Most Popular Baby Names of 1992

In 1992, the most popular baby names in the United States were Ashley for girls and Michael for boys. Ashley was given to 38,460 girls and Michael to 54,410 boys, according to Social Security card applications.

Across all names, the Social Security Administration recorded 3,841,340 births for names given to at least five babies that year, down from 3,895,335 in 1991. 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: Breanna, Holly, Angelica, Dillon, Connor, and Luke.

← 1991 1993 →The 1990s Download top 1,000 (CSV)

Top 100 baby names of 1992

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Ashley	38,460	–
2	Jessica	38,361	–
3	Amanda	25,039	↑ 1
4	Brittany	24,983	↓ 1
5	Sarah	24,634	↑ 1
6	Samantha	24,407	↓ 1
7	Emily	21,835	↑ 3
8	Stephanie	19,680	↓ 1
9	Elizabeth	19,035	–
10	Megan	17,842	↑ 1
11	Jennifer	17,819	↓ 3
12	Lauren	17,215	↑ 1
13	Kayla	16,517	↓ 1
14	Nicole	16,327	↑ 1
15	Chelsea	16,177	↑ 3
16	Rachel	15,840	↓ 2
17	Taylor	14,954	↑ 15
18	Danielle	14,098	↓ 1
19	Amber	13,917	↓ 3
20	Rebecca	13,110	↑ 1
21	Courtney	12,604	↓ 2
22	Victoria	11,907	↑ 6
23	Kelsey	11,713	↑ 3
24	Melissa	11,710	↓ 4
25	Michelle	11,512	↓ 3
26	Hannah	11,496	↑ 3
27	Katherine	11,149	↓ 2
28	Jasmine	10,479	↓ 4
29	Alexandra	10,221	↑ 7
30	Alyssa	10,163	–
31	Heather	9,725	↓ 8
32	Tiffany	9,722	↓ 5
33	Christina	9,444	↓ 2
34	Shelby	9,396	↓ 1
35	Kimberly	8,895	↓ 1
36	Mary	8,463	↑ 2
37	Sara	8,443	–
38	Laura	8,311	↓ 3
39	Andrea	8,024	–
40	Alexis	7,948	↑ 7
41	Morgan	7,789	↑ 8
42	Kaitlyn	7,480	↑ 40
43	Brianna	7,296	↑ 8
44	Erica	7,133	↓ 4
45	Maria	7,091	–
46	Erin	7,059	↓ 2
47	Kelly	7,012	↓ 5
48	Allison	6,903	↑ 2
49	Anna	6,853	↓ 3
50	Crystal	6,598	↓ 9
51	Amy	6,340	↓ 8
52	Cassandra	6,312	↑ 2
53	Kristen	6,253	↓ 5
54	Katie	6,116	↓ 1
55	Vanessa	6,080	↑ 1
56	Haley	6,040	↑ 23
57	Lindsey	5,893	↓ 5
58	Olivia	5,811	↑ 3
59	Brooke	5,771	↑ 6
60	Kathryn	5,686	↓ 3
61	Natalie	5,583	↑ 3
62	Caitlin	5,391	↓ 7
63	Jordan	5,366	↓ 1
64	Paige	5,305	↑ 12
65	Katelyn	5,291	↑ 10
66	Shannon	5,290	↑ 5
67	Jenna	5,091	↑ 13
68	Brittney	5,085	↓ 10
69	Angela	5,078	↓ 10
70	Julia	5,021	↓ 3
71	Alicia	4,910	↓ 8
72	Marissa	4,873	↑ 9
73	Alexandria	4,796	↑ 5
74	Mariah	4,712	↓ 5
75	Jamie	4,702	↓ 15
76	Jacqueline	4,689	↓ 6
77	Monica	4,590	↑ 8
78	Catherine	4,536	↓ 6
79	Briana	4,350	↑ 16
80	Erika	4,342	↑ 4
81	Lindsay	4,262	↓ 4
82	Christine	4,150	↓ 9
83	Molly	4,137	↓ 9
84	Gabrielle	4,028	↑ 13
85	Whitney	4,010	↓ 17
86	Abigail	3,988	↑ 6
87	Ariel	3,961	↓ 21
88	Lisa	3,781	↓ 5
89	Miranda	3,695	↑ 1
90	Kristin	3,597	↓ 4
91	Meghan	3,595	↑ 3
92	Cynthia	3,548	↑ 1
93	Kristina	3,466	↓ 6
94	Breanna	3,451	↑ 13
95	Veronica	3,444	↑ 5
96	Leah	3,431	↓ 5
97	Bianca	3,385	↓ 8
98	Melanie	3,353	↓ 2
99	Holly	3,347	↑ 6
100	Angelica	3,324	↑ 17

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Michael	54,410	–
2	Christopher	42,468	–
3	Matthew	37,733	–
4	Joshua	36,221	–
5	Andrew	30,542	–
6	Brandon	29,628	↑ 9
7	Daniel	29,157	↓ 1
8	Tyler	28,806	↑ 8
9	James	28,513	↓ 2
10	David	28,425	↓ 2
11	Joseph	27,904	↓ 2
12	Nicholas	27,762	–
13	Ryan	27,022	↓ 2
14	John	26,253	↓ 4
15	Jacob	25,665	↑ 2
16	Zachary	24,802	↑ 6
17	Robert	24,094	↓ 4
18	Justin	23,620	↓ 4
19	Anthony	23,174	↓ 1
20	William	23,066	↓ 1
21	Jonathan	21,413	↓ 1
22	Kyle	20,714	↓ 1
23	Alexander	20,069	↑ 3
24	Cody	19,876	–
25	Kevin	19,647	↓ 2
26	Eric	16,145	↓ 1
27	Thomas	15,290	↑ 1
28	Dylan	15,064	↑ 18
29	Steven	15,039	↓ 2
30	Aaron	14,512	↑ 1
31	Brian	14,107	↓ 1
32	Jordan	14,032	↓ 3
33	Benjamin	13,455	–
34	Timothy	12,864	↓ 2
35	Christian	11,953	↑ 13
36	Adam	11,905	–
37	Jose	11,824	–
38	Austin	11,458	↑ 12
39	Patrick	11,409	↓ 4
40	Samuel	11,344	↓ 1
41	Richard	11,332	↓ 7
42	Sean	11,065	↓ 2
43	Charles	10,469	↓ 5
44	Nathan	10,154	↓ 2
45	Stephen	9,308	↓ 4
46	Jason	9,249	↑ 3
47	Jeremy	9,042	↓ 4
48	Travis	8,895	↓ 4
49	Mark	8,745	↓ 2
50	Jesse	8,563	↑ 1
51	Jeffrey	8,471	↓ 6
52	Taylor	8,239	–
53	Cameron	7,356	↑ 9
54	Alex	7,351	↑ 9
55	Paul	7,003	↓ 2
56	Juan	6,956	↑ 4
57	Bryan	6,835	↑ 4
58	Dustin	6,798	↓ 2
59	Kenneth	6,732	↓ 5
60	Gregory	6,498	↓ 5
61	Scott	6,447	↓ 4
62	Derek	6,293	↓ 3
63	Trevor	6,193	↑ 6
64	Luis	6,169	↑ 2
65	Corey	6,140	↓ 7
66	Evan	6,051	↑ 4
67	Jared	5,868	↓ 3
68	Ian	5,536	↑ 5
69	Carlos	5,342	↑ 3
70	Edward	5,233	↓ 2
71	Shawn	5,153	–
72	Bradley	5,098	↓ 5
73	Dillon	5,062	↑ 30
74	Caleb	5,042	↑ 4
75	Devin	4,972	↑ 8
76	Ethan	4,906	↓ 11
77	Shane	4,847	↓ 2
78	Jesus	4,823	↑ 2
79	Nathaniel	4,687	↑ 5
80	Connor	4,609	↑ 53
81	Peter	4,598	↓ 4
82	Marcus	4,545	↓ 6
83	Cory	4,436	↓ 9
84	Blake	4,397	↑ 2
85	Antonio	4,344	↓ 6
86	Gabriel	4,336	↓ 4
87	Victor	4,293	↓ 2
88	Garrett	4,270	↑ 3
89	Logan	4,226	↑ 5
90	Miguel	4,173	↑ 2
91	Mitchell	4,122	↑ 5
92	Vincent	4,106	↓ 11
93	Luke	4,066	↑ 20
94	Seth	3,913	↑ 5
95	George	3,894	↓ 8
96	Adrian	3,859	↓ 3
97	Brett	3,823	↓ 9
98	Erik	3,815	↓ 3
99	Spencer	3,696	↑ 6
100	Joel	3,667	–

Biggest movers of 1992

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

Rising Girls

Bria ↑ 654 #334
Shanice ↑ 538 #162
Alexus ↑ 335 #617
Mckenna ↑ 332 #588
Mariela ↑ 317 #471
Yasmine ↑ 265 #674
Jada ↑ 262 #716
Kiana ↑ 256 #402
Paola ↑ 240 #490
Valeria ↑ 228 #389

Falling Girls

Iesha ↓ 275 #432
Anabel ↓ 268 #999
Isamar ↓ 244 #985
Whitley ↓ 226 #844
Jeannette ↓ 220 #914
Krystina ↓ 188 #946
Krystle ↓ 178 #785
Pauline ↓ 174 #889
Eliana ↓ 172 #917
Jean ↓ 170 #923

New in the top 1,000 (Girls)

Chandler, Katarina, Peyton, Dallas, Payton, Darian, Infant, Thalia, Brianda, Hailee, Karley, Latifah, Ashlynn, Lisette, Macey

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Girls)

Ieshia, Unknown, Tanesha, Keshia, Brittnee, Angelia, Marla, Jolene, Krysten, Debbie, Laquita, Fiona, Richelle, Alyse, Jaimee

Rising Boys

Devante ↑ 724 #199
Devonte ↑ 404 #226
Sawyer ↑ 356 #596
Shaquille ↑ 293 #426
Tate ↑ 232 #686
Dimitri ↑ 225 #503
Zakary ↑ 215 #714
Dillion ↑ 208 #539
Peyton ↑ 193 #764
Misael ↑ 184 #813

Falling Boys

Unknown ↓ 265 #853
Laquan ↓ 237 #950
Kwame ↓ 224 #948
Jody ↓ 185 #897
Darrel ↓ 168 #937
Pete ↓ 152 #951
Willis ↓ 146 #960
Stephon ↓ 132 #664
Tom ↓ 132 #862
Garrick ↓ 130 #920

New in the top 1,000 (Boys)

Jalen, Tre, Davonte, Devonta, Javonte, Devontae, Deion, Demetri, Davante, Dyllan, Justice, Trae, Dondre, Tayler, Rasheed

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Boys)

Male, Kiefer, Shay, Darrick, Jorden, Virgil, Louie, Torrey, Francesco, Tommie, Federico, Sylvester, Keenen, Valentin, Abram

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.