These Were The Most Popular Baby Names In The 1990s

Shout-out to the Jessicas, Tylers and Amandas out there.

Baby name trends are an evolving part of our culture. If you were born in the 90s, odds are that your class was full of Jessicas, Ashleys and Amandas.

The Social Security Administration tracks the trends around baby names and offers lists of the most popular baby names dating back to the 1880s.  

The SSA also puts together lists of the top names for each decade. We decided to take a look at the hottest names of the 1990s. 

Keep scrolling to see the 50 most popular names for boys and girls born in the U.S. from 1990 to 1999.   

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Girls

  1. Jessica

  2. Ashley

  3. Emily

  4. Sarah

  5. Samantha

  6. Amanda

  7. Brittany

  8. Elizabeth

  9. Taylor

  10. Megan

  11. Hannah

  12. Kayla

  13. Lauren

  14. Stephanie

  15. Rachel

  16. Jennifer

  17. Nicole

  18. Alexis

  19. Victoria

  20. Amber

  21. Alyssa

  22. Courtney

  23. Rebecca

  24. Danielle

  25. Jasmine

  26. Brianna

  27. Katherine

  28. Alexandra

  29. Madison

  30. Morgan

  31. Melissa

  32. Michelle

  33. Kelsey

  34. Chelsea

  35. Anna

  36. Kimberly

  37. Tiffany

  38. Olivia

  39. Mary

  40. Christina

  41. Allison

  42. Abigail

  43. Sara

  44. Shelby

  45. Heather

  46. Haley

  47. Maria

  48. Kaitlyn

  49. Laura

  50. Erin

Boys

  1. Michael

  2. Christopher

  3. Matthew

  4. Joshua

  5. Jacob

  6. Nicholas

  7. Andrew

  8. Daniel

  9. Tyler

  10. Joseph

  11. Brandon

  12. David

  13. James

  14. Ryan

  15. John

  16. Zachary

  17. Justin

  18. William

  19. Anthony

  20. Robert

  21. Jonathan

  22. Austin

  23. Alexander

  24. Kyle

  25. Kevin

  26. Thomas

  27. Cody

  28. Jordan

  29. Eric

  30. Benjamin

  31. Aaron

  32. Christian

  33. Samuel

  34. Dylan

  35. Steven

  36. Brian

  37. Jose

  38. Timothy

  39. Nathan

  40. Adam

  41. Richard

  42. Patrick

  43. Charles

  44. Sean

  45. Jason

  46. Cameron

  47. Jeremy

  48. Mark

  49. Stephen

  50. Jesse