Most Popular Baby Names of 1999

In 1999, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emily for girls and Jacob for boys. Emily was given to 26,542 girls and Jacob to 35,371 boys, according to Social Security card applications.

Across all names, the Social Security Administration recorded 3,693,973 births for names given to at least five babies that year, up from 3,678,315 in 1998. 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: Faith, Kiara, Isabel, Catherine, Cassidy, and Leslie.

← 1998 2000 →The 1990s Download top 1,000 (CSV)

Top 100 baby names of 1999

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Emily	26,542	–
2	Hannah	21,679	–
3	Alexis	19,237	↑ 3
4	Sarah	19,119	–
5	Samantha	19,044	↓ 2
6	Ashley	18,136	↓ 1
7	Madison	18,054	↑ 2
8	Taylor	16,906	↓ 1
9	Jessica	16,350	↓ 1
10	Elizabeth	15,350	–
11	Alyssa	14,036	–
12	Lauren	13,911	↑ 2
13	Kayla	13,292	↓ 1
14	Brianna	12,419	↑ 3
15	Megan	12,230	↓ 2
16	Victoria	11,874	–
17	Emma	11,751	↑ 5
18	Abigail	11,686	–
19	Rachel	11,632	↓ 4
20	Olivia	11,257	↑ 1
21	Jennifer	10,616	↓ 1
22	Amanda	9,750	↓ 3
23	Sydney	9,649	↑ 5
24	Morgan	9,607	↓ 1
25	Nicole	9,515	↓ 1
26	Jasmine	9,351	–
27	Grace	9,181	↑ 26
28	Destiny	9,172	↑ 6
29	Anna	9,115	↑ 2
30	Julia	8,753	↑ 2
31	Haley	8,202	↑ 5
32	Alexandra	8,163	↓ 5
33	Kaitlyn	8,158	↑ 2
34	Natalie	8,079	↑ 6
35	Brittany	7,942	↓ 10
36	Katherine	7,935	↓ 3
37	Stephanie	7,692	↓ 8
38	Rebecca	7,437	↓ 8
39	Maria	7,035	↑ 4
40	Allison	7,026	↓ 2
41	Amber	6,841	↓ 4
42	Savannah	6,806	↑ 3
43	Danielle	6,753	↓ 2
44	Courtney	6,559	↓ 5
45	Mary	6,390	↓ 1
46	Gabrielle	6,130	↑ 1
47	Brooke	6,066	↓ 1
48	Jordan	5,730	↓ 6
49	Sierra	5,715	↑ 2
50	Sara	5,626	↓ 2
51	Kimberly	5,457	↑ 3
52	Mackenzie	5,426	↑ 12
53	Sophia	5,423	↑ 20
54	Hailey	5,369	↑ 16
55	Katelyn	5,309	↑ 3
56	Michelle	5,303	↓ 1
57	Vanessa	5,287	↓ 5
58	Erin	5,223	↓ 1
59	Andrea	5,072	↑ 2
60	Isabella	5,060	↑ 24
61	Jenna	5,043	↑ 4
62	Shelby	5,018	↓ 13
63	Chloe	4,964	↑ 24
64	Melissa	4,830	↓ 5
65	Bailey	4,809	↓ 5
66	Makayla	4,791	↑ 5
67	Paige	4,717	↓ 4
68	Mariah	4,646	↓ 6
69	Kaylee	4,579	↑ 17
70	Madeline	4,572	↓ 20
71	Caroline	4,474	↑ 4
72	Kelsey	4,400	↓ 16
73	Marissa	4,389	↓ 7
74	Breanna	4,341	↑ 2
75	Christina	4,296	↓ 6
76	Faith	4,236	↑ 31
77	Autumn	4,128	–
78	Kiara	4,024	↑ 94
79	Jacqueline	3,901	↑ 16
80	Tiffany	3,888	↓ 13
81	Laura	3,878	↓ 7
82	Briana	3,839	↓ 3
83	Alexandria	3,789	↓ 2
84	Cheyenne	3,779	↓ 12
85	Mikayla	3,735	↓ 3
86	Claire	3,734	↑ 5
87	Cassandra	3,729	↓ 2
88	Sabrina	3,650	↓ 20
89	Alexa	3,644	↑ 4
90	Angela	3,632	↑ 10
91	Kathryn	3,590	↓ 2
92	Katie	3,550	↓ 4
93	Caitlin	3,461	↓ 15
94	Miranda	3,433	↓ 14
95	Kelly	3,420	↓ 5
96	Lindsey	3,417	↑ 1
97	Isabel	3,405	↑ 21
98	Catherine	3,401	↑ 3
99	Cassidy	3,395	↑ 14
100	Leslie	3,341	↑ 11

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Jacob	35,371	↑ 1
2	Michael	33,915	↓ 1
3	Matthew	30,418	–
4	Joshua	27,265	–
5	Nicholas	25,639	↑ 1
6	Christopher	25,604	↓ 1
7	Andrew	23,866	↑ 2
8	Joseph	23,220	↑ 3
9	Daniel	22,704	↑ 3
10	Tyler	22,669	↓ 2
11	Brandon	21,601	↓ 4
12	Ryan	21,014	↑ 5
13	Austin	20,767	↓ 3
14	William	20,718	–
15	John	20,366	–
16	David	20,352	↓ 3
17	Zachary	19,985	↓ 1
18	Anthony	19,472	↑ 1
19	James	18,555	↓ 1
20	Justin	18,277	–
21	Alexander	17,420	↑ 1
22	Jonathan	17,068	↓ 1
23	Dylan	15,981	↑ 2
24	Noah	14,931	↑ 5
25	Christian	14,783	↑ 1
26	Robert	14,540	↓ 3
27	Samuel	14,049	↑ 1
28	Kyle	13,774	↓ 4
29	Benjamin	13,666	↑ 1
30	Jordan	13,052	↓ 3
31	Thomas	12,795	–
32	Nathan	12,538	↑ 2
33	Cameron	12,435	↑ 2
34	Kevin	12,257	↓ 2
35	Jose	12,155	↓ 2
36	Hunter	11,485	–
37	Ethan	11,446	↑ 1
38	Aaron	9,860	↓ 1
39	Eric	9,382	–
40	Jason	9,366	–
41	Caleb	9,281	↑ 1
42	Logan	9,136	↑ 2
43	Brian	8,808	↓ 2
44	Adam	8,223	↑ 1
45	Cody	7,864	↓ 2
46	Juan	7,800	↑ 6
47	Steven	7,689	↓ 1
48	Connor	7,597	↓ 1
49	Timothy	7,593	–
50	Charles	7,525	↓ 2
51	Isaiah	7,500	↑ 8
52	Jack	7,385	↑ 9
53	Gabriel	7,369	↑ 1
54	Jared	7,276	↓ 3
55	Luis	7,213	↓ 2
56	Sean	7,205	↓ 6
57	Evan	6,850	↑ 6
58	Alex	6,828	↓ 3
59	Carlos	6,665	↑ 10
60	Elijah	6,596	↑ 6
61	Richard	6,502	↓ 5
62	Nathaniel	6,467	↓ 2
63	Patrick	6,447	↓ 6
64	Isaac	6,407	↑ 1
65	Seth	6,305	↑ 21
66	Trevor	6,257	↓ 8
67	Luke	6,137	↑ 8
68	Devin	5,970	↓ 6
69	Mark	5,606	↓ 5
70	Jesus	5,571	↑ 6
71	Mason	5,451	↑ 12
72	Ian	5,450	↑ 1
73	Angel	5,402	↑ 8
74	Bryan	5,391	–
75	Cole	5,317	↑ 2
76	Chase	5,223	↓ 9
77	Dakota	5,093	↓ 5
78	Garrett	5,075	↑ 2
79	Adrian	5,066	↓ 8
80	Antonio	5,027	↓ 1
81	Jeremy	5,016	↓ 13
82	Jesse	5,004	↓ 12
83	Jackson	4,993	↑ 17
84	Blake	4,812	↑ 1
85	Stephen	4,543	↓ 7
86	Dalton	4,541	↑ 2
87	Tanner	4,521	↓ 5
88	Alejandro	4,319	↑ 7
89	Kenneth	4,285	↓ 2
90	Lucas	4,220	↑ 3
91	Miguel	4,207	↓ 1
92	Spencer	4,194	↓ 8
93	Bryce	4,148	↑ 1
94	Paul	4,020	↓ 5
95	Victor	4,016	↑ 2
96	Brendan	3,995	↑ 3
97	Jake	3,936	↑ 5
98	Marcus	3,867	↓ 2
99	Tristan	3,845	↓ 7
100	Jeffrey	3,815	↓ 9

Biggest movers of 1999

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

Rising Girls

Felicity ↑ 428 #390
Lizeth ↑ 388 #582
Serenity ↑ 346 #497
Trinity ↑ 316 #209
Jaden ↑ 305 #458
Jaqueline ↑ 290 #405
Gracie ↑ 281 #339
Jayden ↑ 277 #608
Sydni ↑ 272 #611
Lauryn ↑ 254 #167

Falling Girls

Brittani ↓ 230 #958
Leann ↓ 218 #840
Shelbie ↓ 207 #985
Darian ↓ 188 #731
Chelsie ↓ 183 #833
Shirley ↓ 176 #918
Mikala ↓ 172 #911
Tiffani ↓ 169 #843
Misty ↓ 169 #888
Kelsi ↓ 166 #687

New in the top 1,000 (Girls)

Amaya, Lisette, Infant, Piper, Aniya, Estefania, Noelia, Kiarra, Jadyn, Shaniya, Teagan, Keara, Greta, Luisa, Parker

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Girls)

Tea, Erykah, Tasia, Ireland, Katerina, Myranda, Kristi, Tammy, Demi, Tristan, Tanisha, Adrian, Connie, Lucero, Noel

Rising Boys

Zion ↑ 421 #274
Tyrese ↑ 411 #201
Infant ↑ 391 #556
Nasir ↑ 314 #571
Jaren ↑ 243 #615
Keyshawn ↑ 206 #594
Caden ↑ 175 #288
Jadon ↑ 160 #595
Rohan ↑ 160 #626
Jordi ↑ 160 #744

Falling Boys

Jaret ↓ 382 #938
Juwan ↓ 315 #839
Denzel ↓ 211 #832
Alden ↓ 202 #985
Tyriq ↓ 196 #972
Rashawn ↓ 190 #899
Montana ↓ 179 #1000
Herbert ↓ 165 #958
Gianni ↓ 164 #725
Raekwon ↓ 159 #842

New in the top 1,000 (Boys)

Latrell, Jaiden, Tyreke, Cayden, Jett, Dyllan, Zaire, Yosef, Porter, Emiliano, Jaydon, Korbin, Lester, Tyreese, Braedon

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Boys)

Jarett, Hakeem, Javonte, Kordell, Trystan, Kalen, Tavian, Arron, Jacquez, Alton, Kyree, Tyrik, Brannon, Jacques, Lionel

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.