Most popular baby names of 1991

In 1991, the most popular names for US babies were Michael for boys (60,807 babies, 3.0% of boys) and Ashley for girls (43,477 babies, 2.3% of girls). The rest of the top five were Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew for boys and Jessica, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha for girls. SSA recorded 9,648 different boy names and 15,466 different girl names that year.

Top 100 boy names, 1991
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Michael	60,807	–
2	Christopher	47,110	–
3	Matthew	41,647	–
4	Joshua	41,226	–
5	Andrew	31,541	▲ 2
6	Daniel	30,932	▼ 1
7	James	30,513	▲ 1
8	David	30,417	▼ 2
9	Joseph	29,839	▲ 1
10	John	27,809	▲ 2
11	Ryan	27,534	–
12	Nicholas	27,357	▲ 2
13	Robert	26,836	–
14	Justin	26,794	▼ 5
15	Brandon	26,022	▲ 4
16	Tyler	25,210	▲ 5
17	Jacob	25,197	▲ 3
18	Anthony	24,447	▼ 3
19	William	23,858	▼ 3
20	Jonathan	22,975	▼ 3
21	Kyle	21,610	▼ 3
22	Zachary	21,387	–
23	Kevin	20,261	–
24	Cody	18,980	▲ 7
25	Eric	18,051	▼ 1
26	Alexander	17,637	▲ 2
27	Steven	16,861	▼ 2
28	Thomas	16,788	▼ 2
29	Jordan	16,020	–
30	Brian	14,917	▼ 3
31	Aaron	14,242	▲ 3
32	Timothy	14,153	▼ 2
33	Benjamin	13,879	–
34	Richard	12,555	▲ 1
35	Patrick	12,413	▲ 1
36	Adam	12,308	▼ 4
37	Jose	11,728	▲ 4
38	Charles	11,336	–
39	Samuel	11,232	▲ 6
40	Sean	11,181	▼ 3
41	Stephen	10,526	▼ 2
42	Nathan	10,498	▲ 2
43	Jeremy	10,402	▼ 3
44	Travis	10,134	▼ 2
45	Jeffrey	9,894	▼ 2
46	Dylan	9,763	▲ 37
47	Mark	9,683	–
48	Christian	9,447	▲ 12
49	Jason	9,386	▼ 3
50	Austin	9,055	▲ 5
51	Jesse	8,368	▼ 3
52	Taylor	7,972	▲ 12
53	Paul	7,682	▼ 4
54	Kenneth	7,576	▼ 2
55	Gregory	7,554	▼ 4
56	Dustin	7,383	▼ 6
57	Scott	7,113	▼ 4
58	Corey	6,930	▼ 2
59	Derek	6,893	▼ 5
60	Juan	6,843	▲ 1
61	Bryan	6,757	▼ 4
62	Cameron	6,698	–
63	Alex	6,674	▼ 4
64	Jared	6,214	▼ 1
65	Ethan	6,129	▼ 7
66	Luis	5,895	–
67	Bradley	5,723	▼ 2
68	Edward	5,572	–
69	Trevor	5,531	▲ 7
70	Evan	5,449	▲ 1
71	Shawn	5,414	▼ 2
72	Carlos	5,330	▲ 3
73	Ian	5,324	▼ 3
74	Cory	5,121	▼ 7
75	Shane	5,106	▼ 2
76	Marcus	5,069	▼ 4
77	Peter	4,959	▼ 3
78	Caleb	4,864	▲ 10
79	Antonio	4,616	▼ 2
80	Jesus	4,602	▲ 10
81	Vincent	4,492	▼ 3
82	Gabriel	4,413	▲ 18
83	Devin	4,388	▲ 15
84	Nathaniel	4,367	▲ 2
85	Victor	4,335	▼ 3
86	Blake	4,275	▲ 5
87	George	4,179	▼ 8
88	Brett	4,152	▼ 4
89	Keith	4,124	▼ 9
90	Casey	4,107	▼ 1
91	Garrett	4,054	▲ 8
92	Miguel	3,947	▲ 9
93	Adrian	3,921	▲ 1
94	Logan	3,893	▲ 10
95	Erik	3,891	▲ 1
96	Mitchell	3,882	▼ 3
97	Raymond	3,865	▼ 5
98	Phillip	3,851	▼ 17
99	Seth	3,812	▲ 3
100	Joel	3,760	▼ 5

Top 100 girl names, 1991
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Ashley	43,477	▲ 1
2	Jessica	43,395	▼ 1
3	Brittany	29,090	–
4	Amanda	28,896	–
5	Samantha	25,648	–
6	Sarah	25,231	–
7	Stephanie	22,775	–
8	Jennifer	20,673	–
9	Elizabeth	20,395	–
10	Emily	20,311	▲ 2
11	Megan	19,278	–
12	Kayla	18,545	▲ 2
13	Lauren	18,411	▼ 3
14	Rachel	16,343	▲ 2
15	Nicole	16,047	▼ 2
16	Amber	14,993	▼ 1
17	Danielle	13,618	▲ 1
18	Chelsea	13,509	▲ 6
19	Courtney	13,441	▼ 2
20	Melissa	13,348	–
21	Rebecca	13,300	–
22	Michelle	12,213	–
23	Heather	11,703	▼ 4
24	Jasmine	11,525	▲ 4
25	Katherine	11,495	▲ 1
26	Kelsey	11,434	▲ 6
27	Tiffany	11,155	▼ 4
28	Victoria	10,914	▲ 5
29	Hannah	10,769	▲ 1
30	Alyssa	10,678	▼ 3
31	Christina	10,564	▼ 6
32	Taylor	10,254	▲ 14
33	Shelby	10,220	▲ 67
34	Kimberly	9,799	▼ 3
35	Laura	9,644	▼ 6
36	Alexandra	9,459	▲ 1
37	Sara	8,846	▼ 3
38	Mary	8,764	▼ 3
39	Andrea	7,995	▲ 1
40	Erica	7,800	▼ 4
41	Crystal	7,727	▼ 2
42	Kelly	7,514	▼ 1
43	Amy	7,275	▼ 5
44	Erin	7,208	▼ 1
45	Maria	7,136	▲ 2
46	Anna	7,118	▼ 1
47	Alexis	7,009	▲ 19
48	Kristen	6,816	▼ 6
49	Morgan	6,794	▲ 9
50	Allison	6,773	▼ 2
51	Brianna	6,561	▲ 10
52	Lindsey	6,459	▼ 1
53	Katie	6,425	–
54	Cassandra	6,408	▼ 5
55	Caitlin	6,384	▼ 5
56	Vanessa	5,925	–
57	Kathryn	5,832	–
58	Brittney	5,828	▼ 14
59	Angela	5,802	▼ 7
60	Jamie	5,782	▼ 5
61	Olivia	5,602	▲ 11
62	Jordan	5,561	▼ 3
63	Alicia	5,557	▼ 9
64	Natalie	5,557	▼ 1
65	Brooke	5,551	▲ 5
66	Ariel	5,411	▲ 28
67	Julia	5,366	▲ 16
68	Whitney	5,239	▼ 8
69	Mariah	5,192	▲ 190
70	Jacqueline	4,989	▼ 3
71	Shannon	4,844	▼ 3
72	Catherine	4,814	▼ 1
73	Christine	4,806	▼ 11
74	Molly	4,652	▲ 6
75	Katelyn	4,560	–
76	Paige	4,516	▲ 3
77	Lindsay	4,484	▼ 8
78	Alexandria	4,470	▲ 17
79	Haley	4,463	▲ 29
80	Jenna	4,459	▲ 1
81	Marissa	4,421	▲ 6
82	Kaitlyn	4,407	▼ 4
83	Lisa	4,395	▼ 19
84	Erika	4,309	▼ 10
85	Monica	4,156	▼ 9
86	Kristin	4,087	▼ 21
87	Kristina	3,876	▼ 10
88	April	3,858	▼ 15
89	Bianca	3,844	▼ 5
90	Miranda	3,819	▲ 22
91	Leah	3,816	▼ 9
92	Abigail	3,799	▼ 2
93	Cynthia	3,707	▼ 5
94	Meghan	3,703	▼ 3
95	Briana	3,689	▲ 14
96	Melanie	3,580	▼ 10
97	Gabrielle	3,578	▲ 2
98	Julie	3,571	▼ 5
99	Kaitlin	3,486	▲ 2
100	Veronica	3,441	▼ 4

Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1991. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.