Popular baby names of 1989

In 1989, the most popular baby names in the United States were Jessica for girls (47,887 babies) and Michael for boys (65,415). Social Security records show 3,844,480 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 14,550 girls' names and 9,232 boys' names.

1989 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 16.9% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 20.4% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Jordan, Taylor, Marissa, Bianca, Abigail, Kaitlyn.
New in the boys' top 100: Ethan, Caleb, Blake, Adrian.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988
1	Jessica	47,887	–
2	Ashley	47,588	–
3	Brittany	37,792	↑3
4	Amanda	36,834	↓1
5	Sarah	27,797	↓1
6	Samantha	24,792	↑2
7	Jennifer	24,006	↓2
8	Stephanie	22,766	↓1
9	Lauren	21,065	↑2
10	Elizabeth	20,298	–
11	Megan	19,780	↑1
12	Nicole	19,032	↓3
13	Emily	17,323	↑5
14	Amber	16,760	↑1
15	Heather	16,248	↓1
16	Tiffany	15,716	↓3
17	Danielle	15,366	–
18	Rachel	15,357	↑1
19	Melissa	15,203	↓3
20	Kayla	14,903	–
21	Courtney	13,452	↑3
22	Michelle	13,376	↓1
23	Christina	13,141	↓1
24	Rebecca	12,436	↑2
25	Laura	11,740	↓2
26	Katherine	11,415	↑1
27	Chelsea	11,252	↑6
28	Kimberly	11,037	↓3
29	Sara	9,706	↑1
30	Jasmine	9,549	↑23
31	Kelsey	9,256	↑33
32	Crystal	9,103	↓4
33	Alyssa	9,042	↑14
34	Erica	9,025	↓3
35	Amy	8,899	↓6
36	Kristen	8,803	–
37	Kelly	8,759	↓5
38	Mary	8,645	↓4
39	Andrea	8,410	↓4
40	Erin	8,144	↓3
41	Brittney	7,834	↑11
42	Hannah	7,830	↑19
43	Alexandra	7,680	↑6
44	Victoria	7,637	↓2
45	Katie	7,290	↓5
46	Allison	7,282	–
47	Angela	7,199	↓9
48	Lindsey	7,069	–
49	Caitlin	7,025	↓5
50	Vanessa	6,962	↓9
51	Anna	6,898	↑3
52	Jamie	6,845	↓7
53	Alicia	6,817	↓3
54	Cassandra	6,698	↑5
55	Lisa	6,573	↓12
56	Maria	6,345	↑4
57	Whitney	6,305	↓18
58	Kathryn	6,294	↓3
59	Christine	6,134	↓8
60	Kristin	6,064	↓2
61	Shannon	5,660	↓5
62	Natalie	5,630	↑1
63	Lindsay	5,525	↓6
64	Jacqueline	5,444	↓2
65	Kristina	4,803	↑3
66	April	4,734	↓1
67	Catherine	4,559	↑2
68	Monica	4,502	↑2
69	Morgan	4,426	↑9
70	Tara	4,370	↓3
71	Jenna	4,339	↓5
72	Jordan	4,281	new
73	Erika	4,190	↑3
74	Brooke	4,148	↑13
75	Taylor	4,069	new
76	Katelyn	4,036	↑8
77	Brianna	3,995	↑19
78	Julie	3,942	↓7
79	Holly	3,893	↓7
80	Meghan	3,856	↑1
81	Marissa	3,794	new
82	Krystal	3,787	↓8
83	Leah	3,784	↓1
84	Cynthia	3,778	↓5
85	Veronica	3,712	↓2
86	Diana	3,687	↓1
87	Natasha	3,668	↓14
88	Melanie	3,628	↑11
89	Patricia	3,603	↓12
90	Kathleen	3,596	↓15
91	Bianca	3,593	new
92	Alexis	3,518	↑5
93	Molly	3,460	↓7
94	Abigail	3,405	new
95	Kaitlyn	3,392	new
96	Julia	3,370	↓8
97	Margaret	3,285	↓4
98	Brandi	3,250	↓7
99	Kendra	3,230	↓19
100	Kaitlin	3,171	↓2

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988
1	Michael	65,415	–
2	Christopher	53,186	–
3	Matthew	45,375	–
4	Joshua	44,100	–
5	David	35,225	↑1
6	Daniel	35,007	↑2
7	Andrew	34,817	↓2
8	Justin	32,852	↓1
9	James	32,720	–
10	Robert	30,072	–
11	Joseph	29,884	↑1
12	John	29,853	↓1
13	Ryan	28,408	–
14	Nicholas	28,230	–
15	William	24,673	↑1
16	Anthony	24,423	↑2
17	Jonathan	23,608	↓2
18	Brandon	23,310	↓1
19	Kevin	21,209	↑1
20	Kyle	20,882	↑1
21	Eric	18,977	↓2
22	Steven	18,929	↑2
23	Thomas	18,439	–
24	Brian	18,106	↓2
25	Zachary	18,077	↑4
26	Jacob	17,831	↑2
27	Adam	16,928	↓1
28	Timothy	16,427	↓3
29	Benjamin	15,733	↑1
30	Tyler	15,594	↑3
31	Aaron	15,308	–
32	Alexander	14,523	↑2
33	Richard	14,133	↓1
34	Jeremy	13,081	↑1
35	Jason	12,614	↓8
36	Charles	12,245	↑1
37	Jeffrey	12,013	↓1
38	Patrick	11,987	↑4
39	Sean	11,895	↓1
40	Stephen	11,736	–
41	Travis	11,526	–
42	Mark	11,320	↓3
43	Nathan	10,904	↑1
44	Jordan	10,882	↑8
45	Cody	10,823	↓2
46	Jose	10,331	↑3
47	Samuel	10,107	↓2
48	Dustin	9,715	–
49	Paul	9,029	↓3
50	Jesse	8,853	↑5
51	Scott	8,850	↓4
52	Gregory	8,760	↓2
53	Kenneth	8,555	↓2
54	Derek	8,365	↓1
55	Corey	8,003	↑1
56	Bryan	7,851	↓2
57	Jared	7,018	↑3
58	Bradley	6,977	↓1
59	Austin	6,886	↑4
60	Alex	6,543	↓2
61	Cory	6,450	↓2
62	Edward	5,849	–
63	Juan	5,781	↑5
64	Cameron	5,593	↑5
65	Shawn	5,479	↓4
66	Peter	5,411	↓2
67	Marcus	5,395	↓1
68	Ian	4,948	↑9
69	Evan	4,926	↑5
70	Keith	4,893	–
71	Shane	4,860	↓4
72	Taylor	4,859	↑19
73	Luis	4,852	↑2
74	Chad	4,723	↓9
75	Phillip	4,721	↓4
76	Antonio	4,719	↓4
77	Carlos	4,638	↑3
78	Christian	4,625	↑8
79	George	4,513	↓1
80	Vincent	4,495	↑2
81	Brett	4,428	↓8
82	Donald	4,323	↓6
83	Trevor	4,166	↑4
84	Nathaniel	4,121	↓3
85	Ronald	4,110	↓6
86	Raymond	4,106	↓2
87	Ethan	4,056	new
88	Joel	3,939	↓3
89	Victor	3,905	–
90	Casey	3,850	↓7
91	Caleb	3,788	new
92	Douglas	3,700	↓4
93	Mitchell	3,645	↑2
94	Seth	3,633	↓4
95	Erik	3,630	↓3
96	Devin	3,596	↑2
97	Blake	3,521	new
98	Wesley	3,457	↓5
99	Derrick	3,442	↓2
100	Adrian	3,418	new

Every name given in 1989

All 23,782 names Social Security recorded for 1989, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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