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Millennials (Gen Y) baby name rankings

Compare the most popular boy and girl names recorded in the United States for babies born from 1981 to 1996.

Leading boy name Michael

949,497 recorded births

Leading girl name Jessica

683,091 recorded births

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U.S. births

Boy names

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Rank Name Recorded births
1 Michael 949,497
2 Christopher 784,367
3 Matthew 679,706
4 Joshua 606,013
5 David 532,384
6 Daniel 518,192
7 James 503,495
8 Andrew 465,553
9 John 463,649
10 Joseph 459,961
11 Robert 446,487
12 Ryan 433,657
13 Justin 428,199
14 Brandon 406,831
15 Nicholas 398,092
16 William 378,895
17 Jonathan 355,215
18 Anthony 351,352
19 Jacob 308,590
20 Jason 308,184
21 Kevin 297,872
22 Brian 296,891
23 Eric 287,211
24 Tyler 274,875
25 Kyle 271,422
26 Thomas 268,304
27 Zachary 260,375
28 Steven 258,085
29 Adam 257,739
30 Timothy 237,514
31 Aaron 221,988
32 Benjamin 221,703
33 Richard 212,270
34 Alexander 210,678
35 Jeremy 194,955
36 Charles 186,351
37 Jeffrey 182,814
38 Cody 177,843
39 Mark 173,441
40 Patrick 173,323
41 Nathan 167,607
42 Sean 165,616
43 Stephen 163,765
44 Jose 160,902
45 Jordan 158,089
46 Austin 150,919
47 Samuel 150,841
48 Travis 148,156
49 Paul 138,415
50 Dustin 135,102

U.S. births

Girl names

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Rank Name Recorded births
1 Jessica 683,091
2 Ashley 587,803
3 Jennifer 497,427
4 Amanda 492,128
5 Sarah 411,572
6 Stephanie 324,210
7 Elizabeth 306,165
8 Brittany 300,955
9 Nicole 296,511
10 Emily 281,563
11 Samantha 280,826
12 Megan 265,012
13 Melissa 259,421
14 Lauren 251,209
15 Rachel 246,584
16 Heather 233,455
17 Amber 233,318
18 Danielle 212,974
19 Tiffany 206,209
20 Rebecca 205,188
21 Michelle 204,881
22 Christina 190,519
23 Kimberly 188,470
24 Laura 175,918
25 Amy 171,615
26 Kayla 170,274
27 Courtney 168,832
28 Crystal 168,503
29 Katherine 163,386
30 Erin 151,084
31 Sara 147,907
32 Mary 140,586
33 Kelly 140,366
34 Andrea 137,448
35 Angela 133,146
36 Victoria 132,002
37 Erica 129,386
38 Taylor 127,441
39 Hannah 126,646
40 Kristen 118,706
41 Jamie 117,628
42 Chelsea 116,724
43 Lisa 110,361
44 Allison 109,730
45 Jasmine 108,566
46 Maria 107,640
47 Lindsey 107,012
48 Alyssa 106,632
49 Katie 105,046
50 Anna 105,036