1996
Top Baby Names of 1996
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1996
1
Emily 25,150 2
Jessica 24,200 3
Ashley 23,678 4
Sarah 21,044 5
Samantha 20,551 6
Taylor 19,153 7
Hannah 18,596 8
Alexis 16,592 9
Rachel 16,120 10
Elizabeth 16,004 11
Kayla 15,269 12
Megan 14,770 13
Amanda 13,980 14
Brittany 13,797 15
Madison 13,410 16
Lauren 12,594 17
Brianna 11,925 18
Victoria 11,859 19
Jennifer 11,729 20
Stephanie 11,644 21
Courtney 11,344 22
Nicole 11,134 23
Alyssa 11,024 24
Rebecca 10,626 25
Morgan 10,295 26
Alexandra 10,024 27
Amber 9,771 28
Jasmine 9,707 29
Danielle 9,285 30
Haley 9,042 31
Katherine 8,878 32
Abigail 8,604 33
Anna 8,574 34
Olivia 8,125 35
Shelby 7,950 36
Kelsey 7,655 37
Maria 7,597 38
Allison 7,455 39
Sydney 7,259 40
Kaitlyn 7,241 41
Kimberly 7,175 42
Melissa 7,170 43
Savannah 7,000 44
Mary 6,967 45
Brooke 6,724 46
Natalie 6,693 47
Michelle 6,598 48
Julia 6,314 49
Jordan 6,299 50
Sara 6,288 51
Erin 6,256 52
Tiffany 6,158 53
Emma 6,150 54
Gabrielle 5,888 55
Chelsea 5,864 56
Destiny 5,856 57
Christina 5,804 58
Sabrina 5,774 59
Marissa 5,753 60
Vanessa 5,746 61
Andrea 5,671 62
Sierra 5,487 63
Mariah 5,446 64
Katelyn 5,421 65
Paige 5,342 66
Laura 5,227 67
Madeline 4,911 68
Cheyenne 4,866 69
Jacqueline 4,862 70
Kristen 4,851 71
Heather 4,759 72
Briana 4,735 73
Kelly 4,734 74
Breanna 4,701 75
Mackenzie 4,597 76
Miranda 4,568 77
Alexandria 4,562 78
Caroline 4,466 79
Erica 4,460 80
Shannon 4,337 81
Katie 4,328 82
Monica 4,326 83
Jenna 4,288 84
Caitlin 4,268 85
Bailey 4,192 86
Lindsey 4,112 87
Kathryn 4,102 88
Amy 4,067 89
Cassandra 4,017 90
Angela 3,867 91
Alicia 3,861 92
Crystal 3,786 93
Hailey 3,763 94
Grace 3,741 95
Catherine 3,739 96
Jamie 3,599 97
Angelica 3,404 98
Leah 3,327 99
Molly 3,312 100
Alexa 3,260 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1996
1
Michael 38,373 2
Matthew 32,077 3
Jacob 31,924 4
Christopher 30,902 5
Joshua 29,174 6
Nicholas 27,722 7
Tyler 26,955 8
Brandon 25,847 9
Austin 25,663 10
Andrew 25,244 11
Daniel 25,125 12
Joseph 24,758 13
David 23,024 14
Zachary 22,368 15
John 22,186 16
Ryan 21,810 17
James 21,164 18
William 20,544 19
Anthony 20,507 20
Justin 20,011 21
Jonathan 18,602 22
Alexander 17,964 23
Robert 17,676 24
Christian 15,823 25
Kyle 15,600 26
Kevin 14,589 27
Jordan 13,852 28
Thomas 13,805 29
Benjamin 13,785 30
Samuel 13,629 31
Cody 12,953 32
Jose 12,155 33
Dylan 12,037 34
Aaron 11,971 35
Eric 11,610 36
Brian 10,476 37
Nathan 10,285 38
Steven 9,649 39
Adam 9,557 40
Timothy 8,919 41
Jason 8,696 42
Logan 8,374 43
Charles 8,247 44
Patrick 8,193 45
Richard 8,180 46
Sean 7,896 47
Hunter 7,603 48
Caleb 7,549 49
Cameron 7,388 50
Noah 7,184 51
Jesse 7,075 52
Juan 7,010 53
Alex 6,915 54
Connor 6,911 55
Mark 6,599 56
Jeremy 6,412 57
Luis 6,407 58
Dakota 6,067 59
Stephen 6,008 60
Devin 6,002 61
Gabriel 5,899 62
Ethan 5,853 63
Trevor 5,842 64
Jared 5,821 65
Evan 5,578 66
Bryan 5,560 67
Carlos 5,464 68
Tristan 5,458 69
Nathaniel 5,420 70
Ian 5,410 71
Isaiah 5,324 72
Jeffrey 5,263 73
Travis 5,159 74
Jesus 5,114 75
Luke 5,017 76
Chase 4,991 77
Kenneth 4,973 78
Paul 4,883 79
Dustin 4,874 80
Antonio 4,866 81
Elijah 4,818 82
Taylor 4,798 83
Bradley 4,756 84
Blake 4,747 85
Garrett 4,653 86
Isaac 4,565 87
Marcus 4,547 88
Mitchell 4,391 89
Jack 4,245 90
Tanner 4,180 91
Miguel 4,160 92
Adrian 4,109 93
Lucas 4,106 94
Corey 4,087 95
Peter 4,082 96
Edward 4,073 97
Malik 4,026 98
Gregory 3,994 99
Dalton 3,980 100
Victor 3,924 About 1996 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1996, 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 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.