Welcome to our dedicated page featuring the top 500 boy and girl baby names of 1989. This year holds a special place in the annals of naming history, reflecting a blend of timeless classics and unique choices that captured the hearts of parents during this era. As you explore our comprehensive list, you’ll discover the names that defined a generation, from the traditional to the trendsetting. Whether you’re seeking inspiration for a new arrival, researching historical naming trends, or simply curious about the names that resonated with families in 1989, our curated selection offers a fascinating glimpse into the past. Join us on a nostalgic journey through the most popular names of the year, and see how trends in baby naming have evolved over time.
| Rank | Boy Name | Boy Births | Girl Name | Girl Births |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 56051 | Jessica | 45331 |
| 2 | Christopher | 47669 | Ashley | 43417 |
| 3 | Joshua | 41790 | Brittany | 33910 |
| 4 | Matthew | 39902 | Amanda | 32777 |
| 5 | Andrew | 32334 | Sarah | 25167 |
| 6 | Daniel | 31980 | Jennifer | 21890 |
| 7 | David | 31886 | Samantha | 21079 |
| 8 | Justin | 30170 | Stephanie | 20380 |
| 9 | James | 28772 | Elizabeth | 19635 |
| 10 | Robert | 26348 | Megan | 18745 |
| 11 | Nicholas | 26134 | Lauren | 18095 |
| 12 | Ryan | 26106 | Nicole | 16697 |
| 13 | Joseph | 25758 | Amber | 16128 |
| 14 | John | 24505 | Emily | 15754 |
| 15 | Brandon | 22740 | Heather | 14792 |
| 16 | Anthony | 22287 | Kayla | 14730 |
| 17 | William | 21372 | Tiffany | 14196 |
| 18 | Jonathan | 20943 | Rachel | 13884 |
| 19 | Kyle | 20648 | Melissa | 13794 |
| 20 | Kevin | 18855 | Danielle | 13669 |
| 21 | Jacob | 17923 | Michelle | 12487 |
| 22 | Eric | 17317 | Courtney | 12324 |
| 23 | Zachary | 17101 | Christina | 11739 |
| 24 | Steven | 17088 | Rebecca | 11054 |
| 25 | Tyler | 16348 | Chelsea | 11002 |
| 26 | Brian | 15970 | Laura | 10432 |
| 27 | Adam | 15937 | Katherine | 10185 |
| 28 | Thomas | 15931 | Kimberly | 9832 |
| 29 | Benjamin | 15094 | Kelsey | 9218 |
| 30 | Aaron | 14559 | Sara | 9103 |
| 31 | Timothy | 14398 | Jasmine | 8653 |
| 32 | Alexander | 13711 | Alyssa | 8307 |
| 33 | Richard | 12946 | Amy | 8247 |
| 34 | Jeremy | 12215 | Erica | 8202 |
| 35 | Jason | 11308 | Crystal | 8067 |
| 36 | Nathan | 11095 | Andrea | 7928 |
| 37 | Jordan | 10999 | Brittney | 7797 |
| 38 | Travis | 10752 | Mary | 7709 |
| 39 | Jeffrey | 10691 | Kristen | 7611 |
| 40 | Cody | 10678 | Hannah | 7553 |
| 41 | Sean | 10611 | Kelly | 7316 |
| 42 | Charles | 10579 | Katie | 7295 |
| 43 | Jose | 10182 | Erin | 7155 |
| 44 | Patrick | 10096 | Vanessa | 6872 |
| 45 | Stephen | 9798 | Alexandra | 6762 |
| 46 | Mark | 9665 | Anna | 6630 |
| 47 | Samuel | 9560 | Lindsey | 6590 |
| 48 | Dustin | 9406 | Angela | 6548 |
| 49 | Jesse | 8872 | Alicia | 6546 |
| 50 | Scott | 8195 | Cassandra | 6434 |
| 51 | Derek | 8102 | Victoria | 6421 |
| 52 | Paul | 7856 | Allison | 6404 |
| 53 | Kenneth | 7793 | Jamie | 6376 |
| 54 | Gregory | 7248 | Caitlin | 5969 |
| 55 | Corey | 7115 | Lisa | 5729 |
| 56 | Austin | 6970 | Maria | 5601 |
| 57 | Bryan | 6957 | Kathryn | 5547 |
| 58 | Jared | 6867 | Natalie | 5405 |
| 59 | Alex | 6137 | Kristin | 5305 |
| 60 | Cameron | 5987 | Whitney | 5266 |
| 61 | Bradley | 5712 | Christine | 5246 |
| 62 | Juan | 5128 | Lindsay | 4920 |
| 63 | Cory | 5062 | Shannon | 4805 |
| 64 | Edward | 4709 | Jacqueline | 4730 |
| 65 | Taylor | 4709 | Monica | 4356 |
| 66 | Ian | 4389 | Kristina | 4291 |
| 67 | Evan | 4296 | Erika | 3867 |
| 68 | Luis | 4145 | Catherine | 3653 |
| 69 | Antonio | 3919 | Brianna | 3635 |
| 70 | Peter | 3910 | Julie | 3528 |
| 71 | Carlos | 3806 | April | 3430 |
| 72 | Marcus | 3762 | Morgan | 3323 |
| 73 | Trevor | 3735 | Tara | 3199 |
| 74 | Shawn | 3720 | Brooke | 3175 |
| 75 | Chad | 3688 | Cynthia | 3145 |
| 76 | Christian | 3532 | Jordan | 3043 |
| 77 | Joel | 3416 | Alexis | 2906 |
| 78 | Shane | 3373 | Diana | 2868 |
| 79 | George | 3367 | Holly | 2836 |
| 80 | Caleb | 3319 | Veronica | 2710 |
| 81 | Jesus | 3272 | Krystal | 2688 |
| 82 | Vincent | 3173 | Alexandria | 2685 |
| 83 | Brett | 3165 | Marissa | 2681 |
| 84 | Nathaniel | 3086 | Jenna | 2571 |
| 85 | Phillip | 3054 | Taylor | 2564 |
| 86 | Victor | 3047 | Katelyn | 2493 |
| 87 | Ethan | 2988 | Natasha | 2379 |
| 88 | Erik | 2955 | Leah | 2287 |
| 89 | Keith | 2935 | Bianca | 2240 |
| 90 | Miguel | 2837 | Molly | 2204 |
| 91 | Casey | 2760 | Brandi | 2143 |
| 92 | Seth | 2644 | Patricia | 2089 |
| 93 | Donald | 2633 | Nancy | 2006 |
| 94 | Jorge | 2625 | Kendra | 1983 |
| 95 | Francisco | 2531 | Ana | 1967 |
| 96 | Mitchell | 2478 | Leslie | 1947 |
| 97 | Raymond | 2466 | Angelica | 1895 |
| 98 | Devin | 2396 | Melanie | 1887 |
| 99 | Ricardo | 2363 | Abigail | 1843 |
| 100 | Adrian | 2359 | Brenda | 1784 |
| 101 | Blake | 2323 | Adriana | 1721 |
| 102 | Logan | 2283 | Kathleen | 1658 |
| 103 | Ronald | 2247 | Meghan | 1656 |
| 104 | Edgar | 2200 | Mayra | 1610 |
| 105 | Gabriel | 2108 | Bethany | 1600 |
| 106 | Alejandro | 2069 | Kaitlin | 1553 |
| 107 | Mario | 2031 | Kara | 1545 |
| 108 | Derrick | 1976 | Kaitlyn | 1527 |
| 109 | Manuel | 1916 | Sandra | 1515 |
| 110 | Eduardo | 1852 | Casey | 1507 |
| 111 | Oscar | 1816 | Monique | 1450 |
| 112 | Martin | 1796 | Kiara | 1439 |
| 113 | Wesley | 1730 | Margaret | 1434 |
| 114 | Spencer | 1694 | Karina | 1398 |
| 115 | Sergio | 1618 | Haley | 1375 |
| 116 | Roberto | 1617 | Daisy | 1370 |
| 117 | Curtis | 1591 | Rachael | 1359 |
| 118 | Craig | 1587 | Karen | 1342 |
| 119 | Douglas | 1578 | Cindy | 1334 |
| 120 | Angel | 1572 | Sabrina | 1326 |
| 121 | Fernando | 1504 | Yesenia | 1302 |
| 122 | Hector | 1502 | Cristina | 1240 |
| 123 | Gary | 1500 | Desiree | 1237 |
| 124 | Javier | 1482 | Claudia | 1206 |
| 125 | Cesar | 1330 | Britney | 1204 |
| 126 | Lucas | 1328 | Brandy | 1203 |
| 127 | Ruben | 1322 | Denise | 1164 |
| 128 | Chase | 1321 | Gabriela | 1120 |
| 129 | Dylan | 1254 | Lacey | 1087 |
| 130 | Ivan | 1246 | Priscilla | 1073 |
| 131 | Luke | 1237 | Julia | 1072 |
| 132 | Troy | 1172 | Joanna | 1054 |
| 133 | Jeffery | 1110 | Kylie | 1010 |
| 134 | Garrett | 1078 | Nichole | 987 |
| 135 | Brent | 1020 | Miranda | 976 |
| 136 | Levi | 957 | Alisha | 935 |
| 137 | Jonathon | 918 | Meagan | 871 |
| 138 | Philip | 800 | Chelsey | 855 |
| 139 | Darius | 788 | Jillian | 845 |
| 140 | Johnathan | 742 | Dana | 827 |
| 141 | Colin | 740 | Paige | 807 |
| 142 | Bobby | 721 | Felicia | 781 |
| 143 | Larry | 720 | Caroline | 772 |
| 144 | Drew | 706 | Candace | 739 |
| 145 | Colton | 621 | Mallory | 726 |
| 146 | Bryce | 601 | Candice | 703 |
| 147 | Terry | 596 | Gabrielle | 644 |
| 148 | Willie | 592 | Abby | 468 |
| 149 | Tony | 550 | Katrina | 429 |
| 150 | Dennis | 525 | Michaela | 418 |
| 151 | Tanner | 502 | Rebekah | 415 |
| 152 | Jerry | 500 | Emma | 381 |
| 153 | Grant | 437 | Colleen | 376 |
| 154 | Hunter | 430 | Alison | 374 |
| 155 | Billy | 421 | Latoya | 372 |
| 156 | Todd | 408 | Krista | 366 |
| 157 | Mathew | 408 | Tabitha | 362 |
| 158 | Frank | 371 | Anne | 349 |
| 159 | Colby | 360 | Jaclyn | 333 |
| 160 | Andre | 337 | Chasity | 314 |
| 161 | Russell | 281 | Breanna | 271 |
| 162 | Cole | 279 | Ebony | 269 |
| 163 | Reginald | 270 | Dominique | 236 |
| 164 | Johnny | 269 | Cassie | 221 |
| 165 | Dillon | 263 | Angel | 207 |
| 166 | Ricky | 255 | Ashlee | 200 |
| 167 | Jeremiah | 247 | Briana | 183 |
| 168 | Allen | 240 | Audrey | 180 |
| 169 | Brendan | 238 | Renee | 174 |
| 170 | Tyson | 224 | Heidi | 163 |
| 171 | Randall | 207 | Gina | 153 |
| 172 | Calvin | 206 | Misty | 146 |
| 173 | Lance | 197 | Kelli | 138 |
| 174 | Alan | 193 | Robin | 129 |
| 175 | Terrance | 189 | Carrie | 126 |
| 176 | Courtney | 189 | Kate | 107 |
| 177 | Rodney | 183 | Kylee | 86 |
| 178 | Ross | 169 | Olivia | 84 |
| 179 | Jake | 162 | Bailey | 80 |
| 180 | Preston | 128 | Jade | 79 |
| 181 | Jarvis | 110 | Unnamed | 79 |
| 182 | Kristopher | 108 | Meredith | 74 |
| 183 | Xavier | 107 | Chelsie | 73 |
| 184 | Kendrick | 104 | Kari | 72 |
| 185 | Skyler | 97 | Stacy | 68 |
| 186 | Maurice | 92 | Tanya | 62 |
| 187 | Jamal | 90 | Kirsten | 59 |
| 188 | Brady | 87 | Kelsie | 59 |
| 189 | Maxwell | 85 | Sierra | 58 |
| 190 | Henry | 80 | Hailey | 58 |
| 191 | Unnamed | 79 | Unknown | 50 |
| 192 | Isaac | 79 | Camille | 46 |
| 193 | Gerald | 64 | Aubrey | 44 |
| 194 | Landon | 57 | Mckenzie | 42 |
| 195 | Dakota | 54 | Madison | 42 |
| 196 | Dominic | 51 | Sasha | 39 |
| 197 | Julian | 50 | Lacy | 38 |
| 198 | Dallin | 49 | Kaylee | 38 |
| 199 | Riley | 49 | Kasey | 38 |
| 200 | Unknown | 47 | Malia | 36 |
| 201 | Noah | 47 | Caitlyn | 33 |
| 202 | Jimmy | 46 | Tiana | 30 |
| 203 | Parker | 42 | Leilani | 27 |
| 204 | Micah | 40 | Hillary | 22 |
| 205 | Bryson | 35 | Stacey | 22 |
| 206 | Randy | 30 | Alexa | 22 |
| 207 | Keoni | 29 | Hilary | 20 |
| 208 | Kekoa | 25 | Grace | 20 |
| 209 | Dane | 25 | Claire | 20 |
| 210 | Bronson | 25 | Melinda | 18 |
| 211 | Wayne | 24 | Jaime | 18 |
| 212 | Reid | 21 | Sophie | 16 |
| 213 | Ikaika | 21 | Tiare | 16 |
| 214 | Clayton | 20 | Amelia | 16 |
| 215 | Carl | 20 | Eliza | 16 |
| 216 | Francis | 20 | Alana | 15 |
| 217 | Kawika | 20 | Tasha | 15 |
| 218 | Dominique | 20 | Kiana | 15 |
| 219 | Isaiah | 20 | Cara | 14 |
| 220 | Kalani | 19 | Shantel | 14 |
| 221 | Brock | 18 | Maile | 13 |
| 222 | Jamar | 18 | Brianne | 12 |
| 223 | Jonah | 17 | Janelle | 12 |
| 224 | Shannon | 17 | Aimee | 12 |
| 225 | Bryant | 16 | Kerry | 12 |
| 226 | Connor | 16 | Chanel | 12 |
| 227 | Max | 16 | Carly | 10 |
| 228 | Dana | 14 | Autumn | 9 |
| 229 | Jay | 12 | Trisha | 7 |
| 230 | Louis | 12 | Kaycee | 7 |
| 231 | Chance | 12 | Naomi | 6 |
| 232 | Marc | 11 | Josie | 6 |
| 233 | Zachariah | 11 | Tessa | 6 |
| 234 | Tucker | 6 | Savannah | 6 |
| 235 | Kody | 6 | Shelby | 6 |