Most Popular Baby Names of the 1990s
11,197 baby names had their peak popularity in the 1990s. 476 are still in the US top 1,000 today, and a handful — Daisy, Josie, Lucia — are climbing the charts all over again.
1990s names today
How the names that peaked in the 1990s are faring in 2025.
1990s names making a comeback
These peaked in the 1990s, fell away, and are climbing the charts again — back inside the top 400 and still rising.
1990s names that disappeared
Widely used in the 1990s and outside the top 1,000 today — the names that defined a moment and did not last.
Top 1990s baby names
- 1Ashley
- 2Jessica
- 3Amanda
- 4Sarah
- 5Samantha
- 6Brittany
- 7Alexis
- 8Stephanie
- 9Jennifer
- 10Elizabeth
- 11Rachel
- 12Lauren
- 13Megan
- 14Kayla
- 15Nicole
- 16Amber
- 17Chelsea
- 18Victoria
- 19Courtney
- 20Danielle
- 21Heather
- 22Rebecca
- 23Melissa
- 24Michelle
- 25Morgan
- 26Kelsey
- 27Jasmine
- 28Tiffany
- 29Christina
- 30Katherine
- 31Alexandra
- 32Julia
- 33Haley
- 34Laura
- 35Allison
- 36Kimberly
- 37Shelby
- 38Sara
- 39Mary
- 40Erica
- 41Ivy
- 42Maria
- 43Amy
- 44Crystal
- 45Andrea
- 46Mackenzie
- 47Kelly
- 48Elena
- 49Kristen
- 50Brooke
- 51Erin
- 52Brittney
- 53Paige
- 54Cassandra
- 55Sierra
- 56Caitlin
- 57Jocelyn
- 58Lindsey
- 59Angela
- 60Vanessa
- 61Katie
- 62Marissa
- 63Shannon
- 64Sabrina
- 65Alicia
- 66Miranda
- 67Kathryn
- 68Whitney
- 69Ruby
- 70Christine
- 71Mariah
- 72Jacqueline
- 73Lisa
- 74Kristin
- 75Ariel
- 76Cheyenne
- 77Briana
- 78Lindsay
- 79Alexandria
- 80Vivian
- 81Catherine
- 82April
- 83Molly
- 84Erika
- 85Breanna
- 86Daisy
- 87Monica
- 88Kristina
- 89Liliana
- 90Kiara
- 91Jade
- 92Josie
- 93Diana
- 94Isabel
- 95Lucia
- 96Leslie
- 97Bianca
- 98Tara
- 99Cynthia
- 100Holly
- 1Michael
- 2Jacob
- 3Matthew
- 4Christopher
- 5William
- 6Joshua
- 7James
- 8Alexander
- 9Daniel
- 10Andrew
- 11Tyler
- 12Nicholas
- 13Logan
- 14Joseph
- 15David
- 16Benjamin
- 17Brandon
- 18Anthony
- 19Austin
- 20Justin
- 21John
- 22Zachary
- 23Robert
- 24Samuel
- 25Jonathan
- 26Kyle
- 27Gabriel
- 28Christian
- 29Kevin
- 30Cody
- 31Eric
- 32Steven
- 33Thomas
- 34Brian
- 35Aaron
- 36Jose
- 37Timothy
- 38Adam
- 39Richard
- 40Hunter
- 41Patrick
- 42Sean
- 43Connor
- 44Charles
- 45Stephen
- 46Jason
- 47Jeremy
- 48Travis
- 49Jeffrey
- 50Jesse
- 51Juan
- 52Mark
- 53Alex
- 54Luis
- 55Paul
- 56Dustin
- 57Gregory
- 58Jared
- 59Kenneth
- 60Scott
- 61Derek
- 62Adrian
- 63Corey
- 64Bryan
- 65Trevor
- 66Devin
- 67Colton
- 68Carlos
- 69Seth
- 70Ian
- 71Jesus
- 72Cory
- 73Dominic
- 74Edward
- 75Xavier
- 76Shawn
- 77Mitchell
- 78Marcus
- 79Shane
- 80Peter
- 81Garrett
- 82Antonio
- 83Ashton
- 84Vincent
- 85George
- 86Keith
- 87Phillip
- 88Tanner
- 89Victor
- 90Brett
- 91Colin
- 92Chad
- 93Dalton
- 94Miguel
- 95Donald
- 96Alejandro
- 97Raymond
- 98Joel
- 99Erik
- 100Brendan
1990s baby names: common questions
What were the most popular baby names of the 1990s?
Elizabeth and James are the highest-ranking 1990s names still in use today, at #17 and #6 in 2025. 11,197 names in total had their peak popularity in the 1990s.
Which 1990s baby names are coming back?
Daisy, Josie, Lucia, Catalina, Emilio all peaked in the 1990s and are climbing the US charts again, each back inside the top 400.
Which 1990s names are no longer used?
Courtney, Marissa, Heather, Erica, Crystal were widely given in the 1990s but fall outside the 2025 top 1,000 entirely.
How many 1990s names are still popular?
476 of the 11,197 names that peaked in the 1990s are still in the 2025 top 1,000. The other 10,721 have dropped out.