Popular baby names in Virginia, 1989

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1989 were Jessica for girls (1,254 babies) and Michael for boys (1,533). Social Security records list 78,963 babies born in Virginia in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1989

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

Girls

Baby: 40 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Kendall: 45 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Virginia: 90 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ashleigh: 86 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kiara: 155 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Blair: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Sade: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Leigh: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kierra: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ciara: 44 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Baby: 35 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Jamar: 47 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Donte: 40 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Javon: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lamar: 50 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jamel: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rashad: 42 babies, 3× the national rate
Dominique: 75 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Alonzo: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Clifton: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Jessica	1,254	↑1	1
2	Brittany	1,247	↑2	3
3	Ashley	1,232	↓2	2
4	Amanda	838	↓1	4
5	Sarah	813	–	5
6	Lauren	628	↑4	9
7	Jennifer	560	↓1	7
8	Samantha	558	↑3	6
9	Heather	546	–	15
10	Elizabeth	542	↓2	10
11	Amber	493	↑4	14
12	Megan	482	–	11
13	Stephanie	482	–	8
14	Emily	471	–	13
15	Tiffany	463	↓8	16
16	Rachel	455	–	18
17	Katherine	387	↑1	26
18	Courtney	356	↑3	21
19	Danielle	351	↓2	17
20	Nicole	348	–	12
21	Rebecca	329	↑1	24
22	Laura	314	↓3	25
23	Mary	298	–	38
24	Christina	297	↑5	23
25	Chelsea	292	↑9	27
26	Michelle	285	↑1	22
27	Jasmine	272	↑11	30
28	Melissa	270	↓3	19
29	Kayla	267	↑12	20
30	Kelly	252	↓2	37
31	Kimberly	252	↓7	28
32	Kristen	247	↑3	36
33	Erin	234	↓3	40
34	Whitney	228	↓8	57
35	Brittney	227	↑10	41
36	Sara	222	↓4	29
37	Victoria	215	↑11	44
38	Crystal	213	↓7	32
39	Amy	210	↓2	35
40	Caitlin	210	↓7	49
41	Allison	203	↓5	46
42	Shannon	203	↓2	61
43	Hannah	202	new	42
44	Kelsey	202	new	31
45	Erica	201	↓6	34
46	Christine	188	↑1	59
47	Kathryn	188	↓5	58
48	Kristin	187	↑1	60
49	Lindsey	170	↓5	48
50	Catherine	167	new	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	1,533	↑1	1
2	Christopher	1,493	↓1	2
3	Joshua	1,188	↑1	4
4	Matthew	1,132	↓1	3
5	James	997	–	9
6	William	914	↑3	15
7	David	884	–	5
8	Robert	864	↑3	10
9	John	807	↓1	12
10	Andrew	804	–	7
11	Justin	801	↓5	8
12	Daniel	728	–	6
13	Brandon	698	–	18
14	Joseph	645	↑1	11
15	Ryan	626	↑1	13
16	Jonathan	578	↓2	17
17	Kevin	562	↑2	19
18	Nicholas	502	↑7	14
19	Thomas	486	↓2	23
20	Timothy	459	↑2	28
21	Brian	456	↓3	24
22	Benjamin	454	↑4	29
23	Zachary	444	↑4	25
24	Charles	418	↓1	36
25	Anthony	412	↓5	16
26	Eric	401	↓5	21
27	Steven	389	↓3	22
28	Travis	378	↑2	41
29	Aaron	366	↑4	31
30	Stephen	342	↑2	40
31	Adam	339	–	27
32	Alexander	336	↑7	32
33	Kyle	334	↑2	20
34	Richard	333	↓6	33
35	Jacob	317	↑2	26
36	Jason	315	↓7	35
37	Jeremy	315	↓3	34
38	Jeffrey	295	↑3	37
39	Sean	287	↓3	39
40	Patrick	285	↓2	38
41	Tyler	265	↑4	30
42	Samuel	259	↑4	47
43	Mark	256	↓1	42
44	Dustin	252	↑4	48
45	Kenneth	243	↓5	53
46	Nathan	229	↓2	43
47	Gregory	220	↓4	52
48	Bryan	211	↑1	56
49	Corey	211	↓2	55
50	Paul	197	–	49

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