Popular baby names in Washington, 1989

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1989 were Jessica for girls (863 babies) and Michael for boys (1,030). Social Security records list 63,490 babies born in Washington in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1989

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

Girls

Mikayla: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Mackenzie: 52 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kaylin: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Carina: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Sophie: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kylee: 31 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sadie: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tessa: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kelsie: 36 babies, 3× the national rate
Kelsi: 21 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Kramer: 25 babies, 21× the national rate
Kellen: 23 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kelly: 56 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Riley: 44 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Garret: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Keegan: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tyson: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bryce: 86 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Connor: 49 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Nolan: 31 babies, 3× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Jessica	863	–	1
2	Ashley	847	–	2
3	Amanda	738	–	4
4	Sarah	612	–	5
5	Brittany	500	↑4	3
6	Samantha	445	↑2	6
7	Elizabeth	408	↑3	10
8	Jennifer	407	↓3	7
9	Stephanie	389	↓2	8
10	Rachel	380	↑2	18
11	Emily	368	↑4	13
12	Nicole	362	↓6	12
13	Megan	361	↓2	11
14	Kayla	347	–	20
15	Kelsey	335	↑6	31
16	Heather	319	↓3	15
17	Lauren	299	↑7	9
18	Melissa	297	↓2	19
19	Danielle	289	–	17
20	Amber	286	↓3	14
21	Michelle	278	↓3	22
22	Chelsea	244	↑6	27
23	Rebecca	241	↓1	24
24	Katherine	234	↑6	26
25	Laura	222	↑4	25
26	Christina	218	↓3	23
27	Courtney	212	↓2	21
28	Katie	205	↑5	45
29	Sara	201	↓3	29
30	Hannah	200	↑16	42
31	Amy	199	↓4	35
32	Alyssa	196	↑4	33
33	Alicia	192	↑9	53
34	Tiffany	190	↓14	16
35	Cassandra	175	↑12	54
36	Kimberly	175	↓4	28
37	Alexandra	170	↑7	43
38	Anna	170	↓4	51
39	Erin	170	↓4	40
40	Andrea	164	↓9	39
41	Jamie	157	↓2	52
42	Lindsey	152	↓2	48
43	Caitlin	140	↓5	49
44	Mary	140	new	38
45	Brittney	138	new	41
46	Crystal	137	↓5	32
47	Angela	135	↓10	47
48	Kristina	135	↑1	65
49	Brianna	133	new	77
50	Kathryn	129	↓5	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	1,030	–	1
2	Christopher	871	–	2
3	Joshua	786	–	4
4	Matthew	763	↑1	3
5	Andrew	755	↓1	7
6	Daniel	652	↑5	6
7	Ryan	636	–	13
8	Nicholas	632	↑2	14
9	David	613	↓3	5
10	Kyle	597	↓1	20
11	Tyler	557	↑2	30
12	Justin	547	↓4	8
13	Jacob	524	↑1	26
14	James	512	↓2	9
15	Joseph	486	↑1	11
16	Robert	461	↑1	10
17	Zachary	432	↑6	25
18	Brandon	429	↓3	18
19	John	423	↓1	12
20	Anthony	422	↓1	16
21	Aaron	376	–	31
22	Kevin	355	↓2	19
23	William	349	↑1	15
24	Alexander	348	↑5	32
25	Benjamin	347	↑1	29
26	Steven	336	↓1	22
27	Brian	334	↑3	24
28	Eric	322	↑3	21
29	Nathan	311	↑5	43
30	Thomas	299	↓2	23
31	Jonathan	298	↓9	17
32	Cody	294	↑5	45
33	Sean	288	–	39
34	Jordan	287	↑2	44
35	Jeffrey	285	↓3	37
36	Adam	261	↑3	27
37	Jesse	258	↑7	50
38	Timothy	258	↓3	28
39	Travis	254	↓1	41
40	Samuel	249	–	47
41	Jeremy	242	↑2	34
42	Jason	237	↓15	35
43	Richard	231	↓2	33
44	Derek	220	↑4	54
45	Jared	209	new	57
46	Cameron	207	↓1	64
47	Patrick	205	↓1	38
48	Scott	196	↓6	51
49	Charles	191	↓2	36
50	Stephen	188	new	40

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