Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1990
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1989.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1989 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 65,321 | 0 |
| 2 | Christopher | 52,362 | 0 |
| 3 | Matthew | 44,826 | 0 |
| 4 | Joshua | 43,237 | 0 |
| 5 | Daniel | 33,830 | +1 |
| 6 | David | 33,748 | -1 |
| 7 | Andrew | 33,673 | 0 |
| 8 | James | 32,359 | +1 |
| 9 | Justin | 30,649 | -1 |
| 10 | Joseph | 30,137 | +1 |
| 11 | Ryan | 29,263 | +2 |
| 12 | John | 29,089 | 0 |
| 13 | Robert | 28,886 | -3 |
| 14 | Nicholas | 27,913 | 0 |
| 15 | Anthony | 25,088 | +1 |
| 16 | William | 24,906 | -1 |
| 17 | Jonathan | 24,077 | 0 |
| 18 | Kyle | 22,710 | +2 |
| 19 | Brandon | 22,163 | -1 |
| 20 | Jacob | 22,022 | +6 |
| 21 | Tyler | 20,646 | +9 |
| 22 | Zachary | 20,430 | +3 |
| 23 | Kevin | 20,413 | -4 |
| 24 | Eric | 19,430 | -3 |
| 25 | Steven | 18,764 | -3 |
| 26 | Thomas | 18,231 | -3 |
| 27 | Brian | 16,935 | -3 |
| 28 | Alexander | 16,194 | +4 |
| 29 | Jordan | 16,137 | +15 |
| 30 | Timothy | 15,700 | -2 |
| 31 | Cody | 15,399 | +14 |
| 32 | Adam | 14,713 | -5 |
| 33 | Benjamin | 14,633 | -4 |
| 34 | Aaron | 14,557 | -3 |
| 35 | Richard | 13,580 | -2 |
| 36 | Patrick | 12,377 | +2 |
| 37 | Sean | 12,018 | +2 |
| 38 | Charles | 12,000 | -2 |
| 39 | Stephen | 11,943 | +1 |
| 40 | Jeremy | 11,689 | -6 |
| 41 | Jose | 11,519 | +5 |
| 42 | Travis | 11,462 | -1 |
| 43 | Jeffrey | 10,980 | -6 |
| 44 | Nathan | 10,934 | -1 |
| 45 | Samuel | 10,894 | +2 |
| 46 | Jason | 10,694 | -11 |
| 47 | Mark | 10,689 | -5 |
| 48 | Jesse | 8,977 | +2 |
| 49 | Paul | 8,579 | 0 |
| 50 | Dustin | 8,457 | -2 |
| 51 | Gregory | 8,378 | +1 |
| 52 | Kenneth | 8,262 | +1 |
| 53 | Scott | 8,086 | -2 |
| 54 | Derek | 8,083 | 0 |
| 55 | Austin | 7,915 | +4 |
| 56 | Corey | 7,692 | -1 |
| 57 | Bryan | 7,439 | -1 |
| 58 | Ethan | 6,989 | +29 |
| 59 | Alex | 6,951 | +1 |
| 60 | Christian | 6,786 | +18 |
| 61 | Juan | 6,743 | +2 |
| 62 | Cameron | 6,660 | +2 |
| 63 | Jared | 6,643 | -6 |
| 64 | Taylor | 6,579 | +8 |
| 65 | Bradley | 6,437 | -7 |
| 66 | Luis | 5,795 | +7 |
| 67 | Cory | 5,765 | -6 |
| 68 | Edward | 5,746 | -6 |
| 69 | Shawn | 5,721 | -4 |
| 70 | Ian | 5,460 | -2 |
| 71 | Evan | 5,308 | -2 |
| 72 | Marcus | 5,304 | -5 |
| 73 | Shane | 5,274 | -2 |
| 74 | Peter | 5,224 | -8 |
| 75 | Carlos | 5,213 | +2 |
| 76 | Trevor | 5,141 | +7 |
| 77 | Antonio | 4,867 | -1 |
| 78 | Vincent | 4,804 | +2 |
| 79 | George | 4,567 | 0 |
| 80 | Keith | 4,481 | -10 |
| 81 | Phillip | 4,454 | -6 |
| 82 | Victor | 4,445 | +7 |
| 83 | Dylan | 4,414 | +32 |
| 84 | Brett | 4,394 | -3 |
| 85 | Chad | 4,351 | -11 |
| 86 | Nathaniel | 4,348 | -2 |
| 87 | Donald | 4,177 | -5 |
| 88 | Caleb | 4,154 | +3 |
| 89 | Casey | 4,134 | +1 |
| 90 | Jesus | 4,131 | +13 |
| 91 | Blake | 4,103 | +6 |
| 92 | Raymond | 4,062 | -6 |
| 93 | Mitchell | 4,021 | 0 |
| 94 | Adrian | 4,000 | +6 |
| 94 | Joel | 4,000 | -6 |
| 96 | Erik | 3,956 | -1 |
| 97 | Ronald | 3,899 | -12 |
| 98 | Devin | 3,866 | -2 |
| 99 | Garrett | 3,757 | +3 |
| 100 | Gabriel | 3,699 | +10 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.