EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1996

United States · 3,647,307 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Emily25,150↑2
#2Jessica24,201↓1
#3Ashley23,678↓1
#4Sarah21,048↑1
#5Samantha20,552↓1
#6Taylor19,155—
#7Hannah18,596—
#8Alexis16,592↑6
#9Rachel16,121↑3
#10Elizabeth16,003—
#11Kayla15,269—
#12Megan14,770↑1
#13Amanda13,980↓4
#14Brittany13,797↓6
#15Madison13,412↑14
#16Lauren12,595↓1
#17Brianna11,925↑4
#18Victoria11,859↑2
#19Jennifer11,732↓1
#20Stephanie11,643↓4
#21Courtney11,344↓4
#22Nicole11,135↓3
#23Alyssa11,024↑4
#24Rebecca10,626↑4
#25Morgan10,295↓2
#26Alexandra10,025—
#27Amber9,771↓5
#28Jasmine9,707↓3
#29Danielle9,286↓5
#30Haley9,042↑2
#31Katherine8,877↓1
#32Abigail8,604↑4
#33Anna8,575↓2
#34Olivia8,126↑5
#35Shelby7,950↑3
#36Kelsey7,655↓3
#37Maria7,598↑7
#38Allison7,455↓4
#39Sydney7,259↑4
#40Kaitlyn7,241↑2
#41Kimberly7,176↓4
#42Melissa7,170↓7
#43Savannah7,000↑25
#44Mary6,968↓4
#45Brooke6,724↑7
#46Natalie6,693↑5
#47Michelle6,598↓6
#48Julia6,314↑14
#49Jordan6,299↑1
#50Sara6,288↓2
#51Erin6,256↓2
#52Tiffany6,158↓6
#53Emma6,151↑14
#54Gabrielle5,888↑7
#55Chelsea5,864↓8
#56Destiny5,856↑10
#57Christina5,804↓12
#58Sabrina5,774↑37
#59Marissa5,752↓6
#60Vanessa5,746↑3
#61Andrea5,671↓6
#62Sierra5,487↓2
#63Mariah5,446↑8
#64Katelyn5,421↓5
#65Paige5,342↓7
#66Laura5,227↓11
#67Madeline4,912↑12
#68Cheyenne4,866↑18
#69Jacqueline4,862↑1
#70Kristen4,851↓6
#71Heather4,759↓17
#72Briana4,735↑2
#73Kelly4,734↓9
#74Breanna4,701↑2
#75Mackenzie4,597↑13
#76Miranda4,568↓19
#77Alexandria4,563↓5
#78Caroline4,466↑14
#79Erica4,460↓10
#80Shannon4,337↓7
#81Katie4,329↓4
#82Monica4,326↑5
#83Jenna4,288↑1
#84Caitlin4,268↓3
#85Bailey4,192↑11
#86Lindsey4,112↓4
#87Kathryn4,102↓4
#88Amy4,067↓13
#89Cassandra4,018↓11
#90Angela3,867↓5
#91Alicia3,861↓2
#92Crystal3,786↓12
#93Hailey3,762
#94Grace3,742↑3
#95Catherine3,739↓5
#96Jamie3,599↓3
#97Angelica3,404
#98Leah3,326
#99Molly3,312↓1
#100Alexa3,260—

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Michael38,373—
#2Matthew32,077—
#3Jacob31,925↑1
#4Christopher30,904↓1
#5Joshua29,175—
#6Nicholas27,724↑1
#7Tyler26,956↓1
#8Brandon25,847—
#9Austin25,663↑1
#10Andrew25,244↑1
#11Daniel25,128↓2
#12Joseph24,758—
#13David23,022↑3
#14Zachary22,369—
#15John22,188↓2
#16Ryan21,809↓1
#17James21,165—
#18William20,546↑2
#19Anthony20,508—
#20Justin20,015↓2
#21Jonathan18,602↑2
#22Alexander17,964↓1
#23Robert17,676↓1
#24Christian15,824↑4
#25Kyle15,600↓1
#26Kevin14,589↓1
#27Jordan13,852↑2
#28Thomas13,804↓1
#29Benjamin13,784↑2
#30Samuel13,629↑3
#31Cody12,954↓5
#32Jose12,155↑3
#33Dylan12,037↑1
#34Aaron11,971↓4
#35Eric11,611↓3
#36Brian10,476—
#37Nathan10,287↑2
#38Steven9,650↓1
#39Adam9,557↓1
#40Timothy8,919—
#41Jason8,695—
#42Logan8,374↑9
#43Charles8,248↑1
#44Patrick8,194↓1
#45Richard8,182↓3
#46Sean7,896↓1
#47Hunter7,603↑6
#48Caleb7,550↑6
#49Cameron7,388—
#50Noah7,184↑49
#51Jesse7,075↓5
#52Juan7,010↓2
#53Alex6,915↓6
#54Connor6,911↑1
#55Mark6,599↓3
#56Jeremy6,412↓8
#57Luis6,407↑2
#58Dakota6,067↓2
#59Stephen6,008↓2
#60Devin6,001↓2
#61Gabriel5,900↑4
#62Ethan5,853↑13
#63Trevor5,842↓2
#64Jared5,821↓1
#65Evan5,577↓5
#66Bryan5,560↑4
#67Carlos5,464↑1
#68Tristan5,458
#69Nathaniel5,420↑4
#70Ian5,411↓3
#71Isaiah5,324
#72Jeffrey5,263↓8
#73Travis5,159↓7
#74Jesus5,115↑2
#75Luke5,017↑7
#76Chase4,992↑19
#77Kenneth4,973↓5
#78Paul4,883↓7
#79Dustin4,874↓17
#80Antonio4,866↑5
#81Elijah4,818↑12
#82Taylor4,798↓13
#83Bradley4,755↓5
#84Blake4,747↓7
#85Garrett4,653↓5
#86Isaac4,566↑12
#87Marcus4,546↓6
#88Mitchell4,391↓9
#89Jack4,245
#90Tanner4,180↓4
#91Miguel4,160↑3
#92Adrian4,112↑4
#93Lucas4,106↓2
#94Corey4,087↓20
#95Peter4,082↓6
#96Edward4,073↓8
#97Malik4,026
#98Gregory3,994↓14
#99Dalton3,980↓12
#100Victor3,924↓10