Born in the 1990s
People born in the 1990s are 26 to 36 years old in 2026 and belong to Millennials and Generation Z. The world population went from about 5.33 billion in 1990 to 6.09 billion in 1999, and the U.S. population from 253.4 million to 278.8 million.
| Born | Age in 2026 | President | Top song | Top movie | Best Picture | Top names (boy / girl) | Min. wage | Gas | Median new home |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 26 or 27 | Clinton | Believe | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | American Beauty | Jacob / Emily | $5.15 | $1.17 | $160,125 |
| 1998 | 27 or 28 | Clinton | Too Close | Armageddon | Shakespeare in Love | Michael / Emily | $5.15 | $1.06 | $151,925 |
| 1997 | 28 or 29 | Clinton | Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight | Titanic | Titanic | Michael / Emily | $5.15 | $1.23 | $145,000 |
| 1996 | 29 or 30 | Clinton | Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix) | Independence Day | The English Patient | Michael / Emily | $4.75 | $1.23 | $140,250 |
| 1995 | 30 or 31 | Clinton | Gangsta's Paradise | Die Hard with a Vengeance | Braveheart | Michael / Jessica | $4.25 | $1.15 | $133,475 |
| 1994 | 31 or 32 | Clinton | The Sign | The Lion King | Forrest Gump | Michael / Jessica | $4.25 | $1.11 | $130,425 |
| 1993 | 32 or 33 | Bush / Clinton | I Will Always Love You | Jurassic Park | Schindler's List | Michael / Jessica | $4.25 | $1.11 | $126,500 |
| 1992 | 33 or 34 | Bush | End of the Road | Aladdin | Unforgiven | Michael / Ashley | $4.25 | $1.13 | $121,375 |
| 1991 | 34 or 35 | Bush | (Everything I Do) I Do It for You | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | The Silence of the Lambs | Michael / Ashley | $4.25 | $1.14 | $119,975 |
| 1990 | 35 or 36 | Bush | Hold On | Ghost | Dances with Wolves | Michael / Jessica | $3.80 | $1.16 | $122,300 |
Most popular names of the 1990s
Combined counts of Social Security card applicants born 1990 to 1999.
| Rank | Boys | Girls |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael (462,451) | Jessica (303,129) |
| 2 | Christopher (360,280) | Ashley (301,820) |
| 3 | Matthew (351,673) | Emily (237,260) |
| 4 | Joshua (329,184) | Sarah (224,413) |
| 5 | Jacob (298,410) | Samantha (224,020) |
| 6 | Nicholas (275,326) | Amanda (191,131) |
| 7 | Andrew (272,929) | Brittany (190,822) |
| 8 | Daniel (272,345) | Elizabeth (172,690) |
Events that defined the 1990s
- February 14, 1990. The Voyager 1 spacecraft takes the photograph of planet Earth that later becomes famous as Pale Blue Dot.
- April 23, 1990. Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
- October 6, 1990. Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-41, and deploys the Ulysses space probe to study the Sun's polar regions.
- January 15, 1991. The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm.
- May 31, 1991. Bicesse Accords in Angola lay out a transition to multi-party democracy under the supervision of the United Nations' UNAVEM II peacekeeping mission.
- March 2, 1992. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, San Marino, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, all of which (except San Marino) were former Soviet republics, join the United Nations.
- May 22, 1992. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia join the United Nations.
- July 31, 1992. The nation of Georgia joins the United Nations.
- January 19, 1993. Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations.
- April 23, 1993. Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
- February 17, 1995. The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a ceasefire brokered by the UN.
- April 18, 1996. The Israeli military commits the Qana massacre in a deliberate shelling of a United Nations compound near the village of Qana in southern Lebanon, killing 106 Lebanese civilians who were taking shelter there and wounding over 100…
Famous people born in the 1990s
- Emma Watson, English actress (1990)
- Jennifer Lawrence, American actress and producer (1990)
- Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess player (1990)
- Selena Gomez, American singer and actress (1992)
- Neymar, Brazilian footballer (1992)
- Miley Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and actress (1992)
- Demi Lovato, American singer-songwriter and actress (1992)
- Taylor Lautner, American actor (1992)
- Ariana Grande, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (1993)
- Justin Bieber, Canadian singer-songwriter (1994)
- Dua Lipa, English singer-songwriter (1995)
- Tom Holland, English actor (1996)
- Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani-English activist, Nobel Prize laureate (1997)
- Kylian Mbappé, French footballer (1998)