Popular 1990s names, and how old they are now

Babies born in the 1990s are 27 to 36 years old in 2026. Social Security recorded about 37 million of them under names it lists, and by our estimate 97% are still alive: about 36 million people.

The decade's top names were Jessica for girls and Michael for boys. Of the top ten for each, 16 still go to at least 1,000 babies a year.

Top 1990s girl names

Most popular girl names of the 1990s
#	Name	Born 1990s	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Jessica	303,136	300,000	38
2	Ashley	301,820	300,000	33
3	Emily	237,262	230,000	29
4	Sarah	224,423	220,000	39
5	Samantha	224,023	220,000	30
6	Amanda	191,132	190,000	39
7	Brittany	190,826	190,000	35
8	Elizabeth	172,693	170,000	44
9	Taylor	169,040	170,000	27
10	Megan	160,375	160,000	35
11	Hannah	158,818	160,000	25
12	Kayla	155,893	150,000	28
13	Lauren	153,590	150,000	33
14	Stephanie	149,836	150,000	43
15	Rachel	149,167	150,000	38
16	Jennifer	148,041	150,000	46
17	Nicole	136,103	130,000	39
18	Alexis	131,199	130,000	26
19	Victoria	117,475	120,000	34
20	Amber	115,605	110,000	37
21	Alyssa	115,255	110,000	26
22	Courtney	113,290	110,000	36
23	Rebecca	109,721	110,000	48
24	Danielle	109,597	110,000	38
25	Jasmine	105,322	100,000	27
26	Brianna	99,108	97,000	25
27	Katherine	96,885	95,000	43
28	Alexandra	94,806	93,000	28
29	Madison	91,907	90,000	20
30	Morgan	91,196	90,000	27
31	Melissa	89,990	88,000	46
32	Michelle	86,532	85,000	48
33	Kelsey	85,134	83,000	31
34	Chelsea	84,805	83,000	32
35	Anna	78,595	77,000	39
36	Kimberly	77,879	76,000	48
37	Tiffany	77,534	76,000	40
38	Olivia	75,913	75,000	18
39	Mary	75,723	74,000	66
40	Christina	74,660	73,000	44
41	Allison	74,433	73,000	31
42	Abigail	72,779	72,000	21
43	Sara	72,170	71,000	40
44	Shelby	71,995	71,000	33
45	Heather	71,626	70,000	45
46	Haley	71,197	70,000	27
47	Maria	70,911	70,000	45
48	Kaitlyn	67,567	66,000	26
49	Laura	67,253	66,000	51
50	Erin	65,335	64,000	39

Top 1990s boy names

Most popular boy names of the 1990s
#	Name	Born 1990s	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Michael	462,466	450,000	49
2	Christopher	360,287	350,000	41
3	Matthew	351,682	340,000	36
4	Joshua	329,192	320,000	33
5	Jacob	298,415	290,000	26
6	Nicholas	275,329	270,000	33
7	Andrew	272,941	260,000	36
8	Daniel	272,360	260,000	42
9	Tyler	262,320	250,000	28
10	Joseph	260,751	250,000	45
11	Brandon	259,420	250,000	33
12	David	253,711	240,000	52
13	James	244,980	240,000	54
14	Ryan	241,248	230,000	33
15	John	240,151	230,000	55
16	Zachary	225,290	220,000	29
17	Justin	220,135	210,000	34
18	William	217,822	210,000	51
19	Anthony	216,231	210,000	40
20	Robert	205,459	200,000	58
21	Jonathan	197,503	190,000	35
22	Austin	190,140	180,000	26
23	Alexander	183,952	180,000	26
24	Kyle	180,218	170,000	34
25	Kevin	165,232	160,000	45
26	Thomas	146,638	140,000	53
27	Cody	146,486	140,000	31
28	Jordan	144,756	140,000	26
29	Eric	135,244	130,000	44
30	Benjamin	133,939	130,000	30
31	Aaron	128,377	120,000	34
32	Christian	126,065	120,000	26
33	Samuel	125,597	120,000	32
34	Dylan	122,074	120,000	21
35	Steven	121,110	120,000	52
36	Brian	119,309	120,000	48
37	Jose	119,042	110,000	34
38	Timothy	107,772	100,000	50
39	Nathan	107,332	100,000	30
40	Adam	106,909	100,000	35
41	Richard	94,876	91,000	60
42	Patrick	92,931	90,000	47
43	Charles	92,434	89,000	54
44	Sean	92,003	89,000	38
45	Jason	91,731	89,000	42
46	Cameron	81,131	78,000	23
47	Jeremy	77,794	75,000	39
48	Mark	75,816	73,000	56
49	Stephen	75,160	72,000	54
50	Jesse	73,791	71,000	39

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in the 1990s, from Social Security's records. “Alive today” estimates how many of those babies are still living, using SSA's cohort life tables. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 1990s babies. How we calculate this