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Popular baby names from the 1990s

Goodbye, Michael. Hello, Jacob! My name, Marisa, is not one you can find throughout the ages. It's not a timeless name like Catherine — I can't look centuries into the past and find a Queen Marisa, and I've never read a historical novel and stumbled upon heroine named something like Lady Marisa. Instead, my name has a time and place. And that place was mostly the '90s. According to the Social Security Administration (SSA), which keeps track of the most popular girls' names and the most popular boys' names for every year, Marisa peaked in 1995, when it was the 147th most popular name in the country. (Marissa was up at No. 53.) I'm not the only one who has a name heavily associated with the era of Beanie Babies and grunge music. So this is my shout-out to all the other folks out there with extremely '90s names — a look into the most popular names of the 1990s. Since it takes time for names to cycle back around again, most of these are currently falling in the ranks instead of rising. But keep an eye out, because '90s names will have their time in the sun again. continue reading...