Most Popular Baby Names of 1999

Social Security has card records for 3,985,666 babies born in the U.S. in 1999. Emily was the top girl name (26,542 babies) and Jacob the top boy name (35,371).

Top 100 names of 1999

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Girls 1–50

Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1999, ranks 1–50
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
1	Emily	26,542	#34
2	Hannah	21,679	#56
3	Alexis	19,237	#554
4	Sarah	19,119	#90
5	Samantha	19,044	#151
6	Ashley	18,136	#164
7	Madison	18,054	#40
8	Taylor	16,906	#403
9	Jessica	16,350	#665
10	Elizabeth	15,350	#17
11	Alyssa	14,036	#453
12	Lauren	13,911	#401
13	Kayla	13,292	#364
14	Brianna	12,419	#222
15	Megan	12,230	#887
16	Victoria	11,874	#54
17	Emma	11,751	#3
18	Abigail	11,686	#41
19	Rachel	11,632	#250
20	Olivia	11,257	#1
21	Jennifer	10,616	#586
22	Amanda	9,750	#493
23	Sydney	9,649	#348
24	Morgan	9,607	#312
25	Nicole	9,515	#382
26	Jasmine	9,351	#206
27	Grace	9,181	#38
28	Destiny	9,172	#635
29	Anna	9,115	#107
30	Julia	8,753	#131
31	Haley	8,202	#861
32	Alexandra	8,163	#237
33	Kaitlyn	8,158	#799
34	Natalie	8,079	#89
35	Brittany	7,942	#928
36	Katherine	7,935	#186
37	Stephanie	7,692	#557
38	Rebecca	7,437	#349
39	Maria	7,035	#87
40	Allison	7,026	#103
41	Amber	6,841	#520
42	Savannah	6,806	#135
43	Danielle	6,753	#549
44	Courtney	6,559	#2,326
45	Mary	6,390	#125
46	Gabrielle	6,130	#632
47	Brooke	6,066	#313
48	Jordan	5,730	#584
49	Sierra	5,715	#614
50	Sara	5,626	#198

Girls 51–100

Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1999, ranks 51–100
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
51	Kimberly	5,457	#302
52	Mackenzie	5,426	#228
53	Sophia	5,423	#5
54	Hailey	5,369	#104
55	Katelyn	5,309	#1,076
56	Michelle	5,303	#465
57	Vanessa	5,287	#377
58	Erin	5,223	#833
59	Andrea	5,072	#235
60	Isabella	5,060	#7
61	Jenna	5,043	#679
62	Shelby	5,018	#649
63	Chloe	4,964	#23
64	Melissa	4,830	#419
65	Bailey	4,809	#208
66	Makayla	4,791	#566
67	Paige	4,717	#346
68	Mariah	4,646	#447
69	Kaylee	4,579	#255
70	Madeline	4,572	#81
71	Caroline	4,474	#96
72	Kelsey	4,400	#814
73	Marissa	4,389	#1,673
74	Breanna	4,341	#2,542
75	Christina	4,296	#770
76	Faith	4,236	#254
77	Autumn	4,128	#88
78	Kiara	4,024	#229
79	Jacqueline	3,901	#558
80	Tiffany	3,888	#878
81	Laura	3,878	#379
82	Briana	3,839	#661
83	Alexandria	3,789	#474
84	Cheyenne	3,779	#920
85	Mikayla	3,735	#746
86	Claire	3,734	#68
87	Cassandra	3,729	#630
88	Sabrina	3,650	#321
89	Alexa	3,644	#1,029
90	Angela	3,632	#408
91	Kathryn	3,590	#729
92	Katie	3,550	#646
93	Caitlin	3,461	#2,326
94	Miranda	3,433	#654
95	Kelly	3,420	#851
96	Lindsey	3,417	#1,367
97	Isabel	3,405	#176
98	Catherine	3,401	#313
99	Cassidy	3,395	#541
100	Leslie	3,341	#712

Boys 1–50

Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1999, ranks 1–50
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
1	Jacob	35,371	#43
2	Michael	33,915	#21
3	Matthew	30,418	#32
4	Joshua	27,265	#66
5	Nicholas	25,639	#112
6	Christopher	25,604	#68
7	Andrew	23,866	#73
8	Joseph	23,220	#29
9	Daniel	22,704	#22
10	Tyler	22,669	#219
11	Brandon	21,601	#261
12	Ryan	21,014	#99
13	Austin	20,767	#113
14	William	20,718	#9
15	John	20,366	#23
16	David	20,352	#35
17	Zachary	19,985	#216
18	Anthony	19,472	#46
19	James	18,555	#6
20	Justin	18,277	#233
21	Alexander	17,420	#30
22	Jonathan	17,068	#89
23	Dylan	15,981	#41
24	Noah	14,931	#2
25	Christian	14,783	#96
26	Robert	14,540	#92
27	Samuel	14,049	#18
28	Kyle	13,774	#508
29	Benjamin	13,666	#11
30	Jordan	13,052	#131
31	Thomas	12,795	#34
32	Nathan	12,538	#63
33	Cameron	12,435	#76
34	Kevin	12,257	#221
35	Jose	12,155	#95
36	Hunter	11,485	#130
37	Ethan	11,446	#24
38	Aaron	9,860	#80
39	Eric	9,382	#273
40	Jason	9,366	#165
41	Caleb	9,281	#58
42	Logan	9,136	#53
43	Brian	8,808	#339
44	Adam	8,223	#101
45	Cody	7,864	#318
46	Juan	7,800	#159
47	Steven	7,689	#271
48	Connor	7,597	#166
49	Timothy	7,593	#203
50	Charles	7,525	#48

Boys 51–100

Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1999, ranks 51–100
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
51	Isaiah	7,500	#57
52	Jack	7,385	#15
53	Gabriel	7,369	#37
54	Jared	7,276	#396
55	Luis	7,213	#144
56	Sean	7,205	#489
57	Evan	6,850	#153
58	Alex	6,828	#232
59	Carlos	6,665	#150
60	Elijah	6,596	#7
61	Richard	6,502	#234
62	Nathaniel	6,467	#140
63	Patrick	6,447	#235
64	Isaac	6,407	#47
65	Seth	6,305	#581
66	Trevor	6,257	#679
67	Luke	6,137	#33
68	Devin	5,970	#548
69	Mark	5,606	#244
70	Jesus	5,571	#173
71	Mason	5,451	#39
72	Ian	5,450	#83
73	Angel	5,402	#67
74	Bryan	5,391	#336
75	Cole	5,317	#182
76	Chase	5,223	#192
77	Dakota	5,093	#319
78	Garrett	5,075	#564
79	Adrian	5,066	#74
80	Antonio	5,027	#176
81	Jeremy	5,016	#292
82	Jesse	5,004	#184
83	Jackson	4,993	#36
84	Blake	4,812	#316
85	Stephen	4,543	#383
86	Dalton	4,541	#448
87	Tanner	4,521	#475
88	Alejandro	4,319	#195
89	Kenneth	4,285	#294
90	Lucas	4,220	#10
91	Miguel	4,207	#212
92	Spencer	4,194	#360
93	Bryce	4,148	#357
94	Paul	4,020	#262
95	Victor	4,016	#209
96	Brendan	3,995	#1,097
97	Jake	3,936	#457
98	Marcus	3,867	#258
99	Tristan	3,845	#309
100	Jeffrey	3,815	#552

Entered the top 100 in 1999

Girls

Boys

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