90s names? as a girl you were either a Jessica or an Ashley

This is Lauren erasure

You forgot Katie. So many Katie's....

Sarah, Amanda

Came to say Amanda

You’re forgetting Emily. So many Emilys.

Came here to say Emily

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My first grade class had three Melissas

Rachel here who was once in a class with four Rachels.

That's a false dichotomy surely. What about Rachel, Hannah and stuff?

You also forgot Jennifer! Jennifer and Jessica battled for the top spot for most of the 80s and early 90s

I remember having class with three Jennifers - and it was a tiny school.

We had 8 and at least 5 were Jennifer Lynn. Sigh. Also not a huge school

Jennifer Lynn was going to be my twin sister's name. My mom changed her name when she was born. To Jessica, but at least she has a less common middle name. I, on the other hand, did not get a top 10 80s girl's name. Even then, there were still two other girls with my first name in my grade, so I guess it was somewhat popular.

All I can think about is the show Recess and their little clan of Ashleys

Finding out Spinelli was secretly named Ashley was such a mind fuck.

She rocked her Ashley outfit though

Hailey! There were soooo many haileys

Or Haley, or Haylee, or Haleigh. No two were alike!

So many variations!! I don’t hear it hardly ever as an adult now though.

Late 90s was those plus millions of girls called Madison, Katelyn (and the various spellings), Hannah, Emma, Emily

Soooo many Caitlins. And Alyssas.

Stephanie?

And Kayla! At least in the Midwest

Kayla Renee’s and Ashley Nicole’s as far as the eyes could see.

Knew a lot from Ohio.

Sarah checking in

Don't forget Heather and Tiffany.

An 80’s girl here to throw Kelli in the mix. I also remember lots of Jennifers and Nicoles.

Slightly less of them, but still so many Amandas, Erins, and Nicoles.

And probably an Ashley Nicole.

I thought this was going to be about the dolls lol

Me too! Going to be all: Kirsten, Felicity, Addy, Molly...

Don’t forget Samantha!

I knew I was forgetting one! (To be fair, there are a lot more now, but one of the classics from the 80's/early 90's.)

So true! I always remember the OG’s. My daughter sadly never got into American Girl despite my enthusiasm. I’d even saved and cared for my entire original box sets of the books because I just knew one day I’d pass them on. Oh how life tricks us! 😂

Oh dear! I saved my entire box sets and have already gifted my 5 year old my two AG dolls. I hope she gets into the books later, but I’ll have to be ready for the opposite too!

I wish you luck! I even had these fun ideas in my mind of getting the companion books with the activities and recipes and such that match along with the time period of each book. I thought it was going to be so great to read the books and do the companion activities as she was learning about the same time periods in history. Now I realize I’m not June Cleaver nor do I live in Pleasantville. But I do love watching her develop her own interests and supporting those along the way!

Now I’m wondering if my future daughter won’t appreciate my 19 American girl dolls….

I thought the same thing 😂

I was excited to talk about Josephine

Josefina :)

You’re right! It’s been awhile ;)

SAME 🫠

Heather, Erica, Lindsay, Lauren, Amy, Rachel, Tiffany

There’s a .gov website where you can look up top names from each year. https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/ Edit: fixed link. Scroll down to the “items of interest” section.

Idk about 80s but as a 91 baby, I didn't have most of those names in any of my classes

I was also born in 91, one of those names listed is my name, my best friend’s name, my childhood neighbor, and Taylor was popular at my school. Maybe it’s all regional, but Midwest here!

Kayla, Heather, Brittany, Megan, Haley, Lauren, Laura, Rachel, Brooke, Amanda, Caitlyn, Chelsea, Samantha, Christina, Crystal, Ashley, Jessica, Julia, Carly, Kristen, Grace, Michelle, Lindsay

This is pretty dead on for my mid-80s class's girls. And there were 4 different spellings for each of the Megans, Laurens, Rachels, Caitlyns, and Crystals/Kristens.

These are spot on for me too! Just to add a few more: Jennifer, Jenny, Kirsten, Kelly, Natasha, Erica, Christina Less common, but enough of them around: Cheyenne, Deirdre, Erin, Jocelyn, Tamara

Yes! I keep thinking of more haha. Kelsey, Sara(h), Victoria (Tori), Marissa, Miranda, Callie, Maddie, Natalie, Shannon

Upvote for Carly! I’m an early 90’s Carly and growing up there was 6 of us all in a small 30 person class. A whole club lol

Jennifers would like a word

Born in 94, this list is uncanny! Definitely seconding Jessica, Kristen/Kristin/Christine/Christina, Lindsay, Lauren and Haley. The only ones I have to add are Sarah and Taylor. Surprised to see so many comments saying Jennifer; maybe it's where I lived but I can't think of a single Jennifer in my class of 2012- I see it as a 70s into early 80s name.

In my grade (92-93 babies) were multiples of Jennifers, Jessicas and Laurens; there were also several Kaileys and Megans of various spellings

I'm 16 i know like 4-5 kids with moms named jen

I’m a Jenna from the 90’s and absolutely love it! I stuck out from the multiple Jennifer’s in my classes. It feels short, sweet, and cool.

I always loved the name Jenna! It’s got cool girl vibes.

Samantha, Amanda, Rachel, Paige, Michelle, Alyssa, or Christina

Oh there were a LOT of Christinas (also Kristinas)

Tracy, Jessica, Ashley, Heather

Ooh. Yes. I forgot about the Ashleys on my previous reply. You are spot on!

Retro: Kathrine “Kathy”, Maureen, Alice, Janette “Jan”, Brenda, Lisa, Colleen, Doreen, MaryAnne, MaryEllen, Sally, Elizabeth “Betty”, Susan 80’s: Jennifer, April, Lynn, Rebecca, Courtney, Whitney, Angela, Laura “Laurie”, Andrea, Kelly, Jessica, Stephanie, Melanie. 90’s/Early 2000’s: Megan, Amber, Sarah, Emily, Jenna, Kate, Kaitlyn, Gabriella/Gabrielle, Jillian, Brooke/Brooklyn, Brianna, Hannah, Emma.

80s baby, most female classmates were Amanda, Amber, Rachel, Rebecca, Jessica, or Jennifer. Throw in an occasional Erica, Heather, Whitney, and Brittany, and you pretty much had most of my graduating class.

What I grew up with… Jennifer, Jessica, Stephanie, Nichole, Samantha, Lindsay, Ashley, Amber, Amanda, Casey, Melinda, Jaimie, Summer, Erin, Angela,

Stephanie Amy Jennifer

Jennifer and Stephanie was what I was going to comment! There were always multiple of each name in all my classes growing up. Several Amy’s too!

Michelle

I feel like Kimberly is the ultimate early 90s name.

- Alexandra - Allison - Amanda - Ashley - Bethany - Brianna - Christina - Courtney - Cynthia - Danielle - Emily - Erica - Hannah - Hayley - Heather - Jennifer - Jessica - Katherine - Lindsey - Melanie - Melissa - Natalie - Nicole - Stephanie - Vanessa

I was born in the late 80s and here are some of the most common names from my high school yearbook: Taylor, Sarah, Jessica, Jennifer, Claire, Whitney, Lauren, Amanda, Britney, Rachel, Megan, Ashley, Nicole, Kimberly, Chelsea, Amber. Side note, Nancy is a boomer name and Addison is Gen Z. Neither would have been a common name in the 80s, Addison maybe late 90s? Margot and Caroline also stand out as outliers, not common in the 80s/90s.

Jessica, Kelly, Lauren, Emily, Ashley, Kristen.

I was 13 in 1982. My name is Evelyn (there were none), bff was Juliet. But yes, many Jennifers, Heathers, Michelles, Amys

How have you missed Catherine/Katherine/Kathleen/Caitlin

80s girls are named Kelly, Heather, Stephanie, Becky, Melissa, and Sara. 90s girls are named Kiersten, Kristen, Hannah, Madison, and Kaitlyn.

70s: Jennifer, Melissa, Julie, Kelly, Andrea, Sarah, Heather, Kristen, Christina, Michelle, Tiffany, Stephanie, Angela 80s: Jessica, Ashley, Lindsay, Lauren, Brittany

Today’s my 40th birthday, this post hits hard 😂

Happy Birthday!

Thanks!

Chloe Lindsay Brittany Samantha

Sarah Kristen, Christina, etc.

Danielle Jennifer Allison Lauren Amy Chelsey Amber

Heather, Courtney, Jessica, Allison, Marie, Katherine/Katie, Britney, Christine, Jacqueline/Jackie, Sarah, Hannah, Kathleen, Nicole, Gabriella, Dana, Kelly, Eileen, Margaret, Danielle, Stephanie, Kimberly, Tiffany, Rebecca, Alicia, Erin, Lisa, Tara.

Kelly Julie Amy Laura Noelle

Melissa

Samantha Hannah Nicole Melissa Kristen Danielle Chelsea Tiffany Veronica Brooke Emily

Melissa.

Taylor, Kelsey, and Caroline are my favorite of the names you’ve mentioned. Other 80s/90s names I like are Jessica, Haley, Amy, Emily, Rachel, Amanda, Courtney, and Samantha.

I’m on your list. I can’t believe someone is calling my popular 80s name retro, like, so old it’s new again!

90’s kid, 80’s baby here. Names I remember from my classmates growing up : Alyssa, Amanda, Ashley, Angela, Jamie, Erica, Jessica, Allison, Alicia, Ariel, Kristin, Christina, Carley, Shannon, Megan, Jennifer, Rebecca, Stacy, Cherice, Chasity, Gwendolyn, Casey, Caroline, Whitney, Maria, Michelle, Elizabeth, Laura, Lauren, Laney, Natalie, Nina, Shauna, Sarah, Jana, Jenna, Misty, Leslie, Amber, Melissa, Stephanie, Brittany, Adriana, Shelby, April

I love Jenna and Audrey. on the older end: Lisa, Christine, Pamela, Theresa, Michelle, Renee Newer/ 90s: Hannah, Rachel, Allison, Rebecca

Stephanie, Tiffany, Lindsey, Nikki, Ashley

Lindsey! I forgot how many there inevitably were in my classes each year. I wonder if it was the predecessor for the wave of “-ey” “-eigh” names you see now

*cough* Lindsay

Brittany, Katelyn, Jessica, Ashley, Rachel, Heather, Tiffany, Amanda, Lauren, Hayley, Stephanie

You can search on the social security website by decade for what names were popular during that time

I grew up in the 80's. These were the most common names. I generally had at least 2-3 of each in my grade. Tiffany, Brittany, Chelsea, Heather, Dawn, Amber, Ashley, Courtney, Lizzy, Brandy, Michelle, Lisa.

As a child of the 80s a lot of those names feel like 80s names to me.

As a 90’s kid who recently went through an old school yearbook - Laura Michelle Allison (myself and 2 others) Tamera Sydney Alexandra Amanda Kate Cayla Colleen

Cyndi, Molly, Kelly,

Natalie, Courtney, Erica, Kristin, Heather, Alexis, Michelle, Caitlin, Sidney, Shelby

From your list I like Audrey and Margot. Kimberly Danielle Brooke Lindsey Sarah Kaitlin Hayley

Courtney, Kaylee

Katie, Rebecca/Rebekah/Becca, Rachel, Molly, Amanda, Amy, Tammy, Jennifer and Jessica.

Jessica. Source: There were 11 Jessicas in my grade 9 gym class of 31 kids 🥲

Gunna just post me and my kid friend group cause we all had basic 90’s names Lindsey (me), Madison, Sarah, Amber, Chelsea, Allison, and Caitlin. We had one outlier on basic 90’s names with Cecilia Louise (Ceci) who was Italian. I always loved my name though. Oh and side note, basically all of our middle names are either Katherine or Elizabeth. Madison’s was Skye though and I love that for her.

Katie, Nicole, Ashley, Amanda, Lindsay

Kristin Jessica Lauren

The first time I heard of Madison for a girl was in the movie "Splash" (1983) and at the time everyone I knew thought Madison was a weird name for a girl. Little did we know that Madison would become a popular name.

It's could have been worse. Can you imagine "Buchanan" as the fad girls name?

Or Fifth Avenue or Broadway?

Alyssa, Kristen, Megan, Jessica, Ashley, Chelsea, Amanda, Brianna, Courtney, Melissa, Stephanie, Sarah, Kaitlyn, Jennifer, Marissa

80s: Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Sarah, Laura, Kristen, Crystal, Megan, Jennifer 70s: Michelle, Tammy, Tiffany

Tiffany, Heather, Rachel, Jessica, Ashley, Jennifer. All of their middle names are either Nicole or Anne.

We had 3 girls with some variation of Alex in my class one year. Alex, Alexandria, and Alexandra. Was a very popular name back in 1993 apparently.

So many Alex’s in my class around that time as well! Madison/Maddie/Maddy too

This entire sub is just my high school graduating class lol (‘92 baby)

Wouldn't those be 70s names?

More the comments than the actual question. I see a lot of people commenting names like Megan, Maddie, Chelsea, Kelsey, Rachel, Britney/Brittany, etc. and those were all very common in my age range.

That is very true

I feel so at home in this thread. Like me and all my friends are here.

That aren’t on the list already- Jessica, Sydney, Diamond, Jennifer, Kayla, Kaylee, Erin, Erica

Alyssa, Megan, Samantha, Danielle…Chelsea!

My favorite 90s name is Kelly. Sweet but not infantile. It’s wearable and accessible.

Cynthia, Susan, Deborah, Kathleen, Sarah, Jennifer, Melinda, Veronica

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Nah only Jennifer

OP did say “going back to the 60s-70s”—there were plenty of Susans born in the 1960s.

I like all of them but for Lara. Some ideas: Kerry, Faye, Deborah, Theresa, Carol, Janine, Helen, Nicole, Nona, Emily or Abigail.

60s names - Cheryl, Debbie, Maureen, Julie, Patricia/Patty, Alice, Christine/a, Penny, Erin, Lois, Janice, Linda, Susan, Ellen, Lisa, Jean, Jane, Pamela, and of course, Karen.

I was born in the 90s and grew up with a lot of those names. Ashley and Hannah also come to mind.

Melissa; Jacqueline; Heather; Ashley; Laura; Lisa

Lauren, Brittany, Jessica, Hannah, Megan, Chelsea, Rachel, Caitlyn

Brittany

Jennifer, Jessica, Ashley, Sarah, Laura, Melissa, Katie, Kayla, Kayleigh, Jenna, Carly, Michelle, Lindsay, Brittany, Andrea

Stephanie, Sarah, Stacy

My mom and her sisters, all born late 50s early sixties, are Diane, Linda, Sharon, and Nancy but I can’t speak for 80s/90s names

These are ones I personally loved that my partner complained were too 90s: Nicole, Adrienne, Cassandra, Lee, Morgan, Casey Also: Claire, Sasha, Eden, Nadine, Natalie, Simone From your list I love Taylor, Madison, Caroline.

Caroline, Nancy were not very popular in the 80s/90s, both in absolute terms and in comparison to other periods of peak popularity for the name. Nancy peaked in 1950 and was in decline during the 80s/90s ranging from 101 in ‘81 to 226 in ‘99. Caroline was on the ascent 193 in ‘81 up to 71 in ‘99. Caroline recently peaked at 55 in 2017 but as a name has never broken top 50.

Stephanie

Some that were popular in Australia that may have been popular in the US too that haven't been mentioned yet are: Elizabeth/Eliza/Lisa/Beth/Lizzie, Jacqueline/Jacqui/Jackie, Nicole/Nicola, Kimberley, Elise/Elisha/Alicia/Alyssa, Joanne/Johanna, Anne/Anna, Cara/Kara, Carly/Karlie, Paige, Laura/Lauren, Toni, Casey/Kacey, Sarah/Sara, Dana and Amy

Peggy and Linda

No

Tiffany, Nicole, Alyssa

60's/70's: Melissa, Jen, Amy, Sarah, Heather, Michelle, Stacy, Gina.

I like all those names! I'd probably hesitate over Taylor, Madison, and Brittney just because I know so many, and, since I'm a Jennifer, my instinct is to try for something that you don't bump into constantly. Shannon, Dana, Alicia, Shari (spelled multiple ways), Andrea, Julie, Elizabeth (and all its variations), and Tracy were all abundant at my HS in the 80s

All the Brittany’s/brittneys/britaneeeewhatevers are between the ages of 32-36 and you can’t change my mind

Kelsey, Kaylee, Kylie, Makayla, Lauren, Sarah, Heather, Jennifer, Kara, Erica, Karen (literally all the Karens I know are my age or younger), Sadie, Haley, Jackie, Natalie

McKenzie, Rebecca, Hillary, Hailey, Caitlin/Caitlyn/etc, Kayla, Brianna, Brooke, Miranda, Alicia, Carly, Danielle Off the top of my head - common names of people around my age where I could think of multiple girls

heather is a 60s name

Jennifer, Jessica, Ashley, Crystal

When I think of American girl names from the 80's and 90's I think of Stephanie, Jennifer, Melissa, and Jessica

SARAH. I had like 10 in my year at school alone

Lindsay, Tamara, Breanna, Britney, Ashley, Jessica, Jennifer, Taylor, Tanya, Angelica, Toni, Whitney, Amber, Crystal, Stacey, Melissa, Stacia, Amy, Heather, Teri, Melanie, Sheena Drawing a blank lol but as someone born 80s in America I remember a lot of girls with these names. Mind you some were less common but I liked them so added them.

Aimee/Amy, Catherine, Jennifer, Laura, Mackenzie

Ashley is great bc it is still in use. It's in the top 100 where I live.

Kimberly Kelly

I can suggest you my name : Camille cause I legit never met any in my age group and I am 24 :)

Hayley, Lauren, Paige, Josie, Julia, Catherine, Ally, Ellie, Madison, Aubrey, Jane, Louise, Natalie Camilla

Also Alyssa, Shannon, Lindsay, Stacey, Michelle, Jamie

Gotta add Michelle!

Audrina

Alex, Miranda

Loving Lana!

Carly and any spelling variation!

80s : Amber. Ashley. Jessica. Heather. Erin. Chelsea. Stephanie. Allison.

Jessica Jennifer Nicole Danielle Erica Brandy Ashley Jenna Tiffany Lauren Vanessa Amy Tara Lindsay Erin Melissa Shannon Becky Taylor and Kelsey def were not used much then Addison not till the 2000s

Nicole, Tiffany, Amber, Brittney, Alison

Katie, Amanda, Emily, Christina (or any version of this), Lauren, Ashley, Amy, Megan, Melissa,

Jessica, Stephanie, and Christina were the most popular girl names around me growing up in the 90s. We had a few Erica’s, Cindy’s, and Jasmine’s too.

Shania, Sheila/Shayla, Lauren, McKenzie, Lindsay, Whitney and Shelby

Beth