Most popular baby names of 1999

In 1999, the most popular names for US babies were Jacob for boys (35,371 babies, 1.8% of boys) and Emily for girls (26,542 babies, 1.5% of girls). The rest of the top five were Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Nicholas for boys and Hannah, Alexis, Sarah and Samantha for girls. SSA recorded 11,613 different boy names and 16,947 different girl names that year.

Top 100 boy names, 1999
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Jacob	35,371	▲ 1
2	Michael	33,915	▼ 1
3	Matthew	30,418	–
4	Joshua	27,264	–
5	Nicholas	25,639	▲ 1
6	Christopher	25,604	▼ 1
7	Andrew	23,866	▲ 2
8	Joseph	23,219	▲ 3
9	Daniel	22,705	▲ 3
10	Tyler	22,667	▼ 2
11	Brandon	21,602	▼ 4
12	Ryan	21,013	▲ 5
13	Austin	20,767	▼ 3
14	William	20,716	–
15	John	20,365	–
16	David	20,352	▼ 3
17	Zachary	19,982	▼ 1
18	Anthony	19,472	▲ 1
19	James	18,555	▼ 1
20	Justin	18,277	–
21	Alexander	17,420	▲ 1
22	Jonathan	17,066	▼ 1
23	Dylan	15,981	▲ 2
24	Noah	14,931	▲ 5
25	Christian	14,782	▲ 1
26	Robert	14,540	▼ 3
27	Samuel	14,049	▲ 1
28	Kyle	13,774	▼ 4
29	Benjamin	13,666	▲ 1
30	Jordan	13,051	▼ 3
31	Thomas	12,793	–
32	Nathan	12,537	▲ 2
33	Cameron	12,435	▲ 2
34	Kevin	12,257	▼ 2
35	Jose	12,155	▼ 2
36	Hunter	11,485	–
37	Ethan	11,446	▲ 1
38	Aaron	9,859	▼ 1
39	Eric	9,382	–
40	Jason	9,366	–
41	Caleb	9,281	▲ 1
42	Logan	9,135	▲ 2
43	Brian	8,808	▼ 2
44	Adam	8,223	▲ 1
45	Cody	7,864	▼ 2
46	Juan	7,800	▲ 6
47	Steven	7,689	▼ 1
48	Connor	7,597	▼ 1
49	Timothy	7,593	–
50	Charles	7,525	▼ 2
51	Isaiah	7,500	▲ 8
52	Jack	7,386	▲ 9
53	Gabriel	7,369	▲ 1
54	Jared	7,276	▼ 3
55	Luis	7,212	▼ 2
56	Sean	7,205	▼ 6
57	Evan	6,850	▲ 6
58	Alex	6,827	▼ 3
59	Carlos	6,664	▲ 10
60	Elijah	6,596	▲ 6
61	Richard	6,501	▼ 5
62	Nathaniel	6,466	▼ 2
63	Patrick	6,447	▼ 6
64	Isaac	6,407	▲ 1
65	Seth	6,304	▲ 21
66	Trevor	6,256	▼ 8
67	Luke	6,137	▲ 8
68	Devin	5,970	▼ 6
69	Mark	5,606	▼ 5
70	Jesus	5,571	▲ 6
71	Mason	5,451	▲ 12
72	Ian	5,450	▲ 1
73	Angel	5,402	▲ 8
74	Bryan	5,391	–
75	Cole	5,317	▲ 2
76	Chase	5,223	▼ 9
77	Dakota	5,093	▼ 5
78	Garrett	5,075	▲ 2
79	Adrian	5,067	▼ 8
80	Antonio	5,027	▼ 1
81	Jeremy	5,016	▼ 13
82	Jesse	5,004	▼ 12
83	Jackson	4,993	▲ 17
84	Blake	4,812	▲ 1
85	Stephen	4,543	▼ 7
86	Dalton	4,541	▲ 2
87	Tanner	4,521	▼ 5
88	Alejandro	4,319	▲ 7
89	Kenneth	4,285	▼ 2
90	Lucas	4,220	▲ 3
91	Miguel	4,207	▼ 1
92	Spencer	4,194	▼ 8
93	Bryce	4,148	▲ 1
94	Paul	4,020	▼ 5
95	Victor	4,016	▲ 2
96	Brendan	3,994	▲ 3
97	Jake	3,936	▲ 5
98	Marcus	3,867	▼ 2
99	Tristan	3,844	▼ 7
100	Jeffrey	3,815	▼ 9

Top 100 girl names, 1999
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Emily	26,542	–
2	Hannah	21,679	–
3	Alexis	19,237	▲ 3
4	Sarah	19,117	–
5	Samantha	19,043	▼ 2
6	Ashley	18,136	▼ 1
7	Madison	18,054	▲ 2
8	Taylor	16,906	▼ 1
9	Jessica	16,350	▼ 1
10	Elizabeth	15,350	–
11	Alyssa	14,036	–
12	Lauren	13,911	▲ 2
13	Kayla	13,292	▼ 1
14	Brianna	12,417	▲ 3
15	Megan	12,229	▼ 2
16	Victoria	11,874	–
17	Emma	11,750	▲ 5
18	Abigail	11,686	–
19	Rachel	11,631	▼ 4
20	Olivia	11,257	▲ 1
21	Jennifer	10,615	▼ 1
22	Amanda	9,749	▼ 3
23	Sydney	9,649	▲ 5
24	Morgan	9,607	▼ 1
25	Nicole	9,515	▼ 1
26	Jasmine	9,351	–
27	Grace	9,181	▲ 26
28	Destiny	9,172	▲ 6
29	Anna	9,115	▲ 2
30	Julia	8,752	▲ 2
31	Haley	8,202	▲ 5
32	Alexandra	8,163	▼ 5
33	Kaitlyn	8,157	▲ 2
34	Natalie	8,079	▲ 6
35	Brittany	7,942	▼ 10
36	Katherine	7,935	▼ 3
37	Stephanie	7,692	▼ 8
38	Rebecca	7,437	▼ 8
39	Maria	7,033	▲ 4
40	Allison	7,026	▼ 2
41	Amber	6,841	▼ 4
42	Savannah	6,806	▲ 3
43	Danielle	6,754	▼ 2
44	Courtney	6,559	▼ 5
45	Mary	6,388	▼ 1
46	Gabrielle	6,130	▲ 1
47	Brooke	6,067	▼ 1
48	Jordan	5,730	▼ 6
49	Sierra	5,715	▲ 2
50	Sara	5,626	▼ 2
51	Kimberly	5,457	▲ 3
52	Mackenzie	5,426	▲ 12
53	Sophia	5,423	▲ 20
54	Hailey	5,369	▲ 16
55	Katelyn	5,309	▲ 3
56	Michelle	5,303	▼ 1
57	Vanessa	5,287	▼ 5
58	Erin	5,223	▼ 1
59	Andrea	5,070	▲ 2
60	Isabella	5,060	▲ 24
61	Jenna	5,043	▲ 4
62	Shelby	5,018	▼ 13
63	Chloe	4,964	▲ 24
64	Melissa	4,830	▼ 5
65	Bailey	4,809	▼ 5
66	Makayla	4,791	▲ 5
67	Paige	4,717	▼ 4
68	Mariah	4,646	▼ 6
69	Kaylee	4,579	▲ 17
70	Madeline	4,572	▼ 20
71	Caroline	4,474	▲ 4
72	Kelsey	4,400	▼ 16
73	Marissa	4,389	▼ 7
74	Breanna	4,341	▲ 2
75	Christina	4,296	▼ 6
76	Faith	4,236	▲ 31
77	Autumn	4,128	–
78	Kiara	4,024	▲ 94
79	Jacqueline	3,901	▲ 16
80	Tiffany	3,888	▼ 13
81	Laura	3,878	▼ 7
82	Briana	3,839	▼ 3
83	Alexandria	3,789	▼ 2
84	Cheyenne	3,779	▼ 12
85	Mikayla	3,735	▼ 3
86	Claire	3,734	▲ 5
87	Cassandra	3,729	▼ 2
88	Sabrina	3,650	▼ 20
89	Alexa	3,644	▲ 4
90	Angela	3,632	▲ 10
91	Kathryn	3,589	▼ 2
92	Katie	3,550	▼ 4
93	Caitlin	3,461	▼ 15
94	Miranda	3,433	▼ 14
95	Kelly	3,420	▼ 5
96	Lindsey	3,417	▲ 1
97	Isabel	3,405	▲ 21
98	Catherine	3,401	▲ 3
99	Cassidy	3,395	▲ 14
100	Leslie	3,341	▲ 11

Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1999. 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.