Popular baby names in Florida, 1989

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1989 were Ashley for girls (2,510 babies) and Michael for boys (3,292). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 166,346 babies born in Florida in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1989

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

Girls

Kaley: 53 babies, 4× the national rate
Nathalie: 41 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Natalia: 60 babies, 3× the national rate
Carolina: 94 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cristina: 162 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Latoya: 133 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Precious: 44 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Marilyn: 53 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Jean: 50 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Antwan: 51 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jarvis: 73 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Willie: 158 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marquis: 84 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Rashad: 70 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Akeem: 48 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Cedric: 63 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Andres: 125 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Demetrius: 82 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Ashley	2,510	–	2
2	Jessica	2,474	–	1
3	Brittany	2,206	↑1	3
4	Amanda	1,821	↓1	4
5	Stephanie	1,284	↑1	8
6	Jennifer	1,224	↓1	7
7	Sarah	1,165	–	5
8	Samantha	1,068	↑5	6
9	Lauren	1,014	↑1	9
10	Tiffany	945	↓1	16
11	Heather	875	–	15
12	Amber	867	–	14
13	Nicole	863	↓5	12
14	Christina	845	↑2	23
15	Megan	820	↑3	11
16	Elizabeth	805	↑1	10
17	Danielle	803	↓2	17
18	Melissa	783	↓4	19
19	Michelle	716	–	22
20	Rachel	641	–	18
21	Kayla	640	↑4	20
22	Chelsea	633	↑6	27
23	Courtney	630	↓2	21
24	Rebecca	550	–	24
25	Crystal	542	↓2	32
26	Katherine	541	↑1	26
27	Kimberly	494	↓5	28
28	Emily	493	↑2	13
29	Jasmine	468	↑14	30
30	Alexandra	452	↑3	43
31	Brittney	450	↑4	41
32	Sara	435	↓1	29
33	Erica	429	↓7	34
34	Victoria	421	↑4	44
35	Laura	419	↓6	25
36	Kristen	408	↑4	36
37	Kelly	390	↓5	37
38	Andrea	363	↑1	39
39	Mary	361	↑5	38
40	Vanessa	345	↓3	50
41	Amy	342	↓7	35
42	Lindsey	341	↑6	48
43	Kristin	337	new	60
44	Jamie	335	↓3	52
45	Caitlin	332	–	49
46	Kristina	320	new	65
47	Shannon	320	↓5	61
48	Natalie	318	↑2	62
49	Christine	317	↓3	59
50	Angela	310	↓14	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	3,292	–	1
2	Christopher	2,927	–	2
3	Joshua	2,267	–	4
4	Matthew	1,926	–	3
5	James	1,763	↑1	9
6	David	1,743	↓1	5
7	Robert	1,676	–	10
8	Daniel	1,658	–	6
9	Justin	1,639	–	8
10	John	1,501	–	12
11	Andrew	1,349	–	7
12	Joseph	1,344	–	11
13	Ryan	1,314	–	13
14	William	1,279	–	15
15	Anthony	1,260	↑2	16
16	Jonathan	1,236	↓1	17
17	Nicholas	1,168	↑2	14
18	Brandon	1,055	↓2	18
19	Kyle	1,002	↓1	20
20	Steven	920	↑3	22
21	Alexander	892	↑6	32
22	Kevin	884	↓2	19
23	Thomas	879	↓1	23
24	Eric	833	↓3	21
25	Richard	801	–	33
26	Brian	792	↓2	24
27	Timothy	739	↑1	28
28	Charles	675	↑2	36
29	Zachary	663	↑6	25
30	Adam	638	↑4	27
31	Jeremy	628	–	34
32	Sean	626	↓3	39
33	Stephen	601	–	40
34	Travis	598	↓2	41
35	Jason	582	↓9	35
36	Patrick	569	↑2	38
37	Aaron	565	↓1	31
38	Tyler	555	↑6	30
39	Benjamin	517	↑1	29
40	Jeffrey	516	↓3	37
41	Jacob	499	↑4	26
42	Kenneth	485	↓3	53
43	Mark	469	↓1	42
44	Jose	457	↑3	46
45	Gregory	454	↓2	52
46	Bryan	429	↓5	56
47	Samuel	426	new	47
48	Jordan	420	new	44
49	Cody	418	new	45
50	Austin	407	new	59

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