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The most popular baby names of 1991

SSA recorded 3,895,335 births in 1991 across all reported names — 1,875,007 girls and 2,020,328 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1991

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1990.
#NameBirthsvs 1990
1 Ashley 43,477 +1
2 Jessica 43,398 -1
3 Brittany 29,093 —
4 Amanda 28,896 —
5 Samantha 25,651 —
6 Sarah 25,233 —
7 Stephanie 22,775 —
8 Jennifer 20,673 —
9 Elizabeth 20,395 —
10 Emily 20,311 +2
11 Megan 19,278 —
12 Kayla 18,545 +2
13 Lauren 18,412 -3
14 Rachel 16,344 +2
15 Nicole 16,046 -2
16 Amber 14,992 -1
17 Danielle 13,619 +1
18 Chelsea 13,509 +6
19 Courtney 13,441 -2
20 Melissa 13,348 —
21 Rebecca 13,298 —
22 Michelle 12,213 —
23 Heather 11,703 -4
24 Jasmine 11,524 +4
25 Katherine 11,495 +1
26 Kelsey 11,435 +6
27 Tiffany 11,155 -4
28 Victoria 10,912 +5
29 Hannah 10,769 +1
30 Alyssa 10,678 -3
31 Christina 10,564 -6
32 Taylor 10,253 +14
33 Shelby 10,220 +67
34 Kimberly 9,799 -3
35 Laura 9,644 -6
36 Alexandra 9,460 +1
37 Sara 8,846 -3
38 Mary 8,764 -3
39 Andrea 7,995 +1
40 Erica 7,800 -4
41 Crystal 7,727 -2
42 Kelly 7,515 -1
43 Amy 7,275 -5
44 Erin 7,207 -1
45 Maria 7,136 +2
46 Anna 7,119 -1
47 Alexis 7,009 +19
48 Kristen 6,816 -6
49 Morgan 6,794 +9
50 Allison 6,773 -2
51 Brianna 6,561 +10
52 Lindsey 6,460 -1
53 Katie 6,425 —
54 Cassandra 6,408 -5
55 Caitlin 6,384 -5
56 Vanessa 5,926 —
57 Kathryn 5,832 —
58 Brittney 5,829 -14
59 Angela 5,802 -7
60 Jamie 5,781 -5
61 Olivia 5,602 +11
62 Jordan 5,561 -3
63 Alicia 5,558 -9
64 Natalie 5,557 -1
65 Brooke 5,551 +5
66 Ariel 5,411 +28
67 Julia 5,365 +16
68 Whitney 5,239 -8
69 Mariah 5,192 +190
70 Jacqueline 4,989 -3
71 Shannon 4,845 -3
72 Catherine 4,815 -1
73 Christine 4,806 -11
74 Molly 4,652 +6
75 Katelyn 4,560 —
76 Paige 4,516 +3
77 Lindsay 4,483 -8
78 Alexandria 4,470 +17
79 Haley 4,463 +29
80 Jenna 4,460 +1
81 Marissa 4,421 +6
82 Kaitlyn 4,407 -4
83 Lisa 4,395 -19
84 Erika 4,310 -10
85 Monica 4,156 -9
86 Kristin 4,087 -21
87 Kristina 3,876 -10
88 April 3,857 -15
89 Bianca 3,844 -5
90 Miranda 3,820 +22
91 Leah 3,816 -9
92 Abigail 3,799 -2
93 Cynthia 3,707 -5
94 Meghan 3,704 -3
95 Briana 3,689 +14
96 Melanie 3,580 -10
97 Gabrielle 3,578 +2
98 Julie 3,571 -5
99 Kaitlin 3,486 +2
100 Veronica 3,441 -4

Top 100 boys' names in 1991

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1990.
#NameBirthsvs 1990
1 Michael 60,810 —
2 Christopher 47,111 —
3 Matthew 41,647 —
4 Joshua 41,226 —
5 Andrew 31,539 +2
6 Daniel 30,935 -1
7 James 30,514 +1
8 David 30,416 -2
9 Joseph 29,840 +1
10 John 27,809 +2
11 Ryan 27,536 —
12 Nicholas 27,357 +2
13 Robert 26,839 —
14 Justin 26,797 -5
15 Brandon 26,021 +4
16 Tyler 25,209 +5
17 Jacob 25,200 +3
18 Anthony 24,447 -3
19 William 23,860 -3
20 Jonathan 22,975 -3
21 Kyle 21,610 -3
22 Zachary 21,387 —
23 Kevin 20,262 —
24 Cody 18,980 +7
25 Eric 18,051 -1
26 Alexander 17,640 +2
27 Steven 16,863 -2
28 Thomas 16,789 -2
29 Jordan 16,020 —
30 Brian 14,915 -3
31 Aaron 14,242 +3
32 Timothy 14,154 -2
33 Benjamin 13,877 —
34 Richard 12,553 +1
35 Patrick 12,412 +1
36 Adam 12,308 -4
37 Jose 11,727 +4
38 Charles 11,336 —
39 Samuel 11,234 +6
40 Sean 11,182 -3
41 Stephen 10,525 -2
42 Nathan 10,500 +2
43 Jeremy 10,403 -3
44 Travis 10,134 -2
45 Jeffrey 9,894 -2
46 Dylan 9,763 +37
47 Mark 9,684 —
48 Christian 9,447 +12
49 Jason 9,387 -3
50 Austin 9,054 +5
51 Jesse 8,367 -3
52 Taylor 7,972 +12
53 Paul 7,680 -4
54 Kenneth 7,576 -2
55 Gregory 7,555 -4
56 Dustin 7,383 -6
57 Scott 7,114 -4
58 Corey 6,931 -2
59 Derek 6,893 -5
60 Juan 6,843 +1
61 Bryan 6,757 -4
62 Cameron 6,697 —
63 Alex 6,673 -4
64 Jared 6,214 -1
65 Ethan 6,129 -7
66 Luis 5,896 —
67 Bradley 5,723 -2
68 Edward 5,572 —
69 Trevor 5,531 +7
70 Evan 5,448 +1
71 Shawn 5,415 -2
72 Carlos 5,330 +3
73 Ian 5,326 -3
74 Cory 5,121 -7
75 Shane 5,106 -2
76 Marcus 5,069 -4
77 Peter 4,959 -3
78 Caleb 4,864 +10
79 Antonio 4,616 -2
80 Jesus 4,601 +10
81 Vincent 4,493 -3
82 Gabriel 4,414 +18
83 Devin 4,388 +15
84 Nathaniel 4,367 +2
85 Victor 4,335 -3
86 Blake 4,275 +5
87 George 4,179 -8
88 Brett 4,153 -4
89 Keith 4,124 -9
90 Casey 4,107 -1
91 Garrett 4,054 +8
92 Miguel 3,948 +9
93 Adrian 3,921 +1
94 Logan 3,893 +10
95 Erik 3,892 +1
96 Mitchell 3,882 -3
97 Raymond 3,865 -5
98 Phillip 3,851 -17
99 Seth 3,812 +3
100 Joel 3,762 -6

Names that climbed fastest in 1991

Ranked by places gained against 1990, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1991Rank 1990Change
Iesha girls 157 731 +574
Shelbi girls 475 881 +406
Moriah girls 497 796 +299
Karly girls 604 890 +286
Carlie girls 640 924 +284
Ivette girls 568 849 +281
Dulce girls 633 911 +278
Carley girls 484 761 +277
Karli girls 664 924 +260
Sidney girls 666 921 +255
Nia girls 614 859 +245
Imani girls 723 935 +212
Destinee girls 639 847 +208
Anjelica girls 719 924 +205
Gianna girls 664 864 +200

Names that fell fastest in 1991

NameRank 1991Rank 1990Change
Angelia girls 841 500 -341
Infant boys 670 389 -281
Brittny girls 819 592 -227
Keshia girls 811 593 -218
Isamar girls 738 531 -207
Giselle girls 907 703 -204
Shante girls 800 612 -188
Lora girls 940 766 -174
Rubi girls 899 731 -168
Jaleesa girls 811 657 -154
Kandice girls 897 747 -150
Jerrica girls 756 609 -147
Krystle girls 606 461 -145
Phylicia girls 928 783 -145
Traci girls 619 475 -144

Names that first appear in 1991

1991 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1991

For these names, 1991 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.