1989
Top Baby Names of 1989
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Girl Names
Top 50 in 1989
1
Jessica 47,887 2
Ashley 47,588 3
Brittany 37,791 4
Amanda 36,834 5
Sarah 27,796 6
Samantha 24,792 7
Jennifer 24,004 8
Stephanie 22,766 9
Lauren 21,065 10
Elizabeth 20,298 11
Megan 19,780 12
Nicole 19,034 13
Emily 17,324 14
Amber 16,760 15
Heather 16,248 16
Tiffany 15,716 17
Danielle 15,366 18
Rachel 15,357 19
Melissa 15,204 20
Kayla 14,904 21
Courtney 13,452 22
Michelle 13,376 23
Christina 13,140 24
Rebecca 12,435 25
Laura 11,742 26
Katherine 11,415 27
Chelsea 11,252 28
Kimberly 11,037 29
Sara 9,706 30
Jasmine 9,550 31
Kelsey 9,256 32
Crystal 9,103 33
Alyssa 9,043 34
Erica 9,025 35
Amy 8,898 36
Kristen 8,803 37
Kelly 8,759 38
Mary 8,645 39
Andrea 8,410 40
Erin 8,143 41
Brittney 7,834 42
Hannah 7,830 43
Alexandra 7,680 44
Victoria 7,637 45
Katie 7,289 46
Allison 7,283 47
Angela 7,199 48
Lindsey 7,069 49
Caitlin 7,025 50
Vanessa 6,961 👦
Boy Names
Top 50 in 1989
1
Michael 65,409 2
Christopher 53,184 3
Matthew 45,374 4
Joshua 44,099 5
David 35,223 6
Daniel 35,009 7
Andrew 34,818 8
Justin 32,852 9
James 32,720 10
Robert 30,073 11
Joseph 29,882 12
John 29,853 13
Ryan 28,407 14
Nicholas 28,231 15
William 24,674 16
Anthony 24,423 17
Jonathan 23,607 18
Brandon 23,310 19
Kevin 21,209 20
Kyle 20,879 21
Eric 18,978 22
Steven 18,929 23
Thomas 18,436 24
Brian 18,108 25
Zachary 18,078 26
Jacob 17,834 27
Adam 16,928 28
Timothy 16,427 29
Benjamin 15,733 30
Tyler 15,590 31
Aaron 15,311 32
Alexander 14,524 33
Richard 14,133 34
Jeremy 13,080 35
Jason 12,614 36
Charles 12,245 37
Jeffrey 12,012 38
Patrick 11,988 39
Sean 11,896 40
Stephen 11,736 41
Travis 11,528 42
Mark 11,324 43
Nathan 10,907 44
Jordan 10,884 45
Cody 10,822 46
Jose 10,330 47
Samuel 10,107 48
Dustin 9,715 49
Paul 9,029 50
Jesse 8,855 About 1989 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1989, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.