓1
51	Lindsey	6,782	↓3
52	Angela	6,666	↓5
53	Katie	6,514	↓8
54	Alicia	6,511	↓1
55	Jamie	6,509	↓3
56	Vanessa	6,409	↓6
57	Kathryn	6,353	↑1
58	Morgan	6,047	↑11
59	Jordan	5,957	↑13
60	Whitney	5,905	↓3
61	Brianna	5,680	↑16
62	Christine	5,679	↓3
63	Natalie	5,637	↓1
64	Lisa	5,347	↓9
65	Kristin	5,300	↓5
66	Alexis	5,257	↑26
67	Jacqueline	5,237	↓3
68	Shannon	5,190	↓7
69	Lindsay	5,040	↓6
70	Brooke	4,990	↑4
71	Catherine	4,894	↓4
72	Olivia	4,626	new
73	April	4,572	↓7
74	Erika	4,569	↓1
75	Katelyn	4,489	↑1
76	Monica	4,453	↓8
77	Kristina	4,389	↓12
78	Kaitlyn	4,312	↑17
79	Paige	4,113	new
80	Molly	3,965	↑13
81	Jenna	3,956	↓10
82	Leah	3,924	↑1
83	Julia	3,914	↑13
84	Bianca	3,829	↑7
85	Tara	3,826	↓15
86	Melanie	3,813	↑2
87	Marissa	3,806	↓6
88	Cynthia	3,797	↓4
89	Holly	3,772	↓10
90	Abigail	3,719	↑4
91	Meghan	3,695	↓11
92	Kathleen	3,670	↓2
93	Julie	3,657	↓15
94	Ariel	3,607	new
95	Alexandria	3,595	new
96	Veronica	3,588	↓11
97	Patricia	3,579	↓8
98	Diana	3,548	↓12
99	Gabrielle	3,541	new
100	Shelby	3,517	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989
1	Michael	65,321	–
2	Christopher	52,362	–
3	Matthew	44,826	–
4	Joshua	43,237	–
5	Daniel	33,830	↑1
6	David	33,748	↓1
7	Andrew	33,673	–
8	James	32,359	↑1
9	Justin	30,649	↓1
10	Joseph	30,137	↑1
11	Ryan	29,263	↑2
12	John	29,089	–
13	Robert	28,886	↓3
14	Nicholas	27,913	–
15	Anthony	25,088	↑1
16	William	24,906	↓1
17	Jonathan	24,077	–
18	Kyle	22,710	↑2
19	Brandon	22,163	↓1
20	Jacob	22,022	↑6
21	Tyler	20,646	↑9
22	Zachary	20,430	↑3
23	Kevin	20,413	↓4
24	Eric	19,430	↓3
25	Steven	18,764	↓3
26	Thomas	18,231	↓3
27	Brian	16,935	↓3
28	Alexander	16,194	↑4
29	Jordan	16,137	↑15
30	Timothy	15,700	↓2
31	Cody	15,399	↑14
32	Adam	14,713	↓5
33	Benjamin	14,633	↓4
34	Aaron	14,557	↓3
35	Richard	13,580	↓2
36	Patrick	12,377	↑2
37	Sean	12,018	↑2
38	Charles	12,000	↓2
39	Stephen	11,943	↑1
40	Jeremy	11,689	↓6
41	Jose	11,519	↑5
42	Travis	11,462	↓1
43	Jeffrey	10,980	↓6
44	Nathan	10,934	↓1
45	Samuel	10,894	↑2
46	Jason	10,694	↓11
47	Mark	10,689	↓5
48	Jesse	8,977	↑2
49	Paul	8,579	–
50	Dustin	8,457	↓2
51	Gregory	8,378	↑1
52	Kenneth	8,262	↑1
53	Scott	8,086	↓2
54	Derek	8,083	–
55	Austin	7,915	↑4
56	Corey	7,692	↓1
57	Bryan	7,439	↓1
58	Ethan	6,989	↑29
59	Alex	6,951	↑1
60	Christian	6,786	↑18
61	Juan	6,743	↑2
62	Cameron	6,660	↑2
63	Jared	6,643	↓6
64	Taylor	6,579	↑8
65	Bradley	6,437	↓7
66	Luis	5,795	↑7
67	Cory	5,765	↓6
68	Edward	5,746	↓6
69	Shawn	5,721	↓4
70	Ian	5,460	↓2
71	Evan	5,308	↓2
72	Marcus	5,304	↓5
73	Shane	5,274	↓2
74	Peter	5,224	↓8
75	Carlos	5,213	↑2
76	Trevor	5,141	↑7
77	Antonio	4,867	↓1
78	Vincent	4,804	↑2
79	George	4,567	–
80	Keith	4,481	↓10
81	Phillip	4,454	↓6
82	Victor	4,445	↑7
83	Dylan	4,414	new
84	Brett	4,394	↓3
85	Chad	4,351	↓11
86	Nathaniel	4,348	↓2
87	Donald	4,177	↓5
88	Caleb	4,154	↑3
89	Casey	4,134	↑1
90	Jesus	4,131	new
91	Blake	4,103	↑6
92	Raymond	4,062	↓6
93	Mitchell	4,021	–
94	Adrian	4,000	↑6
95	Joel	4,000	↓7
96	Erik	3,956	↓1
97	Ronald	3,899	↓12
98	Devin	3,866	↓2
99	Garrett	3,757	new
100	Gabriel	3,699	new

Every name given in 1990

All 24,727 names Social Security recorded for 1990, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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