Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1991

Michael and Ashley topped the list in 1991. The 10 most popular names went to 18% of boys and 15% of girls, from 9,640 boy names and 15,458 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1991

  1. Michael 60,810
  2. Christopher 47,111
  3. Matthew 41,647
  4. Joshua 41,226
  5. Andrew 31,539
  6. Daniel 30,935
  7. James 30,514
  8. David 30,416
  9. Joseph 29,840
  10. John 27,809
  11. Ryan 27,536
  12. Nicholas 27,357
  13. Robert 26,839
  14. Justin 26,797
  15. Brandon 26,021
  16. Tyler 25,209
  17. Jacob 25,200
  18. Anthony 24,447
  19. William 23,860
  20. Jonathan 22,975
  21. Kyle 21,610
  22. Zachary 21,387
  23. Kevin 20,262
  24. Cody 18,980
  25. Eric 18,051
  26. Alexander 17,640
  27. Steven 16,863
  28. Thomas 16,789
  29. Jordan 16,020
  30. Brian 14,915
  31. Aaron 14,242
  32. Timothy 14,154
  33. Benjamin 13,877
  34. Richard 12,553
  35. Patrick 12,412
  36. Adam 12,308
  37. Jose 11,727
  38. Charles 11,336
  39. Samuel 11,234
  40. Sean 11,182
  41. Stephen 10,525
  42. Nathan 10,500
  43. Jeremy 10,403
  44. Travis 10,134
  45. Jeffrey 9,894
  46. Dylan 9,763
  47. Mark 9,684
  48. Christian 9,447
  49. Jason 9,387
  50. Austin 9,054
  51. Jesse 8,367
  52. Taylor 7,972
  53. Paul 7,680
  54. Kenneth 7,576
  55. Gregory 7,555
  56. Dustin 7,383
  57. Scott 7,114
  58. Corey 6,931
  59. Derek 6,893
  60. Juan 6,843
  61. Bryan 6,757
  62. Cameron 6,697
  63. Alex 6,673
  64. Jared 6,214
  65. Ethan 6,129
  66. Luis 5,896
  67. Bradley 5,723
  68. Edward 5,572
  69. Trevor 5,531
  70. Evan 5,448
  71. Shawn 5,415
  72. Carlos 5,330
  73. Ian 5,326
  74. Cory 5,121
  75. Shane 5,106
  76. Marcus 5,069
  77. Peter 4,959
  78. Caleb 4,864
  79. Antonio 4,616
  80. Jesus 4,601
  81. Vincent 4,493
  82. Gabriel 4,414
  83. Devin 4,388
  84. Nathaniel 4,367
  85. Victor 4,335
  86. Blake 4,275
  87. George 4,179
  88. Brett 4,153
  89. Keith 4,124
  90. Casey 4,107
  91. Garrett 4,054
  92. Miguel 3,948
  93. Adrian 3,921
  94. Logan 3,893
  95. Erik 3,892
  96. Mitchell 3,882
  97. Raymond 3,865
  98. Phillip 3,851
  99. Seth 3,812
  100. Joel 3,762

Top girl names of 1991

  1. Ashley 43,477
  2. Jessica 43,398
  3. Brittany 29,093
  4. Amanda 28,896
  5. Samantha 25,651
  6. Sarah 25,233
  7. Stephanie 22,775
  8. Jennifer 20,673
  9. Elizabeth 20,395
  10. Emily 20,311
  11. Megan 19,278
  12. Kayla 18,545
  13. Lauren 18,412
  14. Rachel 16,344
  15. Nicole 16,046
  16. Amber 14,992
  17. Danielle 13,619
  18. Chelsea 13,509
  19. Courtney 13,441
  20. Melissa 13,348
  21. Rebecca 13,298
  22. Michelle 12,213
  23. Heather 11,703
  24. Jasmine 11,524
  25. Katherine 11,495
  26. Kelsey 11,435
  27. Tiffany 11,155
  28. Victoria 10,912
  29. Hannah 10,769
  30. Alyssa 10,678
  31. Christina 10,564
  32. Taylor 10,253
  33. Shelby 10,220
  34. Kimberly 9,799
  35. Laura 9,644
  36. Alexandra 9,460
  37. Sara 8,846
  38. Mary 8,764
  39. Andrea 7,995
  40. Erica 7,800
  41. Crystal 7,727
  42. Kelly 7,515
  43. Amy 7,275
  44. Erin 7,207
  45. Maria 7,136
  46. Anna 7,119
  47. Alexis 7,009
  48. Kristen 6,816
  49. Morgan 6,794
  50. Allison 6,773
  51. Brianna 6,561
  52. Lindsey 6,460
  53. Katie 6,425
  54. Cassandra 6,408
  55. Caitlin 6,384
  56. Vanessa 5,926
  57. Kathryn 5,832
  58. Brittney 5,829
  59. Angela 5,802
  60. Jamie 5,781
  61. Olivia 5,602
  62. Jordan 5,561
  63. Alicia 5,558
  64. Natalie 5,557
  65. Brooke 5,551
  66. Ariel 5,411
  67. Julia 5,365
  68. Whitney 5,239
  69. Mariah 5,192
  70. Jacqueline 4,989
  71. Shannon 4,845
  72. Catherine 4,815
  73. Christine 4,806
  74. Molly 4,652
  75. Katelyn 4,560
  76. Paige 4,516
  77. Lindsay 4,483
  78. Alexandria 4,470
  79. Haley 4,463
  80. Jenna 4,460
  81. Marissa 4,421
  82. Kaitlyn 4,407
  83. Lisa 4,395
  84. Erika 4,310
  85. Monica 4,156
  86. Kristin 4,087
  87. Kristina 3,876
  88. April 3,857
  89. Bianca 3,844
  90. Miranda 3,820
  91. Leah 3,816
  92. Abigail 3,799
  93. Cynthia 3,707
  94. Meghan 3,704
  95. Briana 3,689
  96. Melanie 3,580
  97. Gabrielle 3,578
  98. Julie 3,571
  99. Kaitlin 3,486
  100. Veronica 3,441

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1991?
Michael was the #1 boy name in 1991 (60,810 babies) and Ashley was the #1 girl name (43,477 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1991?
Social Security records list 3,895,335 babies born in 1991 with names given to at least 5 babies: 2,020,328 boys and 1,875,007 girls.