Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1989

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1989 were Ashley for girls (2,122 babies) and Michael for boys (3,509). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 153,238 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1989

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

Girls

Maura: 55 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Colleen: 188 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Beth: 68 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Maureen: 46 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Breanne: 43 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Katlyn: 53 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Alaina: 45 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kaitlyn: 282 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Katelyn: 321 babies, 2× the national rate
Dana: 237 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Malik: 61 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Francis: 116 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lamar: 82 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dante: 54 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Donte: 49 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shawn: 449 babies, 2× the national rate
Shane: 399 babies, 2× the national rate
Maurice: 118 babies, 2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Ashley	2,122	–	2
2	Amanda	2,001	–	4
3	Jessica	1,890	–	1
4	Brittany	1,690	↑4	3
5	Sarah	1,312	–	5
6	Samantha	1,308	↑3	6
7	Lauren	1,221	–	9
8	Nicole	1,195	↓4	12
9	Jennifer	1,029	↓3	7
10	Stephanie	1,028	–	8
11	Megan	1,012	↑1	11
12	Elizabeth	905	↑1	10
13	Danielle	880	↓2	17
14	Emily	840	↑2	13
15	Rachel	784	↑3	18
16	Amber	767	↑4	14
17	Kayla	717	↑4	20
18	Melissa	716	↓1	19
19	Heather	701	↓4	15
20	Rebecca	673	↓1	24
21	Laura	648	↑1	25
22	Courtney	634	↑5	21
23	Kelly	626	–	37
24	Christina	612	↑1	23
25	Tiffany	600	↓11	16
26	Chelsea	572	↑18	27
27	Michelle	549	↓3	22
28	Alyssa	524	↑4	33
29	Kristen	521	↑1	36
30	Kimberly	502	↓4	28
31	Sara	483	↓3	29
32	Erin	470	↑2	40
33	Mary	447	↑3	38
34	Caitlin	427	↓5	49
35	Erica	412	↓2	34
36	Amy	403	↓5	35
37	Katherine	401	↓2	26
38	Kelsey	398	new	31
39	Jamie	391	↑8	52
40	Allison	380	–	46
41	Katie	375	↓2	45
42	Christine	372	↓1	59
43	Alicia	368	↓1	53
44	Shannon	366	↓6	61
45	Alexandra	364	–	43
46	Lindsay	347	↓9	63
47	Angela	343	↓1	47
48	Kathryn	342	new	58
49	Victoria	341	–	44
50	Jasmine	336	new	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	3,509	–	1
2	Matthew	2,587	–	3
3	Christopher	2,269	–	2
4	Andrew	1,890	–	7
5	Joshua	1,843	–	4
6	John	1,712	↑3	12
7	Daniel	1,685	–	6
8	David	1,679	↓2	5
9	Ryan	1,642	↑3	13
10	Joseph	1,632	↑3	11
11	Robert	1,562	↓3	10
12	Justin	1,506	↓2	8
13	James	1,482	↓2	9
14	Nicholas	1,317	–	14
15	Anthony	1,241	↑1	16
16	William	1,187	↓1	15
17	Kevin	1,137	↑2	19
18	Brian	1,026	↓1	24
19	Thomas	1,025	↓1	23
20	Zachary	1,025	↑3	25
21	Brandon	1,016	–	18
22	Kyle	982	↑2	20
23	Adam	948	↑2	27
24	Jonathan	915	↓4	17
25	Eric	906	↓3	21
26	Timothy	896	–	28
27	Steven	883	–	22
28	Benjamin	762	↑4	29
29	Richard	753	↑5	33
30	Stephen	748	↓2	40
31	Sean	746	–	39
32	Mark	732	↓2	42
33	Tyler	720	↑4	30
34	Patrick	683	↑1	38
35	Jeffrey	661	↓2	37
36	Alexander	635	↑3	32
37	Aaron	624	↓1	31
38	Nathan	590	–	43
39	Jason	587	↓10	35
40	Jacob	533	↑1	26
41	Charles	528	↓1	36
42	Scott	514	↑2	51
43	Gregory	500	–	52
44	Paul	476	↑2	49
45	Shawn	449	↓3	65
46	Jordan	446	new	44
47	Jeremy	442	↓2	34
48	Samuel	438	new	47
49	Derek	405	new	54
50	Travis	404	↓2	41

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