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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#5,029Zariah Zariah is a girl's name of modern American coinage, built on the pattern of Zaria, Azariah and Mariah.391 in the 1990s 8 of 10 years
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#5,032Kaliyah Kaliyah is a girl's name of modern American coinage, formed on the pattern of Aaliyah and Amaliyah.391 in the 1990s 6 of 10 years
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#5,033Giulia Giulia is a girl's name, the Italian form of Julia, from the Roman family name Julius.391 in the 1990s
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#5,071Bessie Bessie is a girl's name meaning God is my oath, a pet form of Elizabeth.386 in the 1990s
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#5,085Ximena Ximena is a girl's name of Spanish origin whose meaning is unresolved.385 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.