United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1989

Names given to at least 5 babies born in the United States in a year, from Social Security card applications. Accents are left out (José is counted as Jose).

Boy Names

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

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Girl Names

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

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Source: Social Security Administration

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