Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1989

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1989 were Brittany for girls (1,840 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,821). Brittany ranked #3 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 86,934 babies born in North Carolina in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1989

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

Girls

Cameron: 32 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lashonda: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Logan: 31 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tiera: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Meredith: 147 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ashlyn: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Porsha: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Christy: 75 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jalisa: 41 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shante: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Demario: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Darrius: 26 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Quentin: 58 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Antwan: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Carson: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sidney: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Preston: 96 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kendrick: 46 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Quinton: 45 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dominique: 77 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Brittany	1,840	↑2	3
2	Ashley	1,514	↓1	2
3	Jessica	1,505	↓1	1
4	Amanda	863	–	4
5	Sarah	733	↑2	5
6	Amber	667	↑4	14
7	Heather	646	↓1	15
8	Tiffany	630	↓3	16
9	Lauren	586	–	9
10	Jennifer	566	↓2	7
11	Elizabeth	536	–	10
12	Megan	535	–	11
13	Samantha	511	↑1	6
14	Courtney	478	↑3	21
15	Stephanie	441	↓2	8
16	Emily	408	↓1	13
17	Jasmine	406	↑18	30
18	Kayla	401	↑2	20
19	Mary	355	↑3	38
20	Kimberly	348	↑1	28
21	Christina	327	↑7	23
22	Kristen	326	↑8	36
23	Katherine	321	↑3	26
24	Hannah	316	↑9	42
25	Crystal	315	↓9	32
26	Rebecca	315	↑5	24
27	Laura	300	↓4	25
28	Rachel	292	↓4	18
29	Anna	284	↓2	51
30	Whitney	275	↓12	57
31	Erica	265	↓6	34
32	Melissa	257	↓13	19
33	Brittney	252	↑4	41
34	Chelsea	249	↑14	27
35	Danielle	240	↓6	17
36	Erin	229	↑5	40
37	Kelly	216	↓3	37
38	Sara	207	↓2	29
39	Kristin	203	↑4	60
40	Allison	201	new	46
41	Lindsey	201	new	48
42	Victoria	201	↑2	44
43	Amy	199	↓11	35
44	April	188	↓2	66
45	Morgan	187	↑5	69
46	Kathryn	181	↓1	58
47	Jordan	179	new	72
48	Katie	176	↑1	45
49	Shannon	175	↓9	61
50	Nicole	174	↓11	12

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Christopher	1,821	–	2
2	Joshua	1,627	–	4
3	Michael	1,531	–	1
4	Justin	1,202	–	8
5	James	1,177	↑1	9
6	Matthew	1,131	↓1	3
7	William	1,118	–	15
8	Brandon	947	–	18
9	David	909	–	5
10	Robert	835	–	10
11	John	785	↑1	12
12	Jonathan	747	↓1	17
13	Daniel	726	↑1	6
14	Andrew	722	↓1	7
15	Joseph	667	–	11
16	Timothy	519	↑1	28
17	Nicholas	513	↑6	14
18	Thomas	499	↓2	23
19	Charles	475	↓1	36
20	Ryan	472	↑1	13
21	Kevin	464	↑5	19
22	Zachary	457	↑8	25
23	Travis	448	↑1	41
24	Jeremy	430	↓4	34
25	Anthony	426	↓6	16
26	Steven	401	↓4	22
27	Adam	396	↓2	27
28	Benjamin	382	↑3	29
29	Aaron	380	↑6	31
30	Brian	375	↓2	24
31	Eric	367	↓4	21
32	Jacob	362	↑5	26
33	Dustin	358	↓1	48
34	Stephen	347	–	40
35	Tyler	339	↑1	30
36	Richard	333	↓3	33
37	Jason	293	↓8	35
38	Patrick	281	↑1	38
39	Kenneth	279	↑1	53
40	Jeffrey	274	↓2	37
41	Kyle	272	–	20
42	Cameron	250	new	64
43	Corey	246	↑1	55
44	Samuel	246	↓1	47
45	Jordan	245	↑1	44
46	Mark	237	new	42
47	Alexander	235	↑1	32
48	Bradley	235	↓6	58
49	Nathan	226	new	43
50	Gregory	223	↓3	52

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