Popular baby names in Michigan, 1989

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1989 were Ashley for girls (2,138 babies) and Michael for boys (2,590). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 129,877 babies born in Michigan in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1989

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

Girls

Dayna: 51 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kyra: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Diamond: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nichole: 158 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Trisha: 71 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Katelynn: 39 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Asia: 56 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Tanisha: 43 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jill: 71 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Martez: 38 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Deangelo: 69 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ali: 60 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Cortez: 41 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Deshawn: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Deandre: 83 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Antoine: 63 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Demetrius: 75 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Darius: 122 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Nickolas: 80 babies, 2.2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Ashley	2,138	–	2
2	Jessica	1,775	–	1
3	Amanda	1,597	–	4
4	Brittany	1,240	↑5	3
5	Sarah	1,214	↓1	5
6	Samantha	1,123	↑2	6
7	Nicole	956	↓2	12
8	Stephanie	934	↓1	8
9	Lauren	837	↑9	9
10	Jennifer	815	↓4	7
11	Emily	795	↑3	13
12	Amber	790	↑1	14
13	Megan	781	↓2	11
14	Elizabeth	771	↓2	10
15	Danielle	731	↓5	17
16	Rachel	720	–	18
17	Heather	686	↓2	15
18	Chelsea	664	↑3	27
19	Tiffany	611	↓2	16
20	Melissa	578	↓1	19
21	Michelle	502	↓1	22
22	Courtney	496	↑2	21
23	Kayla	485	↑3	20
24	Rebecca	464	↓1	24
25	Christina	434	↑6	23
26	Sara	426	↓4	29
27	Laura	423	↓2	25
28	Kelsey	418	new	31
29	Andrea	414	↑1	39
30	Jasmine	413	new	30
31	Katherine	388	↓3	26
32	Kelly	384	↑1	37
33	Alyssa	374	↑11	33
34	Erica	374	↓2	34
35	Angela	373	↓1	47
36	Erin	367	↑1	40
37	Katie	363	↓10	45
38	Kristen	335	–	36
39	Amy	329	↓10	35
40	Alicia	312	–	53
41	Kimberly	312	↓2	28
42	Crystal	309	↓6	32
43	Lindsey	300	↑3	48
44	Mary	295	↓1	38
45	Allison	293	↑3	46
46	Brittney	291	new	41
47	Jamie	287	↓6	52
48	Lisa	276	↓13	55
49	Kathryn	268	↑1	58
50	Lindsay	259	↓5	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	2,590	–	1
2	Christopher	1,884	↑1	2
3	Joshua	1,839	↑1	4
4	Matthew	1,801	↓2	3
5	Andrew	1,535	–	7
6	Ryan	1,408	↑2	13
7	Nicholas	1,371	↑4	14
8	Justin	1,361	↓2	8
9	David	1,333	↓2	5
10	James	1,202	↑2	9
11	Kyle	1,179	↑4	20
12	Joseph	1,132	↑1	11
13	Daniel	1,117	↓3	6
14	Robert	1,112	↓5	10
15	Anthony	1,052	↑3	16
16	Brandon	1,011	↓2	18
17	John	944	↓1	12
18	Jacob	906	↑6	26
19	Kevin	872	–	19
20	Steven	867	↑1	22
21	Adam	858	↓1	27
22	Eric	856	↓5	21
23	Aaron	750	↑3	31
24	William	738	↓1	15
25	Zachary	732	↑6	25
26	Brian	729	↓4	24
27	Thomas	712	↑2	23
28	Timothy	645	↓1	28
29	Jonathan	638	↑1	17
30	Benjamin	625	↓2	29
31	Alexander	598	↑2	32
32	Nathan	583	↑5	43
33	Jeremy	547	↑3	34
34	Scott	542	↑1	51
35	Jason	528	↓10	35
36	Tyler	524	↑3	30
37	Jeffrey	516	↓5	37
38	Mark	504	↓4	42
39	Jordan	503	↑6	44
40	Travis	499	–	41
41	Patrick	470	↑1	38
42	Richard	447	↓4	33
43	Sean	445	↑1	39
44	Charles	425	↑4	36
45	Cody	407	↑5	45
46	Derek	406	–	54
47	Stephen	392	↓4	40
48	Bradley	388	↓7	58
49	Kenneth	383	–	53
50	Paul	377	↓3	49

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