The names of 1991

The ten most popular names given in 1991, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

Ashley 43,477
Jessica 43,398
Brittany 29,093
Amanda 28,896
Samantha 25,651
Sarah 25,233
Stephanie 22,775
Jennifer 20,673
Elizabeth 20,395
Emily 20,311

US: boys

Michael 60,810
Christopher 47,111
Matthew 41,647
Joshua 41,226
Andrew 31,539
Daniel 30,935
James 30,514
David 30,416
Joseph 29,840
John 27,809

Scotland: girls

Emma 1,033
Laura 780
Stephanie 735
Sarah 678
Lauren 600
Rebecca 591
Kirsty 586
Rachel 542
Claire 525
Nicole 522

Scotland: boys

David 1,148
Christopher 1,105
Andrew 988
Craig 969
Scott 963
Michael 955
James 925
Daniel 872
Ryan 790
Steven 728

Canada: girls

Jessica 5,269
Stephanie 3,596
Sarah 3,339
Samantha 2,718
Ashley 2,598
Amanda 2,516
Melissa 2,405
Jennifer 2,145
Brittany 1,910
Alexandra 1,810

Canada: boys

Michael 5,296
Matthew 4,204
Christopher 3,442
David 3,315
Ryan 2,922
Andrew 2,884
Jonathan 2,884
Kyle 2,843
Joshua 2,736
Daniel 2,682

NSW: girls

Jessica 1,641
Sarah 958
Rebecca 706
Samantha 694
Emma 683
Emily 615
Stephanie 553
Lauren 517
Amy 422
Rachel 413

NSW: boys

Matthew 1,411
Daniel 1,329
Joshua 1,141
James 1,138
Christopher 975
Michael 952
Benjamin 914
Andrew 841
Thomas 823
Luke 804

Ireland: girls

Sarah 967
Emma 682
Laura 666
Aoife 576
Ciara 556
Niamh 550
Amy 465
Aisling 451
Rachel 425
Mary 419

Ireland: boys

David 1,091
John 952
James 866
Stephen 809
Michael 798
Shane 682
Sean 657
Patrick 631
Mark 624
Daniel 610

Canadian provinces in 1991

US states in 1991