Top 100 History: Boys' 1990s

We have reached the end of the twentieth century and are heading towards modern times.

Changes

1990

Left: Seth, Douglas, Derrick, Wesley

Entered: Miguel, Garrett, Jesus, Dylan

1991

Left: Ronald, Donald, Chad

Entered: Seth, Logan, Gabriel

1992

Left: Keith, Raymond, Casey, Phillip

Entered: Spencer, Luke, Connor, Dillon

1993

Left: Joel, Brett, George, Erik

Entered: Tanner, Hunter, Lucas, Dakota

1994

Left: Dillon, Cory

Entered: Erik, Dalton

1995

Left: Shane, Spencer, Erik, Vincent

Entered: Noah, Isaac, Chase, Elijah

1996

Left: Derek, Seth, Scott, Shawn

Entered: Malik, Jack, Isaiah, Tristan

1997

Left: Peter, Gregory, Victor, Corey, Malik

Entered: Alejandro, Seth, Mason, Angel, Cole

1998

Left: Bradley, Mitchell, Taylor, Edward, Dustin, 

Entered: Jackson, Brendan, Victor, Bryce, Spencer

1999

Left: Travis

Entered: Jake

Movement

  • Miguel, Garrett, Jesus, Dylan, Logan, Luke, Connor, Tanner, Hunter, Dakota, Lucas, Dalton, Noah, Chase, Elijah, Isaiah, Tristan, Alejandro, Mason, Angel, Cole, Jackson, Brendan, Bryce, Spencer, and Jake became newly popular. 
  • Gabriel, Isaac, and Jack returned to the top 100. 
  • Douglas, Derrick, Wesley, Ronald, Donald, Chad, Keith, Raymond, Casey, Phillip, Joel, Brett, George, Erik, Cory, Shane, Vincent, Derek, Scott, Shawn, Peter, Gregory, Corey, Bradley, Mitchell, Taylor, Dustin, Edward, and Travis left the top 100.
  • Jacob, Nicholas, and Tyler entered the top 10.
  • Joseph returned to the top 10. 
  • Justin, David, James, and Robert left the top 10. 
  • Jacob, Austin, Zachary, and Tyler entered the top 20.
  • Jonathan Robert, Kyle, and Kevin left the top 20. 
  • Austin, Dylan, Noah, Christian, Cameron, Hunter, Caleb, Logan, Juan, and Connor entered the top 50.
  • Dustin, Sean, Richard, Patrick, Mark, Jeremy, Jesse, Stephen, Travis, and Paul left the top 50. 
Trends
  • Surnames ending in "er" came back (Tanner, Hunter, Spencer).
  • Short surnames ending in "n" also became stylish (Logan, Dylan, Mason).
  • Biblical names continued to rise (Noah, Elijah, Jesus, Isaiah).
  • Classic names dropped (Edward, Vincent, Peter, George). 
  • Long names ending in "ee" fell (Wesley, Gregory, Bradley). 
  • Names ending in "ald" were no longer stylish (Ronald, Donald).
  • Many single-syllable names declined (Chad, Keith, Joel, Brett, George, Shane, Scott, Shawn).
  • New nicknames rose (Jake, Jack)
  • Twists on John continued to rise (Jack).

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