Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1996

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1996 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Emily	25,151	1.312	-11	-16,495	1	Michael	38,364	1.915	-13	-26,744
2	Jessica	24,198	1.262	-310	-23,141	2	Matthew	32,073	1.601	-18	-22,149
3	Ashley	23,677	1.235	-126	-21,410	3	Jacob	31,925	1.594	-10	-20,155
4	Sarah	21,040	1.098	-63	-17,306	4	Christopher	30,901	1.542	-38	-23,640
5	Samantha	20,548	1.072	-55	-16,651	5	Joshua	29,170	1.456	-36	-21,806
6	Taylor	19,152	0.999	-115	-16,674	6	Nicholas	27,720	1.384	-68	-22,919
7	Hannah	18,596	0.970	-26	-12,967	7	Tyler	26,953	1.345	-112	-23,655
8	Alexis	16,589	0.865	-171	-14,949	8	Brandon	25,846	1.290	-116	-22,663
9	Rachel	16,117	0.841	-189	-14,573	9	Austin	25,660	1.281	-71	-21,009
10	Elizabeth	15,998	0.835	-3	-7,485	10	Andrew	25,235	1.260	-33	-18,001
11	Kayla	15,269	0.797	-138	-13,394	11	Daniel	25,116	1.254	-4	-13,943
12	Megan	14,769	0.770	-533	-14,205	12	Joseph	24,754	1.236	-11	-15,199
13	Amanda	13,975	0.729	-356	-13,131	13	David	23,017	1.149	-9	-13,320
14	Brittany	13,796	0.720	-865	-13,491	14	Zachary	22,366	1.116	-95	-18,838
15	Madison	13,410	0.700	-7	-6,374	15	John	22,182	1.107	-12	-13,063
16	Lauren	12,594	0.657	-155	-10,898	16	Ryan	21,807	1.088	-30	-14,902
17	Brianna	11,925	0.622	-115	-9,690	17	James	21,156	1.056	13	-7,631
18	Victoria	11,858	0.619	-3	-4,769	18	William	20,541	1.025	15	-6,025
19	Jennifer	11,728	0.612	-326	-10,813	19	Anthony	20,504	1.023	-19	-12,501
20	Stephanie	11,642	0.607	-298	-10,616	20	Justin	20,008	0.999	-121	-17,221
21	Courtney	11,343	0.592	-1,171	-11,144	21	Jonathan	18,593	0.928	-42	-12,881
22	Nicole	11,132	0.581	-196	-9,716	22	Alexander	17,961	0.897	11	-5,972
23	Alyssa	11,022	0.575	-127	-9,152	23	Robert	17,673	0.882	-48	-12,533
24	Rebecca	10,626	0.554	-190	-9,184	24	Christian	15,824	0.790	-31	-9,315
25	Morgan	10,292	0.537	-139	-8,543	25	Kyle	15,600	0.779	-198	-13,932
26	Alexandra	10,023	0.523	-99	-7,629	26	Kevin	14,584	0.728	-99	-11,460
27	Amber	9,770	0.510	-444	-9,112	27	Jordan	13,852	0.691	-55	-9,206
28	Jasmine	9,708	0.506	-108	-7,575	28	Thomas	13,800	0.689	-21	-7,021
29	Danielle	9,285	0.484	-353	-8,476	29	Benjamin	13,778	0.688	23	-397
30	Haley	9,041	0.472	-355	-8,239	30	Samuel	13,624	0.680	9	-3,890
31	Katherine	8,875	0.463	-81	-6,209	31	Cody	12,951	0.646	-252	-11,714
32	Abigail	8,604	0.449	21	1,192	32	Jose	12,154	0.607	-57	-7,862
33	Anna	8,569	0.447	-21	-4,424	33	Dylan	12,034	0.601	2	-3,485
34	Olivia	8,123	0.424	32	9,798	34	Aaron	11,971	0.598	-26	-6,018
35	Shelby	7,949	0.415	-391	-7,217	35	Eric	11,607	0.579	-125	-9,218
36	Kelsey	7,655	0.399	-381	-6,917	36	Brian	10,471	0.523	-199	-8,853
37	Maria	7,594	0.396	-79	-4,999	37	Nathan	10,283	0.513	-11	-3,493
38	Allison	7,453	0.389	-31	-3,775	38	Steven	9,650	0.482	-160	-7,628
39	Sydney	7,258	0.379	-126	-5,509	39	Adam	9,555	0.477	-39	-4,880
40	Kaitlyn	7,240	0.378	-347	-6,444	40	Timothy	8,918	0.445	-125	-6,588
41	Kimberly	7,175	0.374	-129	-5,479	41	Jason	8,697	0.434	-59	-4,850
42	Melissa	7,169	0.374	-255	-6,055	42	Logan	8,374	0.418	32	3,978
43	Savannah	6,998	0.365	-2	-2,253	43	Charles	8,247	0.412	-9	-1,643
44	Mary	6,961	0.363	-82	-4,634	44	Patrick	8,193	0.409	-145	-6,082
45	Brooke	6,724	0.351	-156	-5,206	45	Richard	8,180	0.408	-143	-6,061
46	Natalie	6,692	0.349	7	-1,597	46	Sean	7,895	0.394	-223	-6,585
47	Michelle	6,596	0.344	-216	-5,357	47	Hunter	7,602	0.379	-9	-1,536
48	Julia	6,312	0.329	-45	-3,323	48	Caleb	7,547	0.377	3	-618
49	Jordan	6,297	0.328	-326	-5,469	49	Cameron	7,388	0.369	-20	-2,117
50	Sara	6,288	0.328	-123	-4,596	50	Noah	7,182	0.358	48	11,085

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.