Name.Baby Names by year 1990s 1991 Most Popular Baby Names of 1991 Social Security has card records for 4,152,997 babies born in the U.S. in 1991. Ashley was the top girl name (43,477 babies) and Michael the top boy name (60,810).
Top 100 names of 1991 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1991, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Ashley 43,477 #164 2 Jessica 43,398 #665 3 Brittany 29,093 #928 4 Amanda 28,896 #493 5 Samantha 25,651 #151 6 Sarah 25,233 #90 7 Stephanie 22,775 #557 8 Jennifer 20,673 #586 9 Elizabeth 20,395 #17 10 Emily 20,311 #34 11 Megan 19,278 #887 12 Kayla 18,545 #364 13 Lauren 18,412 #401 14 Rachel 16,344 #250 15 Nicole 16,046 #382 16 Amber 14,992 #520 17 Danielle 13,619 #549 18 Chelsea 13,509 #851 19 Courtney 13,441 #2,326 20 Melissa 13,348 #419 21 Rebecca 13,298 #349 22 Michelle 12,213 #465 23 Heather 11,703 #1,261 24 Jasmine 11,524 #206 25 Katherine 11,495 #186 26 Kelsey 11,435 #814 27 Tiffany 11,155 #878 28 Victoria 10,912 #54 29 Hannah 10,769 #56 30 Alyssa 10,678 #453 31 Christina 10,564 #770 32 Taylor 10,253 #403 33 Shelby 10,220 #649 34 Kimberly 9,799 #302 35 Laura 9,644 #379 36 Alexandra 9,460 #237 37 Sara 8,846 #198 38 Mary 8,764 #125 39 Andrea 7,995 #235 40 Erica 7,800 #1,396 41 Crystal 7,727 #1,144 42 Kelly 7,515 #851 43 Amy 7,275 #257 44 Erin 7,207 #833 45 Maria 7,136 #87 46 Anna 7,119 #107 47 Alexis 7,009 #554 48 Kristen 6,816 #1,990 49 Morgan 6,794 #312 50 Allison 6,773 #103
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1991, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Brianna 6,561 #222 52 Lindsey 6,460 #1,367 53 Katie 6,425 #646 54 Cassandra 6,408 #630 55 Caitlin 6,384 #2,326 56 Vanessa 5,926 #377 57 Kathryn 5,832 #729 58 Brittney 5,829 #5,099 59 Angela 5,802 #408 60 Jamie 5,781 #857 61 Olivia 5,602 #1 62 Jordan 5,561 #584 63 Alicia 5,558 #460 64 Natalie 5,557 #89 65 Brooke 5,551 #313 66 Ariel 5,411 #355 67 Julia 5,365 #131 68 Whitney 5,239 #1,043 69 Mariah 5,192 #447 70 Jacqueline 4,989 #558 71 Shannon 4,845 #2,387 72 Catherine 4,815 #313 73 Christine 4,806 #1,272 74 Molly 4,652 #196 75 Katelyn 4,560 #1,076 76 Paige 4,516 #346 77 Lindsay 4,483 #2,194 78 Alexandria 4,470 #474 79 Haley 4,463 #861 80 Jenna 4,460 #679 81 Marissa 4,421 #1,673 82 Kaitlyn 4,407 #799 83 Lisa 4,395 #987 84 Erika 4,310 #1,109 85 Monica 4,156 #736 86 Kristin 4,087 #4,661 87 Kristina 3,876 #1,721 88 April 3,857 #542 89 Bianca 3,844 #500 90 Miranda 3,820 #654 91 Leah 3,816 #58 92 Abigail 3,799 #41 93 Cynthia 3,707 #1,013 94 Meghan 3,704 #1,902 95 Briana 3,689 #661 96 Melanie 3,580 #142 97 Gabrielle 3,578 #632 98 Julie 3,571 #872 99 Kaitlin 3,486 #4,067 100 Veronica 3,441 #427
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1991, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Michael 60,810 #21 2 Christopher 47,111 #68 3 Matthew 41,647 #32 4 Joshua 41,226 #66 5 Andrew 31,539 #73 6 Daniel 30,935 #22 7 James 30,514 #6 8 David 30,416 #35 9 Joseph 29,840 #29 10 John 27,809 #23 11 Ryan 27,536 #99 12 Nicholas 27,357 #112 13 Robert 26,839 #92 14 Justin 26,797 #233 15 Brandon 26,021 #261 16 Tyler 25,209 #219 17 Jacob 25,200 #43 18 Anthony 24,447 #46 19 William 23,860 #9 20 Jonathan 22,975 #89 21 Kyle 21,610 #508 22 Zachary 21,387 #216 23 Kevin 20,262 #221 24 Cody 18,980 #318 25 Eric 18,051 #273 26 Alexander 17,640 #30 27 Steven 16,863 #271 28 Thomas 16,789 #34 29 Jordan 16,020 #131 30 Brian 14,915 #339 31 Aaron 14,242 #80 32 Timothy 14,154 #203 33 Benjamin 13,877 #11 34 Richard 12,553 #234 35 Patrick 12,412 #235 36 Adam 12,308 #101 37 Jose 11,727 #95 38 Charles 11,336 #48 39 Samuel 11,234 #18 40 Sean 11,182 #489 41 Stephen 10,525 #383 42 Nathan 10,500 #63 43 Jeremy 10,403 #292 44 Travis 10,134 #434 45 Jeffrey 9,894 #552 46 Dylan 9,763 #41 47 Mark 9,684 #244 48 Christian 9,447 #96 49 Jason 9,387 #165 50 Austin 9,054 #113
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1991, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Jesse 8,367 #184 52 Taylor 7,972 #683 53 Paul 7,680 #262 54 Kenneth 7,576 #294 55 Gregory 7,555 #593 56 Dustin 7,383 #728 57 Scott 7,114 #534 58 Corey 6,931 #778 59 Derek 6,893 #284 60 Juan 6,843 #159 61 Bryan 6,757 #336 62 Cameron 6,697 #76 63 Alex 6,673 #232 64 Jared 6,214 #396 65 Ethan 6,129 #24 66 Luis 5,896 #144 67 Bradley 5,723 #403 68 Edward 5,572 #224 69 Trevor 5,531 #679 70 Evan 5,448 #153 71 Shawn 5,415 #681 72 Carlos 5,330 #150 73 Ian 5,326 #83 74 Cory 5,121 #1,244 75 Shane 5,106 #635 76 Marcus 5,069 #258 77 Peter 4,959 #187 78 Caleb 4,864 #58 79 Antonio 4,616 #176 80 Jesus 4,601 #173 81 Vincent 4,493 #107 82 Gabriel 4,414 #37 83 Devin 4,388 #548 84 Nathaniel 4,367 #140 85 Victor 4,335 #209 86 Blake 4,275 #316 87 George 4,179 #126 88 Brett 4,153 #1,382 89 Keith 4,124 #800 90 Casey 4,107 #320 91 Garrett 4,054 #564 92 Miguel 3,948 #212 93 Adrian 3,921 #74 94 Logan 3,893 #53 95 Erik 3,892 #545 96 Mitchell 3,882 #952 97 Raymond 3,865 #394 98 Phillip 3,851 #651 99 Seth 3,812 #581 100 Joel 3,762 #219
Entered the top 100 in 1991
