Popular names of 1992, and how old they are now

People born in 1992 turn 34 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 3.8 million births in 1992 under names it lists, and by our estimate about 97% of them are still alive: about 3.7 million people.

The year's top names were Ashley for girls and Michael for boys. Babies born that year are Millennials (see Millennial names).

12 names on AgeByName had their busiest year ever in 1992: Brandon, Cody, Chelsea, Kelsey, Dillon, Dominique, Chelsey, Hillary, Tevin, Shanice, Ruben and Devante.

Top girl names of 1992

Most popular girl names of 1992
#	Name	Born 1992	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Ashley	38,460	38,000	33
2	Jessica	38,361	38,000	38
3	Amanda	25,039	24,000	39
4	Brittany	24,983	24,000	35
5	Sarah	24,634	24,000	39
6	Samantha	24,407	24,000	30
7	Emily	21,835	21,000	29
8	Stephanie	19,680	19,000	43
9	Elizabeth	19,035	19,000	44
10	Megan	17,842	17,000	35
11	Jennifer	17,819	17,000	46
12	Lauren	17,215	17,000	33
13	Kayla	16,517	16,000	28
14	Nicole	16,327	16,000	39
15	Chelsea	16,177	16,000	32
16	Rachel	15,840	15,000	38
17	Taylor	14,954	15,000	27
18	Danielle	14,098	14,000	38
19	Amber	13,917	14,000	37
20	Rebecca	13,110	13,000	48
21	Courtney	12,604	12,000	36
22	Victoria	11,907	12,000	34
23	Kelsey	11,713	11,000	31
24	Melissa	11,710	11,000	46
25	Michelle	11,512	11,000	48
26	Hannah	11,496	11,000	25
27	Katherine	11,149	11,000	43
28	Jasmine	10,479	10,000	27
29	Alexandra	10,221	10,000	28
30	Alyssa	10,163	9,900	26
31	Heather	9,725	9,500	45
32	Tiffany	9,722	9,500	40
33	Christina	9,444	9,200	44
34	Shelby	9,396	9,200	33
35	Kimberly	8,895	8,700	48
36	Mary	8,463	8,300	66
37	Sara	8,443	8,300	40
38	Laura	8,311	8,100	51
39	Andrea	8,024	7,900	42
40	Alexis	7,948	7,800	26
41	Morgan	7,789	7,600	27
42	Kaitlyn	7,480	7,300	26
43	Brianna	7,296	7,100	25
44	Erica	7,133	7,000	40
45	Maria	7,091	6,900	45
46	Erin	7,059	6,900	39
47	Kelly	7,012	6,900	48
48	Allison	6,903	6,800	31
49	Anna	6,853	6,700	39
50	Crystal	6,598	6,500	43

Top boy names of 1992

Most popular boy names of 1992
#	Name	Born 1992	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Michael	54,410	52,000	49
2	Christopher	42,468	41,000	41
3	Matthew	37,733	36,000	36
4	Joshua	36,221	35,000	33
5	Andrew	30,542	29,000	36
6	Brandon	29,628	28,000	33
7	Daniel	29,157	28,000	42
8	Tyler	28,806	28,000	28
9	James	28,513	27,000	54
10	David	28,425	27,000	52
11	Joseph	27,904	27,000	45
12	Nicholas	27,762	27,000	33
13	Ryan	27,022	26,000	33
14	John	26,253	25,000	55
15	Jacob	25,665	25,000	26
16	Zachary	24,802	24,000	29
17	Robert	24,094	23,000	58
18	Justin	23,620	23,000	34
19	Anthony	23,174	22,000	40
20	William	23,066	22,000	51
21	Jonathan	21,413	21,000	35
22	Kyle	20,714	20,000	34
23	Alexander	20,069	19,000	26
24	Cody	19,876	19,000	31
25	Kevin	19,647	19,000	45
26	Eric	16,145	15,000	44
27	Thomas	15,290	15,000	53
28	Dylan	15,064	14,000	21
29	Steven	15,039	14,000	52
30	Aaron	14,512	14,000	34
31	Brian	14,107	14,000	48
32	Jordan	14,032	13,000	26
33	Benjamin	13,455	13,000	30
34	Timothy	12,864	12,000	50
35	Christian	11,953	11,000	26
36	Adam	11,905	11,000	35
37	Jose	11,824	11,000	34
38	Austin	11,458	11,000	26
39	Patrick	11,409	11,000	47
40	Samuel	11,344	11,000	32
41	Richard	11,332	11,000	60
42	Sean	11,065	11,000	38
43	Charles	10,469	10,000	54
44	Nathan	10,154	9,700	30
45	Stephen	9,308	8,900	54
46	Jason	9,249	8,900	42
47	Jeremy	9,042	8,700	39
48	Travis	8,895	8,500	39
49	Mark	8,745	8,400	56
50	Jesse	8,563	8,200	39

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 1992, from Social Security's records. “Alive today” estimates how many of them are still living, using SSA's cohort life tables for people born in 1992. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 1992 babies. How we calculate this