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

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1989 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Jessica	47,884	2.404	-311	-46,827	1	Michael	65,389	3.120	-13	-53,769
2	Ashley	47,589	2.389	-127	-45,322	2	Christopher	53,178	2.538	-40	-45,917
3	Brittany	37,788	1.897	-876	-37,483	3	Matthew	45,374	2.165	-17	-35,450
4	Amanda	36,827	1.849	-365	-35,983	4	Joshua	44,091	2.104	-37	-36,727
5	Sarah	27,793	1.395	-62	-24,059	5	David	35,218	1.681	-17	-25,521
6	Samantha	24,792	1.245	-54	-20,895	6	Daniel	35,001	1.670	-9	-23,828
7	Jennifer	23,997	1.205	-338	-23,082	7	Andrew	34,811	1.661	-36	-27,577
8	Stephanie	22,768	1.143	-310	-21,742	8	Justin	32,843	1.567	-133	-30,056
9	Lauren	21,063	1.057	-162	-19,367	9	James	32,703	1.561	5	-19,178
10	Elizabeth	20,295	1.019	-3	-11,782	10	Robert	30,065	1.435	-61	-24,925
11	Megan	19,781	0.993	-534	-19,217	11	Joseph	29,872	1.425	-12	-20,317
12	Nicole	19,030	0.955	-206	-17,614	12	John	29,846	1.424	-15	-20,727
13	Emily	17,320	0.870	1	-8,664	13	Ryan	28,411	1.356	-33	-21,506
14	Amber	16,759	0.841	-457	-16,101	14	Nicholas	28,226	1.347	-60	-23,425
15	Heather	16,245	0.816	-1,134	-16,035	15	William	24,673	1.177	12	-10,157
16	Tiffany	15,716	0.789	-674	-15,298	16	Anthony	24,420	1.165	-22	-16,417
17	Danielle	15,367	0.771	-365	-14,558	17	Jonathan	23,603	1.126	-46	-17,891
18	Rachel	15,357	0.771	-180	-13,813	18	Brandon	23,309	1.112	-106	-20,126
19	Melissa	15,203	0.763	-278	-14,089	19	Kevin	21,210	1.012	-106	-18,086
20	Kayla	14,902	0.748	-129	-13,027	20	Kyle	20,879	0.996	-203	-19,211
21	Courtney	13,453	0.675	-1,171	-13,254	21	Eric	18,976	0.906	-139	-16,587
22	Michelle	13,373	0.671	-241	-12,134	22	Steven	18,921	0.903	-176	-16,899
23	Christina	13,138	0.660	-416	-12,419	23	Thomas	18,431	0.880	-26	-11,652
24	Rebecca	12,433	0.624	-190	-10,991	24	Brian	18,100	0.864	-211	-16,482
25	Laura	11,740	0.589	-315	-10,805	25	Zachary	18,077	0.863	-84	-14,549
26	Katherine	11,414	0.573	-86	-8,748	26	Jacob	17,831	0.851	13	-6,061
27	Chelsea	11,250	0.565	-443	-10,591	27	Adam	16,929	0.808	-51	-12,254
28	Kimberly	11,037	0.554	-142	-9,341	28	Timothy	16,425	0.784	-137	-14,095
29	Sara	9,707	0.487	-144	-8,015	29	Benjamin	15,730	0.751	23	-2,349
30	Jasmine	9,549	0.479	-106	-7,416	30	Tyler	15,589	0.744	-89	-12,291
31	Kelsey	9,256	0.465	-386	-8,518	31	Aaron	15,310	0.731	-29	-9,357
32	Crystal	9,103	0.457	-685	-8,708	32	Alexander	14,522	0.693	21	-2,533
33	Alyssa	9,043	0.454	-117	-7,173	33	Richard	14,135	0.675	-155	-12,016
34	Erica	9,025	0.453	-865	-8,729	34	Jeremy	13,076	0.624	-170	-11,121
35	Amy	8,898	0.447	-170	-7,401	35	Jason	12,608	0.602	-65	-8,761
36	Kristen	8,803	0.442	-1,190	-8,614	36	Charles	12,248	0.584	-16	-5,644
37	Kelly	8,764	0.440	-581	-8,280	37	Jeffrey	12,012	0.573	-294	-11,009
38	Mary	8,644	0.434	-88	-6,317	38	Patrick	11,988	0.572	-151	-9,877
39	Andrea	8,410	0.422	-95	-6,256	39	Sean	11,894	0.568	-230	-10,584
40	Erin	8,142	0.409	-381	-7,407	40	Stephen	11,736	0.560	-244	-10,500
41	Brittney	7,832	0.393	-2,954	-7,778	41	Travis	11,524	0.550	-272	-10,452
42	Hannah	7,830	0.393	9	-2,201	42	Mark	11,318	0.540	-168	-9,459
43	Alexandra	7,679	0.386	-82	-5,285	43	Nathan	10,906	0.520	-5	-4,116
44	Victoria	7,637	0.383	23	-548	44	Jordan	10,874	0.519	-38	-6,228
45	Katie	7,288	0.366	-404	-6,581	45	Cody	10,818	0.516	-238	-9,581
46	Allison	7,285	0.366	-23	-3,607	46	Jose	10,329	0.493	-43	-6,037
47	Angela	7,199	0.361	-217	-5,963	47	Samuel	10,103	0.482	26	-369
48	Lindsey	7,067	0.355	-785	-6,744	48	Dustin	9,719	0.464	-477	-9,184
49	Caitlin	7,024	0.353	-1,311	-6,860	49	Paul	9,029	0.431	-185	-7,404
50	Vanessa	6,958	0.349	-180	-5,589	50	Jesse	8,855	0.423	-135	-6,729

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.