Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1989
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1988.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1988 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 65,415 | 0 |
| 2 | Christopher | 53,186 | 0 |
| 3 | Matthew | 45,375 | 0 |
| 4 | Joshua | 44,100 | 0 |
| 5 | David | 35,225 | +1 |
| 6 | Daniel | 35,007 | +2 |
| 7 | Andrew | 34,817 | -2 |
| 8 | Justin | 32,852 | -1 |
| 9 | James | 32,720 | 0 |
| 10 | Robert | 30,072 | 0 |
| 11 | Joseph | 29,884 | +1 |
| 12 | John | 29,853 | -1 |
| 13 | Ryan | 28,408 | 0 |
| 14 | Nicholas | 28,230 | 0 |
| 15 | William | 24,673 | +1 |
| 16 | Anthony | 24,423 | +2 |
| 17 | Jonathan | 23,608 | -2 |
| 18 | Brandon | 23,310 | -1 |
| 19 | Kevin | 21,209 | +1 |
| 20 | Kyle | 20,882 | +1 |
| 21 | Eric | 18,977 | -2 |
| 22 | Steven | 18,929 | +2 |
| 23 | Thomas | 18,439 | 0 |
| 24 | Brian | 18,106 | -2 |
| 25 | Zachary | 18,077 | +4 |
| 26 | Jacob | 17,831 | +2 |
| 27 | Adam | 16,928 | -1 |
| 28 | Timothy | 16,427 | -3 |
| 29 | Benjamin | 15,733 | +1 |
| 30 | Tyler | 15,594 | +3 |
| 31 | Aaron | 15,308 | 0 |
| 32 | Alexander | 14,523 | +2 |
| 33 | Richard | 14,133 | -1 |
| 34 | Jeremy | 13,081 | +1 |
| 35 | Jason | 12,614 | -8 |
| 36 | Charles | 12,245 | +1 |
| 37 | Jeffrey | 12,013 | -1 |
| 38 | Patrick | 11,987 | +4 |
| 39 | Sean | 11,895 | -1 |
| 40 | Stephen | 11,736 | 0 |
| 41 | Travis | 11,526 | 0 |
| 42 | Mark | 11,320 | -3 |
| 43 | Nathan | 10,904 | +1 |
| 44 | Jordan | 10,882 | +8 |
| 45 | Cody | 10,823 | -2 |
| 46 | Jose | 10,331 | +3 |
| 47 | Samuel | 10,107 | -2 |
| 48 | Dustin | 9,715 | 0 |
| 49 | Paul | 9,029 | -3 |
| 50 | Jesse | 8,853 | +5 |
| 51 | Scott | 8,850 | -4 |
| 52 | Gregory | 8,760 | -2 |
| 53 | Kenneth | 8,555 | -2 |
| 54 | Derek | 8,365 | -1 |
| 55 | Corey | 8,003 | +1 |
| 56 | Bryan | 7,851 | -2 |
| 57 | Jared | 7,018 | +3 |
| 58 | Bradley | 6,977 | -1 |
| 59 | Austin | 6,886 | +4 |
| 60 | Alex | 6,543 | -2 |
| 61 | Cory | 6,450 | -2 |
| 62 | Edward | 5,849 | 0 |
| 63 | Juan | 5,781 | +5 |
| 64 | Cameron | 5,593 | +5 |
| 65 | Shawn | 5,479 | -4 |
| 66 | Peter | 5,411 | -2 |
| 67 | Marcus | 5,395 | -1 |
| 68 | Ian | 4,948 | +9 |
| 69 | Evan | 4,926 | +5 |
| 70 | Keith | 4,893 | 0 |
| 71 | Shane | 4,860 | -4 |
| 72 | Taylor | 4,859 | +19 |
| 73 | Luis | 4,852 | +2 |
| 74 | Chad | 4,723 | -9 |
| 75 | Phillip | 4,721 | -4 |
| 76 | Antonio | 4,719 | -4 |
| 77 | Carlos | 4,638 | +3 |
| 78 | Christian | 4,625 | +8 |
| 79 | George | 4,513 | -1 |
| 80 | Vincent | 4,495 | +1 |
| 81 | Brett | 4,428 | -8 |
| 82 | Donald | 4,323 | -6 |
| 83 | Trevor | 4,166 | +4 |
| 84 | Nathaniel | 4,121 | -3 |
| 85 | Ronald | 4,110 | -6 |
| 86 | Raymond | 4,106 | -2 |
| 87 | Ethan | 4,056 | +174 |
| 88 | Joel | 3,939 | -3 |
| 89 | Victor | 3,905 | 0 |
| 90 | Casey | 3,850 | -7 |
| 91 | Caleb | 3,788 | +17 |
| 92 | Douglas | 3,700 | -4 |
| 93 | Mitchell | 3,645 | +2 |
| 94 | Seth | 3,633 | -4 |
| 95 | Erik | 3,630 | -3 |
| 96 | Devin | 3,596 | +2 |
| 97 | Blake | 3,521 | +6 |
| 98 | Wesley | 3,457 | -6 |
| 99 | Derrick | 3,442 | -2 |
| 100 | Adrian | 3,418 | +1 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.