Most popular baby names of 1992

In 1992, the most popular names for US babies were Michael for boys (54,409 babies, 2.7% of boys) and Ashley for girls (38,461 babies, 2.1% of girls). The rest of the top five were Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew for boys and Jessica, Amanda, Brittany and Sarah for girls. SSA recorded 9,820 different boy names and 15,610 different girl names that year.

Top 100 boy names, 1992
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Michael	54,409	–
2	Christopher	42,473	–
3	Matthew	37,733	–
4	Joshua	36,220	–
5	Andrew	30,538	–
6	Brandon	29,627	▲ 9
7	Daniel	29,157	▼ 1
8	Tyler	28,804	▲ 8
9	James	28,509	▼ 2
10	David	28,425	▼ 2
11	Joseph	27,902	▼ 2
12	Nicholas	27,761	–
13	Ryan	27,018	▼ 2
14	John	26,255	▼ 4
15	Jacob	25,667	▲ 2
16	Zachary	24,800	▲ 6
17	Robert	24,095	▼ 4
18	Justin	23,621	▼ 4
19	Anthony	23,176	▼ 1
20	William	23,066	▼ 1
21	Jonathan	21,415	▼ 1
22	Kyle	20,714	▼ 1
23	Alexander	20,069	▲ 3
24	Cody	19,875	–
25	Kevin	19,646	▼ 2
26	Eric	16,145	▼ 1
27	Thomas	15,288	▲ 1
28	Dylan	15,063	▲ 18
29	Steven	15,040	▼ 2
30	Aaron	14,510	▲ 1
31	Brian	14,108	▼ 1
32	Jordan	14,032	▼ 3
33	Benjamin	13,455	–
34	Timothy	12,862	▼ 2
35	Christian	11,954	▲ 13
36	Adam	11,903	–
37	Jose	11,822	–
38	Austin	11,458	▲ 12
39	Patrick	11,409	▼ 4
40	Samuel	11,345	▼ 1
41	Richard	11,331	▼ 7
42	Sean	11,065	▼ 2
43	Charles	10,470	▼ 5
44	Nathan	10,150	▼ 2
45	Stephen	9,308	▼ 4
46	Jason	9,249	▲ 3
47	Jeremy	9,042	▼ 4
48	Travis	8,895	▼ 4
49	Mark	8,745	▼ 2
50	Jesse	8,562	▲ 1
51	Jeffrey	8,471	▼ 6
52	Taylor	8,239	–
53	Cameron	7,356	▲ 9
54	Alex	7,351	▲ 9
55	Paul	7,003	▼ 2
56	Juan	6,955	▲ 4
57	Bryan	6,835	▲ 4
58	Dustin	6,798	▼ 2
59	Kenneth	6,733	▼ 5
60	Gregory	6,498	▼ 5
61	Scott	6,448	▼ 4
62	Derek	6,293	▼ 3
63	Trevor	6,192	▲ 6
64	Luis	6,165	▲ 2
65	Corey	6,140	▼ 7
66	Evan	6,051	▲ 4
67	Jared	5,867	▼ 3
68	Ian	5,536	▲ 5
69	Carlos	5,341	▲ 3
70	Edward	5,233	▼ 2
71	Shawn	5,154	–
72	Bradley	5,098	▼ 5
73	Dillon	5,063	▲ 30
74	Caleb	5,042	▲ 4
75	Devin	4,972	▲ 8
76	Ethan	4,905	▼ 11
77	Shane	4,848	▼ 2
78	Jesus	4,821	▲ 2
79	Nathaniel	4,687	▲ 5
80	Connor	4,609	▲ 53
81	Peter	4,598	▼ 4
82	Marcus	4,545	▼ 6
83	Cory	4,436	▼ 9
84	Blake	4,396	▲ 2
85	Antonio	4,344	▼ 6
86	Gabriel	4,336	▼ 4
87	Victor	4,292	▼ 2
88	Garrett	4,270	▲ 3
89	Logan	4,226	▲ 5
90	Miguel	4,174	▲ 2
91	Mitchell	4,122	▲ 5
92	Vincent	4,105	▼ 11
93	Luke	4,066	▲ 20
94	Seth	3,912	▲ 5
95	George	3,894	▼ 8
96	Adrian	3,859	▼ 3
97	Brett	3,823	▼ 9
98	Erik	3,816	▼ 3
99	Spencer	3,696	▲ 6
100	Joel	3,665	–

Top 100 girl names, 1992
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Ashley	38,461	–
2	Jessica	38,361	–
3	Amanda	25,039	▲ 1
4	Brittany	24,983	▼ 1
5	Sarah	24,636	▲ 1
6	Samantha	24,409	▼ 1
7	Emily	21,834	▲ 3
8	Stephanie	19,679	▼ 1
9	Elizabeth	19,034	–
10	Megan	17,842	▲ 1
11	Jennifer	17,819	▼ 3
12	Lauren	17,216	▲ 1
13	Kayla	16,517	▼ 1
14	Nicole	16,325	▲ 1
15	Chelsea	16,177	▲ 3
16	Rachel	15,840	▼ 2
17	Taylor	14,952	▲ 15
18	Danielle	14,098	▼ 1
19	Amber	13,917	▼ 3
20	Rebecca	13,110	▲ 1
21	Courtney	12,604	▼ 2
22	Victoria	11,906	▲ 6
23	Kelsey	11,713	▲ 3
24	Melissa	11,710	▼ 4
25	Michelle	11,511	▼ 3
26	Hannah	11,495	▲ 3
27	Katherine	11,149	▼ 2
28	Jasmine	10,478	▼ 4
29	Alexandra	10,221	▲ 7
30	Alyssa	10,163	–
31	Heather	9,724	▼ 8
32	Tiffany	9,720	▼ 5
33	Christina	9,442	▼ 2
34	Shelby	9,396	▼ 1
35	Kimberly	8,895	▼ 1
36	Mary	8,463	▲ 2
37	Sara	8,444	–
38	Laura	8,311	▼ 3
39	Andrea	8,024	–
40	Alexis	7,948	▲ 7
41	Morgan	7,789	▲ 8
42	Kaitlyn	7,480	▲ 40
43	Brianna	7,296	▲ 8
44	Erica	7,133	▼ 4
45	Maria	7,091	–
46	Erin	7,059	▼ 2
47	Kelly	7,012	▼ 5
48	Allison	6,903	▲ 2
49	Anna	6,853	▼ 3
50	Crystal	6,598	▼ 9
51	Amy	6,340	▼ 8
52	Cassandra	6,312	▲ 2
53	Kristen	6,253	▼ 5
54	Katie	6,116	▼ 1
55	Vanessa	6,079	▲ 1
56	Haley	6,040	▲ 23
57	Lindsey	5,894	▼ 5
58	Olivia	5,811	▲ 3
59	Brooke	5,771	▲ 6
60	Kathryn	5,687	▼ 3
61	Natalie	5,583	▲ 3
62	Caitlin	5,391	▼ 7
63	Jordan	5,367	▼ 1
64	Paige	5,305	▲ 12
65	Katelyn	5,291	▲ 10
66	Shannon	5,290	▲ 5
67	Jenna	5,090	▲ 13
68	Brittney	5,085	▼ 10
69	Angela	5,079	▼ 10
70	Julia	5,021	▼ 3
71	Alicia	4,910	▼ 8
72	Marissa	4,873	▲ 9
73	Alexandria	4,796	▲ 5
74	Mariah	4,712	▼ 5
75	Jamie	4,702	▼ 15
76	Jacqueline	4,689	▼ 6
77	Monica	4,590	▲ 8
78	Catherine	4,536	▼ 6
79	Briana	4,350	▲ 16
80	Erika	4,341	▲ 4
81	Lindsay	4,262	▼ 4
82	Christine	4,150	▼ 9
83	Molly	4,138	▼ 9
84	Gabrielle	4,028	▲ 13
85	Whitney	4,010	▼ 17
86	Abigail	3,988	▲ 6
87	Ariel	3,961	▼ 21
88	Lisa	3,781	▼ 5
89	Miranda	3,695	▲ 1
90	Kristin	3,597	▼ 4
91	Meghan	3,595	▲ 3
92	Cynthia	3,548	▲ 1
93	Kristina	3,466	▼ 6
94	Breanna	3,451	▲ 13
95	Veronica	3,444	▲ 5
96	Leah	3,431	▼ 5
97	Bianca	3,386	▼ 8
98	Melanie	3,353	▼ 2
99	Holly	3,347	▲ 6
100	Angelica	3,323	▲ 17

Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1992. 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.