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

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1996 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1995						Change from 1995
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Emily	25,151	1.312	2	771	1	Michael	38,364	1.915	0	-3,038
2	Jessica	24,198	1.262	-1	-3,740	2	Matthew	32,073	1.601	0	-802
3	Ashley	23,677	1.235	-1	-2,925	3	Jacob	31,925	1.594	1	796
4	Sarah	21,040	1.098	1	-343	4	Christopher	30,901	1.542	-1	-1,773
5	Samantha	20,548	1.072	-1	-1,096	5	Joshua	29,170	1.456	0	-1,548
6	Taylor	19,152	0.999	0	-1,273	6	Nicholas	27,720	1.384	0	-1,436
7	Hannah	18,596	0.970	0	1,586	7	Tyler	26,953	1.345	0	-2,201
8	Alexis	16,589	0.865	6	2,257	8	Brandon	25,846	1.290	0	-1,058
9	Rachel	16,117	0.841	3	72	9	Austin	25,660	1.281	1	-245
10	Elizabeth	15,998	0.835	0	-187	10	Andrew	25,235	1.260	1	-617
11	Kayla	15,269	0.797	0	-817	11	Daniel	25,116	1.254	-2	-1,606
12	Megan	14,769	0.770	1	-759	12	Joseph	24,754	1.236	0	-591
13	Amanda	13,975	0.729	-4	-2,376	13	David	23,017	1.149	3	-17
14	Brittany	13,796	0.720	-6	-2,680	14	Zachary	22,366	1.116	0	-765
15	Madison	13,410	0.700	14	3,636	15	John	22,182	1.107	-2	-1,058
16	Lauren	12,594	0.657	-1	-851	16	Ryan	21,807	1.088	-1	-1,279
17	Brianna	11,925	0.622	4	45	17	James	21,156	1.056	0	-1,574
18	Victoria	11,858	0.619	2	-393	18	William	20,541	1.025	2	384
19	Jennifer	11,728	0.612	-1	-958	19	Anthony	20,504	1.023	0	24
20	Stephanie	11,642	0.607	-4	-1,336	20	Justin	20,008	0.999	-2	-1,571
21	Courtney	11,343	0.592	-4	-1,428	21	Jonathan	18,593	0.928	2	441
22	Nicole	11,132	0.581	-3	-1,144	22	Alexander	17,961	0.897	-1	-1,485
23	Alyssa	11,022	0.575	4	922	23	Robert	17,673	0.882	-1	-910
24	Rebecca	10,626	0.554	4	720	24	Christian	15,824	0.790	4	2,015
25	Morgan	10,292	0.537	-2	-583	25	Kyle	15,600	0.779	-1	-1,158
26	Alexandra	10,023	0.523	0	-137	26	Kevin	14,584	0.728	-1	-1,268
27	Amber	9,770	0.510	-5	-1,192	27	Jordan	13,852	0.691	2	284
28	Jasmine	9,708	0.506	-3	-570	28	Thomas	13,800	0.689	-1	-359
29	Danielle	9,285	0.484	-5	-1,366	29	Benjamin	13,778	0.688	2	1,063
30	Haley	9,041	0.472	2	836	30	Samuel	13,624	0.680	3	1,189
31	Katherine	8,875	0.463	-1	-110	31	Cody	12,951	0.646	-5	-2,614
32	Abigail	8,604	0.449	4	782	32	Jose	12,154	0.607	3	377
33	Anna	8,569	0.447	-2	3	33	Dylan	12,034	0.601	1	-54
34	Olivia	8,123	0.424	5	499	34	Aaron	11,971	0.598	-4	-1,318
35	Shelby	7,949	0.415	3	317	35	Eric	11,607	0.579	-3	-873
36	Kelsey	7,655	0.399	-3	-527	36	Brian	10,471	0.523	0	-516
37	Maria	7,594	0.396	7	595	37	Nathan	10,283	0.513	2	-21
38	Allison	7,453	0.389	-4	-673	38	Steven	9,650	0.482	-1	-1,010
39	Sydney	7,258	0.379	4	-100	39	Adam	9,555	0.477	-1	-928
40	Kaitlyn	7,240	0.378	2	-145	40	Timothy	8,918	0.445	0	-869
41	Kimberly	7,175	0.374	-4	-570	41	Jason	8,697	0.434	0	-304
42	Melissa	7,169	0.374	-7	-708	42	Logan	8,374	0.418	9	1,422
43	Savannah	6,998	0.365	25	2,095	43	Charles	8,247	0.412	1	-226
44	Mary	6,961	0.363	-4	-494	44	Patrick	8,193	0.409	-1	-479
45	Brooke	6,724	0.351	7	349	45	Richard	8,180	0.408	-3	-603
46	Natalie	6,692	0.349	5	268	46	Sean	7,895	0.394	-1	-269
47	Michelle	6,596	0.344	-6	-795	47	Hunter	7,602	0.379	6	889
48	Julia	6,312	0.329	14	901	48	Caleb	7,547	0.377	6	893
49	Jordan	6,297	0.328	1	-182	49	Cameron	7,388	0.369	0	360
50	Sara	6,288	0.328	-2	-406	50	Noah	7,182	0.358	49	3,359

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.