Most popular baby names of 1993

In 1993, the most popular names for US babies were Michael for boys (49,568 babies, 2.5% of boys) and Jessica for girls (34,993 babies, 1.9% of girls). The rest of the top five were Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Tyler for boys and Ashley, Sarah, Samantha and Emily for girls. SSA recorded 10,170 different boy names and 15,800 different girl names that year.

Top 100 boy names, 1993
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Michael	49,568	–
2	Christopher	38,236	–
3	Matthew	35,780	–
4	Joshua	33,589	–
5	Tyler	29,799	▲ 3
6	Brandon	28,735	–
7	Daniel	28,694	–
8	Nicholas	28,115	▲ 4
9	Jacob	27,485	▲ 6
10	Andrew	27,322	▼ 5
11	David	27,039	▼ 1
12	Joseph	27,013	▼ 1
13	Ryan	26,729	–
14	James	26,255	▼ 5
15	Zachary	25,537	▲ 1
16	John	24,995	▼ 2
17	Robert	22,447	–
18	William	22,219	▲ 2
19	Anthony	21,789	–
20	Justin	21,541	▼ 2
21	Alexander	20,529	▲ 2
22	Jonathan	19,952	▼ 1
23	Kyle	19,455	▼ 1
24	Cody	19,151	–
25	Kevin	19,082	–
26	Austin	17,585	▲ 12
27	Thomas	14,868	–
28	Jordan	14,755	▲ 4
29	Eric	14,548	▼ 3
30	Aaron	13,837	–
31	Steven	13,473	▼ 2
32	Dylan	12,687	▼ 4
33	Benjamin	12,685	–
34	Brian	12,543	▼ 3
35	Christian	11,890	–
36	Jose	11,847	▲ 1
37	Samuel	11,710	▲ 3
38	Timothy	11,638	▼ 4
39	Adam	11,534	▼ 3
40	Richard	10,231	▲ 1
41	Nathan	10,197	▲ 3
42	Sean	10,176	–
43	Patrick	9,857	▼ 4
44	Charles	9,856	▼ 1
45	Jason	8,638	▲ 1
46	Jeremy	8,577	▲ 1
47	Stephen	8,370	▼ 2
48	Jesse	8,263	▲ 2
49	Mark	8,060	–
50	Travis	7,942	▼ 2
51	Taylor	7,687	▲ 1
52	Alex	7,641	▲ 2
53	Jeffrey	7,536	▼ 2
54	Cameron	7,091	▼ 1
55	Juan	6,899	▲ 1
56	Paul	6,482	▼ 1
57	Connor	6,453	▲ 23
58	Luis	6,412	▲ 6
59	Dustin	6,310	▼ 1
60	Kenneth	6,277	▼ 1
61	Bryan	6,159	▼ 4
62	Evan	6,089	▲ 4
63	Jared	6,065	▲ 4
64	Trevor	6,011	▼ 1
65	Gregory	5,807	▼ 5
66	Caleb	5,787	▲ 8
67	Derek	5,761	▼ 5
68	Corey	5,674	▼ 3
69	Scott	5,577	▼ 8
70	Ian	5,399	▼ 2
71	Devin	5,356	▲ 4
72	Carlos	5,352	▼ 3
73	Bradley	5,135	▼ 1
74	Marcus	5,063	▲ 8
75	Nathaniel	4,854	▲ 4
76	Logan	4,842	▲ 13
77	Shawn	4,814	▼ 6
78	Edward	4,790	▼ 8
79	Garrett	4,711	▲ 9
80	Jesus	4,682	▼ 2
81	Mitchell	4,584	▲ 10
82	Peter	4,539	▼ 1
83	Blake	4,504	▲ 1
84	Shane	4,438	▼ 7
85	Dakota	4,411	▲ 18
86	Gabriel	4,374	–
87	Luke	4,358	▲ 6
88	Miguel	4,348	▲ 2
89	Antonio	4,301	▼ 4
90	Dillon	4,282	▼ 17
91	Victor	4,207	▼ 4
92	Ethan	4,164	▼ 16
93	Seth	4,060	▲ 1
94	Cory	3,997	▼ 11
95	Lucas	3,924	▲ 11
96	Spencer	3,884	▲ 3
97	Hunter	3,792	▲ 38
98	Tanner	3,768	▲ 3
99	Adrian	3,754	▼ 3
100	Vincent	3,687	▼ 8

Top 100 girl names, 1993
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Jessica	34,993	▲ 1
2	Ashley	34,849	▼ 1
3	Sarah	24,256	▲ 2
4	Samantha	23,668	▲ 2
5	Emily	23,596	▲ 2
6	Brittany	21,723	▼ 2
7	Taylor	21,271	▲ 10
8	Amanda	20,811	▼ 5
9	Elizabeth	17,559	–
10	Stephanie	17,187	▼ 2
11	Megan	16,385	▼ 1
12	Lauren	16,194	–
13	Nicole	16,183	▲ 1
14	Rachel	15,973	▲ 2
15	Jennifer	15,748	▼ 4
16	Kayla	15,452	▼ 3
17	Amber	14,065	▲ 2
18	Danielle	12,992	–
19	Victoria	12,926	▲ 3
20	Courtney	12,577	▲ 1
21	Hannah	12,509	▲ 5
22	Rebecca	12,321	▼ 2
23	Jasmine	12,062	▲ 5
24	Kelsey	11,379	▼ 1
25	Chelsea	11,287	▼ 10
26	Alyssa	11,030	▲ 4
27	Alexis	10,833	▲ 13
28	Alexandra	10,682	▲ 1
29	Katherine	10,506	▼ 2
30	Melissa	10,224	▼ 6
31	Michelle	10,192	▼ 6
32	Brianna	8,775	▲ 11
33	Tiffany	8,586	▼ 1
34	Morgan	8,573	▲ 7
35	Christina	8,289	▼ 2
36	Mary	8,122	–
37	Shelby	8,122	▼ 3
38	Heather	8,103	▼ 7
39	Kimberly	7,965	▼ 4
40	Sara	7,902	▼ 3
41	Allison	7,729	▲ 7
42	Haley	7,618	▲ 14
43	Laura	7,260	▼ 5
44	Andrea	7,241	▼ 5
45	Maria	6,977	–
46	Kaitlyn	6,956	▼ 4
47	Anna	6,812	▲ 2
48	Erin	6,717	▼ 2
49	Erica	6,412	▼ 5
50	Olivia	6,343	▲ 8
51	Kelly	6,295	▼ 4
52	Brooke	6,161	▲ 7
53	Shannon	6,069	▲ 13
54	Katelyn	5,975	▲ 11
55	Vanessa	5,890	–
56	Lindsey	5,845	▲ 1
57	Crystal	5,828	▼ 7
58	Jordan	5,823	▲ 5
59	Marissa	5,626	▲ 13
60	Paige	5,612	▲ 4
61	Kristen	5,533	▼ 8
62	Natalie	5,484	▼ 1
63	Katie	5,455	▼ 9
64	Caitlin	5,428	▼ 2
65	Amy	5,420	▼ 14
66	Cassandra	5,420	▼ 14
67	Abigail	5,185	▲ 19
68	Kathryn	5,092	▼ 8
69	Alexandria	5,027	▲ 4
70	Jenna	4,882	▼ 3
71	Briana	4,880	▲ 8
72	Julia	4,663	▼ 2
73	Angela	4,572	▼ 4
74	Jacqueline	4,516	▲ 2
75	Catherine	4,475	▲ 3
76	Alicia	4,431	▼ 5
77	Brittney	4,420	▼ 9
78	Madison	4,384	▲ 29
79	Jamie	4,255	▼ 4
80	Emma	4,108	▲ 24
81	Mariah	4,093	▼ 7
82	Whitney	4,078	▲ 3
83	Breanna	4,027	▲ 11
84	Gabrielle	4,017	–
85	Erika	4,010	▼ 5
86	Monica	3,901	▼ 9
87	Molly	3,708	▼ 4
88	Lindsay	3,664	▼ 7
89	Miranda	3,581	–
90	Christine	3,477	▼ 8
91	Sierra	3,473	▲ 38
92	Leah	3,414	▲ 4
93	Meghan	3,401	▼ 2
94	Diana	3,388	▲ 7
95	Cynthia	3,383	▼ 3
96	Savannah	3,343	▲ 47
97	Sabrina	3,322	▲ 15
98	Angelica	3,242	▲ 2
99	Kaitlin	3,226	▲ 14
100	Lisa	3,223	▼ 12

Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1993. 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.