Most Popular Baby Names of 1995

In 1995, the most popular baby names in the United States were Jessica for girls and Michael for boys. Jessica was given to 27,941 girls and Michael to 41,409 boys, according to Social Security card applications.

Across all names, the Social Security Administration recorded 3,662,249 births for names given to at least five babies that year, down from 3,717,784 in 1994. 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: Mackenzie, Selena, Bailey, Grace, Elijah, and Chase.

← 1994 1996 →The 1990s Download top 1,000 (CSV)

Top 100 baby names of 1995

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Jessica	27,941	–
2	Ashley	26,606	–
3	Emily	24,382	–
4	Samantha	21,644	–
5	Sarah	21,395	–
6	Taylor	20,426	–
7	Hannah	17,018	↑ 9
8	Brittany	16,477	↓ 1
9	Amanda	16,354	↓ 1
10	Elizabeth	16,192	↓ 1
11	Kayla	16,087	↑ 1
12	Rachel	16,047	↑ 1
13	Megan	15,530	↓ 3
14	Alexis	14,334	↑ 4
15	Lauren	13,443	↓ 1
16	Stephanie	12,977	↓ 1
17	Courtney	12,775	↑ 5
18	Jennifer	12,683	↓ 1
19	Nicole	12,277	↓ 8
20	Victoria	12,252	↓ 1
21	Brianna	11,881	↑ 6
22	Amber	10,965	↓ 1
23	Morgan	10,877	↑ 2
24	Danielle	10,653	↓ 4
25	Jasmine	10,279	↓ 2
26	Alexandra	10,160	↑ 2
27	Alyssa	10,100	↓ 1
28	Rebecca	9,911	↓ 4
29	Madison	9,775	↑ 22
30	Katherine	8,987	–
31	Anna	8,570	↑ 10
32	Haley	8,208	↑ 4
33	Kelsey	8,184	↓ 4
34	Allison	8,126	–
35	Melissa	7,879	↓ 4
36	Abigail	7,825	↑ 6
37	Kimberly	7,745	↓ 5
38	Shelby	7,632	↑ 2
39	Olivia	7,627	↑ 11
40	Mary	7,458	↓ 3
41	Michelle	7,392	↓ 8
42	Kaitlyn	7,385	↑ 6
43	Sydney	7,360	↑ 33
44	Maria	7,003	↑ 3
45	Christina	6,953	↓ 6
46	Tiffany	6,936	↓ 11
47	Chelsea	6,761	↓ 9
48	Sara	6,697	↓ 5
49	Erin	6,565	↓ 4
50	Jordan	6,481	↑ 2
51	Natalie	6,424	↑ 5
52	Brooke	6,377	↑ 2
53	Marissa	6,081	–
54	Heather	6,032	↓ 10
55	Andrea	6,008	↓ 6
56	Laura	6,008	↓ 10
57	Miranda	5,978	↑ 4
58	Paige	5,733	↑ 5
59	Katelyn	5,573	↓ 1
60	Sierra	5,495	↑ 11
61	Gabrielle	5,448	↑ 6
62	Julia	5,411	↑ 10
63	Vanessa	5,404	↓ 4
64	Kelly	5,398	↓ 2
65	Kristen	5,398	↓ 10
66	Destiny	5,380	↑ 20
67	Emma	5,050	↑ 7
68	Savannah	4,904	↑ 14
69	Erica	4,893	↓ 12
70	Jacqueline	4,793	↓ 5
71	Mariah	4,773	↑ 4
72	Alexandria	4,772	↑ 1
73	Shannon	4,733	↓ 13
74	Briana	4,612	↓ 6
75	Amy	4,528	↑ 2
76	Breanna	4,527	↑ 9
77	Katie	4,482	↓ 7
78	Cassandra	4,451	↓ 12
79	Madeline	4,430	↑ 13
80	Crystal	4,391	↓ 16
81	Caitlin	4,384	↓ 3
82	Lindsey	4,377	↓ 13
83	Kathryn	4,328	↓ 4
84	Jenna	4,254	↓ 4
85	Angela	4,119	↓ 4
86	Cheyenne	4,088	↑ 13
87	Monica	3,970	↑ 1
88	Mackenzie	3,963	↑ 14
89	Alicia	3,908	↓ 6
90	Catherine	3,860	↓ 6
91	Selena	3,825	↑ 210
92	Caroline	3,799	↑ 2
93	Jamie	3,770	↓ 6
94	Kaitlin	3,602	↓ 1
95	Sabrina	3,534	↑ 2
96	Bailey	3,488	↑ 41
97	Grace	3,473	↑ 6
98	Molly	3,382	↓ 2
99	Brittney	3,380	↓ 10
100	Alexa	3,359	↓ 5

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Michael	41,409	–
2	Matthew	32,882	↑ 1
3	Christopher	32,679	↓ 1
4	Jacob	31,134	↑ 3
5	Joshua	30,720	↓ 1
6	Tyler	29,161	↓ 1
7	Nicholas	29,160	↑ 2
8	Brandon	26,904	↓ 2
9	Daniel	26,728	↓ 1
10	Austin	25,908	↑ 7
11	Andrew	25,860	↓ 1
12	Joseph	25,354	↓ 1
13	John	23,244	↑ 2
14	Zachary	23,131	↓ 2
15	Ryan	23,089	↑ 1
16	David	23,045	↓ 3
17	James	22,739	↓ 3
18	Justin	21,581	↑ 2
19	Anthony	20,482	↓ 1
20	William	20,160	↓ 1
21	Alexander	19,456	↑ 1
22	Robert	18,586	↓ 1
23	Jonathan	18,155	–
24	Kyle	16,761	–
25	Kevin	15,860	↑ 1
26	Cody	15,566	↓ 1
27	Thomas	14,163	–
28	Christian	13,813	↑ 7
29	Jordan	13,574	–
30	Aaron	13,291	↓ 2
31	Benjamin	12,720	–
32	Eric	12,485	↓ 2
33	Samuel	12,440	–
34	Dylan	12,091	↓ 2
35	Jose	11,781	↑ 1
36	Brian	10,991	↑ 1
37	Steven	10,661	↓ 3
38	Adam	10,485	–
39	Nathan	10,306	↑ 1
40	Timothy	9,788	↓ 1
41	Jason	9,004	↑ 5
42	Richard	8,784	↓ 1
43	Patrick	8,674	↓ 1
44	Charles	8,478	↓ 1
45	Sean	8,167	↓ 1
46	Jesse	7,495	↓ 1
47	Alex	7,424	↑ 3
48	Jeremy	7,084	↓ 1
49	Cameron	7,030	↑ 3
50	Juan	6,982	↑ 1
51	Logan	6,953	↑ 19
52	Mark	6,888	↓ 4
53	Hunter	6,715	↑ 14
54	Caleb	6,655	↑ 6
55	Connor	6,619	↑ 4
56	Dakota	6,575	↑ 13
57	Stephen	6,556	↓ 8
58	Devin	6,193	↑ 3
59	Luis	6,174	↓ 2
60	Evan	6,092	↑ 2
61	Trevor	6,009	↓ 3
62	Dustin	5,921	↓ 6
63	Jared	5,886	–
64	Jeffrey	5,731	↓ 9
65	Gabriel	5,713	↑ 3
66	Travis	5,602	↓ 13
67	Ian	5,594	↑ 7
68	Carlos	5,545	↑ 4
69	Taylor	5,521	↓ 15
70	Bryan	5,444	↓ 4
71	Paul	5,414	↓ 7
72	Kenneth	5,226	↓ 7
73	Nathaniel	5,203	↑ 5
74	Corey	4,976	↓ 1
75	Ethan	4,934	↑ 14
76	Jesus	4,908	↑ 3
77	Blake	4,821	↑ 4
78	Bradley	4,764	↑ 5
79	Mitchell	4,737	↓ 8
80	Garrett	4,710	↑ 2
81	Marcus	4,647	↓ 6
82	Luke	4,629	↑ 9
83	Derek	4,452	↓ 6
84	Gregory	4,442	↓ 8
85	Antonio	4,340	↑ 3
86	Tanner	4,320	↑ 10
87	Dalton	4,191	↓ 2
88	Edward	4,143	↓ 4
89	Peter	4,112	↓ 2
90	Victor	4,098	↑ 3
91	Lucas	4,086	↑ 4
92	Scott	4,082	↓ 12
93	Elijah	3,977	↑ 40
94	Miguel	3,953	–
95	Chase	3,918	↑ 19
96	Adrian	3,911	↑ 1
97	Seth	3,911	↓ 7
98	Isaac	3,881	↑ 5
99	Noah	3,824	↑ 60
100	Shawn	3,824	↓ 14

Biggest movers of 1995

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

Rising Girls

Deja ↑ 620 #205
Tatyana ↑ 318 #373
Bailee ↑ 304 #582
Kennedy ↑ 295 #229
Essence ↑ 286 #490
Jada ↑ 242 #246
Phoebe ↑ 240 #578
Drew ↑ 227 #730
Makenna ↑ 221 #683
Rylee ↑ 221 #690

Falling Girls

Khadijah ↓ 357 #541
Zhane ↓ 350 #934
Yazmin ↓ 207 #944
Domonique ↓ 204 #920
Jaimie ↓ 195 #980
Latisha ↓ 186 #835
Belinda ↓ 169 #983
Shanice ↓ 167 #509
Staci ↓ 161 #961
Karley ↓ 156 #860

New in the top 1,000 (Girls)

Alondra, Baylee, Shania, Jocelyne, Lyric, Daisha, Kaelyn, Jayla, Chelsi, Tristan, Tamera, Dasia, Emely, Ashli, Sydni

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Girls)

Kadijah, Clarisa, Dayana, Shaniqua, Zana, Tricia, Traci, Olga, Marlena, Brea, Austin, Bridgett, Latoya, Marlee, Yaritza

Rising Boys

Bailey ↑ 491 #277
Kahlil ↑ 354 #630
Tristan ↑ 331 #121
River ↑ 307 #619
Khalil ↑ 277 #251
Adonis ↑ 220 #578
Keanu ↑ 219 #537
Aldo ↑ 211 #694
Layne ↑ 208 #717
Marques ↑ 183 #711

Falling Boys

Shaquille ↓ 223 #457
Vaughn ↓ 213 #930
Savon ↓ 170 #967
Jeff ↓ 162 #881
Kadeem ↓ 155 #984
Shaquan ↓ 152 #815
Dequan ↓ 144 #665
Darrian ↓ 138 #904
Jarvis ↓ 136 #592
Dondre ↓ 135 #959

New in the top 1,000 (Boys)

Tristen, Triston, Raekwon, Tristin, Anfernee, Dangelo, Draven, Romello, Stone, Montel, Tristian, Easton, Treyvon, Alden, Kalen

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Boys)

Daulton, Shyheim, Khari, Demetri, Sherman, Ryne, Cain, Giancarlo, Dalvin, Edmund, Brant, Jerrell, Kendal, Codi, Otis

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.