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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#241Keith Keith is a boy's name from a Scottish place name, probably from a Brittonic word for a wood.28,464 in the 1990s
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#243Julian Julian is a boy's name of Latin origin, derived from the Roman family name Julius.28,336 in the 1990s
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#246Phillip Phillip is a boy's name meaning lover of horses, the doubled-l spelling of Philip.28,036 in the 1990s
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#249Bryce Bryce means speckled or freckled, from a Gaulish saint's name whose meaning is not certain.27,733 in the 1990s
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#253Kristina Kristina means a follower of Christ, the Scandinavian and Slavic form of Christina.27,275 in the 1990s
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#255Holly Holly is a girl's name of Old English origin taken from the tree, from holegn.27,115 in the 1990s
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#256Donald Donald is a boy's name from the Scottish Gaelic Dòmhnall, meaning world ruler.26,817 in the 1990s
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#259Dominic Dominic is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "of the Lord," from dominus.25,950 in the 1990s
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#266Claire Claire is a girl's name of French origin meaning "clear" or "bright," from the Latin clarus.25,354 in the 1990s
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#273Xavier Xavier is a boy's name from a Basque place name meaning "the new house," from etxe berri.24,547 in the 1990s
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#276Manuel Manuel is a boy's name meaning God is with us, the Spanish short form of Emmanuel.24,308 in the 1990s
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#278Patricia Patricia is a girl's name from the Latin for noble or patrician, the feminine of Patrick.24,248 in the 1990s
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#279Alan Alan is a boy's name of Breton origin whose meaning has never been established.24,198 in the 1990s
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#280Frank Frank is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "free man" or "Frank."24,067 in the 1990s
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#284Omar Omar is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "flourishing" or "long-lived."23,848 in the 1990s
What made a 1990s name
Nothing about the sound of it. A name is on this page because children in the United States were registered with it between 1990 and 1999, and its position is simply how many. Every list of "1990s names" you will find elsewhere is somebody's sense of the period; this one is the register.
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.