Popular baby names in Indiana, 1989

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1989 were Ashley for girls (1,183 babies) and Joshua for boys (1,201). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 73,957 babies born in Indiana in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1989

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

Girls

Infant: 57 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Tosha: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Cassondra: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kylee: 42 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Leann: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kyla: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Maranda: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Nikita: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Abbey: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Audra: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Infant: 59 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Brock: 51 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tracy: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Zachariah: 42 babies, 3× the national rate
Coty: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Brice: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Trent: 55 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Blaine: 30 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Drew: 96 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Corbin: 25 babies, 2.4× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Ashley	1,183	–	2
2	Jessica	1,070	–	1
3	Brittany	1,065	↑1	3
4	Amanda	887	↓1	4
5	Sarah	721	–	5
6	Megan	631	–	11
7	Samantha	549	↑4	6
8	Amber	511	↑1	14
9	Kayla	495	↑7	20
10	Lauren	488	↑7	9
11	Stephanie	484	↑2	8
12	Emily	482	↓2	13
13	Elizabeth	451	↑2	10
14	Jennifer	450	↓7	7
15	Heather	422	↓7	15
16	Rachel	406	↓2	18
17	Tiffany	400	↓5	16
18	Danielle	381	–	17
19	Courtney	373	↑1	21
20	Chelsea	332	↑2	27
21	Nicole	326	↓2	12
22	Kelsey	299	↑23	31
23	Melissa	257	↓2	19
24	Laura	236	↑5	25
25	Hannah	232	↑21	42
26	Michelle	232	↑1	22
27	Sara	232	↓3	29
28	Katherine	231	↓3	26
29	Amy	228	↓6	35
30	Christina	225	↓2	23
31	Lindsey	221	↑5	48
32	Brittney	216	↑7	41
33	Katie	216	↑4	45
34	Alyssa	209	↑8	33
35	Andrea	208	↓1	39
36	Kristen	206	↓1	36
37	Mary	206	↑3	38
38	Rebecca	206	↓7	24
39	Erin	203	↓6	40
40	Whitney	200	↓14	57
41	Erica	184	↓9	34
42	Kimberly	181	↓12	28
43	Allison	180	↓5	46
44	Angela	170	↓3	47
45	Abigail	167	new	94
46	Kathryn	166	new	58
47	Kelly	158	↓3	37
48	Crystal	157	↓5	32
49	Cassandra	156	new	54
50	Jamie	154	↓3	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Joshua	1,201	↑1	4
2	Michael	1,186	↓1	1
3	Christopher	1,085	–	2
4	Matthew	1,052	–	3
5	Andrew	876	–	7
6	Justin	787	–	8
7	Kyle	773	↑4	20
8	Nicholas	736	↑5	14
9	David	723	↓2	5
10	James	702	↓2	9
11	Ryan	682	↓1	13
12	Brandon	674	↓3	18
13	Zachary	652	↑2	25
14	Jacob	650	↑7	26
15	Joseph	646	↑1	11
16	Daniel	617	↓2	6
17	Robert	596	↓5	10
18	John	558	↓1	12
19	Adam	543	↓1	27
20	Tyler	513	↑5	30
21	Anthony	479	↑2	16
22	Benjamin	469	↑4	29
23	William	467	↓4	15
24	Aaron	465	↓2	31
25	Eric	441	↓5	21
26	Steven	420	↑7	22
27	Dustin	397	↓3	48
28	Nathan	385	↑3	43
29	Cody	381	↑6	45
30	Brian	379	–	24
31	Kevin	372	↑3	19
32	Jonathan	371	↓5	17
33	Jordan	356	↑4	44
34	Thomas	356	↓6	23
35	Travis	331	↑3	41
36	Timothy	325	↓7	28
37	Jeremy	296	↓1	34
38	Derek	293	↑2	54
39	Charles	273	–	36
40	Richard	266	↑9	33
41	Jason	263	↓9	35
42	Austin	262	↑3	59
43	Bradley	259	↓2	58
44	Samuel	237	new	47
45	Alexander	235	↓1	32
46	Mark	233	↓3	42
47	Cory	231	↓1	61
48	Jeffrey	230	–	37
49	Patrick	229	↓7	38
50	Stephen	229	–	40

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