Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1989

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1989 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1988						Change from 1988
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Jessica	47,884	2.404	0	-3,659	1	Michael	65,389	3.120	0	1,246
2	Ashley	47,589	2.389	0	-2,374	2	Christopher	53,178	2.538	0	181
3	Brittany	37,788	1.897	3	10,973	3	Matthew	45,374	2.165	0	-496
4	Amanda	36,827	1.849	-1	-2,630	4	Joshua	44,091	2.104	0	1,440
5	Sarah	27,793	1.395	-1	-575	5	David	35,218	1.681	1	-96
6	Samantha	24,792	1.245	2	4,093	6	Daniel	35,001	1.670	2	301
7	Jennifer	23,997	1.205	-2	-3,892	7	Andrew	34,811	1.661	-2	-930
8	Stephanie	22,768	1.143	-1	-70	8	Justin	32,843	1.567	-1	-2,199
9	Lauren	21,063	1.057	2	1,425	9	James	32,703	1.561	0	193
10	Elizabeth	20,295	1.019	0	257	10	Robert	30,065	1.435	0	-252
11	Megan	19,781	0.993	1	1,212	11	Joseph	29,872	1.425	1	867
12	Nicole	19,030	0.955	-3	-1,281	12	John	29,846	1.424	-1	442
13	Emily	17,320	0.870	5	1,451	13	Ryan	28,411	1.356	0	673
14	Amber	16,759	0.841	1	81	14	Nicholas	28,226	1.347	0	2,932
15	Heather	16,245	0.816	-1	-1,792	15	William	24,673	1.177	1	547
16	Tiffany	15,716	0.789	-3	-2,648	16	Anthony	24,420	1.165	2	789
17	Danielle	15,367	0.771	0	-886	17	Jonathan	23,603	1.126	-2	-743
18	Rachel	15,357	0.771	1	14	18	Brandon	23,309	1.112	-1	-421
19	Melissa	15,203	0.763	-3	-1,341	19	Kevin	21,210	1.012	1	1,050
20	Kayla	14,902	0.748	0	1,471	20	Kyle	20,879	0.996	1	988
21	Courtney	13,453	0.675	3	1,411	21	Eric	18,976	0.906	-2	-1,185
22	Michelle	13,373	0.671	-1	35	22	Steven	18,921	0.903	2	1,060
23	Christina	13,138	0.660	-1	184	23	Thomas	18,431	0.880	0	-371
24	Rebecca	12,433	0.624	2	563	24	Brian	18,100	0.864	-2	-1,429
25	Laura	11,740	0.589	-2	-378	25	Zachary	18,077	0.863	4	2,210
26	Katherine	11,414	0.573	1	263	26	Jacob	17,831	0.851	2	1,957
27	Chelsea	11,250	0.565	6	2,370	27	Adam	16,929	0.808	-1	469
28	Kimberly	11,037	0.554	-3	-909	28	Timothy	16,425	0.784	-3	-378
29	Sara	9,707	0.487	1	-305	29	Benjamin	15,730	0.751	1	545
30	Jasmine	9,549	0.479	23	3,104	30	Tyler	15,589	0.744	3	2,249
31	Kelsey	9,256	0.465	33	3,803	31	Aaron	15,310	0.731	0	905
32	Crystal	9,103	0.457	-4	-997	32	Alexander	14,522	0.693	2	1,190
33	Alyssa	9,043	0.454	14	1,906	33	Richard	14,135	0.675	-1	-8
34	Erica	9,025	0.453	-3	-563	34	Jeremy	13,076	0.624	1	-89
35	Amy	8,898	0.447	-6	-1,136	35	Jason	12,608	0.602	-8	-3,298
36	Kristen	8,803	0.442	0	422	36	Charles	12,248	0.584	1	144
37	Kelly	8,764	0.440	-5	-147	37	Jeffrey	12,012	0.573	-1	-382
38	Mary	8,644	0.434	-4	134	38	Patrick	11,988	0.572	4	599
39	Andrea	8,410	0.422	-4	20	39	Sean	11,894	0.568	-1	110
40	Erin	8,142	0.409	-3	-121	40	Stephen	11,736	0.560	0	133
41	Brittney	7,832	0.393	11	1,256	41	Travis	11,524	0.550	0	106
42	Hannah	7,830	0.393	19	2,269	42	Mark	11,318	0.540	-3	-386
43	Alexandra	7,679	0.386	6	712	43	Nathan	10,906	0.520	1	756
44	Victoria	7,637	0.383	-2	357	44	Jordan	10,874	0.519	8	2,386
45	Katie	7,288	0.366	-5	-477	45	Cody	10,818	0.516	-2	238
46	Allison	7,285	0.366	0	143	46	Jose	10,329	0.493	3	1,327
47	Angela	7,199	0.361	-9	-714	47	Samuel	10,103	0.482	-2	544
48	Lindsey	7,067	0.355	0	66	48	Dustin	9,719	0.464	0	382
49	Caitlin	7,024	0.353	-5	-222	49	Paul	9,029	0.431	-3	-399
50	Vanessa	6,958	0.349	-9	-557	50	Jesse	8,855	0.423	5	947

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.