Most Popular Baby Names of 1993

In 1993, Jessica was the most popular name for girls, given to 34,993 babies, and Michael topped the boys' list with 49,571. Jessica took the top spot from Ashley, and Michael held on to number one for a 33rd year in a row.

Social Security counted 1,809,072 girls and 1,961,328 boys born in 1993 under names given to at least five babies, spread across 15,801 different girls' names and 10,170 boys' names.

Top 100 names of 1993

Top girls' names, 1993
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992
1	Jessica	34,993	up 1
2	Ashley	34,849	down 1
3	Sarah	24,257	up 2
4	Samantha	23,668	up 2
5	Emily	23,596	up 2
6	Brittany	21,725	down 2
7	Taylor	21,270	up 10
8	Amanda	20,811	down 5
9	Elizabeth	17,559	same
10	Stephanie	17,186	down 2
11	Megan	16,384	down 1
12	Lauren	16,194	same
13	Nicole	16,183	up 1
14	Rachel	15,974	up 2
15	Jennifer	15,749	down 4
16	Kayla	15,453	down 3
17	Amber	14,066	up 2
18	Danielle	12,992	same
19	Victoria	12,925	up 3
20	Courtney	12,577	up 1
21	Hannah	12,510	up 5
22	Rebecca	12,321	down 2
23	Jasmine	12,063	up 5
24	Kelsey	11,380	down 1
25	Chelsea	11,287	down 10
26	Alyssa	11,031	up 4
27	Alexis	10,834	up 13
28	Alexandra	10,683	up 1
29	Katherine	10,506	down 2
30	Melissa	10,225	down 6
31	Michelle	10,193	down 6
32	Brianna	8,775	up 11
33	Tiffany	8,586	down 1
34	Morgan	8,573	up 7
35	Christina	8,289	down 2
36	Mary	8,124	same
37	Shelby	8,122	down 3
38	Heather	8,103	down 7
39	Kimberly	7,965	down 4
40	Sara	7,902	down 3
41	Allison	7,729	up 7
42	Haley	7,618	up 14
43	Laura	7,262	down 5
44	Andrea	7,242	down 5
45	Maria	6,978	same
46	Kaitlyn	6,956	down 4
47	Anna	6,813	up 2
48	Erin	6,717	down 2
49	Erica	6,411	down 5
50	Olivia	6,343	up 8
51	Kelly	6,295	down 4
52	Brooke	6,161	up 7
53	Shannon	6,070	up 13
54	Katelyn	5,975	up 11
55	Vanessa	5,890	same
56	Lindsey	5,845	up 1
57	Crystal	5,829	down 7
58	Jordan	5,823	up 5
59	Marissa	5,626	up 13
60	Paige	5,612	up 4
61	Kristen	5,534	down 8
62	Natalie	5,484	down 1
63	Katie	5,456	down 9
64	Caitlin	5,428	down 2
65	Amy	5,420	down 14
66	Cassandra	5,420	down 14
67	Abigail	5,185	up 19
68	Kathryn	5,092	down 8
69	Alexandria	5,027	up 4
70	Jenna	4,882	down 3
71	Briana	4,880	up 8
72	Julia	4,663	down 2
73	Angela	4,572	down 4
74	Jacqueline	4,516	up 2
75	Catherine	4,475	up 3
76	Alicia	4,431	down 5
77	Brittney	4,420	down 9
78	Madison	4,384	up 29
79	Jamie	4,254	down 4
80	Emma	4,108	up 24
81	Mariah	4,093	down 7
82	Whitney	4,078	up 3
83	Breanna	4,027	up 11
84	Gabrielle	4,017	same
85	Erika	4,010	down 5
86	Monica	3,901	down 9
87	Molly	3,708	down 4
88	Lindsay	3,664	down 7
89	Miranda	3,581	same
90	Christine	3,477	down 8
91	Sierra	3,473	up 38
92	Leah	3,414	up 4
93	Meghan	3,401	down 2
94	Diana	3,389	up 7
95	Cynthia	3,383	down 3
96	Savannah	3,343	up 47
97	Sabrina	3,322	up 15
98	Angelica	3,242	up 2
99	Kaitlin	3,226	up 14
100	Lisa	3,223	down 12

Top boys' names, 1993
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992
1	Michael	49,571	same
2	Christopher	38,237	same
3	Matthew	35,782	same
4	Joshua	33,590	same
5	Tyler	29,800	up 3
6	Brandon	28,735	same
7	Daniel	28,698	same
8	Nicholas	28,114	up 4
9	Jacob	27,487	up 6
10	Andrew	27,326	down 5
11	David	27,038	down 1
12	Joseph	27,014	down 1
13	Ryan	26,727	same
14	James	26,259	down 5
15	Zachary	25,538	up 1
16	John	24,996	down 2
17	Robert	22,447	same
18	William	22,218	up 2
19	Anthony	21,788	same
20	Justin	21,540	down 2
21	Alexander	20,530	up 2
22	Jonathan	19,954	down 1
23	Kyle	19,454	down 1
24	Cody	19,152	same
25	Kevin	19,084	same
26	Austin	17,587	up 12
27	Thomas	14,868	same
28	Jordan	14,758	up 4
29	Eric	14,548	down 3
30	Aaron	13,837	same
31	Steven	13,474	down 2
32	Benjamin	12,686	up 1
33	Dylan	12,686	down 5
34	Brian	12,544	down 3
35	Christian	11,891	same
36	Jose	11,847	up 1
37	Samuel	11,711	up 3
38	Timothy	11,640	down 4
39	Adam	11,534	down 3
40	Richard	10,230	up 1
41	Nathan	10,199	up 3
42	Sean	10,176	same
43	Patrick	9,857	down 4
44	Charles	9,855	down 1
45	Jason	8,639	up 1
46	Jeremy	8,577	up 1
47	Stephen	8,369	down 2
48	Jesse	8,263	up 2
49	Mark	8,059	same
50	Travis	7,940	down 2
51	Taylor	7,688	up 1
52	Alex	7,639	up 2
53	Jeffrey	7,535	down 2
54	Cameron	7,092	down 1
55	Juan	6,901	up 1
56	Paul	6,481	down 1
57	Connor	6,452	up 23
58	Luis	6,412	up 6
59	Dustin	6,310	down 1
60	Kenneth	6,276	down 1
61	Bryan	6,159	down 4
62	Evan	6,089	up 4
63	Jared	6,065	up 4
64	Trevor	6,012	down 1
65	Gregory	5,807	down 5
66	Caleb	5,788	up 8
67	Derek	5,762	down 5
68	Corey	5,674	down 3
69	Scott	5,577	down 8
70	Ian	5,399	down 2
71	Devin	5,356	up 4
72	Carlos	5,353	down 3
73	Bradley	5,136	down 1
74	Marcus	5,063	up 8
75	Nathaniel	4,854	up 4
76	Logan	4,844	up 13
77	Shawn	4,814	down 6
78	Edward	4,790	down 8
79	Garrett	4,711	up 9
80	Jesus	4,683	down 2
81	Mitchell	4,584	up 10
82	Peter	4,538	down 1
83	Blake	4,504	up 1
84	Shane	4,438	down 7
85	Dakota	4,411	up 18
86	Gabriel	4,375	same
87	Luke	4,357	up 6
88	Miguel	4,349	up 2
89	Antonio	4,301	down 4
90	Dillon	4,282	down 17
91	Victor	4,207	down 4
92	Ethan	4,164	down 16
93	Seth	4,060	up 1
94	Cory	3,997	down 11
95	Lucas	3,923	up 11
96	Spencer	3,884	up 3
97	Hunter	3,792	up 38
98	Tanner	3,768	up 3
99	Adrian	3,754	down 3
100	Vincent	3,687	down 8

Biggest climbers in 1993

The names that gained the most ground within the top 1,000 compared with 1992.

Girls

Anissa: up 441 places, from 854th to 413th
Giselle: up 401 places, from 833rd to 432nd
Thalia: up 387 places, from 750th to 363rd
Mikayla: up 270 places, from 566th to 296th
Alexus: up 263 places, from 617th to 354th
Mikaela: up 256 places, from 798th to 542nd
Lexus: up 251 places, from 989th to 738th
Darian: up 225 places, from 707th to 482nd
Makayla: up 224 places, from 564th to 340th
Selena: up 222 places, from 606th to 384th

Boys

Juwan: up 287 places, from 963rd to 676th
Shaquille: up 245 places, from 426th to 181st
Jonah: up 225 places, from 694th to 469th
Najee: up 224 places, from 928th to 704th
Garrison: up 215 places, from 893rd to 678th
Dequan: up 209 places, from 873rd to 664th
Kieran: up 209 places, from 964th to 755th
Justice: up 195 places, from 823rd to 628th
Darien: up 191 places, from 615th to 424th
Dusty: up 171 places, from 885th to 714th

New to the top 1,000 in 1993

Girls

Yaritza, 492nd (its first time ever)
Hunter, 519th (its first time ever)
Khadijah, 545th (its first time ever)
Chante, 675th (back after dropping out)
Layla, 684th (back after dropping out)
Kadijah, 690th (its first time ever)
Halle, 735th (its first time ever)
Savanah, 756th (back after dropping out)
Tyra, 791st (back after dropping out)
Dylan, 792nd (its first time ever)

Boys

Jaylen, 668th (its first time ever)
Kane, 735th (back after dropping out)
Devyn, 767th (its first time ever)
Savon, 792nd (its first time ever)
Deondre, 812th (its first time ever)
Darrian, 823rd (its first time ever)
Dallin, 825th (its first time ever)
Jordy, 828th (its first time ever)
Jorden, 829th (back after dropping out)
Maximillian, 837th (its first time ever)

How spread out were names in 1993?

The ten most popular girls' names went to 13.3% of the girls counted in 1993, and the top ten boys' names to 16.7% of the boys. In 1973, those shares were 17.7% 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.