1990
Top Baby Names of 1990
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Girl Names
Top 50 in 1990
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Jessica 46,486 2
Ashley 45,560 3
Brittany 36,537 4
Amanda 34,413 5
Samantha 25,868 6
Sarah 25,825 7
Stephanie 24,864 8
Jennifer 22,236 9
Elizabeth 20,749 10
Lauren 20,507 11
Megan 20,259 12
Emily 19,368 13
Nicole 17,953 14
Kayla 17,538 15
Amber 15,866 16
Rachel 15,710 17
Courtney 15,380 18
Danielle 14,339 19
Heather 14,220 20
Melissa 14,000 21
Rebecca 13,675 22
Michelle 13,424 23
Tiffany 13,162 24
Chelsea 12,784 25
Christina 11,928 26
Katherine 11,627 27
Alyssa 11,263 28
Jasmine 11,037 29
Laura 10,914 30
Hannah 10,282 31
Kimberly 10,191 32
Kelsey 9,494 33
Victoria 9,108 34
Sara 8,979 35
Mary 8,669 36
Erica 8,608 37
Alexandra 8,508 38
Amy 8,464 39
Crystal 8,218 40
Andrea 8,214 41
Kelly 8,137 42
Kristen 8,073 43
Erin 7,988 44
Brittney 7,428 45
Anna 7,293 46
Taylor 7,262 47
Maria 7,185 48
Allison 7,134 49
Cassandra 7,054 50
Caitlin 7,026 👦
Boy Names
Top 50 in 1990
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Michael 65,318 2
Christopher 52,359 3
Matthew 44,822 4
Joshua 43,233 5
Daniel 33,831 6
David 33,747 7
Andrew 33,675 8
James 32,357 9
Justin 30,650 10
Joseph 30,134 11
Ryan 29,257 12
John 29,090 13
Robert 28,885 14
Nicholas 27,914 15
Anthony 25,087 16
William 24,909 17
Jonathan 24,077 18
Kyle 22,710 19
Brandon 22,162 20
Jacob 22,023 21
Tyler 20,643 22
Zachary 20,432 23
Kevin 20,412 24
Eric 19,429 25
Steven 18,763 26
Thomas 18,230 27
Brian 16,933 28
Alexander 16,194 29
Jordan 16,137 30
Timothy 15,699 31
Cody 15,399 32
Adam 14,713 33
Benjamin 14,630 34
Aaron 14,555 35
Richard 13,580 36
Patrick 12,378 37
Sean 12,018 38
Charles 11,999 39
Stephen 11,943 40
Jeremy 11,689 41
Jose 11,518 42
Travis 11,460 43
Jeffrey 10,980 44
Nathan 10,936 45
Samuel 10,892 46
Jason 10,695 47
Mark 10,690 48
Jesse 8,977 49
Paul 8,579 50
Dustin 8,457 About 1990 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1990, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.