Name.Baby Names by year 1990s 1994 Most Popular Baby Names of 1994 Social Security has card records for 3,987,605 babies born in the U.S. in 1994. Jessica was the top girl name (32,122 babies) and Michael the top boy name (44,477).
Top 100 names of 1994 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1994, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Jessica 32,122 #665 2 Ashley 30,281 #164 3 Emily 24,154 #34 4 Samantha 22,824 #151 5 Sarah 22,299 #90 6 Taylor 20,734 #403 7 Brittany 18,900 #928 8 Amanda 18,718 #493 9 Elizabeth 16,786 #17 10 Megan 16,580 #887 11 Nicole 16,011 #382 12 Kayla 15,885 #364 13 Rachel 15,492 #250 14 Lauren 15,158 #401 15 Stephanie 14,750 #557 16 Hannah 14,494 #56 17 Jennifer 14,001 #586 18 Alexis 13,039 #554 19 Victoria 12,694 #54 20 Danielle 12,455 #549 21 Amber 12,343 #520 22 Courtney 12,020 #2,326 23 Jasmine 11,714 #206 24 Rebecca 11,284 #349 25 Morgan 10,655 #312 26 Alyssa 10,602 #453 27 Brianna 10,516 #222 28 Alexandra 10,226 #237 29 Kelsey 9,749 #814 30 Katherine 9,586 #186 31 Melissa 8,795 #419 32 Kimberly 8,747 #302 33 Michelle 8,639 #465 34 Allison 8,150 #103 35 Tiffany 8,096 #878 36 Haley 7,803 #861 37 Mary 7,758 #125 38 Chelsea 7,718 #851 39 Christina 7,668 #770 40 Shelby 7,546 #649 41 Anna 7,529 #107 42 Abigail 7,243 #41 43 Sara 7,220 #198 44 Heather 7,033 #1,261 45 Erin 6,908 #833 46 Laura 6,860 #379 47 Maria 6,753 #87 48 Kaitlyn 6,686 #799 49 Andrea 6,482 #235 50 Olivia 6,432 #1
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1994, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Madison 6,263 #40 52 Jordan 6,259 #584 53 Marissa 6,246 #1,673 54 Brooke 5,973 #313 55 Kristen 5,871 #1,990 56 Natalie 5,837 #89 57 Erica 5,680 #1,396 58 Katelyn 5,670 #1,076 59 Vanessa 5,552 #377 60 Shannon 5,508 #2,387 61 Miranda 5,456 #654 62 Kelly 5,446 #851 63 Paige 5,208 #346 64 Crystal 5,199 #1,144 65 Jacqueline 5,183 #558 66 Cassandra 5,061 #630 67 Gabrielle 5,044 #632 68 Briana 5,000 #661 69 Lindsey 4,988 #1,367 70 Katie 4,983 #646 71 Sierra 4,853 #614 72 Julia 4,844 #131 73 Alexandria 4,840 #474 74 Emma 4,765 #3 75 Mariah 4,749 #447 76 Sydney 4,737 #348 77 Amy 4,691 #257 78 Caitlin 4,654 #2,326 79 Kathryn 4,620 #729 80 Jenna 4,594 #679 81 Angela 4,414 #408 82 Savannah 4,386 #135 83 Alicia 4,105 #460 84 Catherine 4,102 #313 85 Breanna 4,101 #2,542 86 Destiny 4,089 #635 87 Jamie 3,982 #857 88 Monica 3,912 #736 89 Brittney 3,876 #5,099 90 Erika 3,584 #1,109 91 Whitney 3,566 #1,043 92 Madeline 3,518 #81 93 Kaitlin 3,501 #4,067 94 Caroline 3,452 #96 95 Alexa 3,441 #1,029 95 Molly 3,441 #196 97 Sabrina 3,384 #321 98 Diana 3,369 #244 99 Cheyenne 3,307 #920 100 Meghan 3,227 #1,902
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1994, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Michael 44,477 #21 2 Christopher 34,807 #68 3 Matthew 33,654 #32 4 Joshua 31,374 #66 5 Tyler 30,482 #219 6 Brandon 29,492 #261 7 Jacob 29,417 #43 8 Daniel 28,065 #22 9 Nicholas 27,770 #112 10 Andrew 26,019 #73 11 Joseph 25,734 #29 12 Zachary 25,139 #216 13 David 24,877 #35 14 James 24,778 #6 15 John 24,187 #23 16 Ryan 24,063 #99 17 Austin 23,192 #113 18 Anthony 21,604 #46 19 William 21,492 #9 20 Justin 20,940 #233 21 Robert 20,560 #92 22 Alexander 20,101 #30 23 Jonathan 19,068 #89 24 Kyle 18,399 #508 25 Cody 17,589 #318 26 Kevin 17,315 #221 27 Thomas 14,910 #34 28 Aaron 14,385 #80 29 Jordan 14,160 #131 30 Eric 13,311 #273 31 Benjamin 12,791 #11 32 Dylan 12,530 #41 33 Samuel 12,147 #18 34 Steven 12,090 #271 35 Christian 11,987 #96 36 Jose 11,731 #95 37 Brian 11,648 #339 38 Adam 11,023 #101 39 Timothy 10,767 #203 40 Nathan 10,386 #63 41 Richard 9,516 #234 42 Patrick 9,337 #235 43 Charles 9,018 #48 44 Sean 8,838 #489 45 Jesse 8,683 #184 46 Jason 8,552 #165 47 Jeremy 8,227 #292 48 Mark 7,488 #244 49 Stephen 7,481 #383 50 Alex 7,240 #232
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1994, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Juan 7,208 #159 52 Cameron 6,838 #76 53 Travis 6,800 #434 54 Taylor 6,626 #683 55 Jeffrey 6,525 #552 56 Dustin 6,459 #728 57 Luis 6,362 #144 58 Trevor 6,359 #679 59 Connor 6,318 #166 60 Caleb 6,161 #58 61 Devin 6,064 #548 62 Evan 5,895 #153 63 Jared 5,875 #396 64 Paul 5,798 #262 65 Kenneth 5,679 #294 66 Bryan 5,606 #336 67 Hunter 5,585 #130 68 Gabriel 5,539 #37 69 Dakota 5,535 #319 70 Logan 5,458 #53 71 Mitchell 5,370 #952 72 Carlos 5,329 #150 73 Corey 5,279 #778 74 Ian 5,267 #83 75 Marcus 5,258 #258 76 Gregory 5,137 #593 77 Derek 5,081 #284 78 Nathaniel 5,029 #140 79 Jesus 4,916 #173 80 Scott 4,915 #534 81 Blake 4,879 #316 82 Garrett 4,762 #564 83 Bradley 4,678 #403 84 Edward 4,520 #224 85 Dalton 4,245 #448 85 Shawn 4,245 #681 87 Peter 4,225 #187 88 Antonio 4,173 #176 89 Ethan 4,166 #24 90 Seth 4,135 #581 91 Luke 4,095 #33 92 Shane 4,085 #635 93 Victor 4,056 #209 94 Miguel 4,033 #212 95 Lucas 4,009 #10 96 Tanner 3,923 #475 97 Adrian 3,814 #74 98 Spencer 3,813 #360 99 Erik 3,746 #545 100 Vincent 3,603 #107
Entered the top 100 in 1994
