These Were The Most Popular Baby Names In The 1990s.

American boy names in 1990. Michael was the top baby name for boys in the 1990s according to the Social Security Administration. Before then most names were heavily influenced by European-American culture. We count the number of occurrences of each name during the decade and then rank them in order of decreasing frequency.

NAME FREQUENCY 1. Countries with the most influence include United States Jamaica Barbados Trinidad and Tobago Bahamas Antigua and Barbuda. One of the most famous baby boy names this name means bald.

203 rows Name Number Name Number. Top American boys names of the 1990s Michael. The meaning of this name is from the rocks.

Top 1000 popular babynames in 1990 - BabyNamesit - 100 American baby name. 25 rows BabyCenter is committed to providing the most helpful and trustworthy pregnancy and parenting. In the 1970s and 1980s names beginning with La- such as Lashonda and Lashay were most popular.

Niki Mareschal via Getty Images. African American names first became popular and distinctive in the 1950s and 1960s. This has Scottish Irish and Welsh roots.

Shout-out to the Jessicas Tylers and Amandas out there. It is by no means an exhaustive list of countries with African American influence. Popular names by decade are determined the same way we determine the popularity of a name during a single year.