Popular names of 1995, and how old they are now

People born in 1995 turn 31 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 3.7 million births in 1995 under names it lists, and by our estimate about 98% 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 1995: Nicholas, Austin, Morgan, Dakota, Devin, Miranda, Devon, Selena, Kaitlin, Alec, Karina and Carly.

Top girl names of 1995

Most popular girl names of 1995
#	Name	Born 1995	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Jessica	27,941	27,000	38
2	Ashley	26,606	26,000	33
3	Emily	24,382	24,000	29
4	Samantha	21,644	21,000	30
5	Sarah	21,395	21,000	39
6	Taylor	20,426	20,000	27
7	Hannah	17,018	17,000	25
8	Brittany	16,477	16,000	35
9	Amanda	16,354	16,000	39
10	Elizabeth	16,192	16,000	44
11	Kayla	16,087	16,000	28
12	Rachel	16,047	16,000	38
13	Megan	15,530	15,000	35
14	Alexis	14,334	14,000	26
15	Lauren	13,443	13,000	33
16	Stephanie	12,977	13,000	43
17	Courtney	12,775	13,000	36
18	Jennifer	12,683	12,000	46
19	Nicole	12,277	12,000	39
20	Victoria	12,252	12,000	34
21	Brianna	11,881	12,000	25
22	Amber	10,965	11,000	37
23	Morgan	10,877	11,000	27
24	Danielle	10,653	10,000	38
25	Jasmine	10,279	10,000	27
26	Alexandra	10,160	10,000	28
27	Alyssa	10,100	9,900	26
28	Rebecca	9,911	9,700	48
29	Madison	9,775	9,600	20
30	Katherine	8,987	8,800	43
31	Anna	8,570	8,400	39
32	Haley	8,208	8,100	27
33	Kelsey	8,184	8,000	31
34	Allison	8,126	8,000	31
35	Melissa	7,879	7,700	46
36	Abigail	7,825	7,700	21
37	Kimberly	7,745	7,600	48
38	Shelby	7,632	7,500	33
39	Olivia	7,627	7,500	18
40	Mary	7,458	7,300	66
41	Michelle	7,392	7,300	48
42	Kaitlyn	7,385	7,300	26
43	Sydney	7,360	7,200	24
44	Maria	7,003	6,900	45
45	Christina	6,953	6,800	44
46	Tiffany	6,936	6,800	40
47	Chelsea	6,761	6,600	32
48	Sara	6,697	6,600	40
49	Erin	6,565	6,500	39
50	Jordan	6,481	6,400	26

Top boy names of 1995

Most popular boy names of 1995
#	Name	Born 1995	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Michael	41,409	40,000	49
2	Matthew	32,882	32,000	36
3	Christopher	32,679	32,000	41
4	Jacob	31,134	30,000	26
5	Joshua	30,720	30,000	33
6	Tyler	29,161	28,000	28
7	Nicholas	29,160	28,000	33
8	Brandon	26,904	26,000	33
9	Daniel	26,728	26,000	42
10	Austin	25,908	25,000	26
11	Andrew	25,860	25,000	36
12	Joseph	25,354	25,000	45
13	John	23,244	22,000	55
14	Zachary	23,131	22,000	29
15	Ryan	23,089	22,000	33
16	David	23,045	22,000	52
17	James	22,739	22,000	54
18	Justin	21,581	21,000	34
19	Anthony	20,482	20,000	40
20	William	20,160	20,000	51
21	Alexander	19,456	19,000	26
22	Robert	18,586	18,000	58
23	Jonathan	18,155	18,000	35
24	Kyle	16,761	16,000	34
25	Kevin	15,860	15,000	45
26	Cody	15,566	15,000	31
27	Thomas	14,163	14,000	53
28	Christian	13,813	13,000	26
29	Jordan	13,574	13,000	26
30	Aaron	13,291	13,000	34
31	Benjamin	12,720	12,000	30
32	Eric	12,485	12,000	44
33	Samuel	12,440	12,000	32
34	Dylan	12,091	12,000	21
35	Jose	11,781	11,000	34
36	Brian	10,991	11,000	48
37	Steven	10,661	10,000	52
38	Adam	10,485	10,000	35
39	Nathan	10,306	10,000	30
40	Timothy	9,788	9,500	50
41	Jason	9,004	8,700	42
42	Richard	8,784	8,500	60
43	Patrick	8,674	8,400	47
44	Charles	8,478	8,200	54
45	Sean	8,167	7,900	38
46	Jesse	7,495	7,300	39
47	Alex	7,424	7,200	30
48	Jeremy	7,084	6,900	39
49	Cameron	7,030	6,800	23
50	Juan	6,982	6,800	34

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 1995, 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 1995. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 1995 babies. How we calculate this