NameTides

The names of 1996

The ten most popular names given in 1996, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  1. Emily 25,150
  2. Jessica 24,201
  3. Ashley 23,678
  4. Sarah 21,048
  5. Samantha 20,552
  6. Taylor 19,155
  7. Hannah 18,596
  8. Alexis 16,592
  9. Rachel 16,121
  10. Elizabeth 16,003

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US: boys

  1. Michael 38,373
  2. Matthew 32,077
  3. Jacob 31,925
  4. Christopher 30,904
  5. Joshua 29,175
  6. Nicholas 27,724
  7. Tyler 26,956
  8. Brandon 25,847
  9. Austin 25,663
  10. Andrew 25,244

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England & Wales: girls

  1. Sophie 7,087
  2. Chloe 6,824
  3. Jessica 6,711
  4. Emily 6,415
  5. Lauren 6,299
  6. Hannah 5,916
  7. Charlotte 5,866
  8. Rebecca 5,828
  9. Amy 5,206
  10. Megan 4,948

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England & Wales: boys

  1. Jack 10,779
  2. Daniel 10,338
  3. Thomas 9,603
  4. James 9,385
  5. Joshua 7,887
  6. Matthew 7,426
  7. Ryan 6,496
  8. Joseph 6,193
  9. Samuel 6,161
  10. Liam 5,802

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Scotland: girls

  1. Emma 707
  2. Amy 703
  3. Lauren 688
  4. Shannon 687
  5. Chloe 663
  6. Rebecca 659
  7. Megan 566
  8. Sarah 490
  9. Rachel 481
  10. Hannah 476

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Scotland: boys

  1. Ryan 932
  2. Andrew 772
  3. Liam 701
  4. Jack 675
  5. Connor 663
  6. Scott 660
  7. James 654
  8. Daniel 647
  9. Ross 640
  10. Jordan 603

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Canada: girls

  1. Jessica 2,883
  2. Sarah 2,681
  3. Emily 2,264
  4. Samantha 1,971
  5. Alexandra 1,768
  6. Ashley 1,530
  7. Nicole 1,466
  8. Taylor 1,458
  9. Rachel 1,454
  10. Stephanie 1,419

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Canada: boys

  1. Matthew 3,352
  2. Michael 3,052
  3. Brandon 2,519
  4. Samuel 2,497
  5. Nicholas 2,473
  6. Ryan 2,361
  7. Joshua 2,357
  8. Tyler 2,117
  9. Daniel 2,066
  10. Christopher 2,040

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NSW: girls

  1. Jessica 1,073
  2. Emily 748
  3. Sarah 722
  4. Emma 573
  5. Samantha 473
  6. Lauren 395
  7. Georgia 380
  8. Chloe 371
  9. Rebecca 357
  10. Stephanie 352

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NSW: boys

  1. Joshua 1,254
  2. Daniel 956
  3. James 933
  4. Matthew 910
  5. Jack 802
  6. Thomas 749
  7. Nicholas 680
  8. Jake 640
  9. Luke 635
  10. Michael 634

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Ireland: girls

  1. Sarah 799
  2. Emma 617
  3. Niamh 612
  4. Ciara 596
  5. Aoife 584
  6. Laura 577
  7. Lauren 485
  8. Rebecca 474
  9. Amy 442
  10. Megan 423

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Ireland: boys

  1. Conor 811
  2. Sean 804
  3. Shane 696
  4. Michael 687
  5. Daniel 684
  6. John 677
  7. James 667
  8. David 640
  9. Aaron 556
  10. Stephen 533

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Canadian provinces in 1996

US states in 1996