Welcome to our comprehensive page dedicated to exploring the most popular baby names of the 1990s. As trends in baby names evolve over time, reflecting changes in culture, literature, and even popular media, it’s fascinating to see which names rise to the top in each era. For the 1990s, we delve deep into the naming trends to bring you the names that defined the era.
The top boy name of the Nineties, Michael, and the top girl name, Jessica, not only showcase the preferences of parents during that time but also often carry with them stories of significance—be it historical figures that inspired a generation, characters from beloved books and movies, or the enduring beauty of a name that resonates with many.
| RANK | Boy Name | Boy Count | Girl Name | Girl Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 393079 | Jessica | 289999 |
| 2 | Christopher | 310465 | Ashley | 269692 |
| 3 | Joshua | 303490 | Emily | 214400 |
| 4 | Matthew | 301116 | Sarah | 200365 |
| 5 | Jacob | 291894 | Samantha | 192847 |
| 6 | Andrew | 256001 | Brittany | 166345 |
| 7 | Daniel | 250535 | Amanda | 164561 |
| 8 | Tyler | 248315 | Elizabeth | 163522 |
| 9 | Nicholas | 241857 | Taylor | 156504 |
| 10 | Brandon | 240444 | Hannah | 151944 |
| 11 | David | 234364 | Megan | 148648 |
| 12 | Joseph | 223890 | Kayla | 141204 |
| 13 | Ryan | 213381 | Jennifer | 138256 |
| 14 | James | 212274 | Stephanie | 136474 |
| 15 | Zachary | 203178 | Lauren | 134087 |
| 16 | Anthony | 199575 | Rachel | 131814 |
| 17 | John | 197069 | Alexis | 122537 |
| 18 | Justin | 196439 | Nicole | 115669 |
| 19 | William | 190362 | Alyssa | 104994 |
| 20 | Austin | 188584 | Amber | 104986 |
| 21 | Robert | 179687 | Courtney | 101113 |
| 22 | Jonathan | 179458 | Jasmine | 100867 |
| 23 | Alexander | 170693 | Victoria | 98445 |
| 24 | Kyle | 168933 | Rebecca | 95724 |
| 25 | Kevin | 145686 | Danielle | 94932 |
| 26 | Cody | 139801 | Brianna | 88260 |
| 27 | Jordan | 137883 | Katherine | 84453 |
| 28 | Benjamin | 123645 | Morgan | 83216 |
| 29 | Eric | 123508 | Madison | 82408 |
| 30 | Thomas | 122007 | Melissa | 82372 |
| 31 | Christian | 120420 | Alexandra | 80468 |
| 32 | Jose | 120249 | Kelsey | 77668 |
| 33 | Aaron | 118953 | Michelle | 77181 |
| 34 | Samuel | 116261 | Anna | 74267 |
| 35 | Dylan | 113840 | Chelsea | 72510 |
| 36 | Steven | 107567 | Kimberly | 71064 |
| 37 | Nathan | 107315 | Tiffany | 67807 |
| 38 | Brian | 104517 | Maria | 67605 |
| 39 | Adam | 97709 | Shelby | 67302 |
| 40 | Timothy | 94207 | Olivia | 67189 |
| 41 | Richard | 84458 | Haley | 66365 |
| 42 | Jason | 82454 | Sara | 66046 |
| 43 | Cameron | 79108 | Mary | 65965 |
| 44 | Sean | 78340 | Allison | 65857 |
| 45 | Charles | 78187 | Andrea | 63644 |
| 46 | Patrick | 74552 | Christina | 63397 |
| 47 | Jesse | 73887 | Natalie | 61827 |
| 48 | Jeremy | 68308 | Abigail | 60929 |
| 49 | Alex | 67677 | Laura | 59542 |
| 50 | Juan | 66540 | Heather | 59349 |
| 51 | Mark | 62780 | Vanessa | 56619 |
| 52 | Luis | 60055 | Kaitlyn | 54735 |
| 53 | Trevor | 59540 | Brooke | 54251 |
| 54 | Caleb | 58312 | Erin | 52812 |
| 55 | Ethan | 57882 | Jordan | 50966 |
| 56 | Logan | 54208 | Julia | 48430 |
| 57 | Travis | 54088 | Erica | 45787 |
| 58 | Stephen | 53869 | Sydney | 45127 |
| 59 | Jeffrey | 53803 | Cassandra | 44687 |
| 60 | Taylor | 53118 | Emma | 44581 |
| 61 | Jared | 52272 | Marissa | 44373 |
| 62 | Evan | 50489 | Amy | 43635 |
| 63 | Jesus | 49249 | Kelly | 41081 |
| 64 | Bryan | 49064 | Crystal | 41059 |
| 65 | Gabriel | 48895 | Katie | 40579 |
| 66 | Hunter | 48760 | Katelyn | 40312 |
| 67 | Connor | 48442 | Savannah | 38704 |
| 68 | Carlos | 47911 | Mariah | 38377 |
| 69 | Ian | 46704 | Breanna | 38127 |
| 70 | Noah | 45769 | Alicia | 37350 |
| 71 | Kenneth | 43947 | Sierra | 37192 |
| 72 | Dustin | 43820 | Paige | 37010 |
| 73 | Nathaniel | 43215 | Lindsey | 36744 |
| 74 | Paul | 41778 | Alexandria | 36060 |
| 75 | Devin | 41189 | Kristen | 35679 |
| 76 | Antonio | 37632 | Angela | 35539 |
| 77 | Miguel | 37457 | Caitlin | 35013 |
| 78 | Derek | 36800 | Destiny | 34056 |
| 79 | Dakota | 36096 | Kathryn | 33958 |
| 80 | Alejandro | 35946 | Jacqueline | 33330 |
| 81 | Bradley | 35492 | Miranda | 32554 |
| 82 | Angel | 34033 | Briana | 31938 |
| 83 | Blake | 33970 | Gabrielle | 30778 |
| 84 | Adrian | 33732 | Monica | 29087 |
| 85 | Scott | 33138 | Diana | 28615 |
| 86 | Victor | 32365 | Brittney | 28420 |
| 87 | Seth | 32021 | Jamie | 28158 |
| 88 | Corey | 31614 | Jenna | 26291 |
| 89 | Gregory | 30949 | Shannon | 25318 |
| 90 | Garrett | 30943 | Sabrina | 24066 |
| 91 | Jorge | 30450 | Molly | 23880 |
| 92 | Edward | 30244 | Cynthia | 23701 |
| 93 | Marcus | 29162 | Mackenzie | 23245 |
| 94 | Mitchell | 28334 | Erika | 23235 |
| 95 | Chase | 28235 | Grace | 22756 |
| 96 | Isaac | 28096 | Whitney | 22576 |
| 97 | Luke | 27933 | Angelica | 22190 |
| 98 | Eduardo | 27748 | Madeline | 21925 |
| 99 | Francisco | 26506 | Bailey | 21641 |
| 100 | Dalton | 25470 | Brenda | 20829 |
| 101 | Tanner | 25434 | Gabriela | 20524 |
| 102 | Oscar | 25423 | Daisy | 20214 |
| 103 | Ricardo | 24256 | Catherine | 20159 |
| 104 | Erik | 23668 | Veronica | 19867 |
| 105 | Spencer | 23430 | Karina | 19477 |
| 106 | Lucas | 23353 | Cheyenne | 19310 |
| 107 | Isaiah | 22483 | Alejandra | 19069 |
| 108 | Shawn | 22150 | Ana | 18087 |
| 109 | Elijah | 21868 | Leah | 17593 |
| 110 | Manuel | 20908 | Leslie | 16979 |
| 111 | Shane | 20511 | Karen | 16618 |
| 112 | Edgar | 20256 | Hailey | 16313 |
| 113 | Cole | 19973 | Adriana | 16280 |
| 114 | Vincent | 19889 | Caroline | 15827 |
| 115 | Sergio | 18260 | Autumn | 15273 |
| 116 | Cory | 18080 | Margaret | 15266 |
| 117 | Omar | 18010 | Bianca | 14936 |
| 118 | Mario | 17809 | Nancy | 14902 |
| 119 | Fernando | 17793 | Kaitlin | 14664 |
| 120 | Raymond | 17426 | Jocelyn | 14623 |
| 121 | Brett | 17068 | Christine | 13785 |
| 122 | Jack | 16929 | Yesenia | 13370 |
| 123 | Javier | 16716 | Lindsay | 13016 |
| 124 | Dillon | 16696 | Bethany | 12894 |
| 125 | Cesar | 16479 | Kaylee | 12663 |
| 126 | Mason | 16327 | Sophia | 12331 |
| 127 | Ivan | 16019 | Michaela | 12330 |
| 128 | Peter | 15930 | Makayla | 12298 |
| 129 | Colton | 15870 | Kristin | 11496 |
| 130 | Hector | 15622 | Kylie | 11415 |
| 131 | Roberto | 14976 | Holly | 11292 |
| 132 | Martin | 14698 | Ariel | 11206 |
| 133 | Ruben | 14579 | Chloe | 11098 |
| 134 | Andres | 13759 | Evelyn | 10894 |
| 135 | Cristian | 13342 | Guadalupe | 10404 |
| 136 | Bryce | 13288 | Lisa | 10165 |
| 137 | Tristan | 12399 | Claire | 10149 |
| 138 | Casey | 12294 | Meghan | 10057 |
| 139 | Jackson | 11287 | Brandi | 9629 |
| 140 | Joel | 10241 | Alexa | 9550 |
| 141 | Wesley | 10236 | Cindy | 9470 |
| 142 | George | 10141 | Sandra | 9318 |
| 143 | Levi | 9680 | Kristina | 9222 |
| 144 | Devon | 9408 | Kendra | 9208 |
| 145 | Phillip | 9398 | Isabella | 8804 |
| 146 | Chad | 9356 | Cassidy | 8528 |
| 147 | Alexis | 9258 | Mikayla | 8013 |
| 148 | Grant | 9207 | Rachael | 7597 |
| 149 | Donald | 9178 | Mayra | 7584 |
| 150 | Colin | 9009 | Casey | 7368 |
| 151 | Julian | 8960 | Monique | 7239 |
| 152 | Alec | 8615 | April | 7213 |
| 153 | Keith | 8094 | Patricia | 7104 |
| 154 | Riley | 7789 | Raven | 6869 |
| 155 | Jake | 7678 | Jasmin | 6594 |
| 156 | Derrick | 7588 | Alondra | 6536 |
| 157 | Ronald | 7070 | Valerie | 6023 |
| 158 | Wyatt | 6881 | Isabel | 5914 |
| 159 | Collin | 6474 | Kara | 5643 |
| 160 | Erick | 6442 | Faith | 5615 |
| 161 | Johnathan | 6396 | Chelsey | 5496 |
| 162 | Darius | 6308 | Summer | 5309 |
| 163 | Malik | 5772 | Claudia | 5256 |
| 164 | Dominic | 5741 | Ariana | 5200 |
| 165 | Pedro | 5254 | Mckenzie | 4971 |
| 166 | Raul | 5196 | Esmeralda | 4944 |
| 167 | Marco | 5176 | Tara | 4871 |
| 168 | Brendan | 5059 | Melanie | 4860 |
| 169 | Gerardo | 5042 | Kathleen | 4785 |
| 170 | Gavin | 4784 | Wendy | 4552 |
| 171 | Diego | 4652 | Angel | 4360 |
| 172 | Brady | 4648 | Karla | 4333 |
| 173 | Jonathon | 4625 | Natasha | 4261 |
| 174 | Colby | 4484 | Jada | 3678 |
| 175 | Clayton | 3941 | Julie | 3632 |
| 176 | Drew | 3905 | Cristina | 3578 |
| 177 | Hayden | 3694 | Jazmin | 3554 |
| 178 | Preston | 3662 | Kiara | 3456 |
| 179 | Parker | 3517 | Priscilla | 3396 |
| 180 | Jeffery | 3226 | Hayley | 3392 |
| 181 | Douglas | 3225 | Caitlyn | 3358 |
| 182 | Maxwell | 3203 | Jade | 3324 |
| 183 | Trenton | 3131 | Diamond | 3281 |
| 184 | Jeremiah | 3053 | Mallory | 3212 |
| 185 | Chandler | 2999 | Dominique | 3172 |
| 186 | Xavier | 2988 | Carly | 3148 |
| 187 | Alan | 2882 | Meagan | 2964 |
| 188 | Gage | 2588 | Selena | 2956 |
| 189 | Kaleb | 2534 | Rebekah | 2785 |
| 190 | Troy | 2522 | Lacey | 2685 |
| 191 | Landon | 2496 | Zoe | 2609 |
| 192 | Jalen | 2445 | Abby | 2554 |
| 193 | Dawson | 2234 | Giselle | 2186 |
| 194 | Trey | 2220 | Brooklyn | 1943 |
| 195 | Gary | 2044 | Candace | 1935 |
| 196 | Nicolas | 2026 | Mckenna | 1897 |
| 197 | Terry | 1995 | Kassandra | 1785 |
| 198 | Curtis | 1854 | Brandy | 1717 |
| 199 | Peyton | 1783 | Gabriella | 1681 |
| 200 | Brent | 1781 | Tori | 1648 |
| 201 | Conner | 1744 | Audrey | 1606 |
| 202 | Larry | 1732 | Lydia | 1604 |
| 203 | Chance | 1695 | Desiree | 1566 |
| 204 | Braden | 1616 | Dana | 1550 |
| 205 | Craig | 1595 | Ashlyn | 1508 |
| 206 | Bailey | 1500 | Daniela | 1483 |
| 207 | Bobby | 1489 | Alisha | 1453 |
| 208 | Tevin | 1419 | Kylee | 1446 |
| 209 | Jerry | 1359 | Katrina | 1444 |
| 210 | Alberto | 1338 | Joanna | 1270 |
| 211 | Edwin | 1332 | Krystal | 1240 |
| 212 | Julio | 1310 | Hillary | 1229 |
| 213 | Carson | 1288 | Riley | 1199 |
| 214 | Philip | 1285 | Jillian | 1185 |
| 215 | Armando | 1260 | Britney | 1162 |
| 216 | Willie | 1233 | Denise | 1158 |
| 217 | Skyler | 1117 | Alexus | 1128 |
| 218 | Frank | 1090 | Aaliyah | 1094 |
| 219 | Brayden | 1049 | Ashlee | 1069 |
| 220 | Nolan | 1017 | Felicia | 991 |
| 221 | Owen | 953 | Maya | 925 |
| 222 | Liam | 900 | Hope | 915 |
| 223 | Micah | 897 | Ashton | 909 |
| 224 | Tyson | 885 | Jordyn | 901 |
| 225 | Sebastian | 852 | Kennedy | 873 |
| 226 | Tony | 845 | Asia | 869 |
| 227 | Reginald | 802 | Tessa | 866 |
| 228 | Kaden | 800 | Aubrey | 837 |
| 229 | Jaden | 773 | Tabitha | 837 |
| 230 | Dallin | 758 | Ansley | 674 |
| 231 | Billy | 737 | Logan | 646 |
| 232 | Shaquille | 736 | Candice | 635 |
| 233 | Henry | 729 | Skylar | 628 |
| 234 | Braxton | 660 | Alison | 616 |
| 235 | Brock | 637 | Nichole | 594 |
| 236 | Lane | 616 | Colleen | 583 |
| 237 | Bryson | 572 | Iesha | 564 |
| 238 | Mathew | 570 | Ashleigh | 553 |
| 239 | Jayden | 567 | Khadijah | 553 |
| 240 | Tyrese | 557 | Mia | 553 |
| 241 | Dominique | 533 | Ebony | 546 |
| 242 | Ricky | 518 | Delaney | 519 |
| 243 | Lance | 490 | Sadie | 517 |
| 244 | Unknown | 478 | Isabelle | 495 |
| 245 | Aidan | 478 | Peyton | 487 |
| 246 | Andre | 463 | Bria | 474 |
| 247 | Todd | 461 | Lillian | 450 |
| 248 | Carter | 440 | Kiana | 444 |
| 249 | Devante | 416 | Amelia | 427 |
| 250 | Rodney | 414 | Shanice | 424 |
| 251 | Clinton | 403 | Chasity | 414 |
| 252 | Brennan | 367 | Baylee | 400 |
| 253 | Daquan | 366 | Kelsie | 354 |
| 254 | Terrance | 334 | Shania | 347 |
| 255 | Deandre | 334 | Sophie | 340 |
| 256 | Randall | 326 | Unknown | 318 |
| 257 | Johnny | 298 | Adrianna | 315 |
| 258 | Cade | 290 | Malia | 314 |
| 259 | Russell | 274 | Mya | 313 |
| 260 | Kyler | 260 | Kirsten | 305 |
| 261 | Calvin | 257 | Tiana | 302 |
| 262 | Zackary | 246 | Camille | 299 |
| 263 | Dennis | 243 | Heidi | 289 |
| 264 | Allen | 228 | Rylee | 287 |
| 265 | Caden | 225 | Deja | 287 |
| 266 | Jakob | 224 | Gina | 287 |
| 267 | Kainoa | 222 | Payton | 284 |
| 268 | Jonah | 213 | Lily | 281 |
| 269 | Kristopher | 213 | Krista | 250 |
| 270 | Zachery | 209 | Madelyn | 240 |
| 271 | Bronson | 205 | Makenna | 236 |
| 272 | Desmond | 198 | Aspen | 229 |
| 273 | Tucker | 197 | Kierra | 209 |
| 274 | Keoni | 195 | Leilani | 206 |
| 275 | Keanu | 184 | Cameron | 198 |
| 276 | Kekoa | 183 | Mckayla | 197 |
| 277 | Josiah | 181 | Shaylee | 186 |
| 278 | Baby | 171 | Callie | 176 |
| 279 | Jaquan | 170 | Tiare | 167 |
| 280 | Kawika | 154 | Devon | 166 |
| 281 | Demarcus | 150 | Kendall | 163 |
| 282 | Marc | 150 | Sofia | 160 |
| 283 | Brenden | 149 | Melinda | 158 |
| 284 | Keegan | 148 | Camryn | 156 |
| 285 | Dallas | 145 | Makenzie | 153 |
| 286 | Max | 141 | Christian | 150 |
| 287 | Branden | 139 | Kyla | 145 |
| 288 | Bridger | 137 | Tatiana | 142 |
| 289 | Jaxon | 136 | Gianna | 139 |
| 290 | Cooper | 126 | Renee | 138 |
| 291 | Ross | 125 | Tasha | 133 |
| 292 | Griffin | 124 | Marisa | 127 |
| 293 | Avery | 121 | Naomi | 125 |
| 294 | Colter | 116 | Hilary | 124 |
| 295 | Marquis | 110 | Dakota | 120 |
| 296 | Forrest | 106 | Alana | 115 |
| 297 | Jamie | 102 | Maile | 111 |
| 298 | Darren | 101 | Cierra | 106 |
| 299 | Ty | 100 | Latoya | 104 |
| 300 | Raekwon | 98 | Shaniqua | 98 |
| 301 | Harrison | 97 | Bailee | 97 |
| 302 | Rashad | 94 | Katelynn | 89 |
| 303 | Kai | 92 | Tayla | 81 |
| 304 | Dana | 90 | Shayna | 79 |
| 305 | Raheem | 88 | Tamara | 78 |
| 306 | Jace | 83 | Tia | 77 |
| 307 | Devonte | 82 | Arianna | 75 |
| 308 | Ikaika | 80 | Mercedes | 73 |
| 309 | Ramon | 75 | Chelsie | 73 |
| 310 | Morgan | 74 | Eliza | 68 |
| 311 | Ashton | 66 | Deanna | 65 |
| 312 | Kendrick | 63 | Clarissa | 65 |
| 313 | Louis | 62 | Bridget | 63 |
| 314 | Kody | 59 | Lauryn | 62 |
| 315 | Mckay | 57 | Shayla | 62 |
| 316 | Zane | 56 | Kate | 55 |
| 317 | Kainalu | 53 | Chanel | 55 |
| 318 | Dante | 51 | Justine | 54 |
| 319 | Donovan | 50 | Julianna | 50 |
| 320 | Corbin | 49 | Charlotte | 48 |
| 321 | Jimmy | 48 | Misty | 46 |
| 322 | Weston | 46 | Jessie | 46 |
| 323 | Shaun | 39 | Kamalani | 40 |
| 324 | Gerald | 37 | Bryanna | 40 |
| 325 | Royce | 35 | Arielle | 40 |
| 326 | Nainoa | 34 | Cassie | 40 |
| 327 | Tristen | 34 | Kyra | 40 |
| 328 | Kaimana | 33 | Macy | 38 |
| 329 | Kalani | 33 | Kira | 36 |
| 330 | Randy | 32 | Janelle | 35 |
| 331 | Lawrence | 31 | Kasey | 32 |
| 332 | Justice | 29 | Hanna | 31 |
| 333 | Kade | 28 | Allyson | 30 |
| 334 | Carl | 24 | Kailee | 29 |
| 335 | Keenan | 20 | Mahealani | 28 |
| 336 | Amir | 20 | Kelli | 28 |
| 337 | Dane | 20 | Brenna | 28 |
| 338 | Wayne | 20 | Tyra | 27 |
| 339 | Geoffrey | 20 | Kassidy | 25 |
| 340 | Tyrone | 18 | Brianne | 25 |
| 341 | Malcolm | 18 | Precious | 25 |
| 342 | Maurice | 18 | Anela | 23 |
| 343 | Arthur | 18 | Avery | 21 |
| 344 | Eli | 18 | Tyler | 21 |
| 345 | Micheal | 16 | Karissa | 20 |
| 346 | Alika | 15 | Gillian | 20 |
| 347 | Zebulon | 14 | Kellie | 18 |
| 348 | Oliver | 14 | Ellen | 18 |
| 349 | Dale | 14 | Jaclyn | 18 |
| 350 | Sam | 14 | Meredith | 18 |
| 351 | Walker | 13 | Michele | 18 |
| 352 | Albert | 13 | Carolyn | 18 |
| 353 | Cyrus | 13 | Josie | 17 |
| 354 | Jay | 13 | Alissa | 17 |
| 355 | Sage | 13 | Hunter | 17 |
| 356 | Domenic | 13 | Taryn | 17 |
| 357 | Damien | 12 | Cheyanne | 16 |
| 358 | Kelly | 12 | Alyson | 16 |
| 359 | Conor | 11 | Shantel | 16 |
| 360 | Colten | 10 | Theresa | 16 |
| 361 | Andy | 10 | Kristy | 16 |
| 362 | Wade | 7 | Alexia | 16 |
| 363 | Beau | 7 | Kari | 16 |
| 364 | Marshall | 7 | Helen | 16 |
| 365 | Bryant | 7 | Tiara | 15 |
| 366 | Damon | 6 | Joy | 15 |