Popular baby names of 1993

In 1993, the most popular baby names in the United States were Jessica for girls (34,993 babies) and Michael for boys (49,571). Social Security records show 3,770,400 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 15,801 girls' names and 10,170 boys' names.

1993 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 13.3% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 16.7% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Madison, Emma, Sierra, Diana, Savannah, Sabrina, Kaitlin.
New in the boys' top 100: Dakota, Lucas, Hunter, Tanner.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1993

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992
1	Jessica	34,993	↑1
2	Ashley	34,849	↓1
3	Sarah	24,257	↑2
4	Samantha	23,668	↑2
5	Emily	23,596	↑2
6	Brittany	21,725	↓2
7	Taylor	21,270	↑10
8	Amanda	20,811	↓5
9	Elizabeth	17,559	–
10	Stephanie	17,186	↓2
11	Megan	16,384	↓1
12	Lauren	16,194	–
13	Nicole	16,183	↑1
14	Rachel	15,974	↑2
15	Jennifer	15,749	↓4
16	Kayla	15,453	↓3
17	Amber	14,066	↑2
18	Danielle	12,992	–
19	Victoria	12,925	↑3
20	Courtney	12,577	↑1
21	Hannah	12,510	↑5
22	Rebecca	12,321	↓2
23	Jasmine	12,063	↑5
24	Kelsey	11,380	↓1
25	Chelsea	11,287	↓10
26	Alyssa	11,031	↑4
27	Alexis	10,834	↑13
28	Alexandra	10,683	↑1
29	Katherine	10,506	↓2
30	Melissa	10,225	↓6
31	Michelle	10,193	↓6
32	Brianna	8,775	↑11
33	Tiffany	8,586	↓1
34	Morgan	8,573	↑7
35	Christina	8,289	↓2
36	Mary	8,124	–
37	Shelby	8,122	↓3
38	Heather	8,103	↓7
39	Kimberly	7,965	↓4
40	Sara	7,902	↓3
41	Allison	7,729	↑7
42	Haley	7,618	↑14
43	Laura	7,262	↓5
44	Andrea	7,242	↓5
45	Maria	6,978	–
46	Kaitlyn	6,956	↓4
47	Anna	6,813	↑2
48	Erin	6,717	↓2
49	Erica	6,411	↓5
50	Olivia	6,343	↑8
51	Kelly	6,295	↓4
52	Brooke	6,161	↑7
53	Shannon	6,070	↑13
54	Katelyn	5,975	↑11
55	Vanessa	5,890	–
56	Lindsey	5,845	↑1
57	Crystal	5,829	↓7
58	Jordan	5,823	↑5
59	Marissa	5,626	↑13
60	Paige	5,612	↑4
61	Kristen	5,534	↓8
62	Natalie	5,484	↓1
63	Katie	5,456	↓9
64	Caitlin	5,428	↓2
65	Amy	5,420	↓14
66	Cassandra	5,420	↓14
67	Abigail	5,185	↑19
68	Kathryn	5,092	↓8
69	Alexandria	5,027	↑4
70	Jenna	4,882	↓3
71	Briana	4,880	↑8
72	Julia	4,663	↓2
73	Angela	4,572	↓4
74	Jacqueline	4,516	↑2
75	Catherine	4,475	↑3
76	Alicia	4,431	↓5
77	Brittney	4,420	↓9
78	Madison	4,384	new
79	Jamie	4,254	↓4
80	Emma	4,108	new
81	Mariah	4,093	↓7
82	Whitney	4,078	↑3
83	Breanna	4,027	↑11
84	Gabrielle	4,017	–
85	Erika	4,010	↓5
86	Monica	3,901	↓9
87	Molly	3,708	↓4
88	Lindsay	3,664	↓7
89	Miranda	3,581	–
90	Christine	3,477	↓8
91	Sierra	3,473	new
92	Leah	3,414	↑4
93	Meghan	3,401	↓2
94	Diana	3,389	new
95	Cynthia	3,383	↓3
96	Savannah	3,343	new
97	Sabrina	3,322	new
98	Angelica	3,242	↑2
99	Kaitlin	3,226	new
100	Lisa	3,223	↓12

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992
1	Michael	49,571	–
2	Christopher	38,237	–
3	Matthew	35,782	–
4	Joshua	33,590	–
5	Tyler	29,800	↑3
6	Brandon	28,735	–
7	Daniel	28,698	–
8	Nicholas	28,114	↑4
9	Jacob	27,487	↑6
10	Andrew	27,326	↓5
11	David	27,038	↓1
12	Joseph	27,014	↓1
13	Ryan	26,727	–
14	James	26,259	↓5
15	Zachary	25,538	↑1
16	John	24,996	↓2
17	Robert	22,447	–
18	William	22,218	↑2
19	Anthony	21,788	–
20	Justin	21,540	↓2
21	Alexander	20,530	↑2
22	Jonathan	19,954	↓1
23	Kyle	19,454	↓1
24	Cody	19,152	–
25	Kevin	19,084	–
26	Austin	17,587	↑12
27	Thomas	14,868	–
28	Jordan	14,758	↑4
29	Eric	14,548	↓3
30	Aaron	13,837	–
31	Steven	13,474	↓2
32	Benjamin	12,686	↑1
33	Dylan	12,686	↓5
34	Brian	12,544	↓3
35	Christian	11,891	–
36	Jose	11,847	↑1
37	Samuel	11,711	↑3
38	Timothy	11,640	↓4
39	Adam	11,534	↓3
40	Richard	10,230	↑1
41	Nathan	10,199	↑3
42	Sean	10,176	–
43	Patrick	9,857	↓4
44	Charles	9,855	↓1
45	Jason	8,639	↑1
46	Jeremy	8,577	↑1
47	Stephen	8,369	↓2
48	Jesse	8,263	↑2
49	Mark	8,059	–
50	Travis	7,940	↓2
51	Taylor	7,688	↑1
52	Alex	7,639	↑2
53	Jeffrey	7,535	↓2
54	Cameron	7,092	↓1
55	Juan	6,901	↑1
56	Paul	6,481	↓1
57	Connor	6,452	↑23
58	Luis	6,412	↑6
59	Dustin	6,310	↓1
60	Kenneth	6,276	↓1
61	Bryan	6,159	↓4
62	Evan	6,089	↑4
63	Jared	6,065	↑4
64	Trevor	6,012	↓1
65	Gregory	5,807	↓5
66	Caleb	5,788	↑8
67	Derek	5,762	↓5
68	Corey	5,674	↓3
69	Scott	5,577	↓8
70	Ian	5,399	↓2
71	Devin	5,356	↑4
72	Carlos	5,353	↓3
73	Bradley	5,136	↓1
74	Marcus	5,063	↑8
75	Nathaniel	4,854	↑4
76	Logan	4,844	↑13
77	Shawn	4,814	↓6
78	Edward	4,790	↓8
79	Garrett	4,711	↑9
80	Jesus	4,683	↓2
81	Mitchell	4,584	↑10
82	Peter	4,538	↓1
83	Blake	4,504	↑1
84	Shane	4,438	↓7
85	Dakota	4,411	new
86	Gabriel	4,375	–
87	Luke	4,357	↑6
88	Miguel	4,349	↑2
89	Antonio	4,301	↓4
90	Dillon	4,282	↓17
91	Victor	4,207	↓4
92	Ethan	4,164	↓16
93	Seth	4,060	↑1
94	Cory	3,997	↓11
95	Lucas	3,923	new
96	Spencer	3,884	↑3
97	Hunter	3,792	new
98	Tanner	3,768	new
99	Adrian	3,754	↓3
100	Vincent	3,687	↓8

Every name given in 1993

All 25,971 names Social Security recorded for 1993, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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