Popular baby names in Ohio, 1989

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1989 were Ashley for girls (2,378 babies) and Michael for boys (2,895). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 147,952 babies born in Ohio in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1989

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

Girls

India: 45 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Cierra: 80 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Abbey: 45 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ciara: 80 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Abby: 112 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kayleigh: 52 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Ciera: 47 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Katlyn: 51 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tricia: 40 babies, 2× the national rate
Diamond: 35 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Clay: 42 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Cory: 539 babies, 2.1× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Ashley	2,378	–	2
2	Brittany	2,133	↑2	3
3	Jessica	2,056	↓1	1
4	Amanda	1,867	↓1	4
5	Sarah	1,411	–	5
6	Megan	1,167	↑1	11
7	Samantha	1,165	↑1	6
8	Emily	1,025	↑1	13
9	Jennifer	1,012	↓3	7
10	Lauren	991	↑6	9
11	Elizabeth	944	↓1	10
12	Stephanie	931	↓1	8
13	Amber	926	↑1	14
14	Rachel	864	↑3	18
15	Heather	836	↓2	15
16	Nicole	816	↓1	12
17	Tiffany	807	↓5	16
18	Danielle	785	–	17
19	Courtney	667	↑2	21
20	Kayla	667	↓1	20
21	Chelsea	664	↑9	27
22	Melissa	565	↓2	19
23	Michelle	564	–	22
24	Katherine	534	↓2	26
25	Rebecca	515	↑2	24
26	Sara	507	↓1	29
27	Kristen	500	↑6	36
28	Laura	490	–	25
29	Christina	486	↓5	23
30	Kelsey	486	new	31
31	Erin	457	↓2	40
32	Kelly	450	↓1	37
33	Allison	413	↑3	46
34	Amy	406	↓8	35
35	Andrea	389	↑2	39
36	Lindsey	386	↑3	48
37	Erica	375	↑1	34
38	Kimberly	373	↓3	28
39	Mary	373	↑1	38
40	Katie	372	↓6	45
41	Angela	370	↓9	47
42	Hannah	368	new	42
43	Jasmine	367	new	30
44	Alyssa	366	–	33
45	Brittney	338	new	41
46	Caitlin	337	↓3	49
47	Jamie	322	↓6	52
48	Kristin	320	↓3	60
49	Cassandra	313	new	54
50	Lindsay	306	↓4	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	2,895	–	1
2	Matthew	2,270	↑1	3
3	Joshua	2,264	↓1	4
4	Christopher	2,117	–	2
5	Andrew	1,715	–	7
6	David	1,580	↑1	5
7	Daniel	1,475	↑5	6
8	Justin	1,474	↓2	8
9	Nicholas	1,454	↑4	14
10	James	1,425	↓2	9
11	Ryan	1,412	↓2	13
12	Joseph	1,380	↓2	11
13	Robert	1,380	↓2	10
14	Kyle	1,249	↑2	20
15	Brandon	1,204	–	18
16	Anthony	1,168	↑1	16
17	John	1,153	↓3	12
18	Zachary	1,085	↑3	25
19	Adam	1,056	↓1	27
20	Kevin	985	↑3	19
21	William	980	↓2	15
22	Aaron	919	↑2	31
23	Brian	895	↓3	24
24	Eric	881	↓2	21
25	Jacob	875	↑5	26
26	Tyler	864	↑5	30
27	Thomas	834	↓2	23
28	Timothy	805	↓2	28
29	Steven	804	↓1	22
30	Benjamin	771	↓1	29
31	Jonathan	764	↓4	17
32	Nathan	650	↑6	43
33	Alexander	649	↑7	32
34	Mark	596	↓2	42
35	Dustin	588	–	48
36	Jeffrey	577	↓3	37
37	Jeremy	566	–	34
38	Charles	559	↑1	36
39	Jordan	558	new	44
40	Richard	544	↓4	33
41	Cory	539	↑2	61
42	Jason	534	↓8	35
43	Cody	533	↑1	45
44	Patrick	504	↑6	38
45	Stephen	501	↓3	40
46	Corey	494	new	55
47	Bradley	484	↓2	58
48	Scott	475	↓7	51
49	Sean	471	↓1	39
50	Gregory	435	↓3	52

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