Most popular baby names of 1995

In 1995, the most popular names for US babies were Michael for boys (41,410 babies, 2.2% of boys) and Jessica for girls (27,939 babies, 1.6% of girls). The rest of the top five were Matthew, Christopher, Jacob and Joshua for boys and Ashley, Emily, Samantha and Sarah for girls. SSA recorded 10,330 different boy names and 15,753 different girl names that year.

Top 100 boy names, 1995
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Michael	41,410	–
2	Matthew	32,879	▲ 1
3	Christopher	32,677	▼ 1
4	Jacob	31,134	▲ 3
5	Joshua	30,720	▼ 1
6	Nicholas	29,161	▲ 3
7	Tyler	29,160	▼ 2
8	Brandon	26,904	▼ 2
9	Daniel	26,727	▼ 1
10	Austin	25,907	▲ 7
11	Andrew	25,858	▼ 1
12	Joseph	25,352	▼ 1
13	John	23,244	▲ 2
14	Zachary	23,129	▼ 2
15	Ryan	23,087	▲ 1
16	David	23,046	▼ 3
17	James	22,736	▼ 3
18	Justin	21,580	▲ 2
19	Anthony	20,482	▼ 1
20	William	20,160	▼ 1
21	Alexander	19,454	▲ 1
22	Robert	18,586	▼ 1
23	Jonathan	18,155	–
24	Kyle	16,761	–
25	Kevin	15,858	▲ 1
26	Cody	15,566	▼ 1
27	Thomas	14,163	–
28	Christian	13,812	▲ 7
29	Jordan	13,573	–
30	Aaron	13,291	▼ 2
31	Benjamin	12,719	–
32	Eric	12,486	▼ 2
33	Samuel	12,440	–
34	Dylan	12,091	▼ 2
35	Jose	11,780	▲ 1
36	Brian	10,989	▲ 1
37	Steven	10,660	▼ 3
38	Adam	10,485	–
39	Nathan	10,306	▲ 1
40	Timothy	9,788	▼ 1
41	Jason	9,006	▲ 5
42	Richard	8,784	▼ 1
43	Patrick	8,674	▼ 1
44	Charles	8,478	▼ 1
45	Sean	8,166	▼ 1
46	Jesse	7,495	▼ 1
47	Alex	7,425	▲ 3
48	Jeremy	7,084	▼ 1
49	Cameron	7,030	▲ 3
50	Juan	6,982	▲ 1
51	Logan	6,953	▲ 19
52	Mark	6,887	▼ 4
53	Hunter	6,715	▲ 14
54	Caleb	6,656	▲ 6
55	Connor	6,619	▲ 4
56	Dakota	6,575	▲ 13
57	Stephen	6,556	▼ 8
58	Devin	6,192	▲ 3
59	Luis	6,174	▼ 2
60	Evan	6,090	▲ 2
61	Trevor	6,009	▼ 3
62	Dustin	5,921	▼ 6
63	Jared	5,885	–
64	Jeffrey	5,731	▼ 9
65	Gabriel	5,713	▲ 3
66	Travis	5,602	▼ 13
67	Ian	5,595	▲ 7
68	Carlos	5,545	▲ 4
69	Taylor	5,521	▼ 15
70	Bryan	5,444	▼ 4
71	Paul	5,413	▼ 7
72	Kenneth	5,226	▼ 7
73	Nathaniel	5,203	▲ 5
74	Corey	4,976	▼ 1
75	Ethan	4,933	▲ 14
76	Jesus	4,908	▲ 3
77	Blake	4,820	▲ 4
78	Bradley	4,764	▲ 5
79	Mitchell	4,737	▼ 8
80	Garrett	4,711	▲ 2
81	Marcus	4,648	▼ 6
82	Luke	4,629	▲ 9
83	Derek	4,452	▼ 6
84	Gregory	4,442	▼ 8
85	Antonio	4,340	▲ 3
86	Tanner	4,320	▲ 10
87	Dalton	4,191	▼ 2
88	Edward	4,143	▼ 4
89	Peter	4,112	▼ 2
90	Victor	4,096	▲ 3
91	Lucas	4,086	▲ 4
92	Scott	4,083	▼ 12
93	Elijah	3,976	▲ 40
94	Miguel	3,953	–
95	Chase	3,917	▲ 19
96	Adrian	3,911	▲ 1
97	Seth	3,911	▼ 7
98	Isaac	3,881	▲ 5
99	Noah	3,824	▲ 60
100	Shawn	3,824	▼ 14

Top 100 girl names, 1995
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Jessica	27,939	–
2	Ashley	26,606	–
3	Emily	24,383	–
4	Samantha	21,645	–
5	Sarah	21,394	–
6	Taylor	20,426	–
7	Hannah	17,018	▲ 9
8	Brittany	16,477	▼ 1
9	Amanda	16,354	▼ 1
10	Elizabeth	16,192	▼ 1
11	Kayla	16,087	▲ 1
12	Rachel	16,047	▲ 1
13	Megan	15,530	▼ 3
14	Alexis	14,334	▲ 4
15	Lauren	13,444	▼ 1
16	Stephanie	12,977	▼ 1
17	Courtney	12,775	▲ 5
18	Jennifer	12,683	▼ 1
19	Nicole	12,277	▼ 8
20	Victoria	12,252	▼ 1
21	Brianna	11,881	▲ 6
22	Amber	10,965	▼ 1
23	Morgan	10,877	▲ 2
24	Danielle	10,653	▼ 4
25	Jasmine	10,279	▼ 2
26	Alexandra	10,160	▲ 2
27	Alyssa	10,100	▼ 1
28	Rebecca	9,910	▼ 4
29	Madison	9,775	▲ 22
30	Katherine	8,987	–
31	Anna	8,569	▲ 10
32	Haley	8,209	▲ 4
33	Kelsey	8,184	▼ 4
34	Allison	8,126	–
35	Melissa	7,878	▼ 4
36	Abigail	7,824	▲ 6
37	Kimberly	7,745	▼ 5
38	Shelby	7,632	▲ 2
39	Olivia	7,626	▲ 11
40	Mary	7,458	▼ 3
41	Michelle	7,392	▼ 8
42	Kaitlyn	7,385	▲ 6
43	Sydney	7,360	▲ 33
44	Maria	7,001	▲ 3
45	Christina	6,953	▼ 6
46	Tiffany	6,936	▼ 11
47	Chelsea	6,761	▼ 9
48	Sara	6,697	▼ 5
49	Erin	6,565	▼ 4
50	Jordan	6,481	▲ 2
51	Natalie	6,424	▲ 5
52	Brooke	6,377	▲ 2
53	Marissa	6,082	–
54	Heather	6,032	▼ 10
55	Andrea	6,008	▼ 6
56	Laura	6,008	▼ 10
57	Miranda	5,978	▲ 4
58	Paige	5,733	▲ 5
59	Katelyn	5,573	▼ 1
60	Sierra	5,495	▲ 11
61	Gabrielle	5,448	▲ 6
62	Julia	5,411	▲ 10
63	Vanessa	5,404	▼ 4
64	Kelly	5,398	▼ 2
65	Kristen	5,398	▼ 10
66	Destiny	5,380	▲ 20
67	Emma	5,051	▲ 7
68	Savannah	4,904	▲ 14
69	Erica	4,893	▼ 12
70	Jacqueline	4,793	▼ 5
71	Mariah	4,773	▲ 4
72	Alexandria	4,772	▲ 1
73	Shannon	4,733	▼ 13
74	Briana	4,612	▼ 6
75	Amy	4,529	▲ 2
76	Breanna	4,527	▲ 9
77	Katie	4,481	▼ 7
78	Cassandra	4,451	▼ 12
79	Madeline	4,430	▲ 13
80	Crystal	4,391	▼ 16
81	Caitlin	4,386	▼ 3
82	Lindsey	4,377	▼ 13
83	Kathryn	4,328	▼ 4
84	Jenna	4,254	▼ 4
85	Angela	4,119	▼ 4
86	Cheyenne	4,089	▲ 13
87	Monica	3,969	▲ 1
88	Mackenzie	3,963	▲ 14
89	Alicia	3,908	▼ 6
90	Catherine	3,860	▼ 6
91	Selena	3,825	▲ 210
92	Caroline	3,799	▲ 2
93	Jamie	3,770	▼ 6
94	Kaitlin	3,602	▼ 1
95	Sabrina	3,534	▲ 2
96	Bailey	3,489	▲ 41
97	Grace	3,473	▲ 6
98	Molly	3,382	▼ 2
99	Brittney	3,380	▼ 10
100	Alexa	3,359	▼ 5

Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1995. 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.