Popular names of 1999, and how old they are now

People born in 1999 turn 27 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 3.7 million births in 1999 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 Emily for girls and Jacob for boys. Babies born that year are in Gen Z (see Gen Z names).

12 names on AgeByName had their busiest year ever in 1999: Emily, Alyssa, Kiara, Brendan, Cassidy, Chandler, Dawson, Diamond, Camryn, Lauryn, Trey and Tyrese.

Top girl names of 1999

Most popular girl names of 1999
#	Name	Born 1999	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Emily	26,542	26,000	29
2	Hannah	21,679	21,000	25
3	Alexis	19,237	19,000	26
4	Sarah	19,119	19,000	39
5	Samantha	19,044	19,000	30
6	Ashley	18,136	18,000	33
7	Madison	18,054	18,000	20
8	Taylor	16,906	17,000	27
9	Jessica	16,350	16,000	38
10	Elizabeth	15,350	15,000	44
11	Alyssa	14,036	14,000	26
12	Lauren	13,911	14,000	33
13	Kayla	13,292	13,000	28
14	Brianna	12,419	12,000	25
15	Megan	12,230	12,000	35
16	Victoria	11,874	12,000	34
17	Emma	11,751	12,000	20
18	Abigail	11,686	12,000	21
19	Rachel	11,632	11,000	38
20	Olivia	11,257	11,000	18
21	Jennifer	10,616	10,000	46
22	Amanda	9,750	9,600	39
23	Sydney	9,649	9,500	24
24	Morgan	9,607	9,500	27
25	Nicole	9,515	9,400	39
26	Jasmine	9,351	9,200	27
27	Grace	9,181	9,100	27
28	Destiny	9,172	9,000	24
29	Anna	9,115	9,000	39
30	Julia	8,753	8,600	38
31	Haley	8,202	8,100	27
32	Alexandra	8,163	8,000	28
33	Kaitlyn	8,158	8,000	26
34	Natalie	8,079	8,000	29
35	Brittany	7,942	7,800	35
36	Katherine	7,935	7,800	43
37	Stephanie	7,692	7,600	43
38	Rebecca	7,437	7,300	48
39	Maria	7,035	6,900	45
40	Allison	7,026	6,900	31
41	Amber	6,841	6,700	37
42	Savannah	6,806	6,700	20
43	Danielle	6,753	6,700	38
44	Courtney	6,559	6,500	36
45	Mary	6,390	6,300	66
46	Gabrielle	6,130	6,000	27
47	Brooke	6,066	6,000	29
48	Jordan	5,730	5,700	26
49	Sierra	5,715	5,600	26
50	Sara	5,626	5,500	40

Top boy names of 1999

Most popular boy names of 1999
#	Name	Born 1999	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Jacob	35,371	35,000	26
2	Michael	33,915	33,000	49
3	Matthew	30,418	30,000	36
4	Joshua	27,265	27,000	33
5	Nicholas	25,639	25,000	33
6	Christopher	25,604	25,000	41
7	Andrew	23,866	23,000	36
8	Joseph	23,220	23,000	45
9	Daniel	22,704	22,000	42
10	Tyler	22,669	22,000	28
11	Brandon	21,601	21,000	33
12	Ryan	21,014	21,000	33
13	Austin	20,767	20,000	26
14	William	20,718	20,000	51
15	John	20,366	20,000	55
16	David	20,352	20,000	52
17	Zachary	19,985	20,000	29
18	Anthony	19,472	19,000	40
19	James	18,555	18,000	54
20	Justin	18,277	18,000	34
21	Alexander	17,420	17,000	26
22	Jonathan	17,068	17,000	35
23	Dylan	15,981	16,000	21
24	Noah	14,931	15,000	16
25	Christian	14,783	14,000	26
26	Robert	14,540	14,000	58
27	Samuel	14,049	14,000	32
28	Kyle	13,774	13,000	34
29	Benjamin	13,666	13,000	30
30	Jordan	13,052	13,000	26
31	Thomas	12,795	12,000	53
32	Nathan	12,538	12,000	30
33	Cameron	12,435	12,000	23
34	Kevin	12,257	12,000	45
35	Jose	12,155	12,000	34
36	Hunter	11,485	11,000	20
37	Ethan	11,446	11,000	19
38	Aaron	9,860	9,600	34
39	Eric	9,382	9,200	44
40	Jason	9,366	9,100	42
41	Caleb	9,281	9,100	21
42	Logan	9,136	8,900	19
43	Brian	8,808	8,600	48
44	Adam	8,223	8,000	35
45	Cody	7,864	7,700	31
46	Juan	7,800	7,600	34
47	Steven	7,689	7,500	52
48	Connor	7,597	7,400	20
49	Timothy	7,593	7,400	50
50	Charles	7,525	7,300	54

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 1999, 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 1999. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 1999 babies. How we calculate this