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

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1990 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1989						Change from 1989
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Jessica	46,475	2.263	0	-1,409	1	Michael	65,290	3.035	0	-99
2	Ashley	45,560	2.218	0	-2,029	2	Christopher	52,336	2.433	0	-842
3	Brittany	36,537	1.779	0	-1,251	3	Matthew	44,804	2.083	0	-570
4	Amanda	34,408	1.675	0	-2,419	4	Joshua	43,219	2.009	0	-872
5	Samantha	25,867	1.259	1	1,075	5	Daniel	33,818	1.572	1	-1,183
6	Sarah	25,817	1.257	-1	-1,976	6	David	33,743	1.568	-1	-1,475
7	Stephanie	24,860	1.210	1	2,092	7	Andrew	33,657	1.564	0	-1,154
8	Jennifer	22,228	1.082	-1	-1,769	8	James	32,349	1.504	1	-354
9	Elizabeth	20,744	1.010	1	449	9	Justin	30,641	1.424	-1	-2,202
10	Lauren	20,506	0.998	-1	-557	10	Joseph	30,128	1.400	1	256
11	Megan	20,256	0.986	0	475	11	Ryan	29,249	1.360	2	838
12	Emily	19,364	0.943	1	2,044	12	John	29,077	1.352	0	-769
13	Nicole	17,953	0.874	-1	-1,077	13	Robert	28,874	1.342	-3	-1,191
14	Kayla	17,538	0.854	6	2,636	14	Nicholas	27,908	1.297	0	-318
15	Amber	15,863	0.772	-1	-896	15	Anthony	25,075	1.166	1	655
16	Rachel	15,704	0.765	2	347	16	William	24,895	1.157	-1	222
17	Courtney	15,379	0.749	4	1,926	17	Jonathan	24,075	1.119	0	472
18	Danielle	14,334	0.698	-1	-1,033	18	Kyle	22,703	1.055	2	1,824
19	Heather	14,221	0.692	-4	-2,024	19	Brandon	22,159	1.030	-1	-1,150
20	Melissa	13,998	0.681	-1	-1,205	20	Jacob	22,009	1.023	6	4,178
21	Rebecca	13,674	0.666	3	1,241	21	Tyler	20,635	0.959	9	5,046
22	Michelle	13,422	0.653	0	49	22	Zachary	20,427	0.950	3	2,350
23	Tiffany	13,159	0.641	-7	-2,557	23	Kevin	20,406	0.949	-4	-804
24	Chelsea	12,782	0.622	3	1,532	24	Eric	19,419	0.903	-3	443
25	Christina	11,927	0.581	-2	-1,211	25	Steven	18,753	0.872	-3	-168
26	Katherine	11,624	0.566	0	210	26	Thomas	18,218	0.847	-3	-213
27	Alyssa	11,261	0.548	6	2,218	27	Brian	16,928	0.787	-3	-1,172
28	Jasmine	11,035	0.537	2	1,486	28	Alexander	16,185	0.752	4	1,663
29	Laura	10,911	0.531	-4	-829	29	Jordan	16,134	0.750	15	5,260
30	Hannah	10,276	0.500	12	2,446	30	Timothy	15,688	0.729	-2	-737
31	Kimberly	10,194	0.496	-3	-843	31	Cody	15,394	0.716	14	4,576
32	Kelsey	9,494	0.462	-1	238	32	Adam	14,708	0.684	-5	-2,221
33	Victoria	9,107	0.443	11	1,470	33	Benjamin	14,621	0.680	-4	-1,109
34	Sara	8,976	0.437	-5	-731	34	Aaron	14,552	0.676	-3	-758
35	Mary	8,667	0.422	3	23	35	Richard	13,575	0.631	-2	-560
36	Erica	8,606	0.419	-2	-419	36	Patrick	12,375	0.575	2	387
37	Alexandra	8,506	0.414	6	827	37	Sean	12,015	0.558	2	121
38	Amy	8,461	0.412	-3	-437	38	Charles	11,992	0.557	-2	-256
39	Crystal	8,218	0.400	-7	-885	39	Stephen	11,941	0.555	1	205
40	Andrea	8,213	0.400	-1	-197	40	Jeremy	11,684	0.543	-6	-1,392
41	Kelly	8,135	0.396	-4	-629	41	Jose	11,508	0.535	5	1,179
42	Kristen	8,072	0.393	-6	-731	42	Travis	11,455	0.532	-1	-69
43	Erin	7,988	0.389	-3	-154	43	Jeffrey	10,979	0.510	-6	-1,033
44	Brittney	7,427	0.362	-3	-405	44	Nathan	10,935	0.508	-1	29
45	Anna	7,288	0.355	6	392	45	Samuel	10,887	0.506	2	784
46	Taylor	7,258	0.353	29	3,189	46	Jason	10,690	0.497	-11	-1,918
47	Maria	7,182	0.350	9	847	47	Mark	10,681	0.496	-5	-637
48	Allison	7,132	0.347	-2	-153	48	Jesse	8,982	0.418	2	127
49	Cassandra	7,053	0.343	5	356	49	Paul	8,579	0.399	0	-450
50	Caitlin	7,026	0.342	-1	2	50	Dustin	8,457	0.393	-2	-1,262

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.