Most Popular Baby Names of 1993

In 1993, the most popular baby names in the United States were Jessica for girls and Michael for boys. Jessica was given to 34,993 girls and Michael to 49,571 boys, according to Social Security card applications.

Across all names, the Social Security Administration recorded 3,770,400 births for names given to at least five babies that year, down from 3,841,340 in 1992. 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: Madison, Emma, Sierra, Diana, Savannah, and Sabrina.

← 1992 1994 →The 1990s Download top 1,000 (CSV)

Top 100 baby names of 1993

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Jessica	34,993	↑ 1
2	Ashley	34,849	↓ 1
3	Sarah	24,257	↑ 2
4	Samantha	23,668	↑ 2
5	Emily	23,596	↑ 2
6	Brittany	21,725	↓ 2
7	Taylor	21,270	↑ 10
8	Amanda	20,811	↓ 5
9	Elizabeth	17,559	–
10	Stephanie	17,186	↓ 2
11	Megan	16,384	↓ 1
12	Lauren	16,194	–
13	Nicole	16,183	↑ 1
14	Rachel	15,974	↑ 2
15	Jennifer	15,749	↓ 4
16	Kayla	15,453	↓ 3
17	Amber	14,066	↑ 2
18	Danielle	12,992	–
19	Victoria	12,925	↑ 3
20	Courtney	12,577	↑ 1
21	Hannah	12,510	↑ 5
22	Rebecca	12,321	↓ 2
23	Jasmine	12,063	↑ 5
24	Kelsey	11,380	↓ 1
25	Chelsea	11,287	↓ 10
26	Alyssa	11,031	↑ 4
27	Alexis	10,834	↑ 13
28	Alexandra	10,683	↑ 1
29	Katherine	10,506	↓ 2
30	Melissa	10,225	↓ 6
31	Michelle	10,193	↓ 6
32	Brianna	8,775	↑ 11
33	Tiffany	8,586	↓ 1
34	Morgan	8,573	↑ 7
35	Christina	8,289	↓ 2
36	Mary	8,124	–
37	Shelby	8,122	↓ 3
38	Heather	8,103	↓ 7
39	Kimberly	7,965	↓ 4
40	Sara	7,902	↓ 3
41	Allison	7,729	↑ 7
42	Haley	7,618	↑ 14
43	Laura	7,262	↓ 5
44	Andrea	7,242	↓ 5
45	Maria	6,978	–
46	Kaitlyn	6,956	↓ 4
47	Anna	6,813	↑ 2
48	Erin	6,717	↓ 2
49	Erica	6,411	↓ 5
50	Olivia	6,343	↑ 8
51	Kelly	6,295	↓ 4
52	Brooke	6,161	↑ 7
53	Shannon	6,070	↑ 13
54	Katelyn	5,975	↑ 11
55	Vanessa	5,890	–
56	Lindsey	5,845	↑ 1
57	Crystal	5,829	↓ 7
58	Jordan	5,823	↑ 5
59	Marissa	5,626	↑ 13
60	Paige	5,612	↑ 4
61	Kristen	5,534	↓ 8
62	Natalie	5,484	↓ 1
63	Katie	5,456	↓ 9
64	Caitlin	5,428	↓ 2
65	Amy	5,420	↓ 14
66	Cassandra	5,420	↓ 14
67	Abigail	5,185	↑ 19
68	Kathryn	5,092	↓ 8
69	Alexandria	5,027	↑ 4
70	Jenna	4,882	↓ 3
71	Briana	4,880	↑ 8
72	Julia	4,663	↓ 2
73	Angela	4,572	↓ 4
74	Jacqueline	4,516	↑ 2
75	Catherine	4,475	↑ 3
76	Alicia	4,431	↓ 5
77	Brittney	4,420	↓ 9
78	Madison	4,384	↑ 29
79	Jamie	4,254	↓ 4
80	Emma	4,108	↑ 24
81	Mariah	4,093	↓ 7
82	Whitney	4,078	↑ 3
83	Breanna	4,027	↑ 11
84	Gabrielle	4,017	–
85	Erika	4,010	↓ 5
86	Monica	3,901	↓ 9
87	Molly	3,708	↓ 4
88	Lindsay	3,664	↓ 7
89	Miranda	3,581	–
90	Christine	3,477	↓ 8
91	Sierra	3,473	↑ 38
92	Leah	3,414	↑ 4
93	Meghan	3,401	↓ 2
94	Diana	3,389	↑ 7
95	Cynthia	3,383	↓ 3
96	Savannah	3,343	↑ 47
97	Sabrina	3,322	↑ 15
98	Angelica	3,242	↑ 2
99	Kaitlin	3,226	↑ 14
100	Lisa	3,223	↓ 12

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Michael	49,571	–
2	Christopher	38,237	–
3	Matthew	35,782	–
4	Joshua	33,590	–
5	Tyler	29,800	↑ 3
6	Brandon	28,735	–
7	Daniel	28,698	–
8	Nicholas	28,114	↑ 4
9	Jacob	27,487	↑ 6
10	Andrew	27,326	↓ 5
11	David	27,038	↓ 1
12	Joseph	27,014	↓ 1
13	Ryan	26,727	–
14	James	26,259	↓ 5
15	Zachary	25,538	↑ 1
16	John	24,996	↓ 2
17	Robert	22,447	–
18	William	22,218	↑ 2
19	Anthony	21,788	–
20	Justin	21,540	↓ 2
21	Alexander	20,530	↑ 2
22	Jonathan	19,954	↓ 1
23	Kyle	19,454	↓ 1
24	Cody	19,152	–
25	Kevin	19,084	–
26	Austin	17,587	↑ 12
27	Thomas	14,868	–
28	Jordan	14,758	↑ 4
29	Eric	14,548	↓ 3
30	Aaron	13,837	–
31	Steven	13,474	↓ 2
32	Benjamin	12,686	↑ 1
33	Dylan	12,686	↓ 5
34	Brian	12,544	↓ 3
35	Christian	11,891	–
36	Jose	11,847	↑ 1
37	Samuel	11,711	↑ 3
38	Timothy	11,640	↓ 4
39	Adam	11,534	↓ 3
40	Richard	10,230	↑ 1
41	Nathan	10,199	↑ 3
42	Sean	10,176	–
43	Patrick	9,857	↓ 4
44	Charles	9,855	↓ 1
45	Jason	8,639	↑ 1
46	Jeremy	8,577	↑ 1
47	Stephen	8,369	↓ 2
48	Jesse	8,263	↑ 2
49	Mark	8,059	–
50	Travis	7,940	↓ 2
51	Taylor	7,688	↑ 1
52	Alex	7,639	↑ 2
53	Jeffrey	7,535	↓ 2
54	Cameron	7,092	↓ 1
55	Juan	6,901	↑ 1
56	Paul	6,481	↓ 1
57	Connor	6,452	↑ 23
58	Luis	6,412	↑ 6
59	Dustin	6,310	↓ 1
60	Kenneth	6,276	↓ 1
61	Bryan	6,159	↓ 4
62	Evan	6,089	↑ 4
63	Jared	6,065	↑ 4
64	Trevor	6,012	↓ 1
65	Gregory	5,807	↓ 5
66	Caleb	5,788	↑ 8
67	Derek	5,762	↓ 5
68	Corey	5,674	↓ 3
69	Scott	5,577	↓ 8
70	Ian	5,399	↓ 2
71	Devin	5,356	↑ 4
72	Carlos	5,353	↓ 3
73	Bradley	5,136	↓ 1
74	Marcus	5,063	↑ 8
75	Nathaniel	4,854	↑ 4
76	Logan	4,844	↑ 13
77	Shawn	4,814	↓ 6
78	Edward	4,790	↓ 8
79	Garrett	4,711	↑ 9
80	Jesus	4,683	↓ 2
81	Mitchell	4,584	↑ 10
82	Peter	4,538	↓ 1
83	Blake	4,504	↑ 1
84	Shane	4,438	↓ 7
85	Dakota	4,411	↑ 18
86	Gabriel	4,375	–
87	Luke	4,357	↑ 6
88	Miguel	4,349	↑ 2
89	Antonio	4,301	↓ 4
90	Dillon	4,282	↓ 17
91	Victor	4,207	↓ 4
92	Ethan	4,164	↓ 16
93	Seth	4,060	↑ 1
94	Cory	3,997	↓ 11
95	Lucas	3,923	↑ 11
96	Spencer	3,884	↑ 3
97	Hunter	3,792	↑ 38
98	Tanner	3,768	↑ 3
99	Adrian	3,754	↓ 3
100	Vincent	3,687	↓ 8

Biggest movers of 1993

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

Rising Girls

Anissa ↑ 441 #413
Giselle ↑ 401 #432
Thalia ↑ 387 #363
Mikayla ↑ 270 #296
Alexus ↑ 263 #354
Mikaela ↑ 256 #542
Lexus ↑ 251 #738
Darian ↑ 225 #482
Makayla ↑ 224 #340
Selena ↑ 222 #384

Falling Girls

Hilary ↓ 413 #647
Deidre ↓ 291 #923
Kirstie ↓ 234 #793
Infant ↓ 224 #969
Ivette ↓ 218 #866
Charmaine ↓ 204 #983
Sheena ↓ 190 #811
Estefania ↓ 186 #906
Krystle ↓ 182 #967
Laurie ↓ 177 #947

New in the top 1,000 (Girls)

Yaritza, Hunter, Khadijah, Chante, Layla, Kadijah, Halle, Savanah, Tyra, Dylan, Brionna, Destiney, Bridgett, Jazmyn, Helena

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Girls)

Shanae, Brianda, Jaleesa, Latifah, Shanika, Janay, Lisette, Santana, Shanequa, Chrystal, Shawnee, Lora, Cassondra, Chelsy, Ivana

Rising Boys

Juwan ↑ 287 #676
Shaquille ↑ 245 #181
Jonah ↑ 225 #469
Najee ↑ 224 #704
Garrison ↑ 215 #678
Dequan ↑ 209 #664
Kieran ↑ 209 #755
Justice ↑ 195 #628
Darien ↑ 191 #424
Dusty ↑ 171 #714

Falling Boys

Garth ↓ 311 #969
Malcom ↓ 204 #971
Kadeem ↓ 196 #778
Davante ↓ 189 #992
Titus ↓ 170 #998
Infant ↓ 169 #734
Dominque ↓ 168 #841
Rakeem ↓ 168 #941
Mickey ↓ 161 #996
Dyllan ↓ 159 #968

New in the top 1,000 (Boys)

Jaylen, Kane, Devyn, Savon, Deondre, Darrian, Dallin, Jordy, Jorden, Maximillian, Mikal, Ibrahim, Adonis, Kade, Sylvester

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Boys)

Garry, Spenser, Jerald, Channing, Nikko, Earnest, Waylon, Davonta, Cordell, Justen, Justyn, Tyrel, Marion, Britton, Ira

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.