Popular names of 1994, and how old they are now

People born in 1994 turn 32 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 3.7 million births in 1994 under names it lists, and by our estimate about 97% of them are still alive: about 3.6 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 1994: Tyler, Allison, Marissa, Mitchell, Briana, Tori, Alejandra, Darius, Khadijah, Darian, Forrest and Marina.

Top girl names of 1994

Most popular girl names of 1994
#	Name	Born 1994	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Jessica	32,122	32,000	38
2	Ashley	30,281	30,000	33
3	Emily	24,154	24,000	29
4	Samantha	22,824	22,000	30
5	Sarah	22,299	22,000	39
6	Taylor	20,734	20,000	27
7	Brittany	18,900	19,000	35
8	Amanda	18,718	18,000	39
9	Elizabeth	16,786	16,000	44
10	Megan	16,580	16,000	35
11	Nicole	16,011	16,000	39
12	Kayla	15,885	16,000	28
13	Rachel	15,492	15,000	38
14	Lauren	15,158	15,000	33
15	Stephanie	14,750	14,000	43
16	Hannah	14,494	14,000	25
17	Jennifer	14,001	14,000	46
18	Alexis	13,039	13,000	26
19	Victoria	12,694	12,000	34
20	Danielle	12,455	12,000	38
21	Amber	12,343	12,000	37
22	Courtney	12,020	12,000	36
23	Jasmine	11,714	11,000	27
24	Rebecca	11,284	11,000	48
25	Morgan	10,655	10,000	27
26	Alyssa	10,602	10,000	26
27	Brianna	10,516	10,000	25
28	Alexandra	10,226	10,000	28
29	Kelsey	9,749	9,600	31
30	Katherine	9,586	9,400	43
31	Melissa	8,795	8,600	46
32	Kimberly	8,747	8,600	48
33	Michelle	8,639	8,500	48
34	Allison	8,150	8,000	31
35	Tiffany	8,096	7,900	40
36	Haley	7,803	7,700	27
37	Mary	7,758	7,600	66
38	Chelsea	7,718	7,600	32
39	Christina	7,668	7,500	44
40	Shelby	7,546	7,400	33
41	Anna	7,529	7,400	39
42	Abigail	7,243	7,100	21
43	Sara	7,220	7,100	40
44	Heather	7,033	6,900	45
45	Erin	6,908	6,800	39
46	Laura	6,860	6,700	51
47	Maria	6,753	6,600	45
48	Kaitlyn	6,686	6,600	26
49	Andrea	6,482	6,400	42
50	Olivia	6,432	6,300	18

Top boy names of 1994

Most popular boy names of 1994
#	Name	Born 1994	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Michael	44,477	43,000	49
2	Christopher	34,807	34,000	41
3	Matthew	33,654	32,000	36
4	Joshua	31,374	30,000	33
5	Tyler	30,482	29,000	28
6	Brandon	29,492	28,000	33
7	Jacob	29,417	28,000	26
8	Daniel	28,065	27,000	42
9	Nicholas	27,770	27,000	33
10	Andrew	26,019	25,000	36
11	Joseph	25,734	25,000	45
12	Zachary	25,139	24,000	29
13	David	24,877	24,000	52
14	James	24,778	24,000	54
15	John	24,187	23,000	55
16	Ryan	24,063	23,000	33
17	Austin	23,192	22,000	26
18	Anthony	21,604	21,000	40
19	William	21,492	21,000	51
20	Justin	20,940	20,000	34
21	Robert	20,560	20,000	58
22	Alexander	20,101	19,000	26
23	Jonathan	19,068	18,000	35
24	Kyle	18,399	18,000	34
25	Cody	17,589	17,000	31
26	Kevin	17,315	17,000	45
27	Thomas	14,910	14,000	53
28	Aaron	14,385	14,000	34
29	Jordan	14,160	14,000	26
30	Eric	13,311	13,000	44
31	Benjamin	12,791	12,000	30
32	Dylan	12,530	12,000	21
33	Samuel	12,147	12,000	32
34	Steven	12,090	12,000	52
35	Christian	11,987	12,000	26
36	Jose	11,731	11,000	34
37	Brian	11,648	11,000	48
38	Adam	11,023	11,000	35
39	Timothy	10,767	10,000	50
40	Nathan	10,386	10,000	30
41	Richard	9,516	9,200	60
42	Patrick	9,337	9,000	47
43	Charles	9,018	8,700	54
44	Sean	8,838	8,500	38
45	Jesse	8,683	8,400	39
46	Jason	8,552	8,300	42
47	Jeremy	8,227	7,900	39
48	Mark	7,488	7,200	56
49	Stephen	7,481	7,200	54
50	Alex	7,240	7,000	30

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 1994, 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 1994. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 1994 babies. How we calculate this