Popular names of 1993, and how old they are now

People born in 1993 turn 33 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 3.8 million births in 1993 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 Jessica 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 1993: Taylor, Zachary, Alexander, Victoria, Jasmine, Alexandra, Alex, Katelyn, Alexandria, Francisco, Kassandra and Hayley.

Top girl names of 1993

Most popular girl names of 1993
#	Name	Born 1993	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Jessica	34,993	34,000	38
2	Ashley	34,849	34,000	33
3	Sarah	24,257	24,000	39
4	Samantha	23,668	23,000	30
5	Emily	23,596	23,000	29
6	Brittany	21,725	21,000	35
7	Taylor	21,270	21,000	27
8	Amanda	20,811	20,000	39
9	Elizabeth	17,559	17,000	44
10	Stephanie	17,186	17,000	43
11	Megan	16,384	16,000	35
12	Lauren	16,194	16,000	33
13	Nicole	16,183	16,000	39
14	Rachel	15,974	16,000	38
15	Jennifer	15,749	15,000	46
16	Kayla	15,453	15,000	28
17	Amber	14,066	14,000	37
18	Danielle	12,992	13,000	38
19	Victoria	12,925	13,000	34
20	Courtney	12,577	12,000	36
21	Hannah	12,510	12,000	25
22	Rebecca	12,321	12,000	48
23	Jasmine	12,063	12,000	27
24	Kelsey	11,380	11,000	31
25	Chelsea	11,287	11,000	32
26	Alyssa	11,031	11,000	26
27	Alexis	10,834	11,000	26
28	Alexandra	10,683	10,000	28
29	Katherine	10,506	10,000	43
30	Melissa	10,225	10,000	46
31	Michelle	10,193	10,000	48
32	Brianna	8,775	8,600	25
33	Tiffany	8,586	8,400	40
34	Morgan	8,573	8,400	27
35	Christina	8,289	8,100	44
36	Mary	8,124	8,000	66
37	Shelby	8,122	8,000	33
38	Heather	8,103	7,900	45
39	Kimberly	7,965	7,800	48
40	Sara	7,902	7,700	40
41	Allison	7,729	7,600	31
42	Haley	7,618	7,500	27
43	Laura	7,262	7,100	51
44	Andrea	7,242	7,100	42
45	Maria	6,978	6,800	45
46	Kaitlyn	6,956	6,800	26
47	Anna	6,813	6,700	39
48	Erin	6,717	6,600	39
49	Erica	6,411	6,300	40
50	Olivia	6,343	6,200	18

Top boy names of 1993

Most popular boy names of 1993
#	Name	Born 1993	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Michael	49,571	48,000	49
2	Christopher	38,237	37,000	41
3	Matthew	35,782	34,000	36
4	Joshua	33,590	32,000	33
5	Tyler	29,800	29,000	28
6	Brandon	28,735	28,000	33
7	Daniel	28,698	28,000	42
8	Nicholas	28,114	27,000	33
9	Jacob	27,487	26,000	26
10	Andrew	27,326	26,000	36
11	David	27,038	26,000	52
12	Joseph	27,014	26,000	45
13	Ryan	26,727	26,000	33
14	James	26,259	25,000	54
15	Zachary	25,538	25,000	29
16	John	24,996	24,000	55
17	Robert	22,447	22,000	58
18	William	22,218	21,000	51
19	Anthony	21,788	21,000	40
20	Justin	21,540	21,000	34
21	Alexander	20,530	20,000	26
22	Jonathan	19,954	19,000	35
23	Kyle	19,454	19,000	34
24	Cody	19,152	18,000	31
25	Kevin	19,084	18,000	45
26	Austin	17,587	17,000	26
27	Thomas	14,868	14,000	53
28	Jordan	14,758	14,000	26
29	Eric	14,548	14,000	44
30	Aaron	13,837	13,000	34
31	Steven	13,474	13,000	52
32	Benjamin	12,686	12,000	30
33	Dylan	12,686	12,000	21
34	Brian	12,544	12,000	48
35	Christian	11,891	11,000	26
36	Jose	11,847	11,000	34
37	Samuel	11,711	11,000	32
38	Timothy	11,640	11,000	50
39	Adam	11,534	11,000	35
40	Richard	10,230	9,800	60
41	Nathan	10,199	9,800	30
42	Sean	10,176	9,800	38
43	Patrick	9,857	9,500	47
44	Charles	9,855	9,500	54
45	Jason	8,639	8,300	42
46	Jeremy	8,577	8,300	39
47	Stephen	8,369	8,100	54
48	Jesse	8,263	8,000	39
49	Mark	8,059	7,800	56
50	Travis	7,940	7,600	39

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 1993, 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 1993. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 1993 babies. How we calculate this