36 years ago
Baby Names from 1990
3,952,478 registered births | 2,053,960 boys | 1,898,518 girls
Top 10 Baby Names of 1990
Top 10 Boy Names
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.
Notable Risers & Fallers in 1990
Names that jumped or dropped 50+ spots in the rankings compared to the previous year.
Biggest Risers
New to the Top 200 in 1990
Names appearing in the top 200 for the first time ever.
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"
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.