Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1990

Michael and Jessica topped the list in 1990. The 10 most popular names went to 19% of boys and 16% of girls, from 9,485 boy names and 15,227 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1990

  1. Michael 65,321
  2. Christopher 52,362
  3. Matthew 44,826
  4. Joshua 43,237
  5. Daniel 33,830
  6. David 33,748
  7. Andrew 33,673
  8. James 32,359
  9. Justin 30,649
  10. Joseph 30,137
  11. Ryan 29,263
  12. John 29,089
  13. Robert 28,886
  14. Nicholas 27,913
  15. Anthony 25,088
  16. William 24,906
  17. Jonathan 24,077
  18. Kyle 22,710
  19. Brandon 22,163
  20. Jacob 22,022
  21. Tyler 20,646
  22. Zachary 20,430
  23. Kevin 20,413
  24. Eric 19,430
  25. Steven 18,764
  26. Thomas 18,231
  27. Brian 16,935
  28. Alexander 16,194
  29. Jordan 16,137
  30. Timothy 15,700
  31. Cody 15,399
  32. Adam 14,713
  33. Benjamin 14,633
  34. Aaron 14,557
  35. Richard 13,580
  36. Patrick 12,377
  37. Sean 12,018
  38. Charles 12,000
  39. Stephen 11,943
  40. Jeremy 11,689
  41. Jose 11,519
  42. Travis 11,462
  43. Jeffrey 10,980
  44. Nathan 10,934
  45. Samuel 10,894
  46. Jason 10,694
  47. Mark 10,689
  48. Jesse 8,977
  49. Paul 8,579
  50. Dustin 8,457
  51. Gregory 8,378
  52. Kenneth 8,262
  53. Scott 8,086
  54. Derek 8,083
  55. Austin 7,915
  56. Corey 7,692
  57. Bryan 7,439
  58. Ethan 6,989
  59. Alex 6,951
  60. Christian 6,786
  61. Juan 6,743
  62. Cameron 6,660
  63. Jared 6,643
  64. Taylor 6,579
  65. Bradley 6,437
  66. Luis 5,795
  67. Cory 5,765
  68. Edward 5,746
  69. Shawn 5,721
  70. Ian 5,460
  71. Evan 5,308
  72. Marcus 5,304
  73. Shane 5,274
  74. Peter 5,224
  75. Carlos 5,213
  76. Trevor 5,141
  77. Antonio 4,867
  78. Vincent 4,804
  79. George 4,567
  80. Keith 4,481
  81. Phillip 4,454
  82. Victor 4,445
  83. Dylan 4,414
  84. Brett 4,394
  85. Chad 4,351
  86. Nathaniel 4,348
  87. Donald 4,177
  88. Caleb 4,154
  89. Casey 4,134
  90. Jesus 4,131
  91. Blake 4,103
  92. Raymond 4,062
  93. Mitchell 4,021
  94. Adrian 4,000
  95. Joel 4,000
  96. Erik 3,956
  97. Ronald 3,899
  98. Devin 3,866
  99. Garrett 3,757
  100. Gabriel 3,699

Top girl names of 1990

  1. Jessica 46,486
  2. Ashley 45,561
  3. Brittany 36,536
  4. Amanda 34,413
  5. Samantha 25,868
  6. Sarah 25,824
  7. Stephanie 24,864
  8. Jennifer 22,236
  9. Elizabeth 20,750
  10. Lauren 20,506
  11. Megan 20,259
  12. Emily 19,370
  13. Nicole 17,954
  14. Kayla 17,538
  15. Amber 15,866
  16. Rachel 15,710
  17. Courtney 15,380
  18. Danielle 14,339
  19. Heather 14,220
  20. Melissa 14,000
  21. Rebecca 13,677
  22. Michelle 13,425
  23. Tiffany 13,160
  24. Chelsea 12,785
  25. Christina 11,927
  26. Katherine 11,625
  27. Alyssa 11,263
  28. Jasmine 11,037
  29. Laura 10,914
  30. Hannah 10,283
  31. Kimberly 10,191
  32. Kelsey 9,494
  33. Victoria 9,109
  34. Sara 8,979
  35. Mary 8,670
  36. Erica 8,608
  37. Alexandra 8,508
  38. Amy 8,463
  39. Crystal 8,218
  40. Andrea 8,214
  41. Kelly 8,137
  42. Kristen 8,073
  43. Erin 7,989
  44. Brittney 7,427
  45. Anna 7,293
  46. Taylor 7,262
  47. Maria 7,186
  48. Allison 7,136
  49. Cassandra 7,054
  50. Caitlin 7,026
  51. Lindsey 6,782
  52. Angela 6,666
  53. Katie 6,514
  54. Alicia 6,511
  55. Jamie 6,509
  56. Vanessa 6,409
  57. Kathryn 6,353
  58. Morgan 6,047
  59. Jordan 5,957
  60. Whitney 5,905
  61. Brianna 5,680
  62. Christine 5,679
  63. Natalie 5,637
  64. Lisa 5,347
  65. Kristin 5,300
  66. Alexis 5,257
  67. Jacqueline 5,237
  68. Shannon 5,190
  69. Lindsay 5,040
  70. Brooke 4,990
  71. Catherine 4,894
  72. Olivia 4,626
  73. April 4,572
  74. Erika 4,569
  75. Katelyn 4,489
  76. Monica 4,453
  77. Kristina 4,389
  78. Kaitlyn 4,312
  79. Paige 4,113
  80. Molly 3,965
  81. Jenna 3,956
  82. Leah 3,924
  83. Julia 3,914
  84. Bianca 3,829
  85. Tara 3,826
  86. Melanie 3,813
  87. Marissa 3,806
  88. Cynthia 3,797
  89. Holly 3,772
  90. Abigail 3,719
  91. Meghan 3,695
  92. Kathleen 3,670
  93. Julie 3,657
  94. Ariel 3,607
  95. Alexandria 3,595
  96. Veronica 3,588
  97. Patricia 3,579
  98. Diana 3,548
  99. Gabrielle 3,541
  100. Shelby 3,517

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1990?
Michael was the #1 boy name in 1990 (65,321 babies) and Jessica was the #1 girl name (46,486 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1990?
Social Security records list 3,952,585 babies born in 1990 with names given to at least 5 babies: 2,054,038 boys and 1,898,547 girls.