Popular baby names in New York, 1989

The most popular baby names in New York in 1989 were Jessica for girls (2,955 babies) and Michael for boys (6,087). Social Security records list 253,690 babies born in New York in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1989

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

Girls

Alexandr: 301 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Jacqueli: 157 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Cassandr: 152 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Elizabet: 419 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Catherin: 131 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Katherin: 248 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Gabriell: 115 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Stephani: 490 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Rivka: 70 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Chaya: 169 babies, 11.3× the national rate

Boys

Christop: 1,082 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Alexande: 299 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Christia: 80 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Chaim: 114 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Moshe: 126 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Daquan: 69 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Salvatore: 124 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kadeem: 70 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kareem: 100 babies, 5× the national rate
Jamel: 115 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Jessica	2,955	–	1
2	Amanda	2,654	–	4
3	Ashley	2,637	–	2
4	Nicole	2,182	↑1	12
5	Samantha	2,082	↑2	6
6	Jennifer	1,955	↓2	7
7	Stephanie	1,811	↓1	8
8	Brittany	1,700	↑8	3
9	Sarah	1,580	↓1	5
10	Danielle	1,502	–	17
11	Lauren	1,454	↑1	9
12	Melissa	1,426	↓3	19
13	Michelle	1,212	↑2	22
14	Christina	1,139	↓1	23
15	Emily	1,097	↑2	13
16	Tiffany	1,035	↓2	16
17	Elizabeth	1,027	↓6	10
18	Rachel	989	–	18
19	Megan	926	↑2	11
20	Kimberly	848	↓1	28
21	Rebecca	818	↑4	24
22	Laura	776	↑1	25
23	Heather	753	↑1	15
24	Alyssa	747	↑10	33
25	Kelly	720	↑3	37
26	Erica	699	↑1	34
27	Katherine	693	↓7	26
28	Crystal	690	↑2	32
29	Courtney	683	↑6	21
30	Kristen	680	↑1	36
31	Jasmine	679	↑8	30
32	Sara	646	↑1	29
33	Lisa	639	↓4	55
34	Victoria	632	↑3	44
35	Christine	598	↓13	59
36	Kayla	588	↑4	20
37	Alexandra	584	↓11	43
38	Caitlin	558	↓6	49
39	Maria	531	↑10	56
40	Amber	513	↑7	14
41	Andrea	513	↑1	39
42	Christin	499	new	>100
43	Erin	499	↑1	40
44	Vanessa	491	↓6	50
45	Stephani	490	new	>100
46	Chelsea	489	new	27
47	Allison	485	↓4	46
48	Alicia	478	–	53
49	Amy	478	↓8	35
50	Angela	475	↓4	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	6,087	–	1
2	Matthew	3,494	↑1	3
3	Christopher	3,112	↓1	2
4	Joseph	3,067	↑1	11
5	Daniel	2,895	↓1	6
6	David	2,748	–	5
7	Anthony	2,525	–	16
8	Andrew	2,494	–	7
9	John	2,443	–	12
10	Nicholas	2,276	↑3	14
11	Jonathan	2,267	–	17
12	Robert	2,236	↓2	10
13	Joshua	2,185	↑1	4
14	James	2,173	↓2	9
15	Kevin	1,920	↑1	19
16	Justin	1,862	↓1	8
17	Ryan	1,744	↑2	13
18	Steven	1,688	↑3	22
19	Brian	1,646	↓2	24
20	Thomas	1,619	↓2	23
21	William	1,592	↓1	15
22	Eric	1,410	–	21
23	Jason	1,216	–	35
24	Richard	1,184	–	33
25	Timothy	1,139	–	28
26	Adam	1,120	–	27
27	Sean	1,084	–	39
28	Christop	1,082	new	>100
29	Kyle	1,069	↑2	20
30	Patrick	1,016	–	38
31	Jeffrey	1,009	↓3	37
32	Brandon	951	–	18
33	Stephen	940	–	40
34	Gregory	878	↑2	52
35	Mark	851	↓1	42
36	Benjamin	827	↓1	29
37	Alexander	824	↓8	32
38	Paul	821	↓1	49
39	Zachary	810	–	25
40	Peter	802	↓2	66
41	Jose	789	↓1	46
42	Aaron	748	↓1	31
43	Charles	710	↓1	36
44	Jeremy	652	↓1	34
45	Samuel	642	↑4	47
46	Bryan	619	–	56
47	Jacob	616	↑1	26
48	Kenneth	615	↓3	53
49	Vincent	607	↑1	80
50	Scott	600	↓6	51

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