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Baby Names from 1990

3,952,478 registered births | 2,053,960 boys | 1,898,518 girls

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Top 10 Baby Names of 1990

Top 10 Boy Names

1 Michael
65,318 births
2 Christopher
52,359 births
3 Matthew
44,822 births
4 Joshua
43,233 births
5 Daniel
33,831 births
6 David
33,747 births
7 Andrew
33,675 births
8 James
32,357 births
9 Justin
30,650 births
10 Joseph
30,134 births

Top 10 Girl Names

1 Jessica
46,486 births
2 Ashley
45,560 births
3 Brittany
36,537 births
4 Amanda
34,413 births
5 Samantha
25,868 births
6 Sarah
25,825 births
7 Stephanie
24,864 births
8 Jennifer
22,236 births
9 Elizabeth
20,749 births
10 Lauren
20,507 births
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Top Unisex Names of 1990

Jordan
16,137 boys 5,957 girls
Taylor
6,579 boys 7,262 girls
Jamie
1,321 boys 6,509 girls
Christian
6,782 boys 863 girls
Casey
4,133 boys 3,261 girls

Names used for both boys and girls with at least 10% minority-gender share.

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Notable Risers & Fallers in 1990

Names that jumped or dropped 50+ spots in the rankings compared to the previous year.

Biggest Risers

G Raven
#495 → #166 (+329)
B Dalton
#473 → #193 (+280)
G Shelby
#229 → #100 (+129)
G Ariel
#209 → #94 (+115)
B Dakota
#296 → #195 (+101)
G Sydney
#230 → #150 (+80)
B Dillon
#251 → #184 (+67)
G Alexa
#203 → #146 (+57)

Biggest Fallers

G Latoya
#190 → #254 (-64)
G Tanya
#193 → #253 (-60)
G Kiara
#115 → #171 (-56)
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New to the Top 200 in 1990

Names appearing in the top 200 for the first time ever.

Ariel #94 Alexa #146 Sydney #150 Raven #166 Mercedes #176 Gabriela #181 Caitlyn #183 Dillon #184 Xavier #186 Maxwell #189 Hillary #192 Dalton #193 Julio #194 Dakota #195 Cesar #199
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What Life Was Like in 1990

Economy & Leadership

President
George H.W. Bush
Avg. Home Price
$79,100
Avg. Income
$28,960
Gas Price
$1.16/gal
Minimum Wage
$3.80/hr
US Population
248.7 million

Entertainment

#1 Song
Hold On - Wilson Phillips
#1 Movie
Home Alone
#1 TV Show
Cheers / Roseanne

Sports

Super Bowl
San Francisco 49ers 55, Denver Broncos 10 (Super Bowl XXIV)
World Series
Cincinnati Reds over Oakland Athletics (4-0)

Major Events

  • • German reunification — Berlin Wall fell in 1989
  • • Nelson Mandela freed after 27 years
  • • Hubble Space Telescope launched
  • • Iraq invades Kuwait, Gulf War begins
  • • World Wide Web invented by Tim Berners-Lee

Culture & Style

Fashion Trend
Grunge emerging, flannel shirts, Doc Martens, high-waisted jeans, scrunchies
Tech Milestone
World Wide Web invented; Hubble launched; first GPS satellites operational
Generation
Millennial (born 1981-1996)

Popular Slang of 1990

"NOT!" "talk to the hand" "as if" "da bomb" "all that"
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Did You Know? Fun Facts from 1990

1

Home Alone made $476 million and Macaulay Culkin was the biggest child star since Shirley Temple

2

The World Wide Web was about to change everything

3

Jessica, Ashley, and Michael dominated baby names

4

A new car cost about $15,900

5

The name 'Ashley' hit peak popularity this year

Someone born in 1990 is 36 years old today.

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