Here are the most popular names of the decade.
- SSA is Social Security Administration (alternate spellings are not combined) and
- SFS is Some Fun Site (alternate spellings are combined).
Male names are first. Or you can start with the female names.
- Most Popular is the total of the names over the whole decade.
- Most Change is the difference in count between the first year and last year of the decade. It has the subcategories of Rising and Falling
- Rising is the highest difference in count
(which name has improved the most over the decade).
- Falling is the lowest difference in count between the first year and last year of the decade
(which name has dropped the most over the decade).
Top 25 Names of the Decade - 1990s
Male Names
Most Popular
Original (SSA)
| 1. |
Michael |
462180 |
| 2. |
Christopher |
360115 |
| 3. |
Matthew |
351530 |
| 4. |
Joshua |
329012 |
| 5. |
Jacob |
298098 |
| 6. |
Nicholas |
275245 |
| 7. |
Andrew |
272671 |
| 8. |
Daniel |
271885 |
| 9. |
Tyler |
262240 |
| 10. |
Joseph |
260444 |
| 11. |
Brandon |
259340 |
| 12. |
David |
253303 |
| 13. |
James |
244818 |
| 14. |
Ryan |
241139 |
| 15. |
John |
239809 |
| 16. |
Zachary |
225214 |
| 17. |
Justin |
220040 |
| 18. |
William |
217648 |
| 19. |
Anthony |
216131 |
| 20. |
Robert |
205339 |
| 21. |
Jonathan |
197306 |
| 22. |
Austin |
190074 |
| 23. |
Alexander |
183843 |
| 24. |
Kyle |
180166 |
| 25. |
Kevin |
165118 |
Adjusted (SFS)
| 1. |
Michael |
477592 |
| 2. |
Christopher |
378488 |
| 3. |
Matthew |
368323 |
| 4. |
Joshua |
329012 |
| 5. |
Nicholas |
313109 |
| 6. |
Jacob |
306258 |
| 7. |
Brandon |
273293 |
| 8. |
Andrew |
272671 |
| 9. |
Daniel |
271885 |
| 10. |
Tyler |
266814 |
| 11. |
Joseph |
262232 |
| 12. |
Zachary |
260562 |
| 13. |
Jonathan |
255055 |
| 14. |
David |
253303 |
| 15. |
John |
250169 |
| 16. |
James |
244818 |
| 17. |
Ryan |
241139 |
| 18. |
Justin |
222296 |
| 19. |
William |
217648 |
| 20. |
Anthony |
216131 |
| 21. |
Robert |
205339 |
| 22. |
Steven |
196120 |
| 23. |
Austin |
195353 |
| 24. |
Eric |
187678 |
| 25. |
Alexander |
185061 |
Most Change
Rising (SSA)
| 1. |
Noah |
13608 |
| 2. |
Jacob |
13339 |
| 3. |
Austin |
12854 |
| 4. |
Dylan |
11560 |
| 5. |
Hunter |
10095 |
| 6. |
Christian |
7996 |
| 7. |
Connor |
6221 |
| 8. |
Isaiah |
6009 |
| 9. |
Cameron |
5772 |
| 10. |
Logan |
5702 |
| 11. |
Jack |
5551 |
| 12. |
Elijah |
5454 |
| 13. |
Caleb |
5118 |
| 14. |
Ethan |
4449 |
| 15. |
Cole |
4219 |
| 16. |
Jackson |
4201 |
| 17. |
Mason |
3975 |
| 18. |
Isaac |
3971 |
| 19. |
Gabriel |
3677 |
| 20. |
Dakota |
3541 |
| 21. |
Luke |
3254 |
| 22. |
Samuel |
3139 |
| 23. |
Tanner |
3134 |
| 24. |
Tristan |
3090 |
| 25. |
Angel |
2995 |
Rising (SFS)
| 1. |
Jacob |
14724 |
| 2. |
Noah |
13608 |
| 3. |
Austin |
13251 |
| 4. |
Dylan |
13087 |
| 5. |
Hunter |
10095 |
| 6. |
Christian |
10040 |
| 7. |
Connor |
8093 |
| 8. |
Cameron |
7434 |
| 9. |
Caleb |
6616 |
| 10. |
Isaiah |
6486 |
| 11. |
Logan |
5702 |
| 12. |
Jack |
5551 |
| 13. |
Elijah |
5454 |
| 14. |
Tristan |
5036 |
| 15. |
Jackson |
4731 |
| 16. |
Cole |
4474 |
| 17. |
Ethan |
4449 |
| 18. |
Isaac |
4202 |
| 19. |
Jalen |
4176 |
| 20. |
Andres |
4039 |
| 21. |
Mason |
3975 |
| 22. |
Braden |
3827 |
| 23. |
Devin |
3784 |
| 24. |
Gabriel |
3677 |
| 25. |
Jaden |
3543 |
Falling (SSA)
| 1. |
Michael |
-31373 |
| 2. |
Christopher |
-26713 |
| 3. |
Joshua |
-15963 |
| 4. |
Matthew |
-14380 |
| 5. |
Robert |
-14328 |
| 6. |
James |
-13796 |
| 7. |
David |
-13428 |
| 8. |
Justin |
-12361 |
| 9. |
Daniel |
-11135 |
| 10. |
Steven |
-11069 |
| 11. |
Eric |
-10032 |
| 12. |
Andrew |
-9796 |
| 13. |
Kyle |
-8928 |
| 14. |
John |
-8739 |
| 15. |
Ryan |
-8231 |
| 16. |
Kevin |
-8143 |
| 17. |
Brian |
-8115 |
| 18. |
Timothy |
-8099 |
| 19. |
Travis |
-7842 |
| 20. |
Cody |
-7530 |
| 21. |
Stephen |
-7406 |
| 22. |
Jeffrey |
-7164 |
| 23. |
Richard |
-7075 |
| 24. |
Jonathan |
-7012 |
| 25. |
Joseph |
-6918 |
Falling (SFS)
| 1. |
Michael |
-32508 |
| 2. |
Christopher |
-27729 |
| 3. |
Steven |
-18475 |
| 4. |
Joshua |
-15963 |
| 5. |
Matthew |
-15082 |
| 6. |
Robert |
-14328 |
| 7. |
James |
-13796 |
| 8. |
David |
-13428 |
| 9. |
Justin |
-12367 |
| 10. |
Eric |
-11153 |
| 11. |
Daniel |
-11135 |
| 12. |
Brian |
-10366 |
| 13. |
Andrew |
-9796 |
| 14. |
Corey |
-9543 |
| 15. |
Jeffrey |
-9498 |
| 16. |
John |
-9389 |
| 17. |
Jonathan |
-9116 |
| 18. |
Kyle |
-8928 |
| 19. |
Ryan |
-8231 |
| 20. |
Timothy |
-8099 |
| 21. |
Sean |
-8096 |
| 22. |
Kevin |
-8072 |
| 23. |
Cody |
-7914 |
| 24. |
Travis |
-7842 |
| 25. |
Derek |
-7528 |
Female Names
Most Popular
Original (SSA)
| 1. |
Jessica |
302994 |
| 2. |
Ashley |
301741 |
| 3. |
Emily |
237173 |
| 4. |
Sarah |
224063 |
| 5. |
Samantha |
223948 |
| 6. |
Amanda |
190942 |
| 7. |
Brittany |
190798 |
| 8. |
Elizabeth |
172460 |
| 9. |
Taylor |
168995 |
| 10. |
Megan |
160330 |
| 11. |
Hannah |
158690 |
| 12. |
Kayla |
155856 |
| 13. |
Lauren |
153547 |
| 14. |
Stephanie |
149753 |
| 15. |
Rachel |
148958 |
| 16. |
Jennifer |
147972 |
| 17. |
Nicole |
136051 |
| 18. |
Alexis |
131143 |
| 19. |
Victoria |
117415 |
| 20. |
Amber |
115574 |
| 21. |
Alyssa |
115225 |
| 22. |
Courtney |
113269 |
| 23. |
Rebecca |
109561 |
| 24. |
Danielle |
109544 |
| 25. |
Jasmine |
105279 |
Adjusted (SFS)
| 1. |
Ashley |
340867 |
| 2. |
Jessica |
305494 |
| 3. |
Sarah |
296151 |
| 4. |
Brittany |
260645 |
| 5. |
Emily |
250484 |
| 6. |
Samantha |
223948 |
| 7. |
Megan |
214347 |
| 8. |
Kaitlyn |
196233 |
| 9. |
Brianna |
194642 |
| 10. |
Katherine |
192356 |
| 11. |
Amanda |
190942 |
| 12. |
Rachel |
181235 |
| 13. |
Elizabeth |
179968 |
| 14. |
Taylor |
175374 |
| 15. |
Hannah |
173518 |
| 16. |
Kayla |
167172 |
| 17. |
Lauren |
162047 |
| 18. |
Stephanie |
160581 |
| 19. |
Jennifer |
151032 |
| 20. |
Jasmine |
149686 |
| 21. |
Nicole |
148683 |
| 22. |
Haley |
142242 |
| 23. |
Alexis |
141189 |
| 24. |
Rebecca |
133555 |
| 25. |
Alyssa |
133487 |
Most Change
Rising (SSA)
| 1. |
Madison |
16643 |
| 2. |
Alexis |
13972 |
| 3. |
Hannah |
11379 |
| 4. |
Taylor |
9652 |
| 5. |
Emma |
9305 |
| 6. |
Abigail |
7958 |
| 7. |
Destiny |
7759 |
| 8. |
Sydney |
7621 |
| 9. |
Emily |
7186 |
| 10. |
Grace |
6989 |
| 11. |
Brianna |
6725 |
| 12. |
Olivia |
6629 |
| 13. |
Savannah |
5398 |
| 14. |
Haley |
4999 |
| 15. |
Isabella |
4838 |
| 16. |
Julia |
4838 |
| 17. |
Makayla |
4536 |
| 18. |
Hailey |
4422 |
| 19. |
Sophia |
4298 |
| 20. |
Mackenzie |
4273 |
| 21. |
Kaitlyn |
3843 |
| 22. |
Chloe |
3593 |
| 23. |
Morgan |
3561 |
| 24. |
Bailey |
3550 |
| 25. |
Sierra |
3542 |
Rising (SFS)
| 1. |
Kaitlyn |
23680 |
| 2. |
Madison |
18097 |
| 3. |
Alexis |
15374 |
| 4. |
Haley |
13300 |
| 5. |
Makayla |
12998 |
| 6. |
Hannah |
12816 |
| 7. |
Taylor |
9966 |
| 8. |
Sydney |
9839 |
| 9. |
Brianna |
9661 |
| 10. |
Destiny |
9453 |
| 11. |
Emma |
9305 |
| 12. |
Abigail |
9081 |
| 13. |
Emily |
8655 |
| 14. |
Mackenzie |
7483 |
| 15. |
Savannah |
7114 |
| 16. |
Olivia |
7019 |
| 17. |
Grace |
6989 |
| 18. |
Gabriella |
5671 |
| 19. |
Kaylee |
5646 |
| 20. |
Sophia |
5554 |
| 21. |
Isabella |
5268 |
| 22. |
Bailey |
5036 |
| 23. |
Julia |
4838 |
| 24. |
Maya |
4782 |
| 25. |
Cheyenne |
4726 |
Falling (SSA)
| 1. |
Jessica |
-30115 |
| 2. |
Brittany |
-28597 |
| 3. |
Ashley |
-27421 |
| 4. |
Amanda |
-24656 |
| 5. |
Stephanie |
-17166 |
| 6. |
Jennifer |
-11608 |
| 7. |
Heather |
-11330 |
| 8. |
Chelsea |
-10056 |
| 9. |
Tiffany |
-9274 |
| 10. |
Melissa |
-9163 |
| 11. |
Amber |
-9028 |
| 12. |
Courtney |
-8819 |
| 13. |
Nicole |
-8439 |
| 14. |
Michelle |
-8105 |
| 15. |
Megan |
-8030 |
| 16. |
Christina |
-7634 |
| 17. |
Danielle |
-7580 |
| 18. |
Laura |
-7034 |
| 19. |
Samantha |
-6836 |
| 20. |
Sarah |
-6727 |
| 21. |
Lauren |
-6589 |
| 22. |
Rebecca |
-6251 |
| 23. |
Crystal |
-5480 |
| 24. |
Erica |
-5441 |
| 25. |
Elizabeth |
-5419 |
Falling (SFS)
| 1. |
Brittany |
-38831 |
| 2. |
Jessica |
-30492 |
| 3. |
Ashley |
-30243 |
| 4. |
Amanda |
-24656 |
| 5. |
Caitlin |
-21708 |
| 6. |
Stephanie |
-18347 |
| 7. |
Chelsea |
-12891 |
| 8. |
Jennifer |
-11612 |
| 9. |
Christina |
-11458 |
| 10. |
Heather |
-11330 |
| 11. |
Megan |
-10982 |
| 12. |
Kristen |
-10906 |
| 13. |
Courtney |
-10344 |
| 14. |
Sarah |
-10077 |
| 15. |
Nicole |
-10069 |
| 16. |
Tiffany |
-9863 |
| 17. |
Melissa |
-9427 |
| 18. |
Amber |
-9028 |
| 19. |
Michelle |
-9014 |
| 20. |
Crystal |
-8996 |
| 21. |
Katherine |
-8744 |
| 22. |
Erica |
-8059 |
| 23. |
Danielle |
-7779 |
| 24. |
Lindsey |
-7538 |
| 25. |
Laura |
-7301 |
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