Most Popular Baby Names of 1994

In 1994, Jessica was the most popular name for girls, given to 32,122 babies, and Michael topped the boys' list with 44,477. Jessica held on to number one for a second year in a row, and Michael held on to number one for a 34th year in a row.

Social Security counted 1,785,753 girls and 1,932,031 boys born in 1994 under names given to at least five babies, spread across 15,759 different girls' names and 10,245 boys' names.

Top 100 names of 1994

Top girls' names, 1994
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993
1	Jessica	32,122	same
2	Ashley	30,281	same
3	Emily	24,154	up 2
4	Samantha	22,824	same
5	Sarah	22,299	down 2
6	Taylor	20,734	up 1
7	Brittany	18,900	down 1
8	Amanda	18,718	same
9	Elizabeth	16,786	same
10	Megan	16,580	up 1
11	Nicole	16,011	up 2
12	Kayla	15,885	up 4
13	Rachel	15,492	up 1
14	Lauren	15,158	down 2
15	Stephanie	14,750	down 5
16	Hannah	14,494	up 5
17	Jennifer	14,001	down 2
18	Alexis	13,039	up 9
19	Victoria	12,694	same
20	Danielle	12,455	down 2
21	Amber	12,343	down 4
22	Courtney	12,020	down 2
23	Jasmine	11,714	same
24	Rebecca	11,284	down 2
25	Morgan	10,655	up 9
26	Alyssa	10,602	same
27	Brianna	10,516	up 5
28	Alexandra	10,226	same
29	Kelsey	9,749	down 5
30	Katherine	9,586	down 1
31	Melissa	8,795	down 1
32	Kimberly	8,747	up 7
33	Michelle	8,639	down 2
34	Allison	8,150	up 7
35	Tiffany	8,096	down 2
36	Haley	7,803	up 6
37	Mary	7,758	down 1
38	Chelsea	7,718	down 13
39	Christina	7,668	down 4
40	Shelby	7,546	down 3
41	Anna	7,529	up 6
42	Abigail	7,243	up 25
43	Sara	7,220	down 3
44	Heather	7,033	down 6
45	Erin	6,908	up 3
46	Laura	6,860	down 3
47	Maria	6,753	down 2
48	Kaitlyn	6,686	down 2
49	Andrea	6,482	down 5
50	Olivia	6,432	same
51	Madison	6,263	up 27
52	Jordan	6,259	up 6
53	Marissa	6,246	up 6
54	Brooke	5,973	down 2
55	Kristen	5,871	up 6
56	Natalie	5,837	up 6
57	Erica	5,680	down 8
58	Katelyn	5,670	down 4
59	Vanessa	5,552	down 4
60	Shannon	5,508	down 7
61	Miranda	5,456	up 28
62	Kelly	5,446	down 11
63	Paige	5,208	down 3
64	Crystal	5,199	down 7
65	Jacqueline	5,183	up 9
66	Cassandra	5,061	same
67	Gabrielle	5,044	up 17
68	Briana	5,000	up 3
69	Lindsey	4,988	down 13
70	Katie	4,983	down 7
71	Sierra	4,853	up 20
72	Julia	4,844	same
73	Alexandria	4,840	down 4
74	Emma	4,765	up 6
75	Mariah	4,749	up 6
76	Sydney	4,737	up 30
77	Amy	4,691	down 12
78	Caitlin	4,654	down 14
79	Kathryn	4,620	down 11
80	Jenna	4,594	down 10
81	Angela	4,414	down 8
82	Savannah	4,386	up 14
83	Alicia	4,105	down 7
84	Catherine	4,102	down 9
85	Breanna	4,101	down 2
86	Destiny	4,089	up 25
87	Jamie	3,982	down 8
88	Monica	3,912	down 2
89	Brittney	3,876	down 12
90	Erika	3,584	down 5
91	Whitney	3,566	down 9
92	Madeline	3,518	up 35
93	Kaitlin	3,501	up 6
94	Caroline	3,452	up 11
95	Alexa	3,441	up 12
96	Molly	3,441	down 9
97	Sabrina	3,384	same
98	Diana	3,369	down 4
99	Cheyenne	3,307	up 36
100	Meghan	3,227	down 7

Top boys' names, 1994
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993
1	Michael	44,477	same
2	Christopher	34,807	same
3	Matthew	33,654	same
4	Joshua	31,374	same
5	Tyler	30,482	same
6	Brandon	29,492	same
7	Jacob	29,417	up 2
8	Daniel	28,065	down 1
9	Nicholas	27,770	down 1
10	Andrew	26,019	same
11	Joseph	25,734	up 1
12	Zachary	25,139	up 3
13	David	24,877	down 2
14	James	24,778	same
15	John	24,187	up 1
16	Ryan	24,063	down 3
17	Austin	23,192	up 9
18	Anthony	21,604	up 1
19	William	21,492	down 1
20	Justin	20,940	same
21	Robert	20,560	down 4
22	Alexander	20,101	down 1
23	Jonathan	19,068	down 1
24	Kyle	18,399	down 1
25	Cody	17,589	down 1
26	Kevin	17,315	down 1
27	Thomas	14,910	same
28	Aaron	14,385	up 2
29	Jordan	14,160	down 1
30	Eric	13,311	down 1
31	Benjamin	12,791	up 1
32	Dylan	12,530	up 1
33	Samuel	12,147	up 4
34	Steven	12,090	down 3
35	Christian	11,987	same
36	Jose	11,731	same
37	Brian	11,648	down 3
38	Adam	11,023	up 1
39	Timothy	10,767	down 1
40	Nathan	10,386	up 1
41	Richard	9,516	down 1
42	Patrick	9,337	up 1
43	Charles	9,018	up 1
44	Sean	8,838	down 2
45	Jesse	8,683	up 3
46	Jason	8,552	down 1
47	Jeremy	8,227	down 1
48	Mark	7,488	up 1
49	Stephen	7,481	down 2
50	Alex	7,240	up 2
51	Juan	7,208	up 4
52	Cameron	6,838	up 2
53	Travis	6,800	down 3
54	Taylor	6,626	down 3
55	Jeffrey	6,525	down 2
56	Dustin	6,459	up 3
57	Luis	6,362	up 1
58	Trevor	6,359	up 6
59	Connor	6,318	down 2
60	Caleb	6,161	up 6
61	Devin	6,064	up 10
62	Evan	5,895	same
63	Jared	5,875	same
64	Paul	5,798	down 8
65	Kenneth	5,679	down 5
66	Bryan	5,606	down 5
67	Hunter	5,585	up 30
68	Gabriel	5,539	up 18
69	Dakota	5,535	up 16
70	Logan	5,458	up 6
71	Mitchell	5,370	up 10
72	Carlos	5,329	same
73	Corey	5,279	down 5
74	Ian	5,267	down 4
75	Marcus	5,258	down 1
76	Gregory	5,137	down 11
77	Derek	5,081	down 10
78	Nathaniel	5,029	down 3
79	Jesus	4,916	up 1
80	Scott	4,915	down 11
81	Blake	4,879	up 2
82	Garrett	4,762	down 3
83	Bradley	4,678	down 10
84	Edward	4,520	down 6
85	Dalton	4,245	up 21
86	Shawn	4,245	down 9
87	Peter	4,225	down 5
88	Antonio	4,173	up 1
89	Ethan	4,166	up 3
90	Seth	4,135	up 3
91	Luke	4,095	down 4
92	Shane	4,085	down 8
93	Victor	4,056	down 2
94	Miguel	4,033	down 6
95	Lucas	4,009	same
96	Tanner	3,923	up 2
97	Adrian	3,814	up 2
98	Spencer	3,813	down 2
99	Erik	3,746	up 6
100	Vincent	3,603	same

Biggest climbers in 1994

The names that gained the most ground within the top 1,000 compared with 1993.

Girls

Khadijah: up 361 places, from 545th to 184th
Itzel: up 358 places, from 865th to 507th
Kassidy: up 335 places, from 870th to 535th
Aspen: up 281 places, from 989th to 708th
Reagan: up 246 places, from 951st to 705th
Paola: up 232 places, from 585th to 353rd
Mikaela: up 227 places, from 542nd to 315th
Mckenna: up 227 places, from 611th to 384th
Shyanne: up 221 places, from 956th to 735th
Montana: up 212 places, from 862nd to 650th

Boys

Darrion: up 246 places, from 948th to 702nd
Shaquan: up 245 places, from 908th to 663rd
Lane: up 240 places, from 594th to 354th
Kaden: up 225 places, from 939th to 714th
Jonah: up 224 places, from 469th to 245th
Gunnar: up 208 places, from 764th to 556th
Caden: up 205 places, from 937th to 732nd
Jaleel: up 190 places, from 842nd to 652nd
Hakeem: up 184 places, from 822nd to 638th
Montana: up 182 places, from 963rd to 781st

New to the top 1,000 in 1994

Girls

Aaliyah, 202nd (its first time ever)
Aliyah, 357th (its first time ever)
Justice, 362nd (its first time ever)
Dalia, 485th (its first time ever)
Kennedy, 524th (its first time ever)
Zhane, 584th (its first time ever)
Mckayla, 611th (its first time ever)
Clarisa, 665th (its first time ever)
Darby, 666th (its first time ever)
Denisha, 694th (back after dropping out)

Boys

Jaden, 630th (its first time ever)
Cordell, 710th (back after dropping out)
Khalid, 716th (back after dropping out)
Keanu, 756th (its first time ever)
Jaylon, 760th (its first time ever)
Quinten, 789th (back after dropping out)
Daulton, 794th (its first time ever)
Shyheim, 819th (its first time ever)
Justyn, 831st (back after dropping out)
Markell, 833rd (its first time ever)

How spread out were names in 1994?

The ten most popular girls' names went to 12.5% of the girls counted in 1994, and the top ten boys' names to 16.3% of the boys. In 1974, those shares were 17.8% 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.