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Baby Names from 1989

3,844,447 registered births | 2,000,899 boys | 1,843,548 girls

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Top 10 Baby Names of 1989

Top 10 Boy Names

1 Michael
65,409 births
2 Christopher
53,184 births
3 Matthew
45,374 births
4 Joshua
44,099 births
5 David
35,223 births
6 Daniel
35,009 births
7 Andrew
34,818 births
8 Justin
32,852 births
9 James
32,720 births
10 Robert
30,073 births

Top 10 Girl Names

1 Jessica
47,887 births
2 Ashley
47,588 births
3 Brittany
37,791 births
4 Amanda
36,834 births
5 Sarah
27,796 births
6 Samantha
24,792 births
7 Jennifer
24,004 births
8 Stephanie
22,766 births
9 Lauren
21,065 births
10 Elizabeth
20,298 births

Top Unisex Names of 1989

Jordan
10,884 boys 4,281 girls
Taylor
4,858 boys 4,069 girls
Jamie
1,474 boys 6,845 girls
Casey
3,850 boys 3,079 girls
Shannon
566 boys 5,660 girls

Names used for both boys and girls with at least 10% minority-gender share.

Notable Risers & Fallers in 1989

Names that jumped or dropped 50+ spots in the rankings compared to the previous year.

Biggest Risers

G Arielle
#368 → #185 (+183)
B Ethan
#261 → #87 (+174)
G Kylie
#294 → #151 (+143)
B Colton
#268 → #157 (+111)
G Jordan
#136 → #72 (+64)
B Darius
#249 → #194 (+55)
G Adriana
#189 → #135 (+54)

Biggest Fallers

G Jill
#197 → #255 (-58)

New to the Top 200 in 1989

Names appearing in the top 200 for the first time ever.

Ethan #87 Kiara #115 Kylie #151 Colton #157 Breanna #163 Karina #182 Kirsten #183 Arielle #185 Nicolas #191 Darius #194
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