Most Popular Baby Names of 1994

In 1994, the most popular baby names in the United States were Jessica for girls and Michael for boys. Jessica was given to 32,122 girls and Michael to 44,477 boys, according to Social Security card applications.

Across all names, the Social Security Administration recorded 3,717,784 births for names given to at least five babies that year, down from 3,770,400 in 1993. 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: Sydney, Destiny, Madeline, Caroline, Alexa, and Cheyenne.

← 1993 1995 →The 1990s Download top 1,000 (CSV)

Top 100 baby names of 1994

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Jessica	32,122	–
2	Ashley	30,281	–
3	Emily	24,154	↑ 2
4	Samantha	22,824	–
5	Sarah	22,299	↓ 2
6	Taylor	20,734	↑ 1
7	Brittany	18,900	↓ 1
8	Amanda	18,718	–
9	Elizabeth	16,786	–
10	Megan	16,580	↑ 1
11	Nicole	16,011	↑ 2
12	Kayla	15,885	↑ 4
13	Rachel	15,492	↑ 1
14	Lauren	15,158	↓ 2
15	Stephanie	14,750	↓ 5
16	Hannah	14,494	↑ 5
17	Jennifer	14,001	↓ 2
18	Alexis	13,039	↑ 9
19	Victoria	12,694	–
20	Danielle	12,455	↓ 2
21	Amber	12,343	↓ 4
22	Courtney	12,020	↓ 2
23	Jasmine	11,714	–
24	Rebecca	11,284	↓ 2
25	Morgan	10,655	↑ 9
26	Alyssa	10,602	–
27	Brianna	10,516	↑ 5
28	Alexandra	10,226	–
29	Kelsey	9,749	↓ 5
30	Katherine	9,586	↓ 1
31	Melissa	8,795	↓ 1
32	Kimberly	8,747	↑ 7
33	Michelle	8,639	↓ 2
34	Allison	8,150	↑ 7
35	Tiffany	8,096	↓ 2
36	Haley	7,803	↑ 6
37	Mary	7,758	↓ 1
38	Chelsea	7,718	↓ 13
39	Christina	7,668	↓ 4
40	Shelby	7,546	↓ 3
41	Anna	7,529	↑ 6
42	Abigail	7,243	↑ 25
43	Sara	7,220	↓ 3
44	Heather	7,033	↓ 6
45	Erin	6,908	↑ 3
46	Laura	6,860	↓ 3
47	Maria	6,753	↓ 2
48	Kaitlyn	6,686	↓ 2
49	Andrea	6,482	↓ 5
50	Olivia	6,432	–
51	Madison	6,263	↑ 27
52	Jordan	6,259	↑ 6
53	Marissa	6,246	↑ 6
54	Brooke	5,973	↓ 2
55	Kristen	5,871	↑ 6
56	Natalie	5,837	↑ 6
57	Erica	5,680	↓ 8
58	Katelyn	5,670	↓ 4
59	Vanessa	5,552	↓ 4
60	Shannon	5,508	↓ 7
61	Miranda	5,456	↑ 28
62	Kelly	5,446	↓ 11
63	Paige	5,208	↓ 3
64	Crystal	5,199	↓ 7
65	Jacqueline	5,183	↑ 9
66	Cassandra	5,061	–
67	Gabrielle	5,044	↑ 17
68	Briana	5,000	↑ 3
69	Lindsey	4,988	↓ 13
70	Katie	4,983	↓ 7
71	Sierra	4,853	↑ 20
72	Julia	4,844	–
73	Alexandria	4,840	↓ 4
74	Emma	4,765	↑ 6
75	Mariah	4,749	↑ 6
76	Sydney	4,737	↑ 30
77	Amy	4,691	↓ 12
78	Caitlin	4,654	↓ 14
79	Kathryn	4,620	↓ 11
80	Jenna	4,594	↓ 10
81	Angela	4,414	↓ 8
82	Savannah	4,386	↑ 14
83	Alicia	4,105	↓ 7
84	Catherine	4,102	↓ 9
85	Breanna	4,101	↓ 2
86	Destiny	4,089	↑ 25
87	Jamie	3,982	↓ 8
88	Monica	3,912	↓ 2
89	Brittney	3,876	↓ 12
90	Erika	3,584	↓ 5
91	Whitney	3,566	↓ 9
92	Madeline	3,518	↑ 35
93	Kaitlin	3,501	↑ 6
94	Caroline	3,452	↑ 11
95	Alexa	3,441	↑ 12
96	Molly	3,441	↓ 9
97	Sabrina	3,384	–
98	Diana	3,369	↓ 4
99	Cheyenne	3,307	↑ 36
100	Meghan	3,227	↓ 7

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Michael	44,477	–
2	Christopher	34,807	–
3	Matthew	33,654	–
4	Joshua	31,374	–
5	Tyler	30,482	–
6	Brandon	29,492	–
7	Jacob	29,417	↑ 2
8	Daniel	28,065	↓ 1
9	Nicholas	27,770	↓ 1
10	Andrew	26,019	–
11	Joseph	25,734	↑ 1
12	Zachary	25,139	↑ 3
13	David	24,877	↓ 2
14	James	24,778	–
15	John	24,187	↑ 1
16	Ryan	24,063	↓ 3
17	Austin	23,192	↑ 9
18	Anthony	21,604	↑ 1
19	William	21,492	↓ 1
20	Justin	20,940	–
21	Robert	20,560	↓ 4
22	Alexander	20,101	↓ 1
23	Jonathan	19,068	↓ 1
24	Kyle	18,399	↓ 1
25	Cody	17,589	↓ 1
26	Kevin	17,315	↓ 1
27	Thomas	14,910	–
28	Aaron	14,385	↑ 2
29	Jordan	14,160	↓ 1
30	Eric	13,311	↓ 1
31	Benjamin	12,791	↑ 1
32	Dylan	12,530	↑ 1
33	Samuel	12,147	↑ 4
34	Steven	12,090	↓ 3
35	Christian	11,987	–
36	Jose	11,731	–
37	Brian	11,648	↓ 3
38	Adam	11,023	↑ 1
39	Timothy	10,767	↓ 1
40	Nathan	10,386	↑ 1
41	Richard	9,516	↓ 1
42	Patrick	9,337	↑ 1
43	Charles	9,018	↑ 1
44	Sean	8,838	↓ 2
45	Jesse	8,683	↑ 3
46	Jason	8,552	↓ 1
47	Jeremy	8,227	↓ 1
48	Mark	7,488	↑ 1
49	Stephen	7,481	↓ 2
50	Alex	7,240	↑ 2
51	Juan	7,208	↑ 4
52	Cameron	6,838	↑ 2
53	Travis	6,800	↓ 3
54	Taylor	6,626	↓ 3
55	Jeffrey	6,525	↓ 2
56	Dustin	6,459	↑ 3
57	Luis	6,362	↑ 1
58	Trevor	6,359	↑ 6
59	Connor	6,318	↓ 2
60	Caleb	6,161	↑ 6
61	Devin	6,064	↑ 10
62	Evan	5,895	–
63	Jared	5,875	–
64	Paul	5,798	↓ 8
65	Kenneth	5,679	↓ 5
66	Bryan	5,606	↓ 5
67	Hunter	5,585	↑ 30
68	Gabriel	5,539	↑ 18
69	Dakota	5,535	↑ 16
70	Logan	5,458	↑ 6
71	Mitchell	5,370	↑ 10
72	Carlos	5,329	–
73	Corey	5,279	↓ 5
74	Ian	5,267	↓ 4
75	Marcus	5,258	↓ 1
76	Gregory	5,137	↓ 11
77	Derek	5,081	↓ 10
78	Nathaniel	5,029	↓ 3
79	Jesus	4,916	↑ 1
80	Scott	4,915	↓ 11
81	Blake	4,879	↑ 2
82	Garrett	4,762	↓ 3
83	Bradley	4,678	↓ 10
84	Edward	4,520	↓ 6
85	Dalton	4,245	↑ 21
86	Shawn	4,245	↓ 9
87	Peter	4,225	↓ 5
88	Antonio	4,173	↑ 1
89	Ethan	4,166	↑ 3
90	Seth	4,135	↑ 3
91	Luke	4,095	↓ 4
92	Shane	4,085	↓ 8
93	Victor	4,056	↓ 2
94	Miguel	4,033	↓ 6
95	Lucas	4,009	–
96	Tanner	3,923	↑ 2
97	Adrian	3,814	↑ 2
98	Spencer	3,813	↓ 2
99	Erik	3,746	↑ 6
100	Vincent	3,603	–

Biggest movers of 1994

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

Rising Girls

Khadijah ↑ 361 #184
Itzel ↑ 358 #507
Kassidy ↑ 335 #535
Aspen ↑ 281 #708
Reagan ↑ 246 #705
Paola ↑ 232 #353
Mikaela ↑ 227 #315
Mckenna ↑ 227 #384
Shyanne ↑ 221 #735
Montana ↑ 212 #650

Falling Girls

Yaritza ↓ 403 #895
Hillary ↓ 305 #566
Thalia ↓ 279 #642
Latoya ↓ 274 #883
Tiera ↓ 242 #984
Shaniqua ↓ 241 #790
Tracey ↓ 211 #868
Kia ↓ 210 #859
Layla ↓ 191 #875
Kristie ↓ 190 #763

New in the top 1,000 (Girls)

Aaliyah, Aliyah, Justice, Dalia, Kennedy, Zhane, Mckayla, Clarisa, Darby, Denisha, Mikala, Dayana, Kenia, Maddison, Kianna

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Girls)

Hilary, Chante, Chelsi, Shante, Sheena, Stefani, Kelcie, Symone, Lakeisha, Delia, Shelley, Coraima, Tamika, Chastity, Marquita

Rising Boys

Darrion ↑ 246 #702
Shaquan ↑ 245 #663
Lane ↑ 240 #354
Kaden ↑ 225 #714
Jonah ↑ 224 #245
Gunnar ↑ 208 #556
Caden ↑ 205 #732
Jaleel ↑ 190 #652
Hakeem ↑ 184 #638
Montana ↑ 182 #781

Falling Boys

Trae ↓ 180 #916
Najee ↓ 178 #882
Dontae ↓ 170 #996
Dominque ↓ 156 #997
Kirby ↓ 144 #948
Randolph ↓ 141 #915
Benny ↓ 139 #858
Eddy ↓ 139 #974
Devontae ↓ 137 #889
Elvis ↓ 132 #780

New in the top 1,000 (Boys)

Jaden, Cordell, Khalid, Keanu, Jaylon, Quinten, Daulton, Shyheim, Justyn, Markell, Menachem, Justus, Markel, Jayden, Khari

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Boys)

Scotty, Jordy, Deante, Robbie, Antwon, Tom, Bill, Darrel, Montel, Claude, Laquan, Ron, Mariano, Martez, Devaughn

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.