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The most popular baby names of 1990

SSA recorded 3,952,585 births in 1990 across all reported names — 1,898,547 girls and 2,054,038 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1990

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1989.
#NameBirthsvs 1989
1 Jessica 46,486 —
2 Ashley 45,561 —
3 Brittany 36,536 —
4 Amanda 34,413 —
5 Samantha 25,868 +1
6 Sarah 25,824 -1
7 Stephanie 24,864 +1
8 Jennifer 22,236 -1
9 Elizabeth 20,750 +1
10 Lauren 20,506 -1
11 Megan 20,259 —
12 Emily 19,370 +1
13 Nicole 17,954 -1
14 Kayla 17,538 +6
15 Amber 15,866 -1
16 Rachel 15,710 +2
17 Courtney 15,380 +4
18 Danielle 14,339 -1
19 Heather 14,220 -4
20 Melissa 14,000 -1
21 Rebecca 13,677 +3
22 Michelle 13,425 —
23 Tiffany 13,160 -7
24 Chelsea 12,785 +3
25 Christina 11,927 -2
26 Katherine 11,625 —
27 Alyssa 11,263 +6
28 Jasmine 11,037 +2
29 Laura 10,914 -4
30 Hannah 10,283 +12
31 Kimberly 10,191 -3
32 Kelsey 9,494 -1
33 Victoria 9,109 +11
34 Sara 8,979 -5
35 Mary 8,670 +3
36 Erica 8,608 -2
37 Alexandra 8,508 +6
38 Amy 8,463 -3
39 Crystal 8,218 -7
40 Andrea 8,214 -1
41 Kelly 8,137 -4
42 Kristen 8,073 -6
43 Erin 7,989 -3
44 Brittney 7,427 -3
45 Anna 7,293 +6
46 Taylor 7,262 +29
47 Maria 7,186 +9
48 Allison 7,136 -2
49 Cassandra 7,054 +5
50 Caitlin 7,026 -1
51 Lindsey 6,782 -3
52 Angela 6,666 -5
53 Katie 6,514 -8
54 Alicia 6,511 -1
55 Jamie 6,509 -3
56 Vanessa 6,409 -6
57 Kathryn 6,353 +1
58 Morgan 6,047 +11
59 Jordan 5,957 +13
60 Whitney 5,905 -3
61 Brianna 5,680 +16
62 Christine 5,679 -3
63 Natalie 5,637 -1
64 Lisa 5,347 -9
65 Kristin 5,300 -5
66 Alexis 5,257 +26
67 Jacqueline 5,237 -3
68 Shannon 5,190 -7
69 Lindsay 5,040 -6
70 Brooke 4,990 +4
71 Catherine 4,894 -4
72 Olivia 4,626 +50
73 April 4,572 -7
74 Erika 4,569 -1
75 Katelyn 4,489 +1
76 Monica 4,453 -8
77 Kristina 4,389 -12
78 Kaitlyn 4,312 +17
79 Paige 4,113 +45
80 Molly 3,965 +13
81 Jenna 3,956 -10
82 Leah 3,924 +1
83 Julia 3,914 +13
84 Bianca 3,829 +7
85 Tara 3,826 -15
86 Melanie 3,813 +2
87 Marissa 3,806 -6
88 Cynthia 3,797 -4
89 Holly 3,772 -10
90 Abigail 3,719 +4
91 Meghan 3,695 -11
92 Kathleen 3,670 -2
93 Julie 3,657 -15
94 Ariel 3,607 +115
95 Alexandria 3,595 +9
96 Veronica 3,588 -11
97 Patricia 3,579 -8
98 Diana 3,548 -12
99 Gabrielle 3,541 +13
100 Shelby 3,517 +129

Top 100 boys' names in 1990

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1989.
#NameBirthsvs 1989
1 Michael 65,321 —
2 Christopher 52,362 —
3 Matthew 44,826 —
4 Joshua 43,237 —
5 Daniel 33,830 +1
6 David 33,748 -1
7 Andrew 33,673 —
8 James 32,359 +1
9 Justin 30,649 -1
10 Joseph 30,137 +1
11 Ryan 29,263 +2
12 John 29,089 —
13 Robert 28,886 -3
14 Nicholas 27,913 —
15 Anthony 25,088 +1
16 William 24,906 -1
17 Jonathan 24,077 —
18 Kyle 22,710 +2
19 Brandon 22,163 -1
20 Jacob 22,022 +6
21 Tyler 20,646 +9
22 Zachary 20,430 +3
23 Kevin 20,413 -4
24 Eric 19,430 -3
25 Steven 18,764 -3
26 Thomas 18,231 -3
27 Brian 16,935 -3
28 Alexander 16,194 +4
29 Jordan 16,137 +15
30 Timothy 15,700 -2
31 Cody 15,399 +14
32 Adam 14,713 -5
33 Benjamin 14,633 -4
34 Aaron 14,557 -3
35 Richard 13,580 -2
36 Patrick 12,377 +2
37 Sean 12,018 +2
38 Charles 12,000 -2
39 Stephen 11,943 +1
40 Jeremy 11,689 -6
41 Jose 11,519 +5
42 Travis 11,462 -1
43 Jeffrey 10,980 -6
44 Nathan 10,934 -1
45 Samuel 10,894 +2
46 Jason 10,694 -11
47 Mark 10,689 -5
48 Jesse 8,977 +2
49 Paul 8,579 —
50 Dustin 8,457 -2
51 Gregory 8,378 +1
52 Kenneth 8,262 +1
53 Scott 8,086 -2
54 Derek 8,083 —
55 Austin 7,915 +4
56 Corey 7,692 -1
57 Bryan 7,439 -1
58 Ethan 6,989 +29
59 Alex 6,951 +1
60 Christian 6,786 +18
61 Juan 6,743 +2
62 Cameron 6,660 +2
63 Jared 6,643 -6
64 Taylor 6,579 +8
65 Bradley 6,437 -7
66 Luis 5,795 +7
67 Cory 5,765 -6
68 Edward 5,746 -6
69 Shawn 5,721 -4
70 Ian 5,460 -2
71 Evan 5,308 -2
72 Marcus 5,304 -5
73 Shane 5,274 -2
74 Peter 5,224 -8
75 Carlos 5,213 +2
76 Trevor 5,141 +7
77 Antonio 4,867 -1
78 Vincent 4,804 +2
79 George 4,567 —
80 Keith 4,481 -10
81 Phillip 4,454 -6
82 Victor 4,445 +7
83 Dylan 4,414 +32
84 Brett 4,394 -3
85 Chad 4,351 -11
86 Nathaniel 4,348 -2
87 Donald 4,177 -5
88 Caleb 4,154 +3
89 Casey 4,134 +1
90 Jesus 4,131 +13
91 Blake 4,103 +6
92 Raymond 4,062 -6
93 Mitchell 4,021 —
94 Adrian 4,000 +6
94 Joel 4,000 -6
96 Erik 3,956 -1
97 Ronald 3,899 -12
98 Devin 3,866 -2
99 Garrett 3,757 +3
100 Gabriel 3,699 +10

Names that climbed fastest in 1990

Ranked by places gained against 1989, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1990Rank 1989Change
Jordyn girls 480 825 +345
Raven girls 166 494 +328
Kirstie girls 457 773 +316
Mariah girls 259 561 +302
Dalton boys 193 473 +280
Hayden boys 379 648 +269
Cheyenne girls 331 586 +255
Viviana girls 668 901 +233
Maya girls 399 617 +218
Bryanna girls 631 849 +218
Gladys girls 529 743 +214
Shanae girls 690 901 +211
Tyler girls 535 726 +191
Allyssa girls 709 897 +188
Domonique girls 700 867 +167

Names that fell fastest in 1990

NameRank 1990Rank 1989Change
Christin girls 614 286 -328
Shanice girls 722 452 -270
Jaleesa girls 657 429 -228
Tracie girls 930 735 -195
Jodie girls 871 707 -164
Jean girls 771 610 -161
Ashley boys 652 491 -161
Maryann girls 893 738 -155
Alyse girls 817 663 -154
Sade girls 570 417 -153
Michael girls 747 594 -153
Lynette girls 822 675 -147
Demario boys 668 523 -145
Krystle girls 461 317 -144
Sheena girls 469 328 -141

Names that first appear in 1990

1990 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1990

For these names, 1990 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.