The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1989
9,232 different boys’ names were recorded in 1989, covering 2,000,928 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 65,415 |
| 2 | Christopher | 53,186 |
| 3 | Matthew | 45,375 |
| 4 | Joshua | 44,100 |
| 5 | David | 35,225 |
| 6 | Daniel | 35,007 |
| 7 | Andrew | 34,817 |
| 8 | Justin | 32,852 |
| 9 | James | 32,720 |
| 10 | Robert | 30,072 |
| 11 | Joseph | 29,884 |
| 12 | John | 29,853 |
| 13 | Ryan | 28,408 |
| 14 | Nicholas | 28,230 |
| 15 | William | 24,673 |
| 16 | Anthony | 24,423 |
| 17 | Jonathan | 23,608 |
| 18 | Brandon | 23,310 |
| 19 | Kevin | 21,209 |
| 20 | Kyle | 20,882 |
| 21 | Eric | 18,977 |
| 22 | Steven | 18,929 |
| 23 | Thomas | 18,439 |
| 24 | Brian | 18,106 |
| 25 | Zachary | 18,077 |
| 26 | Jacob | 17,831 |
| 27 | Adam | 16,928 |
| 28 | Timothy | 16,427 |
| 29 | Benjamin | 15,733 |
| 30 | Tyler | 15,594 |
| 31 | Aaron | 15,308 |
| 32 | Alexander | 14,523 |
| 33 | Richard | 14,133 |
| 34 | Jeremy | 13,081 |
| 35 | Jason | 12,614 |
| 36 | Charles | 12,245 |
| 37 | Jeffrey | 12,013 |
| 38 | Patrick | 11,987 |
| 39 | Sean | 11,895 |
| 40 | Stephen | 11,736 |
| 41 | Travis | 11,526 |
| 42 | Mark | 11,320 |
| 43 | Nathan | 10,904 |
| 44 | Jordan | 10,882 |
| 45 | Cody | 10,823 |
| 46 | Jose | 10,331 |
| 47 | Samuel | 10,107 |
| 48 | Dustin | 9,715 |
| 49 | Paul | 9,029 |
| 50 | Jesse | 8,853 |
| 51 | Scott | 8,850 |
| 52 | Gregory | 8,760 |
| 53 | Kenneth | 8,555 |
| 54 | Derek | 8,365 |
| 55 | Corey | 8,003 |
| 56 | Bryan | 7,851 |
| 57 | Jared | 7,018 |
| 58 | Bradley | 6,977 |
| 59 | Austin | 6,886 |
| 60 | Alex | 6,543 |
| 61 | Cory | 6,450 |
| 62 | Edward | 5,849 |
| 63 | Juan | 5,781 |
| 64 | Cameron | 5,593 |
| 65 | Shawn | 5,479 |
| 66 | Peter | 5,411 |
| 67 | Marcus | 5,395 |
| 68 | Ian | 4,948 |
| 69 | Evan | 4,926 |
| 70 | Keith | 4,893 |
| 71 | Shane | 4,860 |
| 72 | Taylor | 4,859 |
| 73 | Luis | 4,852 |
| 74 | Chad | 4,723 |
| 75 | Phillip | 4,721 |
| 76 | Antonio | 4,719 |
| 77 | Carlos | 4,638 |
| 78 | Christian | 4,625 |
| 79 | George | 4,513 |
| 80 | Vincent | 4,495 |
| 81 | Brett | 4,428 |
| 82 | Donald | 4,323 |
| 83 | Trevor | 4,166 |
| 84 | Nathaniel | 4,121 |
| 85 | Ronald | 4,110 |
| 86 | Raymond | 4,106 |
| 87 | Ethan | 4,056 |
| 88 | Joel | 3,939 |
| 89 | Victor | 3,905 |
| 90 | Casey | 3,850 |
| 91 | Caleb | 3,788 |
| 92 | Douglas | 3,700 |
| 93 | Mitchell | 3,645 |
| 94 | Seth | 3,633 |
| 95 | Erik | 3,630 |
| 96 | Devin | 3,596 |
| 97 | Blake | 3,521 |
| 98 | Wesley | 3,457 |
| 99 | Derrick | 3,442 |
| 100 | Adrian | 3,418 |
| 101 | Philip | 3,330 |
| 102 | Garrett | 3,314 |
| 103 | Jesus | 3,291 |
| 104 | Logan | 3,281 |
| 105 | Craig | 3,155 |
| 106 | Gary | 3,127 |
| 107 | Spencer | 3,126 |
| 108 | Miguel | 3,083 |
| 109 | Frank | 3,049 |
| 110 | Gabriel | 3,038 |
| 111 | Curtis | 2,965 |
| 112 | Johnathan | 2,964 |
| 113 | Chase | 2,866 |
| 114 | Lucas | 2,865 |
| 115 | Dylan | 2,853 |
| 116 | Mario | 2,843 |
| 117 | Martin | 2,797 |
| 118 | Brent | 2,748 |
| 119 | Ricardo | 2,735 |
| 120 | Alan | 2,733 |
| 121 | Luke | 2,712 |
| 122 | Jorge | 2,705 |
| 123 | Dennis | 2,675 |
| 124 | Troy | 2,636 |
| 125 | Francisco | 2,621 |
| 126 | Colin | 2,604 |
| 126 | Randy | 2,604 |
| 128 | Jonathon | 2,528 |
| 129 | Jeffery | 2,478 |
| 130 | Allen | 2,362 |
| 131 | Larry | 2,337 |
| 132 | Tony | 2,301 |
| 133 | Johnny | 2,299 |
| 134 | Andre | 2,274 |
| 135 | Carl | 2,259 |
| 136 | Russell | 2,218 |
| 137 | Isaac | 2,210 |
| 137 | Julian | 2,210 |
| 139 | Manuel | 2,208 |
| 140 | Angel | 2,176 |
| 141 | Henry | 2,174 |
| 142 | Jerry | 2,165 |
| 143 | Mathew | 2,162 |
| 144 | Jeremiah | 2,147 |
| 145 | Brendan | 2,146 |
| 146 | Todd | 2,125 |
| 147 | Edgar | 2,106 |
| 148 | Alejandro | 2,086 |
| 149 | Roberto | 2,016 |
| 150 | Drew | 2,013 |
| 151 | Terry | 2,003 |
| 152 | Oscar | 1,966 |
| 153 | Jake | 1,964 |
| 154 | Clayton | 1,962 |
| 155 | Kristopher | 1,957 |
| 156 | Eduardo | 1,938 |
| 157 | Colton | 1,925 |
| 158 | Danny | 1,911 |
| 159 | Ricky | 1,897 |
| 160 | Marc | 1,893 |
| 161 | Calvin | 1,870 |
| 162 | Randall | 1,848 |
| 163 | Louis | 1,834 |
| 164 | Micheal | 1,833 |
| 165 | Lance | 1,823 |
| 166 | Javier | 1,814 |
| 167 | Hector | 1,806 |
| 168 | Ross | 1,787 |
| 169 | Levi | 1,783 |
| 170 | Albert | 1,763 |
| 171 | Edwin | 1,761 |
| 172 | Bobby | 1,759 |
| 173 | Lawrence | 1,753 |
| 173 | Sergio | 1,753 |
| 175 | Jimmy | 1,745 |
| 176 | Bryant | 1,737 |
| 176 | Rodney | 1,737 |
| 178 | Jack | 1,716 |
| 178 | Devon | 1,716 |
| 180 | Grant | 1,680 |
| 181 | Bryce | 1,635 |
| 182 | Omar | 1,631 |
| 183 | Darren | 1,625 |
| 184 | Walter | 1,612 |
| 185 | Max | 1,606 |
| 186 | Ruben | 1,598 |
| 187 | Fernando | 1,582 |
| 188 | Lee | 1,545 |
| 189 | Arthur | 1,534 |
| 190 | Ivan | 1,532 |
| 191 | Nicolas | 1,530 |
| 192 | Jon | 1,509 |
| 193 | Billy | 1,505 |
| 194 | Darius | 1,504 |
| 195 | Joe | 1,494 |
| 196 | Roger | 1,477 |
| 197 | Jamie | 1,474 |
| 198 | Dominic | 1,471 |
| 199 | Preston | 1,470 |
| 199 | Pedro | 1,470 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1989 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.