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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#1,976Camila Camila is a girl's name of Latin origin, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Camilla.1,602 in the 1990s
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#1,998Edna Edna is a girl's name from a Hebrew word meaning delight, and it shares its root with Eden.1,576 in the 1990s
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#2,007Cathy Cathy is a girl's name, a pet form of Catherine whose meaning has never been established.1,565 in the 1990s
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#2,008Amira Amira is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "princess" or "commander."1,563 in the 1990s
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#2,011Milan Milan is a unisex name of Slavic origin meaning "gracious" or "dear," from the element mil.1,558 in the 1990s
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#2,014Chester Chester is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "fortress" or "walled camp."1,549 in the 1990s
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#2,016Niko Niko is a boy's name of Greek origin, a short form of Nikolaos meaning "victory of the people".1,548 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.