Most Popular Baby Names of 1990

In 1990, the most popular baby names in the United States were Jessica for girls and Michael for boys. Jessica was given to 46,486 girls and Michael to 65,321 boys, according to Social Security card applications.

Across all names, the Social Security Administration recorded 3,952,585 births for names given to at least five babies that year, up from 3,844,480 in 1989. The tables below show the top 100 names for each sex with their rank change from the year before, followed by the biggest movers in the top 1,000.

New to the top 100 this year: Olivia, Paige, Ariel, Alexandria, Gabrielle, and Shelby.

← 1989 1991 →The 1990s Download top 1,000 (CSV)

Top 100 baby names of 1990

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Jessica	46,486	–
2	Ashley	45,561	–
3	Brittany	36,536	–
4	Amanda	34,413	–
5	Samantha	25,868	↑ 1
6	Sarah	25,824	↓ 1
7	Stephanie	24,864	↑ 1
8	Jennifer	22,236	↓ 1
9	Elizabeth	20,750	↑ 1
10	Lauren	20,506	↓ 1
11	Megan	20,259	–
12	Emily	19,370	↑ 1
13	Nicole	17,954	↓ 1
14	Kayla	17,538	↑ 6
15	Amber	15,866	↓ 1
16	Rachel	15,710	↑ 2
17	Courtney	15,380	↑ 4
18	Danielle	14,339	↓ 1
19	Heather	14,220	↓ 4
20	Melissa	14,000	↓ 1
21	Rebecca	13,677	↑ 3
22	Michelle	13,425	–
23	Tiffany	13,160	↓ 7
24	Chelsea	12,785	↑ 3
25	Christina	11,927	↓ 2
26	Katherine	11,625	–
27	Alyssa	11,263	↑ 6
28	Jasmine	11,037	↑ 2
29	Laura	10,914	↓ 4
30	Hannah	10,283	↑ 12
31	Kimberly	10,191	↓ 3
32	Kelsey	9,494	↓ 1
33	Victoria	9,109	↑ 11
34	Sara	8,979	↓ 5
35	Mary	8,670	↑ 3
36	Erica	8,608	↓ 2
37	Alexandra	8,508	↑ 6
38	Amy	8,463	↓ 3
39	Crystal	8,218	↓ 7
40	Andrea	8,214	↓ 1
41	Kelly	8,137	↓ 4
42	Kristen	8,073	↓ 6
43	Erin	7,989	↓ 3
44	Brittney	7,427	↓ 3
45	Anna	7,293	↑ 6
46	Taylor	7,262	↑ 29
47	Maria	7,186	↑ 9
48	Allison	7,136	↓ 2
49	Cassandra	7,054	↑ 5
50	Caitlin	7,026	↓ 1
51	Lindsey	6,782	↓ 3
52	Angela	6,666	↓ 5
53	Katie	6,514	↓ 8
54	Alicia	6,511	↓ 1
55	Jamie	6,509	↓ 3
56	Vanessa	6,409	↓ 6
57	Kathryn	6,353	↑ 1
58	Morgan	6,047	↑ 11
59	Jordan	5,957	↑ 13
60	Whitney	5,905	↓ 3
61	Brianna	5,680	↑ 16
62	Christine	5,679	↓ 3
63	Natalie	5,637	↓ 1
64	Lisa	5,347	↓ 9
65	Kristin	5,300	↓ 5
66	Alexis	5,257	↑ 26
67	Jacqueline	5,237	↓ 3
68	Shannon	5,190	↓ 7
69	Lindsay	5,040	↓ 6
70	Brooke	4,990	↑ 4
71	Catherine	4,894	↓ 4
72	Olivia	4,626	↑ 50
73	April	4,572	↓ 7
74	Erika	4,569	↓ 1
75	Katelyn	4,489	↑ 1
76	Monica	4,453	↓ 8
77	Kristina	4,389	↓ 12
78	Kaitlyn	4,312	↑ 17
79	Paige	4,113	↑ 45
80	Molly	3,965	↑ 13
81	Jenna	3,956	↓ 10
82	Leah	3,924	↑ 1
83	Julia	3,914	↑ 13
84	Bianca	3,829	↑ 7
85	Tara	3,826	↓ 15
86	Melanie	3,813	↑ 2
87	Marissa	3,806	↓ 6
88	Cynthia	3,797	↓ 4
89	Holly	3,772	↓ 10
90	Abigail	3,719	↑ 4
91	Meghan	3,695	↓ 11
92	Kathleen	3,670	↓ 2
93	Julie	3,657	↓ 15
94	Ariel	3,607	↑ 115
95	Alexandria	3,595	↑ 9
96	Veronica	3,588	↓ 11
97	Patricia	3,579	↓ 8
98	Diana	3,548	↓ 12
99	Gabrielle	3,541	↑ 13
100	Shelby	3,517	↑ 129

Boys

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

Biggest movers of 1990

Changes in rank within the top 1,000 compared with the year before.

Rising Girls

Shaniqua ↑ 627 #327
Angelia ↑ 491 #500
Jordyn ↑ 345 #480
Raven ↑ 329 #166
Kirstie ↑ 316 #457
Mariah ↑ 303 #259
Cheyenne ↑ 256 #331
Viviana ↑ 236 #668
Tayler ↑ 233 #708
Tianna ↑ 227 #712

Falling Girls

Christin ↓ 328 #614
Shanice ↓ 273 #725
Jaleesa ↓ 229 #658
Asha ↓ 198 #994
Tracie ↓ 197 #934
Marianne ↓ 195 #986
Christopher ↓ 193 #981
Geraldine ↓ 174 #951
Cari ↓ 165 #962
Janel ↓ 164 #966

New in the top 1,000 (Girls)

Isamar, Skylar, Dakota, Macy, Devan, Latifah, Kanisha, Iesha, Rubi, Skyler, Mariela, Symone, Melina, Riley, Ella

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Girls)

Stephani, Elizabet, Alexandr, Katherin, Audrianna, Unknown, Tawny, Audriana, Christi, Peggy, Kasie, Joshua, Ashanti, Glenda, Justin

Rising Boys

Gage ↑ 395 #360
Dalton ↑ 280 #193
Hayden ↑ 269 #379
Ladarius ↑ 222 #749
Ezequiel ↑ 189 #765
Shelby ↑ 169 #525
Kadeem ↑ 163 #538
Jessy ↑ 156 #758
Trevon ↑ 149 #843
Efren ↑ 144 #769

Falling Boys

Brittany ↓ 318 #996
Arsenio ↓ 265 #744
Jessica ↓ 240 #867
Jarrell ↓ 188 #984
Ashley ↓ 161 #652
Demario ↓ 145 #668
Justine ↓ 138 #973
Unknown ↓ 128 #738
Cornell ↓ 117 #963
Rudolph ↓ 116 #848

New in the top 1,000 (Boys)

Tevin, Denzel, Male, Laquan, Alexandro, Kiefer, Greggory, Ibrahim, Jorden, Mykel, Dayton, Kevon, Jarret, Zakary, Aidan

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Boys)

Christop, Alexande, Jaren, Jasmine, Jennifer, Sarah, Stephanie, Cordero, Robby, Elizabeth, Jeramy, Mack, Amanda, Lauren, Andrea

Other years

Trend lists

Source: US Social Security Administration. Ranks are computed from birth counts for each sex; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are not published.