50+ Baby Names For Parents Who Grew Up in the '90s
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If you're still secretly obsessed with all things '90s, then you may want to consider naming your child after a teenage heartthrob (Leonardo DiCaprio) or after a character from your favorite '90s sitcom. With so many options out there, we rounded up the most well-known names from different categories. These names are just as memorable today as they were two decades ago. And if you need even more reasons to love the 1990s, we've found 375 of them.
Movies
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Girl Names
- Rose (Titanic)
- Cher (Clueless)
- Matilda (Matilda)
- Kathryn (Cruel Intentions)
- Kat (10 Things I Hate About You)
- Judy (Jumanji)
- Louise (Thelma & Louise)
Boy Names
- Jack (Titanic)
- Forrest (Forrest Gump)
- Will (Good Will Hunting)
- Kevin (Home Alone)
- Patrick (10 Things I Hate About You)
- Daniel (Mrs. Doubtfire)
- Zack (She's All That)
Disney Throwbacks
Source: Disney
Girl Names
- Hallie (The Parent Trap)
- Belle (Beauty and the Beast)
- Brenda (Inspector Gadget)
- Mulan (Mulan)
- Esmeralda (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
- Jane (Tarzan)
- Jasmine (Aladdin)
Boy Names
- Hercules (Hercules)
- Wayne (Honey, I Blew Up the Kid)
- John (Pocahontas)
- Simba (The Lion King)
- Andy (Toy Story)
- Gordon (The Mighty Ducks)
- Philip (Flubber)
TV Shows
Source: ABC
Girl Names
- Rachel (Friends)
- Michelle (Full House)
- Tia (Sister, Sister)
- Kelly (90210)
- Carrie (Sex and the City)
- Artemis (Sailor Moon)
- Grace (Will and Grace)
Boy Names
- Zachary (Saved by the Bell)
- Dawson (Dawson's Creek)
- Noel (Felicity)
- Arthur (Arthur)
- Steven (Family Matters)
- Brandon (90210)
- Dan (Roseanne)
Music
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Girl Names
- Britney (Britney Spears)
- Mariah (Mariah Carey)
- Christina (Christina Aguilera)
- Victoria (Spice Girls)
- Sheryl (Sheryl Crow)
- Gwen (Gwen Stefani)
- Janet (Janet Jackson)
Boy Names
- Justin (*NSYNC)
- Nick (Backstreet Boys)
- Billy (Billy Joel)
- Michael (Michael Jackson)
- Paul (Paul McCartney)
- Lionel (Lionel Richie)
- Drew (98 Degrees)
Celebrities
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Girl Names
- Ashley (Ashley Olsen)
- Julia (Julia Roberts)
- Cameron (Cameron Diaz)
- Katie (Katie Holmes)
- Jodie (Jodie Foster)
- Alicia (Alicia Silverstone)
- Claire (Claire Danes)
Boy Names
- Joshua (Joshua Jackson)
- Mark (Mark-Paul Gosselaar)
- Freddie (Freddie Prinze Jr.)
- Johnny (Johnny Depp)
- Brad (Brad Pitt)
- Will (Will Smith)
- James (James Van Der Beek)
Books
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Girl Names
- Violet (The Boxcar Children)
- Kristy (The Baby-Sitters Club)
- Judy (Judy Blume)
- Ramona (Beverly Cleary)
- Nancy (Nancy Drew)
Boy Names
- Harry (Harry Potter series)
- Gabriel (The Giver)
- David (No, David!)
- Max (Where the Wild Things Are)
- Stanley (Holes)
Sports
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Girl Names
- Mia (Mia Hamm)
- Michelle (Michelle Kwan)
- Lisa (Lisa Leslie)
- Dara (Dara Torres)
- Jenny (Jenny Thompson)
- Steffi (Steffi Graf)
- Annika (Annika Sorenstam)
Boy Names
- Michael (Michael Jordan)
- Jerry (Jerry Rice)
- Derek (Derek Jeter)
- Andre (Andre Agassi)
- Gary (Gary Payton)
- John (John Starks)
- Brett (Brett Favre)