Name.Baby Names by year 1990s 1992 Most Popular Baby Names of 1992 Social Security has card records for 4,103,717 babies born in the U.S. in 1992. Ashley was the top girl name (38,460 babies) and Michael the top boy name (54,410).
Top 100 names of 1992 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1992, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Ashley 38,460 #164 2 Jessica 38,361 #665 3 Amanda 25,039 #493 4 Brittany 24,983 #928 5 Sarah 24,634 #90 6 Samantha 24,407 #151 7 Emily 21,835 #34 8 Stephanie 19,680 #557 9 Elizabeth 19,035 #17 10 Megan 17,842 #887 11 Jennifer 17,819 #586 12 Lauren 17,215 #401 13 Kayla 16,517 #364 14 Nicole 16,327 #382 15 Chelsea 16,177 #851 16 Rachel 15,840 #250 17 Taylor 14,954 #403 18 Danielle 14,098 #549 19 Amber 13,917 #520 20 Rebecca 13,110 #349 21 Courtney 12,604 #2,326 22 Victoria 11,907 #54 23 Kelsey 11,713 #814 24 Melissa 11,710 #419 25 Michelle 11,512 #465 26 Hannah 11,496 #56 27 Katherine 11,149 #186 28 Jasmine 10,479 #206 29 Alexandra 10,221 #237 30 Alyssa 10,163 #453 31 Heather 9,725 #1,261 32 Tiffany 9,722 #878 33 Christina 9,444 #770 34 Shelby 9,396 #649 35 Kimberly 8,895 #302 36 Mary 8,463 #125 37 Sara 8,443 #198 38 Laura 8,311 #379 39 Andrea 8,024 #235 40 Alexis 7,948 #554 41 Morgan 7,789 #312 42 Kaitlyn 7,480 #799 43 Brianna 7,296 #222 44 Erica 7,133 #1,396 45 Maria 7,091 #87 46 Erin 7,059 #833 47 Kelly 7,012 #851 48 Allison 6,903 #103 49 Anna 6,853 #107 50 Crystal 6,598 #1,144
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1992, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Amy 6,340 #257 52 Cassandra 6,312 #630 53 Kristen 6,253 #1,990 54 Katie 6,116 #646 55 Vanessa 6,080 #377 56 Haley 6,040 #861 57 Lindsey 5,893 #1,367 58 Olivia 5,811 #1 59 Brooke 5,771 #313 60 Kathryn 5,686 #729 61 Natalie 5,583 #89 62 Caitlin 5,391 #2,326 63 Jordan 5,366 #584 64 Paige 5,305 #346 65 Katelyn 5,291 #1,076 66 Shannon 5,290 #2,387 67 Jenna 5,091 #679 68 Brittney 5,085 #5,099 69 Angela 5,078 #408 70 Julia 5,021 #131 71 Alicia 4,910 #460 72 Marissa 4,873 #1,673 73 Alexandria 4,796 #474 74 Mariah 4,712 #447 75 Jamie 4,702 #857 76 Jacqueline 4,689 #558 77 Monica 4,590 #736 78 Catherine 4,536 #313 79 Briana 4,350 #661 80 Erika 4,342 #1,109 81 Lindsay 4,262 #2,194 82 Christine 4,150 #1,272 83 Molly 4,137 #196 84 Gabrielle 4,028 #632 85 Whitney 4,010 #1,043 86 Abigail 3,988 #41 87 Ariel 3,961 #355 88 Lisa 3,781 #987 89 Miranda 3,695 #654 90 Kristin 3,597 #4,661 91 Meghan 3,595 #1,902 92 Cynthia 3,548 #1,013 93 Kristina 3,466 #1,721 94 Breanna 3,451 #2,542 95 Veronica 3,444 #427 96 Leah 3,431 #58 97 Bianca 3,385 #500 98 Melanie 3,353 #142 99 Holly 3,347 #416 100 Angelica 3,324 #707
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1992, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Michael 54,410 #21 2 Christopher 42,468 #68 3 Matthew 37,733 #32 4 Joshua 36,221 #66 5 Andrew 30,542 #73 6 Brandon 29,628 #261 7 Daniel 29,157 #22 8 Tyler 28,806 #219 9 James 28,513 #6 10 David 28,425 #35 11 Joseph 27,904 #29 12 Nicholas 27,762 #112 13 Ryan 27,022 #99 14 John 26,253 #23 15 Jacob 25,665 #43 16 Zachary 24,802 #216 17 Robert 24,094 #92 18 Justin 23,620 #233 19 Anthony 23,174 #46 20 William 23,066 #9 21 Jonathan 21,413 #89 22 Kyle 20,714 #508 23 Alexander 20,069 #30 24 Cody 19,876 #318 25 Kevin 19,647 #221 26 Eric 16,145 #273 27 Thomas 15,290 #34 28 Dylan 15,064 #41 29 Steven 15,039 #271 30 Aaron 14,512 #80 31 Brian 14,107 #339 32 Jordan 14,032 #131 33 Benjamin 13,455 #11 34 Timothy 12,864 #203 35 Christian 11,953 #96 36 Adam 11,905 #101 37 Jose 11,824 #95 38 Austin 11,458 #113 39 Patrick 11,409 #235 40 Samuel 11,344 #18 41 Richard 11,332 #234 42 Sean 11,065 #489 43 Charles 10,469 #48 44 Nathan 10,154 #63 45 Stephen 9,308 #383 46 Jason 9,249 #165 47 Jeremy 9,042 #292 48 Travis 8,895 #434 49 Mark 8,745 #244 50 Jesse 8,563 #184
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1992, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Jeffrey 8,471 #552 52 Taylor 8,239 #683 53 Cameron 7,356 #76 54 Alex 7,351 #232 55 Paul 7,003 #262 56 Juan 6,956 #159 57 Bryan 6,835 #336 58 Dustin 6,798 #728 59 Kenneth 6,732 #294 60 Gregory 6,498 #593 61 Scott 6,447 #534 62 Derek 6,293 #284 63 Trevor 6,193 #679 64 Luis 6,169 #144 65 Corey 6,140 #778 66 Evan 6,051 #153 67 Jared 5,868 #396 68 Ian 5,536 #83 69 Carlos 5,342 #150 70 Edward 5,233 #224 71 Shawn 5,153 #681 72 Bradley 5,098 #403 73 Dillon 5,062 #929 74 Caleb 5,042 #58 75 Devin 4,972 #548 76 Ethan 4,906 #24 77 Shane 4,847 #635 78 Jesus 4,823 #173 79 Nathaniel 4,687 #140 80 Connor 4,609 #166 81 Peter 4,598 #187 82 Marcus 4,545 #258 83 Cory 4,436 #1,244 84 Blake 4,397 #316 85 Antonio 4,344 #176 86 Gabriel 4,336 #37 87 Victor 4,293 #209 88 Garrett 4,270 #564 89 Logan 4,226 #53 90 Miguel 4,173 #212 91 Mitchell 4,122 #952 92 Vincent 4,106 #107 93 Luke 4,066 #33 94 Seth 3,913 #581 95 George 3,894 #126 96 Adrian 3,859 #74 97 Brett 3,823 #1,382 98 Erik 3,815 #545 99 Spencer 3,696 #360 100 Joel 3,667 #219
Entered the top 100 in 1992
