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The most popular baby names of 1989

SSA recorded 3,844,480 births in 1989 across all reported names — 1,843,552 girls and 2,000,928 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1989

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1988.
#NameBirthsvs 1988
1 Jessica 47,887 —
2 Ashley 47,588 —
3 Brittany 37,792 +3
4 Amanda 36,834 -1
5 Sarah 27,797 -1
6 Samantha 24,792 +2
7 Jennifer 24,006 -2
8 Stephanie 22,766 -1
9 Lauren 21,065 +2
10 Elizabeth 20,298 —
11 Megan 19,780 +1
12 Nicole 19,032 -3
13 Emily 17,323 +5
14 Amber 16,760 +1
15 Heather 16,248 -1
16 Tiffany 15,716 -3
17 Danielle 15,366 —
18 Rachel 15,357 +1
19 Melissa 15,203 -3
20 Kayla 14,903 —
21 Courtney 13,452 +3
22 Michelle 13,376 -1
23 Christina 13,141 -1
24 Rebecca 12,436 +2
25 Laura 11,740 -2
26 Katherine 11,415 +1
27 Chelsea 11,252 +6
28 Kimberly 11,037 -3
29 Sara 9,706 +1
30 Jasmine 9,549 +23
31 Kelsey 9,256 +33
32 Crystal 9,103 -4
33 Alyssa 9,042 +14
34 Erica 9,025 -3
35 Amy 8,899 -6
36 Kristen 8,803 —
37 Kelly 8,759 -5
38 Mary 8,645 -4
39 Andrea 8,410 -4
40 Erin 8,144 -3
41 Brittney 7,834 +11
42 Hannah 7,830 +19
43 Alexandra 7,680 +6
44 Victoria 7,637 -2
45 Katie 7,290 -5
46 Allison 7,282 —
47 Angela 7,199 -9
48 Lindsey 7,069 —
49 Caitlin 7,025 -5
50 Vanessa 6,962 -9
51 Anna 6,898 +3
52 Jamie 6,845 -7
53 Alicia 6,817 -3
54 Cassandra 6,698 +5
55 Lisa 6,573 -12
56 Maria 6,345 +4
57 Whitney 6,305 -18
58 Kathryn 6,294 -3
59 Christine 6,134 -8
60 Kristin 6,064 -2
61 Shannon 5,660 -5
62 Natalie 5,630 +1
63 Lindsay 5,525 -6
64 Jacqueline 5,444 -2
65 Kristina 4,803 +3
66 April 4,734 -1
67 Catherine 4,559 +2
68 Monica 4,502 +2
69 Morgan 4,426 +9
70 Tara 4,370 -3
71 Jenna 4,339 -5
72 Jordan 4,281 +64
73 Erika 4,190 +3
74 Brooke 4,148 +13
75 Taylor 4,069 +27
76 Katelyn 4,036 +8
77 Brianna 3,995 +19
78 Julie 3,942 -7
79 Holly 3,893 -7
80 Meghan 3,856 +1
81 Marissa 3,794 +20
82 Krystal 3,787 -8
83 Leah 3,784 -1
84 Cynthia 3,778 -5
85 Veronica 3,712 -2
86 Diana 3,687 -1
87 Natasha 3,668 -14
88 Melanie 3,628 +11
89 Patricia 3,603 -12
90 Kathleen 3,596 -15
91 Bianca 3,593 +17
92 Alexis 3,518 +5
93 Molly 3,460 -7
94 Abigail 3,405 +24
95 Kaitlyn 3,392 +11
96 Julia 3,370 -8
97 Margaret 3,285 -4
98 Brandi 3,250 -7
99 Kendra 3,230 -19
100 Kaitlin 3,171 -2

Top 100 boys' names in 1989

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1988.
#NameBirthsvs 1988
1 Michael 65,415 —
2 Christopher 53,186 —
3 Matthew 45,375 —
4 Joshua 44,100 —
5 David 35,225 +1
6 Daniel 35,007 +2
7 Andrew 34,817 -2
8 Justin 32,852 -1
9 James 32,720 —
10 Robert 30,072 —
11 Joseph 29,884 +1
12 John 29,853 -1
13 Ryan 28,408 —
14 Nicholas 28,230 —
15 William 24,673 +1
16 Anthony 24,423 +2
17 Jonathan 23,608 -2
18 Brandon 23,310 -1
19 Kevin 21,209 +1
20 Kyle 20,882 +1
21 Eric 18,977 -2
22 Steven 18,929 +2
23 Thomas 18,439 —
24 Brian 18,106 -2
25 Zachary 18,077 +4
26 Jacob 17,831 +2
27 Adam 16,928 -1
28 Timothy 16,427 -3
29 Benjamin 15,733 +1
30 Tyler 15,594 +3
31 Aaron 15,308 —
32 Alexander 14,523 +2
33 Richard 14,133 -1
34 Jeremy 13,081 +1
35 Jason 12,614 -8
36 Charles 12,245 +1
37 Jeffrey 12,013 -1
38 Patrick 11,987 +4
39 Sean 11,895 -1
40 Stephen 11,736 —
41 Travis 11,526 —
42 Mark 11,320 -3
43 Nathan 10,904 +1
44 Jordan 10,882 +8
45 Cody 10,823 -2
46 Jose 10,331 +3
47 Samuel 10,107 -2
48 Dustin 9,715 —
49 Paul 9,029 -3
50 Jesse 8,853 +5
51 Scott 8,850 -4
52 Gregory 8,760 -2
53 Kenneth 8,555 -2
54 Derek 8,365 -1
55 Corey 8,003 +1
56 Bryan 7,851 -2
57 Jared 7,018 +3
58 Bradley 6,977 -1
59 Austin 6,886 +4
60 Alex 6,543 -2
61 Cory 6,450 -2
62 Edward 5,849 —
63 Juan 5,781 +5
64 Cameron 5,593 +5
65 Shawn 5,479 -4
66 Peter 5,411 -2
67 Marcus 5,395 -1
68 Ian 4,948 +9
69 Evan 4,926 +5
70 Keith 4,893 —
71 Shane 4,860 -4
72 Taylor 4,859 +19
73 Luis 4,852 +2
74 Chad 4,723 -9
75 Phillip 4,721 -4
76 Antonio 4,719 -4
77 Carlos 4,638 +3
78 Christian 4,625 +8
79 George 4,513 -1
80 Vincent 4,495 +1
81 Brett 4,428 -8
82 Donald 4,323 -6
83 Trevor 4,166 +4
84 Nathaniel 4,121 -3
85 Ronald 4,110 -6
86 Raymond 4,106 -2
87 Ethan 4,056 +174
88 Joel 3,939 -3
89 Victor 3,905 —
90 Casey 3,850 -7
91 Caleb 3,788 +17
92 Douglas 3,700 -4
93 Mitchell 3,645 +2
94 Seth 3,633 -4
95 Erik 3,630 -3
96 Devin 3,596 +2
97 Blake 3,521 +6
98 Wesley 3,457 -6
99 Derrick 3,442 -2
100 Adrian 3,418 +1

Names that climbed fastest in 1989

Ranked by places gained against 1988, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1989Rank 1988Change
Kiara girls 114 819 +705
Kierra girls 462 844 +382
Cecily girls 497 792 +295
Arianna girls 472 747 +275
Adrianna girls 282 522 +240
Kylee girls 404 638 +234
Christin girls 286 510 +224
Danica girls 639 860 +221
Akeem boys 440 640 +200
Zoe girls 580 770 +190
Kiersten girls 692 880 +188
Kelsie girls 333 519 +186
Arielle girls 185 368 +183
Chloe girls 302 479 +177
Kristian girls 658 832 +174

Names that fell fastest in 1989

NameRank 1989Rank 1988Change
Joshua girls 885 652 -233
Christopher girls 788 577 -211
Alexander girls 803 602 -201
Geraldine girls 775 576 -199
Shanice girls 452 270 -182
Cherie girls 852 671 -181
Shari girls 897 717 -180
Deidre girls 863 695 -168
Mandi girls 787 621 -166
Jolene girls 721 556 -165
Shameka girls 880 720 -160
Loretta girls 907 747 -160
Viviana girls 901 747 -154
Daphne girls 843 692 -151
Irving boys 672 522 -150

Names that first appear in 1989

1989 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1989

For these names, 1989 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.