Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1989

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1989 were Ashley for girls (879 babies) and Michael for boys (1,090). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 59,834 babies born in Minnesota in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1989

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

Girls

Gao: 16 babies, 32.6× the national rate
Pa: 19 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Britta: 29 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Mai: 42 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Unknown: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jolene: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Gretchen: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kirsten: 96 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Abbey: 29 babies, 4× the national rate
Abby: 74 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Tou: 19 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Anders: 17 babies, 15× the national rate
Hans: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Mitchel: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Brady: 70 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Unknown: 22 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Cole: 71 babies, 5× the national rate
Reid: 23 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lukas: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Luke: 153 babies, 3.6× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Ashley	879	–	2
2	Amanda	750	–	4
3	Jessica	694	–	1
4	Sarah	563	–	5
5	Brittany	561	↑6	3
6	Emily	556	↑2	13
7	Samantha	524	–	6
8	Megan	516	↑1	11
9	Nicole	469	↓3	12
10	Jennifer	456	↓5	7
11	Rachel	425	↑4	18
12	Elizabeth	422	↓2	10
13	Kayla	390	↑4	20
14	Stephanie	390	↓2	8
15	Laura	371	↓2	25
16	Kelsey	364	↑7	31
17	Danielle	330	↓3	17
18	Heather	280	↓2	15
19	Lauren	276	↑10	9
20	Melissa	276	↓2	19
21	Rebecca	272	↑1	24
22	Amber	268	↓3	14
23	Alyssa	262	↑5	33
24	Katherine	259	–	26
25	Katie	255	↓5	45
26	Sara	252	–	29
27	Amy	243	↓6	35
28	Anna	238	↑2	51
29	Cassandra	238	↑7	54
30	Michelle	237	↑1	22
31	Hannah	230	↑10	42
32	Courtney	214	↑8	21
33	Alexandra	207	↑15	43
34	Kelly	206	↓9	37
35	Angela	201	↓3	47
36	Andrea	198	↓1	39
37	Allison	195	↑2	46
38	Brianna	193	↑7	77
39	Erin	192	↓6	40
40	Tiffany	178	↓6	16
41	Jenna	174	↓14	71
42	Caitlin	163	↑2	49
43	Christina	160	new	23
44	Jamie	160	↑3	52
45	Molly	158	↓3	93
46	Chelsea	156	↑4	27
47	Lisa	155	↑2	55
48	Lindsey	149	↓10	48
49	Alicia	148	↓6	53
50	Kathryn	143	↓13	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	1,090	–	1
2	Andrew	1,031	↑1	7
3	Matthew	1,028	↓1	3
4	Nicholas	773	↑2	14
5	Jacob	735	↑2	26
6	Joshua	726	↓2	4
7	Daniel	685	↓2	6
8	Christopher	661	↑2	2
9	Ryan	651	↓1	13
10	Joseph	642	↓1	11
11	David	549	↑1	5
12	Benjamin	543	↑1	29
13	Tyler	543	↑2	30
14	Justin	517	↓3	8
15	Kyle	505	↓1	20
16	John	502	↑4	12
17	Anthony	471	–	16
18	Adam	443	↓2	27
19	Alexander	421	↑4	32
20	Brandon	413	↓2	18
21	Zachary	408	↑1	25
22	Thomas	405	↓1	23
23	James	388	↑2	9
24	Nathan	383	↑4	43
25	Aaron	373	↓1	31
26	Eric	360	↓7	21
27	Robert	360	↓1	10
28	Brian	319	↓1	24
29	Jonathan	305	↑1	17
30	Kevin	292	↑3	19
31	Samuel	291	↑1	47
32	Jordan	283	↑10	44
33	Travis	280	↓2	41
34	William	279	↑2	15
35	Timothy	277	↓6	28
36	Steven	276	↓2	22
37	Cody	266	↑1	45
38	Derek	254	↓1	54
39	Dustin	251	↑1	48
40	Jesse	240	↑7	50
41	Jason	236	↓6	35
42	Jeffrey	227	↓3	37
43	Scott	212	↑1	51
44	Jeremy	210	↓1	34
45	Alex	204	–	60
46	Patrick	200	↓5	38
47	Peter	176	↑1	66
48	Mark	174	↑1	42
49	Cory	173	new	61
50	Charles	171	new	36

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