Top Names of 1989
The most popular names recorded in 1989 were Jessica for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |