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The most popular baby names of 1993

SSA recorded 3,770,400 births in 1993 across all reported names — 1,809,072 girls and 1,961,328 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1993

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1992.
#NameBirthsvs 1992
1 Jessica 34,993 +1
2 Ashley 34,849 -1
3 Sarah 24,257 +2
4 Samantha 23,668 +2
5 Emily 23,596 +2
6 Brittany 21,725 -2
7 Taylor 21,270 +10
8 Amanda 20,811 -5
9 Elizabeth 17,559 —
10 Stephanie 17,186 -2
11 Megan 16,384 -1
12 Lauren 16,194 —
13 Nicole 16,183 +1
14 Rachel 15,974 +2
15 Jennifer 15,749 -4
16 Kayla 15,453 -3
17 Amber 14,066 +2
18 Danielle 12,992 —
19 Victoria 12,925 +3
20 Courtney 12,577 +1
21 Hannah 12,510 +5
22 Rebecca 12,321 -2
23 Jasmine 12,063 +5
24 Kelsey 11,380 -1
25 Chelsea 11,287 -10
26 Alyssa 11,031 +4
27 Alexis 10,834 +13
28 Alexandra 10,683 +1
29 Katherine 10,506 -2
30 Melissa 10,225 -6
31 Michelle 10,193 -6
32 Brianna 8,775 +11
33 Tiffany 8,586 -1
34 Morgan 8,573 +7
35 Christina 8,289 -2
36 Mary 8,124 —
37 Shelby 8,122 -3
38 Heather 8,103 -7
39 Kimberly 7,965 -4
40 Sara 7,902 -3
41 Allison 7,729 +7
42 Haley 7,618 +14
43 Laura 7,262 -5
44 Andrea 7,242 -5
45 Maria 6,978 —
46 Kaitlyn 6,956 -4
47 Anna 6,813 +2
48 Erin 6,717 -2
49 Erica 6,411 -5
50 Olivia 6,343 +8
51 Kelly 6,295 -4
52 Brooke 6,161 +7
53 Shannon 6,070 +13
54 Katelyn 5,975 +11
55 Vanessa 5,890 —
56 Lindsey 5,845 +1
57 Crystal 5,829 -7
58 Jordan 5,823 +5
59 Marissa 5,626 +13
60 Paige 5,612 +4
61 Kristen 5,534 -8
62 Natalie 5,484 -1
63 Katie 5,456 -9
64 Caitlin 5,428 -2
65 Amy 5,420 -14
65 Cassandra 5,420 -13
67 Abigail 5,185 +19
68 Kathryn 5,092 -8
69 Alexandria 5,027 +4
70 Jenna 4,882 -3
71 Briana 4,880 +8
72 Julia 4,663 -2
73 Angela 4,572 -4
74 Jacqueline 4,516 +2
75 Catherine 4,475 +3
76 Alicia 4,431 -5
77 Brittney 4,420 -9
78 Madison 4,384 +29
79 Jamie 4,254 -4
80 Emma 4,108 +24
81 Mariah 4,093 -7
82 Whitney 4,078 +3
83 Breanna 4,027 +11
84 Gabrielle 4,017 —
85 Erika 4,010 -5
86 Monica 3,901 -9
87 Molly 3,708 -4
88 Lindsay 3,664 -7
89 Miranda 3,581 —
90 Christine 3,477 -8
91 Sierra 3,473 +38
92 Leah 3,414 +4
93 Meghan 3,401 -2
94 Diana 3,389 +7
95 Cynthia 3,383 -3
96 Savannah 3,343 +47
97 Sabrina 3,322 +15
98 Angelica 3,242 +2
99 Kaitlin 3,226 +14
100 Lisa 3,223 -12

Top 100 boys' names in 1993

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1992.
#NameBirthsvs 1992
1 Michael 49,571 —
2 Christopher 38,237 —
3 Matthew 35,782 —
4 Joshua 33,590 —
5 Tyler 29,800 +3
6 Brandon 28,735 —
7 Daniel 28,698 —
8 Nicholas 28,114 +4
9 Jacob 27,487 +6
10 Andrew 27,326 -5
11 David 27,038 -1
12 Joseph 27,014 -1
13 Ryan 26,727 —
14 James 26,259 -5
15 Zachary 25,538 +1
16 John 24,996 -2
17 Robert 22,447 —
18 William 22,218 +2
19 Anthony 21,788 —
20 Justin 21,540 -2
21 Alexander 20,530 +2
22 Jonathan 19,954 -1
23 Kyle 19,454 -1
24 Cody 19,152 —
25 Kevin 19,084 —
26 Austin 17,587 +12
27 Thomas 14,868 —
28 Jordan 14,758 +4
29 Eric 14,548 -3
30 Aaron 13,837 —
31 Steven 13,474 -2
32 Benjamin 12,686 +1
32 Dylan 12,686 -4
34 Brian 12,544 -3
35 Christian 11,891 —
36 Jose 11,847 +1
37 Samuel 11,711 +3
38 Timothy 11,640 -4
39 Adam 11,534 -3
40 Richard 10,230 +1
41 Nathan 10,199 +3
42 Sean 10,176 —
43 Patrick 9,857 -4
44 Charles 9,855 -1
45 Jason 8,639 +1
46 Jeremy 8,577 +1
47 Stephen 8,369 -2
48 Jesse 8,263 +2
49 Mark 8,059 —
50 Travis 7,940 -2
51 Taylor 7,688 +1
52 Alex 7,639 +2
53 Jeffrey 7,535 -2
54 Cameron 7,092 -1
55 Juan 6,901 +1
56 Paul 6,481 -1
57 Connor 6,452 +23
58 Luis 6,412 +6
59 Dustin 6,310 -1
60 Kenneth 6,276 -1
61 Bryan 6,159 -4
62 Evan 6,089 +4
63 Jared 6,065 +4
64 Trevor 6,012 -1
65 Gregory 5,807 -5
66 Caleb 5,788 +8
67 Derek 5,762 -5
68 Corey 5,674 -3
69 Scott 5,577 -8
70 Ian 5,399 -2
71 Devin 5,356 +4
72 Carlos 5,353 -3
73 Bradley 5,136 -1
74 Marcus 5,063 +8
75 Nathaniel 4,854 +4
76 Logan 4,844 +13
77 Shawn 4,814 -6
78 Edward 4,790 -8
79 Garrett 4,711 +9
80 Jesus 4,683 -2
81 Mitchell 4,584 +10
82 Peter 4,538 -1
83 Blake 4,504 +1
84 Shane 4,438 -7
85 Dakota 4,411 +18
86 Gabriel 4,375 —
87 Luke 4,357 +6
88 Miguel 4,349 +2
89 Antonio 4,301 -4
90 Dillon 4,282 -17
91 Victor 4,207 -4
92 Ethan 4,164 -16
93 Seth 4,060 +1
94 Cory 3,997 -11
95 Lucas 3,923 +11
96 Spencer 3,884 +3
97 Hunter 3,792 +38
98 Tanner 3,768 +3
99 Adrian 3,754 -3
100 Vincent 3,687 -8

Names that climbed fastest in 1993

Ranked by places gained against 1992, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1993Rank 1992Change
Anissa girls 413 854 +441
Giselle girls 431 832 +401
Thalia girls 363 749 +386
Mikayla girls 296 566 +270
Alexus girls 354 617 +263
Mikaela girls 542 797 +255
Shaquille boys 181 426 +245
Makayla girls 339 564 +225
Darian girls 482 707 +225
Jonah boys 469 692 +223
Selena girls 384 605 +221
Payton girls 483 702 +219
Marlee girls 705 904 +199
Chandler girls 349 541 +192
Darien boys 424 615 +191

Names that fell fastest in 1993

NameRank 1993Rank 1992Change
Hilary girls 647 234 -413
Deidre girls 920 632 -288
Kirstie girls 792 558 -234
Ivette girls 863 648 -215
Sheena girls 810 620 -190
Estefania girls 906 718 -188
Latoya girls 608 434 -174
Laurie girls 943 770 -173
Iesha girls 604 432 -172
Infant boys 733 565 -168
Mariela girls 633 470 -163
Mariel girls 934 771 -163
Lakeisha girls 854 700 -154
Jalisa girls 640 494 -146
Alecia girls 892 753 -139

Names that first appear in 1993

1993 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1993

For these names, 1993 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.