Popular baby names of 1996

In 1996, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emily for girls (25,150 babies) and Michael for boys (38,373). Social Security records show 3,647,307 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 15,894 girls' names and 10,536 boys' names.

1996 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 11.5% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 15.5% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Hailey, Angelica, Leah.
New in the boys' top 100: Tristan, Isaiah, Jack, Malik.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995
1	Emily	25,150	↑2
2	Jessica	24,201	↓1
3	Ashley	23,678	↓1
4	Sarah	21,048	↑1
5	Samantha	20,552	↓1
6	Taylor	19,155	–
7	Hannah	18,596	–
8	Alexis	16,592	↑6
9	Rachel	16,121	↑3
10	Elizabeth	16,003	–
11	Kayla	15,269	–
12	Megan	14,770	↑1
13	Amanda	13,980	↓4
14	Brittany	13,797	↓6
15	Madison	13,412	↑14
16	Lauren	12,595	↓1
17	Brianna	11,925	↑4
18	Victoria	11,859	↑2
19	Jennifer	11,732	↓1
20	Stephanie	11,643	↓4
21	Courtney	11,344	↓4
22	Nicole	11,135	↓3
23	Alyssa	11,024	↑4
24	Rebecca	10,626	↑4
25	Morgan	10,295	↓2
26	Alexandra	10,025	–
27	Amber	9,771	↓5
28	Jasmine	9,707	↓3
29	Danielle	9,286	↓5
30	Haley	9,042	↑2
31	Katherine	8,877	↓1
32	Abigail	8,604	↑4
33	Anna	8,575	↓2
34	Olivia	8,126	↑5
35	Shelby	7,950	↑3
36	Kelsey	7,655	↓3
37	Maria	7,598	↑7
38	Allison	7,455	↓4
39	Sydney	7,259	↑4
40	Kaitlyn	7,241	↑2
41	Kimberly	7,176	↓4
42	Melissa	7,170	↓7
43	Savannah	7,000	↑25
44	Mary	6,968	↓4
45	Brooke	6,724	↑7
46	Natalie	6,693	↑5
47	Michelle	6,598	↓6
48	Julia	6,314	↑14
49	Jordan	6,299	↑1
50	Sara	6,288	↓2
51	Erin	6,256	↓2
52	Tiffany	6,158	↓6
53	Emma	6,151	↑14
54	Gabrielle	5,888	↑7
55	Chelsea	5,864	↓8
56	Destiny	5,856	↑10
57	Christina	5,804	↓12
58	Sabrina	5,774	↑37
59	Marissa	5,752	↓6
60	Vanessa	5,746	↑3
61	Andrea	5,671	↓6
62	Sierra	5,487	↓2
63	Mariah	5,446	↑8
64	Katelyn	5,421	↓5
65	Paige	5,342	↓7
66	Laura	5,227	↓10
67	Madeline	4,912	↑12
68	Cheyenne	4,866	↑18
69	Jacqueline	4,862	↑1
70	Kristen	4,851	↓5
71	Heather	4,759	↓17
72	Briana	4,735	↑2
73	Kelly	4,734	↓9
74	Breanna	4,701	↑2
75	Mackenzie	4,597	↑13
76	Miranda	4,568	↓19
77	Alexandria	4,563	↓5
78	Caroline	4,466	↑14
79	Erica	4,460	↓10
80	Shannon	4,337	↓7
81	Katie	4,329	↓4
82	Monica	4,326	↑5
83	Jenna	4,288	↑1
84	Caitlin	4,268	↓3
85	Bailey	4,192	↑11
86	Lindsey	4,112	↓4
87	Kathryn	4,102	↓4
88	Amy	4,067	↓13
89	Cassandra	4,018	↓11
90	Angela	3,867	↓5
91	Alicia	3,861	↓2
92	Crystal	3,786	↓12
93	Hailey	3,762	new
94	Grace	3,742	↑3
95	Catherine	3,739	↓5
96	Jamie	3,599	↓3
97	Angelica	3,404	new
98	Leah	3,326	new
99	Molly	3,312	↓1
100	Alexa	3,260	–

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995
1	Michael	38,373	–
2	Matthew	32,077	–
3	Jacob	31,925	↑1
4	Christopher	30,904	↓1
5	Joshua	29,175	–
6	Nicholas	27,724	↑1
7	Tyler	26,956	↓1
8	Brandon	25,847	–
9	Austin	25,663	↑1
10	Andrew	25,244	↑1
11	Daniel	25,128	↓2
12	Joseph	24,758	–
13	David	23,022	↑3
14	Zachary	22,369	–
15	John	22,188	↓2
16	Ryan	21,809	↓1
17	James	21,165	–
18	William	20,546	↑2
19	Anthony	20,508	–
20	Justin	20,015	↓2
21	Jonathan	18,602	↑2
22	Alexander	17,964	↓1
23	Robert	17,676	↓1
24	Christian	15,824	↑4
25	Kyle	15,600	↓1
26	Kevin	14,589	↓1
27	Jordan	13,852	↑2
28	Thomas	13,804	↓1
29	Benjamin	13,784	↑2
30	Samuel	13,629	↑3
31	Cody	12,954	↓5
32	Jose	12,155	↑3
33	Dylan	12,037	↑1
34	Aaron	11,971	↓4
35	Eric	11,611	↓3
36	Brian	10,476	–
37	Nathan	10,287	↑2
38	Steven	9,650	↓1
39	Adam	9,557	↓1
40	Timothy	8,919	–
41	Jason	8,695	–
42	Logan	8,374	↑9
43	Charles	8,248	↑1
44	Patrick	8,194	↓1
45	Richard	8,182	↓3
46	Sean	7,896	↓1
47	Hunter	7,603	↑6
48	Caleb	7,550	↑6
49	Cameron	7,388	–
50	Noah	7,184	↑49
51	Jesse	7,075	↓5
52	Juan	7,010	↓2
53	Alex	6,915	↓6
54	Connor	6,911	↑1
55	Mark	6,599	↓3
56	Jeremy	6,412	↓8
57	Luis	6,407	↑2
58	Dakota	6,067	↓2
59	Stephen	6,008	↓2
60	Devin	6,001	↓2
61	Gabriel	5,900	↑4
62	Ethan	5,853	↑13
63	Trevor	5,842	↓2
64	Jared	5,821	↓1
65	Evan	5,577	↓5
66	Bryan	5,560	↑4
67	Carlos	5,464	↑1
68	Tristan	5,458	new
69	Nathaniel	5,420	↑4
70	Ian	5,411	↓3
71	Isaiah	5,324	new
72	Jeffrey	5,263	↓8
73	Travis	5,159	↓7
74	Jesus	5,115	↑2
75	Luke	5,017	↑7
76	Chase	4,992	↑19
77	Kenneth	4,973	↓5
78	Paul	4,883	↓7
79	Dustin	4,874	↓17
80	Antonio	4,866	↑5
81	Elijah	4,818	↑12
82	Taylor	4,798	↓13
83	Bradley	4,755	↓5
84	Blake	4,747	↓7
85	Garrett	4,653	↓5
86	Isaac	4,566	↑12
87	Marcus	4,546	↓6
88	Mitchell	4,391	↓9
89	Jack	4,245	new
90	Tanner	4,180	↓4
91	Miguel	4,160	↑3
92	Adrian	4,112	↑4
93	Lucas	4,106	↓2
94	Corey	4,087	↓20
95	Peter	4,082	↓6
96	Edward	4,073	↓8
97	Malik	4,026	new
98	Gregory	3,994	↓14
99	Dalton	3,980	↓12
100	Victor	3,924	↓10

Every name given in 1996

All 26,430 names Social Security recorded for 1996, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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