1996
Top Baby Names of 1996
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 50 in 1996
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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 👦
Boy Names
Top 50 in 1996
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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 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 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.