Popular baby names of 1999

In 1999, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emily for girls (26,542 babies) and Jacob for boys (35,371). Social Security records show 3,693,973 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 16,947 girls' names and 11,614 boys' names.

1999 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 10.7% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 14.1% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Faith, Kiara, Isabel, Catherine, Cassidy, Leslie.
New in the boys' top 100: Jake.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1999

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998
1	Emily	26,542	–
2	Hannah	21,679	–
3	Alexis	19,237	↑3
4	Sarah	19,119	–
5	Samantha	19,044	↓2
6	Ashley	18,136	↓1
7	Madison	18,054	↑2
8	Taylor	16,906	↓1
9	Jessica	16,350	↓1
10	Elizabeth	15,350	–
11	Alyssa	14,036	–
12	Lauren	13,911	↑2
13	Kayla	13,292	↓1
14	Brianna	12,419	↑3
15	Megan	12,230	↓2
16	Victoria	11,874	–
17	Emma	11,751	↑5
18	Abigail	11,686	–
19	Rachel	11,632	↓4
20	Olivia	11,257	↑1
21	Jennifer	10,616	↓1
22	Amanda	9,750	↓3
23	Sydney	9,649	↑5
24	Morgan	9,607	↓1
25	Nicole	9,515	↓1
26	Jasmine	9,351	–
27	Grace	9,181	↑26
28	Destiny	9,172	↑6
29	Anna	9,115	↑2
30	Julia	8,753	↑2
31	Haley	8,202	↑5
32	Alexandra	8,163	↓5
33	Kaitlyn	8,158	↑2
34	Natalie	8,079	↑6
35	Brittany	7,942	↓10
36	Katherine	7,935	↓3
37	Stephanie	7,692	↓8
38	Rebecca	7,437	↓8
39	Maria	7,035	↑4
40	Allison	7,026	↓2
41	Amber	6,841	↓4
42	Savannah	6,806	↑3
43	Danielle	6,753	↓2
44	Courtney	6,559	↓5
45	Mary	6,390	↓1
46	Gabrielle	6,130	↑1
47	Brooke	6,066	↓1
48	Jordan	5,730	↓6
49	Sierra	5,715	↑2
50	Sara	5,626	↓2
51	Kimberly	5,457	↑3
52	Mackenzie	5,426	↑12
53	Sophia	5,423	↑20
54	Hailey	5,369	↑16
55	Katelyn	5,309	↑3
56	Michelle	5,303	↓1
57	Vanessa	5,287	↓5
58	Erin	5,223	↓1
59	Andrea	5,072	↑2
60	Isabella	5,060	↑24
61	Jenna	5,043	↑4
62	Shelby	5,018	↓13
63	Chloe	4,964	↑24
64	Melissa	4,830	↓5
65	Bailey	4,809	↓5
66	Makayla	4,791	↑5
67	Paige	4,717	↓4
68	Mariah	4,646	↓6
69	Kaylee	4,579	↑17
70	Madeline	4,572	↓20
71	Caroline	4,474	↑4
72	Kelsey	4,400	↓16
73	Marissa	4,389	↓7
74	Breanna	4,341	↑2
75	Christina	4,296	↓6
76	Faith	4,236	new
77	Autumn	4,128	–
78	Kiara	4,024	new
79	Jacqueline	3,901	↑16
80	Tiffany	3,888	↓13
81	Laura	3,878	↓7
82	Briana	3,839	↓3
83	Alexandria	3,789	↓2
84	Cheyenne	3,779	↓12
85	Mikayla	3,735	↓3
86	Claire	3,734	↑5
87	Cassandra	3,729	↓2
88	Sabrina	3,650	↓20
89	Alexa	3,644	↑4
90	Angela	3,632	↑10
91	Kathryn	3,590	↓2
92	Katie	3,550	↓4
93	Caitlin	3,461	↓15
94	Miranda	3,433	↓14
95	Kelly	3,420	↓5
96	Lindsey	3,417	↑1
97	Isabel	3,405	new
98	Catherine	3,401	new
99	Cassidy	3,395	new
100	Leslie	3,341	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998
1	Jacob	35,371	↑1
2	Michael	33,915	↓1
3	Matthew	30,418	–
4	Joshua	27,265	–
5	Nicholas	25,639	↑1
6	Christopher	25,604	↓1
7	Andrew	23,866	↑2
8	Joseph	23,220	↑3
9	Daniel	22,704	↑3
10	Tyler	22,669	↓2
11	Brandon	21,601	↓4
12	Ryan	21,014	↑5
13	Austin	20,767	↓3
14	William	20,718	–
15	John	20,366	–
16	David	20,352	↓3
17	Zachary	19,985	↓1
18	Anthony	19,472	↑1
19	James	18,555	↓1
20	Justin	18,277	–
21	Alexander	17,420	↑1
22	Jonathan	17,068	↓1
23	Dylan	15,981	↑2
24	Noah	14,931	↑5
25	Christian	14,783	↑1
26	Robert	14,540	↓3
27	Samuel	14,049	↑1
28	Kyle	13,774	↓4
29	Benjamin	13,666	↑1
30	Jordan	13,052	↓3
31	Thomas	12,795	–
32	Nathan	12,538	↑2
33	Cameron	12,435	↑2
34	Kevin	12,257	↓2
35	Jose	12,155	↓2
36	Hunter	11,485	–
37	Ethan	11,446	↑1
38	Aaron	9,860	↓1
39	Eric	9,382	–
40	Jason	9,366	–
41	Caleb	9,281	↑1
42	Logan	9,136	↑2
43	Brian	8,808	↓2
44	Adam	8,223	↑1
45	Cody	7,864	↓2
46	Juan	7,800	↑6
47	Steven	7,689	↓1
48	Connor	7,597	↓1
49	Timothy	7,593	–
50	Charles	7,525	↓2
51	Isaiah	7,500	↑8
52	Jack	7,385	↑9
53	Gabriel	7,369	↑1
54	Jared	7,276	↓3
55	Luis	7,213	↓2
56	Sean	7,205	↓6
57	Evan	6,850	↑6
58	Alex	6,828	↓3
59	Carlos	6,665	↑10
60	Elijah	6,596	↑6
61	Richard	6,502	↓5
62	Nathaniel	6,467	↓2
63	Patrick	6,447	↓6
64	Isaac	6,407	↑1
65	Seth	6,305	↑21
66	Trevor	6,257	↓8
67	Luke	6,137	↑8
68	Devin	5,970	↓6
69	Mark	5,606	↓5
70	Jesus	5,571	↑6
71	Mason	5,451	↑12
72	Ian	5,450	↑1
73	Angel	5,402	↑8
74	Bryan	5,391	–
75	Cole	5,317	↑2
76	Chase	5,223	↓9
77	Dakota	5,093	↓5
78	Garrett	5,075	↑2
79	Adrian	5,066	↓8
80	Antonio	5,027	↓1
81	Jeremy	5,016	↓13
82	Jesse	5,004	↓12
83	Jackson	4,993	↑17
84	Blake	4,812	↑1
85	Stephen	4,543	↓7
86	Dalton	4,541	↑2
87	Tanner	4,521	↓5
88	Alejandro	4,319	↑7
89	Kenneth	4,285	↓2
90	Lucas	4,220	↑3
91	Miguel	4,207	↓1
92	Spencer	4,194	↓8
93	Bryce	4,148	↑1
94	Paul	4,020	↓5
95	Victor	4,016	↑2
96	Brendan	3,995	↑3
97	Jake	3,936	new
98	Marcus	3,867	↓2
99	Tristan	3,845	↓7
100	Jeffrey	3,815	↓9

Every name given in 1999

All 28,561 names Social Security recorded for 1999, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

← 1998 All years and states 2000 →