Name.Baby Names by year 1980s 1989 Most Popular Baby Names of 1989 Social Security has card records for 4,088,142 babies born in the U.S. in 1989. Jessica was the top girl name (47,887 babies) and Michael the top boy name (65,415).
Top 100 names of 1989 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1989, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Jessica 47,887 #665 2 Ashley 47,588 #164 3 Brittany 37,792 #928 4 Amanda 36,834 #493 5 Sarah 27,797 #90 6 Samantha 24,792 #151 7 Jennifer 24,006 #586 8 Stephanie 22,766 #557 9 Lauren 21,065 #401 10 Elizabeth 20,298 #17 11 Megan 19,780 #887 12 Nicole 19,032 #382 13 Emily 17,323 #34 14 Amber 16,760 #520 15 Heather 16,248 #1,261 16 Tiffany 15,716 #878 17 Danielle 15,366 #549 18 Rachel 15,357 #250 19 Melissa 15,203 #419 20 Kayla 14,903 #364 21 Courtney 13,452 #2,326 22 Michelle 13,376 #465 23 Christina 13,141 #770 24 Rebecca 12,436 #349 25 Laura 11,740 #379 26 Katherine 11,415 #186 27 Chelsea 11,252 #851 28 Kimberly 11,037 #302 29 Sara 9,706 #198 30 Jasmine 9,549 #206 31 Kelsey 9,256 #814 32 Crystal 9,103 #1,144 33 Alyssa 9,042 #453 34 Erica 9,025 #1,396 35 Amy 8,899 #257 36 Kristen 8,803 #1,990 37 Kelly 8,759 #851 38 Mary 8,645 #125 39 Andrea 8,410 #235 40 Erin 8,144 #833 41 Brittney 7,834 #5,099 42 Hannah 7,830 #56 43 Alexandra 7,680 #237 44 Victoria 7,637 #54 45 Katie 7,290 #646 46 Allison 7,282 #103 47 Angela 7,199 #408 48 Lindsey 7,069 #1,367 49 Caitlin 7,025 #2,326 50 Vanessa 6,962 #377
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1989, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Anna 6,898 #107 52 Jamie 6,845 #857 53 Alicia 6,817 #460 54 Cassandra 6,698 #630 55 Lisa 6,573 #987 56 Maria 6,345 #87 57 Whitney 6,305 #1,043 58 Kathryn 6,294 #729 59 Christine 6,134 #1,272 60 Kristin 6,064 #4,661 61 Shannon 5,660 #2,387 62 Natalie 5,630 #89 63 Lindsay 5,525 #2,194 64 Jacqueline 5,444 #558 65 Kristina 4,803 #1,721 66 April 4,734 #542 67 Catherine 4,559 #313 68 Monica 4,502 #736 69 Morgan 4,426 #312 70 Tara 4,370 #844 71 Jenna 4,339 #679 72 Jordan 4,281 #584 73 Erika 4,190 #1,109 74 Brooke 4,148 #313 75 Taylor 4,069 #403 76 Katelyn 4,036 #1,076 77 Brianna 3,995 #222 78 Julie 3,942 #872 79 Holly 3,893 #416 80 Meghan 3,856 #1,902 81 Marissa 3,794 #1,673 82 Krystal 3,787 #2,117 83 Leah 3,784 #58 84 Cynthia 3,778 #1,013 85 Veronica 3,712 #427 86 Diana 3,687 #244 87 Natasha 3,668 #1,144 88 Melanie 3,628 #142 89 Patricia 3,603 #1,334 90 Kathleen 3,596 #1,150 91 Bianca 3,593 #500 92 Alexis 3,518 #554 93 Molly 3,460 #196 94 Abigail 3,405 #41 95 Kaitlyn 3,392 #799 96 Julia 3,370 #131 97 Margaret 3,285 #112 98 Brandi 3,250 #4,758 99 Kendra 3,230 #849 100 Kaitlin 3,171 #4,067
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1989, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Michael 65,415 #21 2 Christopher 53,186 #68 3 Matthew 45,375 #32 4 Joshua 44,100 #66 5 David 35,225 #35 6 Daniel 35,007 #22 7 Andrew 34,817 #73 8 Justin 32,852 #233 9 James 32,720 #6 10 Robert 30,072 #92 11 Joseph 29,884 #29 12 John 29,853 #23 13 Ryan 28,408 #99 14 Nicholas 28,230 #112 15 William 24,673 #9 16 Anthony 24,423 #46 17 Jonathan 23,608 #89 18 Brandon 23,310 #261 19 Kevin 21,209 #221 20 Kyle 20,882 #508 21 Eric 18,977 #273 22 Steven 18,929 #271 23 Thomas 18,439 #34 24 Brian 18,106 #339 25 Zachary 18,077 #216 26 Jacob 17,831 #43 27 Adam 16,928 #101 28 Timothy 16,427 #203 29 Benjamin 15,733 #11 30 Tyler 15,594 #219 31 Aaron 15,308 #80 32 Alexander 14,523 #30 33 Richard 14,133 #234 34 Jeremy 13,081 #292 35 Jason 12,614 #165 36 Charles 12,245 #48 37 Jeffrey 12,013 #552 38 Patrick 11,987 #235 39 Sean 11,895 #489 40 Stephen 11,736 #383 41 Travis 11,526 #434 42 Mark 11,320 #244 43 Nathan 10,904 #63 44 Jordan 10,882 #131 45 Cody 10,823 #318 46 Jose 10,331 #95 47 Samuel 10,107 #18 48 Dustin 9,715 #728 49 Paul 9,029 #262 50 Jesse 8,853 #184
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1989, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Scott 8,850 #534 52 Gregory 8,760 #593 53 Kenneth 8,555 #294 54 Derek 8,365 #284 55 Corey 8,003 #778 56 Bryan 7,851 #336 57 Jared 7,018 #396 58 Bradley 6,977 #403 59 Austin 6,886 #113 60 Alex 6,543 #232 61 Cory 6,450 #1,244 62 Edward 5,849 #224 63 Juan 5,781 #159 64 Cameron 5,593 #76 65 Shawn 5,479 #681 66 Peter 5,411 #187 67 Marcus 5,395 #258 68 Ian 4,948 #83 69 Evan 4,926 #153 70 Keith 4,893 #800 71 Shane 4,860 #635 72 Taylor 4,859 #683 73 Luis 4,852 #144 74 Chad 4,723 #1,699 75 Phillip 4,721 #651 76 Antonio 4,719 #176 77 Carlos 4,638 #150 78 Christian 4,625 #96 79 George 4,513 #126 80 Vincent 4,495 #107 81 Brett 4,428 #1,382 82 Donald 4,323 #690 83 Trevor 4,166 #679 84 Nathaniel 4,121 #140 85 Ronald 4,110 #637 86 Raymond 4,106 #394 87 Ethan 4,056 #24 88 Joel 3,939 #219 89 Victor 3,905 #209 90 Casey 3,850 #320 91 Caleb 3,788 #58 92 Douglas 3,700 #807 93 Mitchell 3,645 #952 94 Seth 3,633 #581 95 Erik 3,630 #545 96 Devin 3,596 #548 97 Blake 3,521 #316 98 Wesley 3,457 #52 99 Derrick 3,442 #850 100 Adrian 3,418 #74
Entered the top 100 in 1989
