1990s Baby Names
22,219 names were given to children in the United States between 1990 and 1999, ranked below by how many.
A name's place is its total across those ten years. Names that appear in only some of the decade say so, because a name recorded once is a different fact from one recorded every year.
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#1,061Suzanne Suzanne is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "lily," from shoshannah.4,248 in the 1990s
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#1,068Ava Ava is a girl's name with several proposed origins rather than one settled root.4,207 in the 1990s
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#1,071Sally Sally is a girl's name meaning princess, a pet form of Sarah reached by medieval rhyming.4,183 in the 1990s
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#1,078Rylee Rylee is a girl's name of Old English origin meaning "rye clearing."4,147 in the 1990s
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#1,096Aisha Aisha is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "living" or "alive."4,008 in the 1990s
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#1,100Lucia Lucia is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "light," the feminine of Lucius from lux.3,982 in the 1990s
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#1,119Charlene Charlene is a girl's name meaning free man, a feminine of Charles.3,869 in the 1990s
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#1,124Rhiannon Rhiannon is a Welsh girl's name meaning "great queen," from the Celtic Rigantona.3,833 in the 1990s
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#1,126Nathalie Nathalie is a girl's name meaning birthday of the Lord, given to children born at Christmas.3,821 in the 1990s
What Made a 1990s Name
Children in the United States were registered with it between 1990 and 1999. A name's position here is how many of them were.
Why Some Names Only Cover Part of the Decade
A name that appears in three of the ten years either arrived partway through or faded out — and either is more interesting than the total on its own. The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.
Where to Go Next
Open any name to see its full curve — most of these have a hundred and forty years of it. Or compare the ends of the same measurement: the most popular names now and the rarest.