Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1990

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1990 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	Jessica	46,475	2.263	-311	-45,418	1	Michael	65,290	3.035	-13	-53,670
2	Ashley	45,560	2.218	-127	-43,293	2	Christopher	52,336	2.433	-40	-45,075
3	Brittany	36,537	1.779	-876	-36,232	3	Matthew	44,804	2.083	-17	-34,880
4	Amanda	34,408	1.675	-365	-33,564	4	Joshua	43,219	2.009	-37	-35,855
5	Samantha	25,867	1.259	-55	-21,970	5	Daniel	33,818	1.572	-10	-22,645
6	Sarah	25,817	1.257	-61	-22,083	6	David	33,743	1.568	-16	-24,046
7	Stephanie	24,860	1.210	-311	-23,834	7	Andrew	33,657	1.564	-36	-26,423
8	Jennifer	22,228	1.082	-337	-21,313	8	James	32,349	1.504	4	-18,824
9	Elizabeth	20,744	1.010	-4	-12,231	9	Justin	30,641	1.424	-132	-27,854
10	Lauren	20,506	0.998	-161	-18,810	10	Joseph	30,128	1.400	-13	-20,573
11	Megan	20,256	0.986	-534	-19,692	11	Ryan	29,249	1.360	-35	-22,344
12	Emily	19,364	0.943	0	-10,708	12	John	29,077	1.352	-15	-19,958
13	Nicole	17,953	0.874	-205	-16,537	13	Robert	28,874	1.342	-58	-23,734
14	Kayla	17,538	0.854	-135	-15,663	14	Nicholas	27,908	1.297	-60	-23,107
15	Amber	15,863	0.772	-456	-15,205	15	Anthony	25,075	1.166	-23	-17,072
16	Rachel	15,704	0.765	-182	-14,160	16	William	24,895	1.157	13	-10,379
17	Courtney	15,379	0.749	-1,175	-15,180	17	Jonathan	24,075	1.119	-46	-18,363
18	Danielle	14,334	0.698	-364	-13,525	18	Kyle	22,703	1.055	-205	-21,035
19	Heather	14,221	0.692	-1,130	-14,011	19	Brandon	22,159	1.030	-105	-18,976
20	Melissa	13,998	0.681	-277	-12,884	20	Jacob	22,009	1.023	7	-10,239
21	Rebecca	13,674	0.666	-193	-12,232	21	Tyler	20,635	0.959	-98	-17,337
22	Michelle	13,422	0.653	-241	-12,183	22	Zachary	20,427	0.950	-87	-16,899
23	Tiffany	13,159	0.641	-667	-12,741	23	Kevin	20,406	0.949	-102	-17,282
24	Chelsea	12,782	0.622	-446	-12,123	24	Eric	19,419	0.903	-136	-17,030
25	Christina	11,927	0.581	-414	-11,208	25	Steven	18,753	0.872	-173	-16,731
26	Katherine	11,624	0.566	-86	-8,958	26	Thomas	18,218	0.847	-23	-11,439
27	Alyssa	11,261	0.548	-123	-9,391	27	Brian	16,928	0.787	-208	-15,310
28	Jasmine	11,035	0.537	-108	-8,902	28	Alexander	16,185	0.752	17	-4,196
29	Laura	10,911	0.531	-311	-9,976	29	Jordan	16,134	0.750	-53	-11,488
30	Hannah	10,276	0.500	-3	-4,647	30	Timothy	15,688	0.729	-135	-13,358
31	Kimberly	10,194	0.496	-139	-8,498	31	Cody	15,394	0.716	-252	-14,157
32	Kelsey	9,494	0.462	-385	-8,756	32	Adam	14,708	0.684	-46	-10,033
33	Victoria	9,107	0.443	12	-2,018	33	Benjamin	14,621	0.680	27	-1,240
34	Sara	8,976	0.437	-139	-7,284	34	Aaron	14,552	0.676	-26	-8,599
35	Mary	8,667	0.422	-91	-6,340	35	Richard	13,575	0.631	-153	-11,456
36	Erica	8,606	0.419	-863	-8,310	36	Patrick	12,375	0.575	-153	-10,264
37	Alexandra	8,506	0.414	-88	-6,112	37	Sean	12,015	0.558	-232	-10,705
38	Amy	8,461	0.412	-167	-6,964	38	Charles	11,992	0.557	-14	-5,388
39	Crystal	8,218	0.400	-678	-7,823	39	Stephen	11,941	0.555	-245	-10,705
40	Andrea	8,213	0.400	-94	-6,059	40	Jeremy	11,684	0.543	-164	-9,729
41	Kelly	8,135	0.396	-577	-7,651	41	Jose	11,508	0.535	-48	-7,216
42	Kristen	8,072	0.393	-1,184	-7,883	42	Travis	11,455	0.532	-271	-10,383
43	Erin	7,988	0.389	-378	-7,253	43	Jeffrey	10,979	0.510	-288	-9,976
44	Brittney	7,427	0.362	-2,951	-7,373	44	Nathan	10,935	0.508	-4	-4,145
45	Anna	7,288	0.355	-9	-3,143	45	Samuel	10,887	0.506	24	-1,153
46	Taylor	7,258	0.353	-75	-4,780	46	Jason	10,690	0.497	-54	-6,843
47	Maria	7,182	0.350	-69	-4,587	47	Mark	10,681	0.496	-163	-8,822
48	Allison	7,132	0.347	-21	-3,454	48	Jesse	8,982	0.418	-137	-6,856
49	Cassandra	7,053	0.343	-613	-6,610	49	Paul	8,579	0.399	-185	-6,954
50	Caitlin	7,026	0.342	-1,310	-6,862	50	Dustin	8,457	0.393	-475	-7,922

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.