Popular baby names of 1992

In 1992, the most popular baby names in the United States were Ashley for girls (38,460 babies) and Michael for boys (54,410). Social Security records show 3,841,340 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 15,610 girls' names and 9,820 boys' names.

1992 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 13.8% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 17.3% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Breanna, Holly, Angelica.
New in the boys' top 100: Dillon, Connor, Luke, Spencer.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1992

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991
1	Ashley	38,460	–
2	Jessica	38,361	–
3	Amanda	25,039	↑1
4	Brittany	24,983	↓1
5	Sarah	24,634	↑1
6	Samantha	24,407	↓1
7	Emily	21,835	↑3
8	Stephanie	19,680	↓1
9	Elizabeth	19,035	–
10	Megan	17,842	↑1
11	Jennifer	17,819	↓3
12	Lauren	17,215	↑1
13	Kayla	16,517	↓1
14	Nicole	16,327	↑1
15	Chelsea	16,177	↑3
16	Rachel	15,840	↓2
17	Taylor	14,954	↑15
18	Danielle	14,098	↓1
19	Amber	13,917	↓3
20	Rebecca	13,110	↑1
21	Courtney	12,604	↓2
22	Victoria	11,907	↑6
23	Kelsey	11,713	↑3
24	Melissa	11,710	↓4
25	Michelle	11,512	↓3
26	Hannah	11,496	↑3
27	Katherine	11,149	↓2
28	Jasmine	10,479	↓4
29	Alexandra	10,221	↑7
30	Alyssa	10,163	–
31	Heather	9,725	↓8
32	Tiffany	9,722	↓5
33	Christina	9,444	↓2
34	Shelby	9,396	↓1
35	Kimberly	8,895	↓1
36	Mary	8,463	↑2
37	Sara	8,443	–
38	Laura	8,311	↓3
39	Andrea	8,024	–
40	Alexis	7,948	↑7
41	Morgan	7,789	↑8
42	Kaitlyn	7,480	↑40
43	Brianna	7,296	↑8
44	Erica	7,133	↓4
45	Maria	7,091	–
46	Erin	7,059	↓2
47	Kelly	7,012	↓5
48	Allison	6,903	↑2
49	Anna	6,853	↓3
50	Crystal	6,598	↓9
51	Amy	6,340	↓8
52	Cassandra	6,312	↑2
53	Kristen	6,253	↓5
54	Katie	6,116	↓1
55	Vanessa	6,080	↑1
56	Haley	6,040	↑23
57	Lindsey	5,893	↓5
58	Olivia	5,811	↑3
59	Brooke	5,771	↑6
60	Kathryn	5,686	↓3
61	Natalie	5,583	↑3
62	Caitlin	5,391	↓7
63	Jordan	5,366	↓1
64	Paige	5,305	↑12
65	Katelyn	5,291	↑10
66	Shannon	5,290	↑5
67	Jenna	5,091	↑13
68	Brittney	5,085	↓10
69	Angela	5,078	↓10
70	Julia	5,021	↓3
71	Alicia	4,910	↓8
72	Marissa	4,873	↑9
73	Alexandria	4,796	↑5
74	Mariah	4,712	↓5
75	Jamie	4,702	↓15
76	Jacqueline	4,689	↓6
77	Monica	4,590	↑8
78	Catherine	4,536	↓6
79	Briana	4,350	↑16
80	Erika	4,342	↑4
81	Lindsay	4,262	↓4
82	Christine	4,150	↓9
83	Molly	4,137	↓9
84	Gabrielle	4,028	↑13
85	Whitney	4,010	↓17
86	Abigail	3,988	↑6
87	Ariel	3,961	↓21
88	Lisa	3,781	↓5
89	Miranda	3,695	↑1
90	Kristin	3,597	↓4
91	Meghan	3,595	↑3
92	Cynthia	3,548	↑1
93	Kristina	3,466	↓6
94	Breanna	3,451	new
95	Veronica	3,444	↑5
96	Leah	3,431	↓5
97	Bianca	3,385	↓8
98	Melanie	3,353	↓2
99	Holly	3,347	new
100	Angelica	3,324	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991
1	Michael	54,410	–
2	Christopher	42,468	–
3	Matthew	37,733	–
4	Joshua	36,221	–
5	Andrew	30,542	–
6	Brandon	29,628	↑9
7	Daniel	29,157	↓1
8	Tyler	28,806	↑8
9	James	28,513	↓2
10	David	28,425	↓2
11	Joseph	27,904	↓2
12	Nicholas	27,762	–
13	Ryan	27,022	↓2
14	John	26,253	↓4
15	Jacob	25,665	↑2
16	Zachary	24,802	↑6
17	Robert	24,094	↓4
18	Justin	23,620	↓4
19	Anthony	23,174	↓1
20	William	23,066	↓1
21	Jonathan	21,413	↓1
22	Kyle	20,714	↓1
23	Alexander	20,069	↑3
24	Cody	19,876	–
25	Kevin	19,647	↓2
26	Eric	16,145	↓1
27	Thomas	15,290	↑1
28	Dylan	15,064	↑18
29	Steven	15,039	↓2
30	Aaron	14,512	↑1
31	Brian	14,107	↓1
32	Jordan	14,032	↓3
33	Benjamin	13,455	–
34	Timothy	12,864	↓2
35	Christian	11,953	↑13
36	Adam	11,905	–
37	Jose	11,824	–
38	Austin	11,458	↑12
39	Patrick	11,409	↓4
40	Samuel	11,344	↓1
41	Richard	11,332	↓7
42	Sean	11,065	↓2
43	Charles	10,469	↓5
44	Nathan	10,154	↓2
45	Stephen	9,308	↓4
46	Jason	9,249	↑3
47	Jeremy	9,042	↓4
48	Travis	8,895	↓4
49	Mark	8,745	↓2
50	Jesse	8,563	↑1
51	Jeffrey	8,471	↓6
52	Taylor	8,239	–
53	Cameron	7,356	↑9
54	Alex	7,351	↑9
55	Paul	7,003	↓2
56	Juan	6,956	↑4
57	Bryan	6,835	↑4
58	Dustin	6,798	↓2
59	Kenneth	6,732	↓5
60	Gregory	6,498	↓5
61	Scott	6,447	↓4
62	Derek	6,293	↓3
63	Trevor	6,193	↑6
64	Luis	6,169	↑2
65	Corey	6,140	↓7
66	Evan	6,051	↑4
67	Jared	5,868	↓3
68	Ian	5,536	↑5
69	Carlos	5,342	↑3
70	Edward	5,233	↓2
71	Shawn	5,153	–
72	Bradley	5,098	↓5
73	Dillon	5,062	new
74	Caleb	5,042	↑4
75	Devin	4,972	↑8
76	Ethan	4,906	↓11
77	Shane	4,847	↓2
78	Jesus	4,823	↑2
79	Nathaniel	4,687	↑5
80	Connor	4,609	new
81	Peter	4,598	↓4
82	Marcus	4,545	↓6
83	Cory	4,436	↓9
84	Blake	4,397	↑2
85	Antonio	4,344	↓6
86	Gabriel	4,336	↓4
87	Victor	4,293	↓2
88	Garrett	4,270	↑3
89	Logan	4,226	↑5
90	Miguel	4,173	↑2
91	Mitchell	4,122	↑5
92	Vincent	4,106	↓11
93	Luke	4,066	new
94	Seth	3,913	↑5
95	George	3,894	↓8
96	Adrian	3,859	↓3
97	Brett	3,823	↓9
98	Erik	3,815	↓3
99	Spencer	3,696	new
100	Joel	3,667	–

Every name given in 1992

All 25,430 names Social Security recorded for 1992, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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