Most Popular Baby Names of 1991

In 1991, the most popular baby names in the United States were Ashley for girls and Michael for boys. Ashley was given to 43,477 girls and Michael to 60,810 boys, according to Social Security card applications.

Across all names, the Social Security Administration recorded 3,895,335 births for names given to at least five babies that year, down from 3,952,585 in 1990. 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: Mariah, Haley, Miranda, Briana, Kaitlin, and Miguel.

← 1990 1992 →The 1990s Download top 1,000 (CSV)

Top 100 baby names of 1991

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Ashley	43,477	↑ 1
2	Jessica	43,398	↓ 1
3	Brittany	29,093	–
4	Amanda	28,896	–
5	Samantha	25,651	–
6	Sarah	25,233	–
7	Stephanie	22,775	–
8	Jennifer	20,673	–
9	Elizabeth	20,395	–
10	Emily	20,311	↑ 2
11	Megan	19,278	–
12	Kayla	18,545	↑ 2
13	Lauren	18,412	↓ 3
14	Rachel	16,344	↑ 2
15	Nicole	16,046	↓ 2
16	Amber	14,992	↓ 1
17	Danielle	13,619	↑ 1
18	Chelsea	13,509	↑ 6
19	Courtney	13,441	↓ 2
20	Melissa	13,348	–
21	Rebecca	13,298	–
22	Michelle	12,213	–
23	Heather	11,703	↓ 4
24	Jasmine	11,524	↑ 4
25	Katherine	11,495	↑ 1
26	Kelsey	11,435	↑ 6
27	Tiffany	11,155	↓ 4
28	Victoria	10,912	↑ 5
29	Hannah	10,769	↑ 1
30	Alyssa	10,678	↓ 3
31	Christina	10,564	↓ 6
32	Taylor	10,253	↑ 14
33	Shelby	10,220	↑ 67
34	Kimberly	9,799	↓ 3
35	Laura	9,644	↓ 6
36	Alexandra	9,460	↑ 1
37	Sara	8,846	↓ 3
38	Mary	8,764	↓ 3
39	Andrea	7,995	↑ 1
40	Erica	7,800	↓ 4
41	Crystal	7,727	↓ 2
42	Kelly	7,515	↓ 1
43	Amy	7,275	↓ 5
44	Erin	7,207	↓ 1
45	Maria	7,136	↑ 2
46	Anna	7,119	↓ 1
47	Alexis	7,009	↑ 19
48	Kristen	6,816	↓ 6
49	Morgan	6,794	↑ 9
50	Allison	6,773	↓ 2
51	Brianna	6,561	↑ 10
52	Lindsey	6,460	↓ 1
53	Katie	6,425	–
54	Cassandra	6,408	↓ 5
55	Caitlin	6,384	↓ 5
56	Vanessa	5,926	–
57	Kathryn	5,832	–
58	Brittney	5,829	↓ 14
59	Angela	5,802	↓ 7
60	Jamie	5,781	↓ 5
61	Olivia	5,602	↑ 11
62	Jordan	5,561	↓ 3
63	Alicia	5,558	↓ 9
64	Natalie	5,557	↓ 1
65	Brooke	5,551	↑ 5
66	Ariel	5,411	↑ 28
67	Julia	5,365	↑ 16
68	Whitney	5,239	↓ 8
69	Mariah	5,192	↑ 190
70	Jacqueline	4,989	↓ 3
71	Shannon	4,845	↓ 3
72	Catherine	4,815	↓ 1
73	Christine	4,806	↓ 11
74	Molly	4,652	↑ 6
75	Katelyn	4,560	–
76	Paige	4,516	↑ 3
77	Lindsay	4,483	↓ 8
78	Alexandria	4,470	↑ 17
79	Haley	4,463	↑ 29
80	Jenna	4,460	↑ 1
81	Marissa	4,421	↑ 6
82	Kaitlyn	4,407	↓ 4
83	Lisa	4,395	↓ 19
84	Erika	4,310	↓ 10
85	Monica	4,156	↓ 9
86	Kristin	4,087	↓ 21
87	Kristina	3,876	↓ 10
88	April	3,857	↓ 15
89	Bianca	3,844	↓ 5
90	Miranda	3,820	↑ 22
91	Leah	3,816	↓ 9
92	Abigail	3,799	↓ 2
93	Cynthia	3,707	↓ 5
94	Meghan	3,704	↓ 3
95	Briana	3,689	↑ 14
96	Melanie	3,580	↓ 10
97	Gabrielle	3,578	↑ 2
98	Julie	3,571	↓ 5
99	Kaitlin	3,486	↑ 2
100	Veronica	3,441	↓ 4

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Michael	60,810	–
2	Christopher	47,111	–
3	Matthew	41,647	–
4	Joshua	41,226	–
5	Andrew	31,539	↑ 2
6	Daniel	30,935	↓ 1
7	James	30,514	↑ 1
8	David	30,416	↓ 2
9	Joseph	29,840	↑ 1
10	John	27,809	↑ 2
11	Ryan	27,536	–
12	Nicholas	27,357	↑ 2
13	Robert	26,839	–
14	Justin	26,797	↓ 5
15	Brandon	26,021	↑ 4
16	Tyler	25,209	↑ 5
17	Jacob	25,200	↑ 3
18	Anthony	24,447	↓ 3
19	William	23,860	↓ 3
20	Jonathan	22,975	↓ 3
21	Kyle	21,610	↓ 3
22	Zachary	21,387	–
23	Kevin	20,262	–
24	Cody	18,980	↑ 7
25	Eric	18,051	↓ 1
26	Alexander	17,640	↑ 2
27	Steven	16,863	↓ 2
28	Thomas	16,789	↓ 2
29	Jordan	16,020	–
30	Brian	14,915	↓ 3
31	Aaron	14,242	↑ 3
32	Timothy	14,154	↓ 2
33	Benjamin	13,877	–
34	Richard	12,553	↑ 1
35	Patrick	12,412	↑ 1
36	Adam	12,308	↓ 4
37	Jose	11,727	↑ 4
38	Charles	11,336	–
39	Samuel	11,234	↑ 6
40	Sean	11,182	↓ 3
41	Stephen	10,525	↓ 2
42	Nathan	10,500	↑ 2
43	Jeremy	10,403	↓ 3
44	Travis	10,134	↓ 2
45	Jeffrey	9,894	↓ 2
46	Dylan	9,763	↑ 37
47	Mark	9,684	–
48	Christian	9,447	↑ 12
49	Jason	9,387	↓ 3
50	Austin	9,054	↑ 5
51	Jesse	8,367	↓ 3
52	Taylor	7,972	↑ 12
53	Paul	7,680	↓ 4
54	Kenneth	7,576	↓ 2
55	Gregory	7,555	↓ 4
56	Dustin	7,383	↓ 6
57	Scott	7,114	↓ 4
58	Corey	6,931	↓ 2
59	Derek	6,893	↓ 5
60	Juan	6,843	↑ 1
61	Bryan	6,757	↓ 4
62	Cameron	6,697	–
63	Alex	6,673	↓ 4
64	Jared	6,214	↓ 1
65	Ethan	6,129	↓ 7
66	Luis	5,896	–
67	Bradley	5,723	↓ 2
68	Edward	5,572	–
69	Trevor	5,531	↑ 7
70	Evan	5,448	↑ 1
71	Shawn	5,415	↓ 2
72	Carlos	5,330	↑ 3
73	Ian	5,326	↓ 3
74	Cory	5,121	↓ 7
75	Shane	5,106	↓ 2
76	Marcus	5,069	↓ 4
77	Peter	4,959	↓ 3
78	Caleb	4,864	↑ 10
79	Antonio	4,616	↓ 2
80	Jesus	4,601	↑ 10
81	Vincent	4,493	↓ 3
82	Gabriel	4,414	↑ 18
83	Devin	4,388	↑ 15
84	Nathaniel	4,367	↑ 2
85	Victor	4,335	↓ 3
86	Blake	4,275	↑ 5
87	George	4,179	↓ 8
88	Brett	4,153	↓ 4
89	Keith	4,124	↓ 9
90	Casey	4,107	↓ 1
91	Garrett	4,054	↑ 8
92	Miguel	3,948	↑ 9
93	Adrian	3,921	↑ 1
94	Logan	3,893	↑ 10
95	Erik	3,892	↑ 1
96	Mitchell	3,882	↓ 3
97	Raymond	3,865	↓ 5
98	Phillip	3,851	↓ 17
99	Seth	3,812	↑ 3
100	Joel	3,762	↓ 5

Biggest movers of 1991

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

Rising Girls

Iesha ↑ 575 #157
Shelbi ↑ 407 #475
Moriah ↑ 299 #499
Haleigh ↑ 293 #670
Karly ↑ 287 #604
Carlie ↑ 285 #640
Ivette ↑ 284 #569
Dulce ↑ 279 #633
Carley ↑ 277 #484
Karli ↑ 264 #665

Falling Girls

Cecily ↓ 416 #991
Angelia ↓ 341 #841
Kanisha ↓ 275 #992
Brittny ↓ 227 #819
Keshia ↓ 220 #813
Isamar ↓ 210 #741
Giselle ↓ 204 #908
Shante ↓ 189 #802
Latonya ↓ 187 #987
Lora ↓ 173 #940

New in the top 1,000 (Girls)

Shelbie, Demi, Harley, Ieshia, Makenzie, Shanequa, Karlee, Eliana, Haylee, Cheyanne, Carli, Estefania, Unknown, Halie, Chynna

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Girls)

Infant, Latifah, Britny, Martika, Kyle, Tameka, Teri, Ivana, Cherie, Magen, Mandi, Samatha, Danika, Tera, Holli

Rising Boys

Codie ↑ 231 #702
Trevon ↑ 192 #651
Kelby ↑ 185 #746
Conner ↑ 168 #457
Travon ↑ 158 #696
Unknown ↑ 150 #588
Jaquan ↑ 147 #607
Kiefer ↑ 145 #710
Julien ↑ 134 #820
Irving ↑ 133 #551

Falling Boys

Infant ↓ 281 #670
Khiry ↓ 267 #916
Sylvester ↓ 191 #906
Brant ↓ 190 #963
Grady ↓ 156 #931
Cedrick ↓ 154 #982
Garrick ↓ 151 #790
Dusty ↓ 146 #788
Kwame ↓ 141 #724
Jerad ↓ 135 #986

New in the top 1,000 (Boys)

Devonte, Sage, Dillan, Gunnar, Garth, Shaquille, Dimitri, Dillion, Dylon, Storm, Domonique, Codi, Augustus, Jaleel, Davion

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Boys)

Arsenio, Alphonso, Mychal, Quinten, Greggory, Mykel, Rocco, Van, Dayton, Jarret, Michel, Derrell, Emerson, Monte, Jan

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.