Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1989

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1989 were Ashley for girls (86 babies) and Michael for boys (313). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 14,670 babies born in District of Columbia in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in District of Columbia in 1989

Names given at least 15 times in District of Columbia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Kiara: 22 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Jasmine: 38 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Mary: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Alexandra: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Maria: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Katherine: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brittney: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Erica: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Caitlin: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Victoria: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Caroline: 28 babies, 142.2× the national rate
Tiara: 22 babies, 134× the national rate
Bianca: 25 babies, 112× the national rate
Natasha: 16 babies, 110.8× the national rate
Ebony: 23 babies, 106.2× the national rate
Kendra: 26 babies, 104.2× the national rate
Catherine: 30 babies, 103.8× the national rate
Margaret: 23 babies, 103× the national rate
Monique: 21 babies, 96.9× the national rate
Kathryn: 24 babies, 96.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Ashley	86	–	2
2	Brittany	66	↑1	3
3	Jessica	54	↓1	1
4	Jasmine	38	↑8	30
5	Elizabeth	36	↑4	10
6	Tiffany	32	↑1	16
7	Lauren	30	↓2	9
8	Sarah	30	↓4	5
9	Katherine	29	↓3	26
10	Jennifer	28	↓2	7
11	Mary	24	↑29	38
12	Danielle	23	↑1	17
13	Kiara	22	new	>100
14	Alexandra	21	↑1	43
15	Christina	21	↑9	23
16	Courtney	21	↑18	21
17	Erica	21	↑3	34
18	Amanda	20	↓7	4
19	Emily	20	–	13
20	Megan	20	↑5	11
21	Rachel	20	↓5	18
22	Samantha	20	↓4	6
23	Brittney	19	↑15	41
24	Stephanie	18	↓14	8
25	Maria	17	↑19	56
26	Nicole	17	↓12	12
27	Crystal	16	↑10	32
28	Victoria	16	↑3	44
29	Caitlin	15	↑13	49
30	Melissa	14	↓8	19
31	Arielle	13	new	>100
32	Bianca	13	↑1	91
33	Dominique	13	↑14	>100
34	Jacqueline	13	↑12	64
35	Kendra	13	new	99
36	Ebony	12	↓4	>100
37	Kimberly	12	↓14	28
38	Latoya	12	new	>100
39	Angel	11	new	>100
40	Christine	11	↓4	59
41	Erika	11	new	73
42	Monique	11	↑6	>100
43	Rebecca	11	↓17	24
44	Sara	11	↑1	29
45	Allison	10	↓18	46
46	Amber	10	new	14
47	Catherine	10	↓4	67
48	India	10	new	>100
49	Julia	10	↓19	96
50	Lindsay	10	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	313	–	1
2	Christopher	270	–	2
3	James	210	–	9
4	David	189	–	5
5	William	183	↑5	15
6	Anthony	173	↑3	16
7	John	166	–	12
8	Matthew	162	↓2	3
9	Kevin	161	↑2	19
10	Joseph	154	↑3	11
11	Robert	154	↓3	10
12	Daniel	143	↓7	6
13	Andrew	142	↓1	7
14	Ashley	139	new	>100
15	Brandon	128	↓1	18
16	Eric	119	↑5	21
17	Alexander	115	↓1	32
18	Joshua	114	↑2	4
19	Brian	113	↓2	24
20	Jonathan	113	↓5	17
21	Brittany	107	new	>100
22	Benjamin	105	↑7	29
23	Jessica	95	new	>100
24	Marcus	94	↑1	67
25	Charles	92	↓6	36
26	Thomas	92	↓2	23
27	Nicholas	91	↓5	14
28	Aaron	88	↑3	31
29	Antonio	88	↓3	76
30	Justin	81	↓12	8
31	Ryan	81	↓8	13
32	Samuel	81	↓5	47
33	Sean	80	↓1	39
34	Patrick	76	↓4	38
35	Timothy	74	↓7	28
36	Stephen	73	↑3	40
37	Sarah	72	new	>100
38	Elizabeth	70	new	>100
39	Jasmine	67	new	>100
40	Steven	67	↓6	22
41	Tiffany	64	new	>100
42	Jennifer	62	new	>100
43	Jeffrey	60	↑2	37
44	Lauren	60	new	>100
45	Gregory	59	↓12	52
46	Mark	59	↓11	42
47	Richard	58	↓9	33
48	Nicole	56	new	>100
49	Rachel	56	new	>100
50	Danielle	55	new	>100

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