The names of 1994

The ten most popular names given in 1994, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  1. Jessica 32,122
  2. Ashley 30,281
  3. Emily 24,154
  4. Samantha 22,824
  5. Sarah 22,299
  6. Taylor 20,734
  7. Brittany 18,900
  8. Amanda 18,718
  9. Elizabeth 16,786
  10. Megan 16,580

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US: boys

  1. Michael 44,477
  2. Christopher 34,807
  3. Matthew 33,654
  4. Joshua 31,374
  5. Tyler 30,482
  6. Brandon 29,492
  7. Jacob 29,417
  8. Daniel 28,065
  9. Nicholas 27,770
  10. Andrew 26,019

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Scotland: girls

  1. Lauren 973
  2. Rebecca 758
  3. Emma 729
  4. Amy 640
  5. Sarah 585
  6. Laura 580
  7. Megan 528
  8. Nicole 515
  9. Rachel 508
  10. Hannah 505

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Scotland: boys

  1. Ryan 1,098
  2. Andrew 913
  3. Scott 817
  4. David 768
  5. Michael 694
  6. James 687
  7. Jordan 652
  8. Christopher 646
  9. Ross 634
  10. Craig 615

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Canada: girls

  1. Jessica 3,627
  2. Sarah 2,675
  3. Stephanie 2,138
  4. Samantha 1,940
  5. Alexandra 1,874
  6. Emily 1,873
  7. Ashley 1,776
  8. Nicole 1,686
  9. Melissa 1,617
  10. Amanda 1,392

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Canada: boys

  1. Michael 3,448
  2. Matthew 2,978
  3. Brandon 2,757
  4. Ryan 2,343
  5. Daniel 2,218
  6. Tyler 2,218
  7. David 2,210
  8. Christopher 2,199
  9. Joshua 2,136
  10. Nicholas 2,074

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NSW: girls

  1. Jessica 1,196
  2. Sarah 827
  3. Emily 736
  4. Rebecca 561
  5. Stephanie 542
  6. Emma 522
  7. Samantha 481
  8. Lauren 467
  9. Laura 398
  10. Amy 392

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NSW: boys

  1. Joshua 1,130
  2. Matthew 1,108
  3. Daniel 1,060
  4. James 950
  5. Luke 814
  6. Benjamin 802
  7. Jake 781
  8. Michael 780
  9. Nicholas 753
  10. Thomas 739

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Ireland: girls

  1. Sarah 760
  2. Niamh 672
  3. Laura 659
  4. Emma 617
  5. Ciara 559
  6. Aoife 524
  7. Shauna 461
  8. Rebecca 457
  9. Amy 447
  10. Rachel 357

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Ireland: boys

  1. James 859
  2. David 793
  3. Conor 712
  4. John 709
  5. Michael 693
  6. Shane 657
  7. Sean 628
  8. Stephen 623
  9. Patrick 560
  10. Daniel 518

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Canadian provinces in 1994

US states in 1994