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Most Popular Baby Names of 1990

Social Security has card records for 4,206,290 babies born in the U.S. in 1990. Jessica was the top girl name (46,486 babies) and Michael the top boy name (65,321).

Top 100 names of 1990

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Girls 1–50

Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1990, ranks 1–50
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
1	Jessica	46,486	#665
2	Ashley	45,561	#164
3	Brittany	36,536	#928
4	Amanda	34,413	#493
5	Samantha	25,868	#151
6	Sarah	25,824	#90
7	Stephanie	24,864	#557
8	Jennifer	22,236	#586
9	Elizabeth	20,750	#17
10	Lauren	20,506	#401
11	Megan	20,259	#887
12	Emily	19,370	#34
13	Nicole	17,954	#382
14	Kayla	17,538	#364
15	Amber	15,866	#520
16	Rachel	15,710	#250
17	Courtney	15,380	#2,326
18	Danielle	14,339	#549
19	Heather	14,220	#1,261
20	Melissa	14,000	#419
21	Rebecca	13,677	#349
22	Michelle	13,425	#465
23	Tiffany	13,160	#878
24	Chelsea	12,785	#851
25	Christina	11,927	#770
26	Katherine	11,625	#186
27	Alyssa	11,263	#453
28	Jasmine	11,037	#206
29	Laura	10,914	#379
30	Hannah	10,283	#56
31	Kimberly	10,191	#302
32	Kelsey	9,494	#814
33	Victoria	9,109	#54
34	Sara	8,979	#198
35	Mary	8,670	#125
36	Erica	8,608	#1,396
37	Alexandra	8,508	#237
38	Amy	8,463	#257
39	Crystal	8,218	#1,144
40	Andrea	8,214	#235
41	Kelly	8,137	#851
42	Kristen	8,073	#1,990
43	Erin	7,989	#833
44	Brittney	7,427	#5,099
45	Anna	7,293	#107
46	Taylor	7,262	#403
47	Maria	7,186	#87
48	Allison	7,136	#103
49	Cassandra	7,054	#630
50	Caitlin	7,026	#2,326

Girls 51–100

Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1990, ranks 51–100
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
51	Lindsey	6,782	#1,367
52	Angela	6,666	#408
53	Katie	6,514	#646
54	Alicia	6,511	#460
55	Jamie	6,509	#857
56	Vanessa	6,409	#377
57	Kathryn	6,353	#729
58	Morgan	6,047	#312
59	Jordan	5,957	#584
60	Whitney	5,905	#1,043
61	Brianna	5,680	#222
62	Christine	5,679	#1,272
63	Natalie	5,637	#89
64	Lisa	5,347	#987
65	Kristin	5,300	#4,661
66	Alexis	5,257	#554
67	Jacqueline	5,237	#558
68	Shannon	5,190	#2,387
69	Lindsay	5,040	#2,194
70	Brooke	4,990	#313
71	Catherine	4,894	#313
72	Olivia	4,626	#1
73	April	4,572	#542
74	Erika	4,569	#1,109
75	Katelyn	4,489	#1,076
76	Monica	4,453	#736
77	Kristina	4,389	#1,721
78	Kaitlyn	4,312	#799
79	Paige	4,113	#346
80	Molly	3,965	#196
81	Jenna	3,956	#679
82	Leah	3,924	#58
83	Julia	3,914	#131
84	Bianca	3,829	#500
85	Tara	3,826	#844
86	Melanie	3,813	#142
87	Marissa	3,806	#1,673
88	Cynthia	3,797	#1,013
89	Holly	3,772	#416
90	Abigail	3,719	#41
91	Meghan	3,695	#1,902
92	Kathleen	3,670	#1,150
93	Julie	3,657	#872
94	Ariel	3,607	#355
95	Alexandria	3,595	#474
96	Veronica	3,588	#427
97	Patricia	3,579	#1,334
98	Diana	3,548	#244
99	Gabrielle	3,541	#632
100	Shelby	3,517	#649

Boys 1–50

Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1990, ranks 1–50
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
1	Michael	65,321	#21
2	Christopher	52,362	#68
3	Matthew	44,826	#32
4	Joshua	43,237	#66
5	Daniel	33,830	#22
6	David	33,748	#35
7	Andrew	33,673	#73
8	James	32,359	#6
9	Justin	30,649	#233
10	Joseph	30,137	#29
11	Ryan	29,263	#99
12	John	29,089	#23
13	Robert	28,886	#92
14	Nicholas	27,913	#112
15	Anthony	25,088	#46
16	William	24,906	#9
17	Jonathan	24,077	#89
18	Kyle	22,710	#508
19	Brandon	22,163	#261
20	Jacob	22,022	#43
21	Tyler	20,646	#219
22	Zachary	20,430	#216
23	Kevin	20,413	#221
24	Eric	19,430	#273
25	Steven	18,764	#271
26	Thomas	18,231	#34
27	Brian	16,935	#339
28	Alexander	16,194	#30
29	Jordan	16,137	#131
30	Timothy	15,700	#203
31	Cody	15,399	#318
32	Adam	14,713	#101
33	Benjamin	14,633	#11
34	Aaron	14,557	#80
35	Richard	13,580	#234
36	Patrick	12,377	#235
37	Sean	12,018	#489
38	Charles	12,000	#48
39	Stephen	11,943	#383
40	Jeremy	11,689	#292
41	Jose	11,519	#95
42	Travis	11,462	#434
43	Jeffrey	10,980	#552
44	Nathan	10,934	#63
45	Samuel	10,894	#18
46	Jason	10,694	#165
47	Mark	10,689	#244
48	Jesse	8,977	#184
49	Paul	8,579	#262
50	Dustin	8,457	#728

Boys 51–100

Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1990, ranks 51–100
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
51	Gregory	8,378	#593
52	Kenneth	8,262	#294
53	Scott	8,086	#534
54	Derek	8,083	#284
55	Austin	7,915	#113
56	Corey	7,692	#778
57	Bryan	7,439	#336
58	Ethan	6,989	#24
59	Alex	6,951	#232
60	Christian	6,786	#96
61	Juan	6,743	#159
62	Cameron	6,660	#76
63	Jared	6,643	#396
64	Taylor	6,579	#683
65	Bradley	6,437	#403
66	Luis	5,795	#144
67	Cory	5,765	#1,244
68	Edward	5,746	#224
69	Shawn	5,721	#681
70	Ian	5,460	#83
71	Evan	5,308	#153
72	Marcus	5,304	#258
73	Shane	5,274	#635
74	Peter	5,224	#187
75	Carlos	5,213	#150
76	Trevor	5,141	#679
77	Antonio	4,867	#176
78	Vincent	4,804	#107
79	George	4,567	#126
80	Keith	4,481	#800
81	Phillip	4,454	#651
82	Victor	4,445	#209
83	Dylan	4,414	#41
84	Brett	4,394	#1,382
85	Chad	4,351	#1,699
86	Nathaniel	4,348	#140
87	Donald	4,177	#690
88	Caleb	4,154	#58
89	Casey	4,134	#320
90	Jesus	4,131	#173
91	Blake	4,103	#316
92	Raymond	4,062	#394
93	Mitchell	4,021	#952
94	Adrian	4,000	#74
94	Joel	4,000	#219
96	Erik	3,956	#545
97	Ronald	3,899	#637
98	Devin	3,866	#548
99	Garrett	3,757	#564
100	Gabriel	3,699	#37

Entered the top 100 in 1990

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