Most Popular Baby Names of 1992

In 1992, Ashley was the most popular name for girls, given to 38,460 babies, and Michael topped the boys' list with 54,410. Ashley held on to number one for a second year in a row, and Michael held on to number one for a 32nd year in a row.

Social Security counted 1,843,931 girls and 1,997,409 boys born in 1992 under names given to at least five babies, spread across 15,610 different girls' names and 9,820 boys' names.

Top 100 names of 1992

Top girls' names, 1992
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991
1	Ashley	38,460	same
2	Jessica	38,361	same
3	Amanda	25,039	up 1
4	Brittany	24,983	down 1
5	Sarah	24,634	up 1
6	Samantha	24,407	down 1
7	Emily	21,835	up 3
8	Stephanie	19,680	down 1
9	Elizabeth	19,035	same
10	Megan	17,842	up 1
11	Jennifer	17,819	down 3
12	Lauren	17,215	up 1
13	Kayla	16,517	down 1
14	Nicole	16,327	up 1
15	Chelsea	16,177	up 3
16	Rachel	15,840	down 2
17	Taylor	14,954	up 15
18	Danielle	14,098	down 1
19	Amber	13,917	down 3
20	Rebecca	13,110	up 1
21	Courtney	12,604	down 2
22	Victoria	11,907	up 6
23	Kelsey	11,713	up 3
24	Melissa	11,710	down 4
25	Michelle	11,512	down 3
26	Hannah	11,496	up 3
27	Katherine	11,149	down 2
28	Jasmine	10,479	down 4
29	Alexandra	10,221	up 7
30	Alyssa	10,163	same
31	Heather	9,725	down 8
32	Tiffany	9,722	down 5
33	Christina	9,444	down 2
34	Shelby	9,396	down 1
35	Kimberly	8,895	down 1
36	Mary	8,463	up 2
37	Sara	8,443	same
38	Laura	8,311	down 3
39	Andrea	8,024	same
40	Alexis	7,948	up 7
41	Morgan	7,789	up 8
42	Kaitlyn	7,480	up 40
43	Brianna	7,296	up 8
44	Erica	7,133	down 4
45	Maria	7,091	same
46	Erin	7,059	down 2
47	Kelly	7,012	down 5
48	Allison	6,903	up 2
49	Anna	6,853	down 3
50	Crystal	6,598	down 9
51	Amy	6,340	down 8
52	Cassandra	6,312	up 2
53	Kristen	6,253	down 5
54	Katie	6,116	down 1
55	Vanessa	6,080	up 1
56	Haley	6,040	up 23
57	Lindsey	5,893	down 5
58	Olivia	5,811	up 3
59	Brooke	5,771	up 6
60	Kathryn	5,686	down 3
61	Natalie	5,583	up 3
62	Caitlin	5,391	down 7
63	Jordan	5,366	down 1
64	Paige	5,305	up 12
65	Katelyn	5,291	up 10
66	Shannon	5,290	up 5
67	Jenna	5,091	up 13
68	Brittney	5,085	down 10
69	Angela	5,078	down 10
70	Julia	5,021	down 3
71	Alicia	4,910	down 8
72	Marissa	4,873	up 9
73	Alexandria	4,796	up 5
74	Mariah	4,712	down 5
75	Jamie	4,702	down 15
76	Jacqueline	4,689	down 6
77	Monica	4,590	up 8
78	Catherine	4,536	down 6
79	Briana	4,350	up 16
80	Erika	4,342	up 4
81	Lindsay	4,262	down 4
82	Christine	4,150	down 9
83	Molly	4,137	down 9
84	Gabrielle	4,028	up 13
85	Whitney	4,010	down 17
86	Abigail	3,988	up 6
87	Ariel	3,961	down 21
88	Lisa	3,781	down 5
89	Miranda	3,695	up 1
90	Kristin	3,597	down 4
91	Meghan	3,595	up 3
92	Cynthia	3,548	up 1
93	Kristina	3,466	down 6
94	Breanna	3,451	up 13
95	Veronica	3,444	up 5
96	Leah	3,431	down 5
97	Bianca	3,385	down 8
98	Melanie	3,353	down 2
99	Holly	3,347	up 6
100	Angelica	3,324	up 17

Top boys' names, 1992
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991
1	Michael	54,410	same
2	Christopher	42,468	same
3	Matthew	37,733	same
4	Joshua	36,221	same
5	Andrew	30,542	same
6	Brandon	29,628	up 9
7	Daniel	29,157	down 1
8	Tyler	28,806	up 8
9	James	28,513	down 2
10	David	28,425	down 2
11	Joseph	27,904	down 2
12	Nicholas	27,762	same
13	Ryan	27,022	down 2
14	John	26,253	down 4
15	Jacob	25,665	up 2
16	Zachary	24,802	up 6
17	Robert	24,094	down 4
18	Justin	23,620	down 4
19	Anthony	23,174	down 1
20	William	23,066	down 1
21	Jonathan	21,413	down 1
22	Kyle	20,714	down 1
23	Alexander	20,069	up 3
24	Cody	19,876	same
25	Kevin	19,647	down 2
26	Eric	16,145	down 1
27	Thomas	15,290	up 1
28	Dylan	15,064	up 18
29	Steven	15,039	down 2
30	Aaron	14,512	up 1
31	Brian	14,107	down 1
32	Jordan	14,032	down 3
33	Benjamin	13,455	same
34	Timothy	12,864	down 2
35	Christian	11,953	up 13
36	Adam	11,905	same
37	Jose	11,824	same
38	Austin	11,458	up 12
39	Patrick	11,409	down 4
40	Samuel	11,344	down 1
41	Richard	11,332	down 7
42	Sean	11,065	down 2
43	Charles	10,469	down 5
44	Nathan	10,154	down 2
45	Stephen	9,308	down 4
46	Jason	9,249	up 3
47	Jeremy	9,042	down 4
48	Travis	8,895	down 4
49	Mark	8,745	down 2
50	Jesse	8,563	up 1
51	Jeffrey	8,471	down 6
52	Taylor	8,239	same
53	Cameron	7,356	up 9
54	Alex	7,351	up 9
55	Paul	7,003	down 2
56	Juan	6,956	up 4
57	Bryan	6,835	up 4
58	Dustin	6,798	down 2
59	Kenneth	6,732	down 5
60	Gregory	6,498	down 5
61	Scott	6,447	down 4
62	Derek	6,293	down 3
63	Trevor	6,193	up 6
64	Luis	6,169	up 2
65	Corey	6,140	down 7
66	Evan	6,051	up 4
67	Jared	5,868	down 3
68	Ian	5,536	up 5
69	Carlos	5,342	up 3
70	Edward	5,233	down 2
71	Shawn	5,153	same
72	Bradley	5,098	down 5
73	Dillon	5,062	up 30
74	Caleb	5,042	up 4
75	Devin	4,972	up 8
76	Ethan	4,906	down 11
77	Shane	4,847	down 2
78	Jesus	4,823	up 2
79	Nathaniel	4,687	up 5
80	Connor	4,609	up 53
81	Peter	4,598	down 4
82	Marcus	4,545	down 6
83	Cory	4,436	down 9
84	Blake	4,397	up 2
85	Antonio	4,344	down 6
86	Gabriel	4,336	down 4
87	Victor	4,293	down 2
88	Garrett	4,270	up 3
89	Logan	4,226	up 5
90	Miguel	4,173	up 2
91	Mitchell	4,122	up 5
92	Vincent	4,106	down 11
93	Luke	4,066	up 20
94	Seth	3,913	up 5
95	George	3,894	down 8
96	Adrian	3,859	down 3
97	Brett	3,823	down 9
98	Erik	3,815	down 3
99	Spencer	3,696	up 6
100	Joel	3,667	same

Biggest climbers in 1992

The names that gained the most ground within the top 1,000 compared with 1991.

Girls

Bria: up 654 places, from 988th to 334th
Shanice: up 538 places, from 700th to 162nd
Alexus: up 335 places, from 952nd to 617th
Mckenna: up 332 places, from 920th to 588th
Mariela: up 317 places, from 788th to 471st
Yasmine: up 265 places, from 939th to 674th
Jada: up 262 places, from 978th to 716th
Kiana: up 256 places, from 658th to 402nd
Paola: up 240 places, from 730th to 490th
Valeria: up 228 places, from 617th to 389th

Boys

Devante: up 724 places, from 923rd to 199th
Devonte: up 404 places, from 630th to 226th
Sawyer: up 356 places, from 952nd to 596th
Shaquille: up 293 places, from 719th to 426th
Tate: up 232 places, from 918th to 686th
Dimitri: up 225 places, from 728th to 503rd
Zakary: up 215 places, from 929th to 714th
Dillion: up 208 places, from 747th to 539th
Peyton: up 193 places, from 957th to 764th
Misael: up 184 places, from 997th to 813th

New to the top 1,000 in 1992

Girls

Chandler, 541st (its first time ever)
Katarina, 576th (back after dropping out)
Peyton, 584th (its first time ever)
Dallas, 642nd (back after dropping out)
Payton, 703rd (its first time ever)
Darian, 707th (its first time ever)
Infant, 745th (back after dropping out)
Thalia, 750th (back after dropping out)
Brianda, 777th (its first time ever)
Hailee, 792nd (its first time ever)

Boys

Jalen, 378th (its first time ever)
Tre, 428th (its first time ever)
Davonte, 491st (its first time ever)
Devonta, 570th (its first time ever)
Javonte, 683rd (its first time ever)
Devontae, 708th (its first time ever)
Deion, 749th (its first time ever)
Demetri, 784th (its first time ever)
Davante, 803rd (its first time ever)
Dyllan, 809th (its first time ever)

How spread out were names in 1992?

The ten most popular girls' names went to 13.8% of the girls counted in 1992, and the top ten boys' names to 17.3% of the boys. In 1972, those shares were 17.6% for girls and 26.5% for boys.

Source: Social Security Administration, national baby name data, data through 2025. Names given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year aren't published, so totals are a little lower than actual births.