1990s Baby Names
38,764 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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#1,499Pierce Pierce is a boy's name meaning "rock," from the medieval Piers, the Norman form of Peter.2,415 in the 1990s
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#1,503Herbert Herbert is a boy's name from Germanic elements meaning bright army.2,409 in the 1990s
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#1,513Beatrice Beatrice is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "she who brings happiness."2,383 in the 1990s
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#1,514Gerard Gerard is a boy's name from Germanic elements meaning brave with the spear.2,383 in the 1990s
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#1,521Eliana Eliana is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God has answered" or "my God has answered."2,368 in the 1990s
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#1,522Pierre Pierre is a boy's name, the French form of Peter, from the Greek for rock.2,368 in the 1990s
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#1,533Marley Marley is a name of Old English origin meaning "boundary wood" or "pleasant meadow."2,338 in the 1990s
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#1,535Isaias Isaias is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is salvation".2,335 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.