Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1989

Michael and Jessica topped the list in 1989. The 10 most popular names went to 20% of boys and 17% of girls, from 9,224 boy names and 14,543 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1989

  1. Michael 65,415
  2. Christopher 53,186
  3. Matthew 45,375
  4. Joshua 44,100
  5. David 35,225
  6. Daniel 35,007
  7. Andrew 34,817
  8. Justin 32,852
  9. James 32,720
  10. Robert 30,072
  11. Joseph 29,884
  12. John 29,853
  13. Ryan 28,408
  14. Nicholas 28,230
  15. William 24,673
  16. Anthony 24,423
  17. Jonathan 23,608
  18. Brandon 23,310
  19. Kevin 21,209
  20. Kyle 20,882
  21. Eric 18,977
  22. Steven 18,929
  23. Thomas 18,439
  24. Brian 18,106
  25. Zachary 18,077
  26. Jacob 17,831
  27. Adam 16,928
  28. Timothy 16,427
  29. Benjamin 15,733
  30. Tyler 15,594
  31. Aaron 15,308
  32. Alexander 14,523
  33. Richard 14,133
  34. Jeremy 13,081
  35. Jason 12,614
  36. Charles 12,245
  37. Jeffrey 12,013
  38. Patrick 11,987
  39. Sean 11,895
  40. Stephen 11,736
  41. Travis 11,526
  42. Mark 11,320
  43. Nathan 10,904
  44. Jordan 10,882
  45. Cody 10,823
  46. Jose 10,331
  47. Samuel 10,107
  48. Dustin 9,715
  49. Paul 9,029
  50. Jesse 8,853
  51. Scott 8,850
  52. Gregory 8,760
  53. Kenneth 8,555
  54. Derek 8,365
  55. Corey 8,003
  56. Bryan 7,851
  57. Jared 7,018
  58. Bradley 6,977
  59. Austin 6,886
  60. Alex 6,543
  61. Cory 6,450
  62. Edward 5,849
  63. Juan 5,781
  64. Cameron 5,593
  65. Shawn 5,479
  66. Peter 5,411
  67. Marcus 5,395
  68. Ian 4,948
  69. Evan 4,926
  70. Keith 4,893
  71. Shane 4,860
  72. Taylor 4,859
  73. Luis 4,852
  74. Chad 4,723
  75. Phillip 4,721
  76. Antonio 4,719
  77. Carlos 4,638
  78. Christian 4,625
  79. George 4,513
  80. Vincent 4,495
  81. Brett 4,428
  82. Donald 4,323
  83. Trevor 4,166
  84. Nathaniel 4,121
  85. Ronald 4,110
  86. Raymond 4,106
  87. Ethan 4,056
  88. Joel 3,939
  89. Victor 3,905
  90. Casey 3,850
  91. Caleb 3,788
  92. Douglas 3,700
  93. Mitchell 3,645
  94. Seth 3,633
  95. Erik 3,630
  96. Devin 3,596
  97. Blake 3,521
  98. Wesley 3,457
  99. Derrick 3,442
  100. Adrian 3,418

Top girl names of 1989

  1. Jessica 47,887
  2. Ashley 47,588
  3. Brittany 37,792
  4. Amanda 36,834
  5. Sarah 27,797
  6. Samantha 24,792
  7. Jennifer 24,006
  8. Stephanie 22,766
  9. Lauren 21,065
  10. Elizabeth 20,298
  11. Megan 19,780
  12. Nicole 19,032
  13. Emily 17,323
  14. Amber 16,760
  15. Heather 16,248
  16. Tiffany 15,716
  17. Danielle 15,366
  18. Rachel 15,357
  19. Melissa 15,203
  20. Kayla 14,903
  21. Courtney 13,452
  22. Michelle 13,376
  23. Christina 13,141
  24. Rebecca 12,436
  25. Laura 11,740
  26. Katherine 11,415
  27. Chelsea 11,252
  28. Kimberly 11,037
  29. Sara 9,706
  30. Jasmine 9,549
  31. Kelsey 9,256
  32. Crystal 9,103
  33. Alyssa 9,042
  34. Erica 9,025
  35. Amy 8,899
  36. Kristen 8,803
  37. Kelly 8,759
  38. Mary 8,645
  39. Andrea 8,410
  40. Erin 8,144
  41. Brittney 7,834
  42. Hannah 7,830
  43. Alexandra 7,680
  44. Victoria 7,637
  45. Katie 7,290
  46. Allison 7,282
  47. Angela 7,199
  48. Lindsey 7,069
  49. Caitlin 7,025
  50. Vanessa 6,962
  51. Anna 6,898
  52. Jamie 6,845
  53. Alicia 6,817
  54. Cassandra 6,698
  55. Lisa 6,573
  56. Maria 6,345
  57. Whitney 6,305
  58. Kathryn 6,294
  59. Christine 6,134
  60. Kristin 6,064
  61. Shannon 5,660
  62. Natalie 5,630
  63. Lindsay 5,525
  64. Jacqueline 5,444
  65. Kristina 4,803
  66. April 4,734
  67. Catherine 4,559
  68. Monica 4,502
  69. Morgan 4,426
  70. Tara 4,370
  71. Jenna 4,339
  72. Jordan 4,281
  73. Erika 4,190
  74. Brooke 4,148
  75. Taylor 4,069
  76. Katelyn 4,036
  77. Brianna 3,995
  78. Julie 3,942
  79. Holly 3,893
  80. Meghan 3,856
  81. Marissa 3,794
  82. Krystal 3,787
  83. Leah 3,784
  84. Cynthia 3,778
  85. Veronica 3,712
  86. Diana 3,687
  87. Natasha 3,668
  88. Melanie 3,628
  89. Patricia 3,603
  90. Kathleen 3,596
  91. Bianca 3,593
  92. Alexis 3,518
  93. Molly 3,460
  94. Abigail 3,405
  95. Kaitlyn 3,392
  96. Julia 3,370
  97. Margaret 3,285
  98. Brandi 3,250
  99. Kendra 3,230
  100. Kaitlin 3,171

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1989?
Michael was the #1 boy name in 1989 (65,415 babies) and Jessica was the #1 girl name (47,887 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1989?
Social Security records list 3,844,480 babies born in 1989 with names given to at least 5 babies: 2,000,928 boys and 1,843,552 girls.