Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1989

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1989 were Ashley for girls (1,081 babies) and Michael for boys (2,257). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 82,255 babies born in Massachusetts in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1989

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

Girls

Meaghan: 117 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Maura: 41 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kerri: 57 babies, 5× the national rate
Kerry: 52 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Colleen: 149 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Eliza: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jillian: 226 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kaleigh: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Meghan: 254 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Julianne: 45 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 239 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dana: 35 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Liam: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Conor: 36 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Owen: 33 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bradford: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Francis: 62 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Connor: 62 babies, 3× the national rate
Myles: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Peter: 307 babies, 2.6× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Ashley	1,081	↑1	2
2	Jessica	1,054	↓1	1
3	Amanda	1,021	–	4
4	Sarah	834	–	5
5	Samantha	810	↑5	6
6	Jennifer	715	–	7
7	Nicole	688	↓2	12
8	Stephanie	667	↓1	8
9	Elizabeth	627	↓1	10
10	Lauren	618	↓1	9
11	Brittany	578	↑3	3
12	Emily	558	↓1	13
13	Melissa	442	–	19
14	Danielle	422	↓2	17
15	Michelle	407	↑5	22
16	Katherine	402	↑1	26
17	Rebecca	392	↓2	24
18	Rachel	376	↑5	18
19	Kayla	362	↑9	20
20	Alexandra	358	↑5	43
21	Christina	355	↑1	23
22	Courtney	355	↓1	21
23	Laura	347	↓5	25
24	Heather	322	↓5	15
25	Megan	320	↓9	11
26	Alyssa	319	↑11	33
27	Kimberly	295	↓1	28
28	Kelly	290	↓1	37
29	Kristen	284	↑2	36
30	Erin	283	–	40
31	Christine	268	↑1	59
32	Caitlin	255	↓8	49
33	Meghan	254	↑1	80
34	Tiffany	251	↓1	16
35	Sara	230	↑1	29
36	Jillian	226	↑4	>100
37	Allison	219	↑2	46
38	Alicia	218	↑6	53
39	Kelsey	213	new	31
40	Andrea	211	↑8	39
41	Amy	208	↓12	35
42	Victoria	204	new	44
43	Erica	202	↓5	34
44	Hannah	202	new	42
45	Katelyn	197	↓10	76
46	Jacqueline	195	↓4	64
47	Kathryn	194	↓1	58
48	Mary	193	↓3	38
49	Molly	193	new	93
50	Lindsay	189	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	2,257	–	1
2	Christopher	1,613	↑1	2
3	Matthew	1,502	↓1	3
4	Daniel	1,184	–	6
5	Andrew	1,071	–	7
6	Nicholas	1,055	↑1	14
7	John	996	↑1	12
8	Joseph	972	↑1	11
9	David	940	↓3	5
10	Ryan	926	–	13
11	Joshua	891	↑1	4
12	James	876	↓1	9
13	Robert	818	–	10
14	Jonathan	727	–	17
15	Kevin	702	↑2	19
16	Brian	652	↓1	24
17	Justin	650	↓1	8
18	Timothy	628	↑3	28
19	William	604	↓1	15
20	Anthony	594	–	16
21	Thomas	589	↓2	23
22	Alexander	559	↑3	32
23	Patrick	542	↑3	38
24	Kyle	520	↑3	20
25	Eric	519	↓3	21
26	Sean	506	↑2	39
27	Jeffrey	492	↓3	37
28	Steven	489	↑4	22
29	Benjamin	480	↓6	29
30	Stephen	447	↓1	40
31	Adam	423	–	27
32	Zachary	402	↑5	25
33	Richard	400	–	33
34	Mark	388	–	42
35	Jason	365	↓5	35
36	Paul	344	↓1	49
37	Scott	311	↑2	51
38	Peter	307	–	66
39	Gregory	301	↓3	52
40	Derek	286	↑1	54
41	Samuel	274	↓1	47
42	Tyler	272	↑5	30
43	Jacob	261	new	26
44	Brandon	259	↓2	18
45	Corey	243	–	55
46	Brendan	239	↑3	>100
47	Jeremy	224	↓4	34
48	Charles	219	↑2	36
49	Evan	216	new	69
50	Nathan	213	↓6	43

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