Popular baby names of 1991

In 1991, the most popular baby names in the United States were Ashley for girls (43,477 babies) and Michael for boys (60,810). Social Security records show 3,895,335 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 15,466 girls' names and 9,648 boys' names.

1991 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 14.9% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 18.4% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Mariah, Haley, Miranda, Briana, Kaitlin.
New in the boys' top 100: Miguel, Logan, Seth.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990
1	Ashley	43,477	↑1
2	Jessica	43,398	↓1
3	Brittany	29,093	–
4	Amanda	28,896	–
5	Samantha	25,651	–
6	Sarah	25,233	–
7	Stephanie	22,775	–
8	Jennifer	20,673	–
9	Elizabeth	20,395	–
10	Emily	20,311	↑2
11	Megan	19,278	–
12	Kayla	18,545	↑2
13	Lauren	18,412	↓3
14	Rachel	16,344	↑2
15	Nicole	16,046	↓2
16	Amber	14,992	↓1
17	Danielle	13,619	↑1
18	Chelsea	13,509	↑6
19	Courtney	13,441	↓2
20	Melissa	13,348	–
21	Rebecca	13,298	–
22	Michelle	12,213	–
23	Heather	11,703	↓4
24	Jasmine	11,524	↑4
25	Katherine	11,495	↑1
26	Kelsey	11,435	↑6
27	Tiffany	11,155	↓4
28	Victoria	10,912	↑5
29	Hannah	10,769	↑1
30	Alyssa	10,678	↓3
31	Christina	10,564	↓6
32	Taylor	10,253	↑14
33	Shelby	10,220	↑67
34	Kimberly	9,799	↓3
35	Laura	9,644	↓6
36	Alexandra	9,460	↑1
37	Sara	8,846	↓3
38	Mary	8,764	↓3
39	Andrea	7,995	↑1
40	Erica	7,800	↓4
41	Crystal	7,727	↓2
42	Kelly	7,515	↓1
43	Amy	7,275	↓5
44	Erin	7,207	↓1
45	Maria	7,136	↑2
46	Anna	7,119	↓1
47	Alexis	7,009	↑19
48	Kristen	6,816	↓6
49	Morgan	6,794	↑9
50	Allison	6,773	↓2
51	Brianna	6,561	↑10
52	Lindsey	6,460	↓1
53	Katie	6,425	–
54	Cassandra	6,408	↓5
55	Caitlin	6,384	↓5
56	Vanessa	5,926	–
57	Kathryn	5,832	–
58	Brittney	5,829	↓14
59	Angela	5,802	↓7
60	Jamie	5,781	↓5
61	Olivia	5,602	↑11
62	Jordan	5,561	↓3
63	Alicia	5,558	↓9
64	Natalie	5,557	↓1
65	Brooke	5,551	↑5
66	Ariel	5,411	↑28
67	Julia	5,365	↑16
68	Whitney	5,239	↓8
69	Mariah	5,192	new
70	Jacqueline	4,989	↓3
71	Shannon	4,845	↓3
72	Catherine	4,815	↓1
73	Christine	4,806	↓11
74	Molly	4,652	↑6
75	Katelyn	4,560	–
76	Paige	4,516	↑3
77	Lindsay	4,483	↓8
78	Alexandria	4,470	↑17
79	Haley	4,463	new
80	Jenna	4,460	↑1
81	Marissa	4,421	↑6
82	Kaitlyn	4,407	↓4
83	Lisa	4,395	↓19
84	Erika	4,310	↓10
85	Monica	4,156	↓9
86	Kristin	4,087	↓21
87	Kristina	3,876	↓10
88	April	3,857	↓15
89	Bianca	3,844	↓5
90	Miranda	3,820	new
91	Leah	3,816	↓9
92	Abigail	3,799	↓2
93	Cynthia	3,707	↓5
94	Meghan	3,704	↓3
95	Briana	3,689	new
96	Melanie	3,580	↓10
97	Gabrielle	3,578	↑2
98	Julie	3,571	↓5
99	Kaitlin	3,486	new
100	Veronica	3,441	↓4

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990
1	Michael	60,810	–
2	Christopher	47,111	–
3	Matthew	41,647	–
4	Joshua	41,226	–
5	Andrew	31,539	↑2
6	Daniel	30,935	↓1
7	James	30,514	↑1
8	David	30,416	↓2
9	Joseph	29,840	↑1
10	John	27,809	↑2
11	Ryan	27,536	–
12	Nicholas	27,357	↑2
13	Robert	26,839	–
14	Justin	26,797	↓5
15	Brandon	26,021	↑4
16	Tyler	25,209	↑5
17	Jacob	25,200	↑3
18	Anthony	24,447	↓3
19	William	23,860	↓3
20	Jonathan	22,975	↓3
21	Kyle	21,610	↓3
22	Zachary	21,387	–
23	Kevin	20,262	–
24	Cody	18,980	↑7
25	Eric	18,051	↓1
26	Alexander	17,640	↑2
27	Steven	16,863	↓2
28	Thomas	16,789	↓2
29	Jordan	16,020	–
30	Brian	14,915	↓3
31	Aaron	14,242	↑3
32	Timothy	14,154	↓2
33	Benjamin	13,877	–
34	Richard	12,553	↑1
35	Patrick	12,412	↑1
36	Adam	12,308	↓4
37	Jose	11,727	↑4
38	Charles	11,336	–
39	Samuel	11,234	↑6
40	Sean	11,182	↓3
41	Stephen	10,525	↓2
42	Nathan	10,500	↑2
43	Jeremy	10,403	↓3
44	Travis	10,134	↓2
45	Jeffrey	9,894	↓2
46	Dylan	9,763	↑37
47	Mark	9,684	–
48	Christian	9,447	↑12
49	Jason	9,387	↓3
50	Austin	9,054	↑5
51	Jesse	8,367	↓3
52	Taylor	7,972	↑12
53	Paul	7,680	↓4
54	Kenneth	7,576	↓2
55	Gregory	7,555	↓4
56	Dustin	7,383	↓6
57	Scott	7,114	↓4
58	Corey	6,931	↓2
59	Derek	6,893	↓5
60	Juan	6,843	↑1
61	Bryan	6,757	↓4
62	Cameron	6,697	–
63	Alex	6,673	↓4
64	Jared	6,214	↓1
65	Ethan	6,129	↓7
66	Luis	5,896	–
67	Bradley	5,723	↓2
68	Edward	5,572	–
69	Trevor	5,531	↑7
70	Evan	5,448	↑1
71	Shawn	5,415	↓2
72	Carlos	5,330	↑3
73	Ian	5,326	↓3
74	Cory	5,121	↓7
75	Shane	5,106	↓2
76	Marcus	5,069	↓4
77	Peter	4,959	↓3
78	Caleb	4,864	↑10
79	Antonio	4,616	↓2
80	Jesus	4,601	↑10
81	Vincent	4,493	↓3
82	Gabriel	4,414	↑18
83	Devin	4,388	↑15
84	Nathaniel	4,367	↑2
85	Victor	4,335	↓3
86	Blake	4,275	↑5
87	George	4,179	↓8
88	Brett	4,153	↓4
89	Keith	4,124	↓9
90	Casey	4,107	↓1
91	Garrett	4,054	↑8
92	Miguel	3,948	new
93	Adrian	3,921	↑1
94	Logan	3,893	new
95	Erik	3,892	↑1
96	Mitchell	3,882	↓3
97	Raymond	3,865	↓5
98	Phillip	3,851	↓17
99	Seth	3,812	new
100	Joel	3,762	↓5

Every name given in 1991

All 25,114 names Social Security recorded for 1991, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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