Popular baby names of 1995

In 1995, the most popular baby names in the United States were Jessica for girls (27,941 babies) and Michael for boys (41,409). Social Security records show 3,662,249 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 15,753 girls' names and 10,330 boys' names.

1995 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 11.9% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 16.1% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Mackenzie, Selena, Bailey, Grace.
New in the boys' top 100: Elijah, Chase, Isaac, Noah.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1995

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994
1	Jessica	27,941	–
2	Ashley	26,606	–
3	Emily	24,382	–
4	Samantha	21,644	–
5	Sarah	21,395	–
6	Taylor	20,426	–
7	Hannah	17,018	↑9
8	Brittany	16,477	↓1
9	Amanda	16,354	↓1
10	Elizabeth	16,192	↓1
11	Kayla	16,087	↑1
12	Rachel	16,047	↑1
13	Megan	15,530	↓3
14	Alexis	14,334	↑4
15	Lauren	13,443	↓1
16	Stephanie	12,977	↓1
17	Courtney	12,775	↑5
18	Jennifer	12,683	↓1
19	Nicole	12,277	↓8
20	Victoria	12,252	↓1
21	Brianna	11,881	↑6
22	Amber	10,965	↓1
23	Morgan	10,877	↑2
24	Danielle	10,653	↓4
25	Jasmine	10,279	↓2
26	Alexandra	10,160	↑2
27	Alyssa	10,100	↓1
28	Rebecca	9,911	↓4
29	Madison	9,775	↑22
30	Katherine	8,987	–
31	Anna	8,570	↑10
32	Haley	8,208	↑4
33	Kelsey	8,184	↓4
34	Allison	8,126	–
35	Melissa	7,879	↓4
36	Abigail	7,825	↑6
37	Kimberly	7,745	↓5
38	Shelby	7,632	↑2
39	Olivia	7,627	↑11
40	Mary	7,458	↓3
41	Michelle	7,392	↓8
42	Kaitlyn	7,385	↑6
43	Sydney	7,360	↑33
44	Maria	7,003	↑3
45	Christina	6,953	↓6
46	Tiffany	6,936	↓11
47	Chelsea	6,761	↓9
48	Sara	6,697	↓5
49	Erin	6,565	↓4
50	Jordan	6,481	↑2
51	Natalie	6,424	↑5
52	Brooke	6,377	↑2
53	Marissa	6,081	–
54	Heather	6,032	↓10
55	Andrea	6,008	↓6
56	Laura	6,008	↓10
57	Miranda	5,978	↑4
58	Paige	5,733	↑5
59	Katelyn	5,573	↓1
60	Sierra	5,495	↑11
61	Gabrielle	5,448	↑6
62	Julia	5,411	↑10
63	Vanessa	5,404	↓4
64	Kelly	5,398	↓2
65	Kristen	5,398	↓10
66	Destiny	5,380	↑20
67	Emma	5,050	↑7
68	Savannah	4,904	↑14
69	Erica	4,893	↓12
70	Jacqueline	4,793	↓5
71	Mariah	4,773	↑4
72	Alexandria	4,772	↑1
73	Shannon	4,733	↓13
74	Briana	4,612	↓6
75	Amy	4,528	↑2
76	Breanna	4,527	↑9
77	Katie	4,482	↓7
78	Cassandra	4,451	↓12
79	Madeline	4,430	↑13
80	Crystal	4,391	↓16
81	Caitlin	4,384	↓3
82	Lindsey	4,377	↓13
83	Kathryn	4,328	↓4
84	Jenna	4,254	↓4
85	Angela	4,119	↓4
86	Cheyenne	4,088	↑13
87	Monica	3,970	↑1
88	Mackenzie	3,963	new
89	Alicia	3,908	↓6
90	Catherine	3,860	↓6
91	Selena	3,825	new
92	Caroline	3,799	↑2
93	Jamie	3,770	↓6
94	Kaitlin	3,602	↓1
95	Sabrina	3,534	↑2
96	Bailey	3,488	new
97	Grace	3,473	new
98	Molly	3,382	↓2
99	Brittney	3,380	↓10
100	Alexa	3,359	↓5

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994
1	Michael	41,409	–
2	Matthew	32,882	↑1
3	Christopher	32,679	↓1
4	Jacob	31,134	↑3
5	Joshua	30,720	↓1
6	Tyler	29,161	↓1
7	Nicholas	29,160	↑2
8	Brandon	26,904	↓2
9	Daniel	26,728	↓1
10	Austin	25,908	↑7
11	Andrew	25,860	↓1
12	Joseph	25,354	↓1
13	John	23,244	↑2
14	Zachary	23,131	↓2
15	Ryan	23,089	↑1
16	David	23,045	↓3
17	James	22,739	↓3
18	Justin	21,581	↑2
19	Anthony	20,482	↓1
20	William	20,160	↓1
21	Alexander	19,456	↑1
22	Robert	18,586	↓1
23	Jonathan	18,155	–
24	Kyle	16,761	–
25	Kevin	15,860	↑1
26	Cody	15,566	↓1
27	Thomas	14,163	–
28	Christian	13,813	↑7
29	Jordan	13,574	–
30	Aaron	13,291	↓2
31	Benjamin	12,720	–
32	Eric	12,485	↓2
33	Samuel	12,440	–
34	Dylan	12,091	↓2
35	Jose	11,781	↑1
36	Brian	10,991	↑1
37	Steven	10,661	↓3
38	Adam	10,485	–
39	Nathan	10,306	↑1
40	Timothy	9,788	↓1
41	Jason	9,004	↑5
42	Richard	8,784	↓1
43	Patrick	8,674	↓1
44	Charles	8,478	↓1
45	Sean	8,167	↓1
46	Jesse	7,495	↓1
47	Alex	7,424	↑3
48	Jeremy	7,084	↓1
49	Cameron	7,030	↑3
50	Juan	6,982	↑1
51	Logan	6,953	↑19
52	Mark	6,888	↓4
53	Hunter	6,715	↑14
54	Caleb	6,655	↑6
55	Connor	6,619	↑4
56	Dakota	6,575	↑13
57	Stephen	6,556	↓8
58	Devin	6,193	↑3
59	Luis	6,174	↓2
60	Evan	6,092	↑2
61	Trevor	6,009	↓3
62	Dustin	5,921	↓6
63	Jared	5,886	–
64	Jeffrey	5,731	↓9
65	Gabriel	5,713	↑3
66	Travis	5,602	↓13
67	Ian	5,594	↑7
68	Carlos	5,545	↑4
69	Taylor	5,521	↓15
70	Bryan	5,444	↓4
71	Paul	5,414	↓7
72	Kenneth	5,226	↓7
73	Nathaniel	5,203	↑5
74	Corey	4,976	↓1
75	Ethan	4,934	↑14
76	Jesus	4,908	↑3
77	Blake	4,821	↑4
78	Bradley	4,764	↑5
79	Mitchell	4,737	↓8
80	Garrett	4,710	↑2
81	Marcus	4,647	↓6
82	Luke	4,629	↑9
83	Derek	4,452	↓6
84	Gregory	4,442	↓8
85	Antonio	4,340	↑3
86	Tanner	4,320	↑10
87	Dalton	4,191	↓2
88	Edward	4,143	↓4
89	Peter	4,112	↓2
90	Victor	4,098	↑3
91	Lucas	4,086	↑4
92	Scott	4,082	↓12
93	Elijah	3,977	new
94	Miguel	3,953	–
95	Chase	3,918	new
96	Adrian	3,911	↑1
97	Seth	3,911	↓7
98	Isaac	3,881	new
99	Noah	3,824	new
100	Shawn	3,824	↓14

Every name given in 1995

All 26,083 names Social Security recorded for 1995, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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