Popular baby names of 1994

In 1994, the most popular baby names in the United States were Jessica for girls (32,122 babies) and Michael for boys (44,477). Social Security records show 3,717,784 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 15,759 girls' names and 10,245 boys' names.

1994 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 12.5% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 16.3% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Sydney, Destiny, Madeline, Caroline, Alexa, Cheyenne.
New in the boys' top 100: Dalton, Erik.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1994

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993
1	Jessica	32,122	–
2	Ashley	30,281	–
3	Emily	24,154	↑2
4	Samantha	22,824	–
5	Sarah	22,299	↓2
6	Taylor	20,734	↑1
7	Brittany	18,900	↓1
8	Amanda	18,718	–
9	Elizabeth	16,786	–
10	Megan	16,580	↑1
11	Nicole	16,011	↑2
12	Kayla	15,885	↑4
13	Rachel	15,492	↑1
14	Lauren	15,158	↓2
15	Stephanie	14,750	↓5
16	Hannah	14,494	↑5
17	Jennifer	14,001	↓2
18	Alexis	13,039	↑9
19	Victoria	12,694	–
20	Danielle	12,455	↓2
21	Amber	12,343	↓4
22	Courtney	12,020	↓2
23	Jasmine	11,714	–
24	Rebecca	11,284	↓2
25	Morgan	10,655	↑9
26	Alyssa	10,602	–
27	Brianna	10,516	↑5
28	Alexandra	10,226	–
29	Kelsey	9,749	↓5
30	Katherine	9,586	↓1
31	Melissa	8,795	↓1
32	Kimberly	8,747	↑7
33	Michelle	8,639	↓2
34	Allison	8,150	↑7
35	Tiffany	8,096	↓2
36	Haley	7,803	↑6
37	Mary	7,758	↓1
38	Chelsea	7,718	↓13
39	Christina	7,668	↓4
40	Shelby	7,546	↓3
41	Anna	7,529	↑6
42	Abigail	7,243	↑25
43	Sara	7,220	↓3
44	Heather	7,033	↓6
45	Erin	6,908	↑3
46	Laura	6,860	↓3
47	Maria	6,753	↓2
48	Kaitlyn	6,686	↓2
49	Andrea	6,482	↓5
50	Olivia	6,432	–
51	Madison	6,263	↑27
52	Jordan	6,259	↑6
53	Marissa	6,246	↑6
54	Brooke	5,973	↓2
55	Kristen	5,871	↑6
56	Natalie	5,837	↑6
57	Erica	5,680	↓8
58	Katelyn	5,670	↓4
59	Vanessa	5,552	↓4
60	Shannon	5,508	↓7
61	Miranda	5,456	↑28
62	Kelly	5,446	↓11
63	Paige	5,208	↓3
64	Crystal	5,199	↓7
65	Jacqueline	5,183	↑9
66	Cassandra	5,061	–
67	Gabrielle	5,044	↑17
68	Briana	5,000	↑3
69	Lindsey	4,988	↓13
70	Katie	4,983	↓7
71	Sierra	4,853	↑20
72	Julia	4,844	–
73	Alexandria	4,840	↓4
74	Emma	4,765	↑6
75	Mariah	4,749	↑6
76	Sydney	4,737	new
77	Amy	4,691	↓12
78	Caitlin	4,654	↓14
79	Kathryn	4,620	↓11
80	Jenna	4,594	↓10
81	Angela	4,414	↓8
82	Savannah	4,386	↑14
83	Alicia	4,105	↓7
84	Catherine	4,102	↓9
85	Breanna	4,101	↓2
86	Destiny	4,089	new
87	Jamie	3,982	↓8
88	Monica	3,912	↓2
89	Brittney	3,876	↓12
90	Erika	3,584	↓5
91	Whitney	3,566	↓9
92	Madeline	3,518	new
93	Kaitlin	3,501	↑6
94	Caroline	3,452	new
95	Alexa	3,441	new
96	Molly	3,441	↓9
97	Sabrina	3,384	–
98	Diana	3,369	↓4
99	Cheyenne	3,307	new
100	Meghan	3,227	↓7

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993
1	Michael	44,477	–
2	Christopher	34,807	–
3	Matthew	33,654	–
4	Joshua	31,374	–
5	Tyler	30,482	–
6	Brandon	29,492	–
7	Jacob	29,417	↑2
8	Daniel	28,065	↓1
9	Nicholas	27,770	↓1
10	Andrew	26,019	–
11	Joseph	25,734	↑1
12	Zachary	25,139	↑3
13	David	24,877	↓2
14	James	24,778	–
15	John	24,187	↑1
16	Ryan	24,063	↓3
17	Austin	23,192	↑9
18	Anthony	21,604	↑1
19	William	21,492	↓1
20	Justin	20,940	–
21	Robert	20,560	↓4
22	Alexander	20,101	↓1
23	Jonathan	19,068	↓1
24	Kyle	18,399	↓1
25	Cody	17,589	↓1
26	Kevin	17,315	↓1
27	Thomas	14,910	–
28	Aaron	14,385	↑2
29	Jordan	14,160	↓1
30	Eric	13,311	↓1
31	Benjamin	12,791	↑1
32	Dylan	12,530	↑1
33	Samuel	12,147	↑4
34	Steven	12,090	↓3
35	Christian	11,987	–
36	Jose	11,731	–
37	Brian	11,648	↓3
38	Adam	11,023	↑1
39	Timothy	10,767	↓1
40	Nathan	10,386	↑1
41	Richard	9,516	↓1
42	Patrick	9,337	↑1
43	Charles	9,018	↑1
44	Sean	8,838	↓2
45	Jesse	8,683	↑3
46	Jason	8,552	↓1
47	Jeremy	8,227	↓1
48	Mark	7,488	↑1
49	Stephen	7,481	↓2
50	Alex	7,240	↑2
51	Juan	7,208	↑4
52	Cameron	6,838	↑2
53	Travis	6,800	↓3
54	Taylor	6,626	↓3
55	Jeffrey	6,525	↓2
56	Dustin	6,459	↑3
57	Luis	6,362	↑1
58	Trevor	6,359	↑6
59	Connor	6,318	↓2
60	Caleb	6,161	↑6
61	Devin	6,064	↑10
62	Evan	5,895	–
63	Jared	5,875	–
64	Paul	5,798	↓8
65	Kenneth	5,679	↓5
66	Bryan	5,606	↓5
67	Hunter	5,585	↑30
68	Gabriel	5,539	↑18
69	Dakota	5,535	↑16
70	Logan	5,458	↑6
71	Mitchell	5,370	↑10
72	Carlos	5,329	–
73	Corey	5,279	↓5
74	Ian	5,267	↓4
75	Marcus	5,258	↓1
76	Gregory	5,137	↓11
77	Derek	5,081	↓10
78	Nathaniel	5,029	↓3
79	Jesus	4,916	↑1
80	Scott	4,915	↓11
81	Blake	4,879	↑2
82	Garrett	4,762	↓3
83	Bradley	4,678	↓10
84	Edward	4,520	↓6
85	Dalton	4,245	new
86	Shawn	4,245	↓9
87	Peter	4,225	↓5
88	Antonio	4,173	↑1
89	Ethan	4,166	↑3
90	Seth	4,135	↑3
91	Luke	4,095	↓4
92	Shane	4,085	↓8
93	Victor	4,056	↓2
94	Miguel	4,033	↓6
95	Lucas	4,009	–
96	Tanner	3,923	↑2
97	Adrian	3,814	↑2
98	Spencer	3,813	↓2
99	Erik	3,746	new
100	Vincent	3,603	–

Every name given in 1994

All 26,004 names Social Security recorded for 1994, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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