200 most popular baby names for boys born in 1989

Baby names for boys from 1989

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Back in 1989, the population of the United States was 246,819,230 — and that number includes the four million brand new babies born that year.

Then, of the two million or so of those that were boys, the number 1 boy baby name was Michael, with 65,382 little Michaels born that year.

In addition to all those boys named Michael, there were also a few other people you might know who arrived in ’89 — like Daniel Radcliffe, Tyga, Jason Derulo, James Harden & Joe Jonas,.

Below the following little blast from the past, you can take a look at the top 200 boy baby names for 1989! You can sort the list by popularity rank, in alphabetical order, or by the number of letters in the name — plus may choose to view some or all of the records. (You can also search for all or part of a baby name using the search area on the upper right of the table.)

Tampa Bay Magazine Jan-Feb 1989 baby cowboy hat
Kodacolor Gold film from Jan/Feb 1989, via ClickAmericana.com

Listed and ranked by popularity: The 200 most popular baby names for boys born in 1989

RankNameNumber of letters
1Michael7 letters
2Christopher11 letters
3Matthew7 letters
4Joshua6 letters
5David5 letters
6Daniel6 letters
7Andrew6 letters
8Justin6 letters
9James5 letters
10Robert6 letters
11Joseph6 letters
12John4 letters
13Ryan4 letters
14Nicholas8 letters
15William7 letters
16Anthony7 letters
17Jonathan8 letters
18Brandon7 letters
19Kevin5 letters
20Kyle4 letters
21Eric4 letters
22Steven6 letters
23Thomas6 letters
24Brian5 letters
25Zachary7 letters
26Jacob5 letters
27Adam4 letters
28Timothy7 letters
29Benjamin8 letters
30Tyler5 letters
31Aaron5 letters
32Alexander9 letters
33Richard7 letters
34Jeremy6 letters
35Jason5 letters
36Charles7 letters
37Jeffrey7 letters
38Patrick7 letters
39Sean4 letters
40Stephen7 letters
41Travis6 letters
42Mark4 letters
43Nathan6 letters
44Jordan6 letters
45Cody4 letters
46Jose4 letters
47Samuel6 letters
48Dustin6 letters
49Paul4 letters
50Jesse5 letters
51Scott5 letters
52Gregory7 letters
53Kenneth7 letters
54Derek5 letters
55Corey5 letters
56Bryan5 letters
57Jared5 letters
58Bradley7 letters
59Austin6 letters
60Alex4 letters
61Cory4 letters
62Edward6 letters
63Juan4 letters
64Cameron7 letters
65Shawn5 letters
66Peter5 letters
67Marcus6 letters
68Ian3 letters
69Evan4 letters
70Keith5 letters
71Shane5 letters
72Taylor6 letters
73Luis4 letters
74Chad4 letters
75Phillip7 letters
76Antonio7 letters
77Carlos6 letters
78Christian9 letters
79George6 letters
80Vincent7 letters
81Brett5 letters
82Donald6 letters
83Trevor6 letters
84Nathaniel9 letters
85Raymond7 letters
86Ronald6 letters
87Ethan5 letters
88Joel4 letters
89Victor6 letters
90Casey5 letters
91Caleb5 letters
92Douglas7 letters
93Mitchell8 letters
94Seth4 letters
95Erik4 letters
96Devin5 letters
97Blake5 letters
98Wesley6 letters
99Derrick7 letters
100Adrian6 letters
101Philip6 letters
102Garrett7 letters
103Jesus5 letters
104Logan5 letters
105Craig5 letters
106Spencer7 letters
107Gary4 letters
108Miguel6 letters
109Frank5 letters
110Gabriel7 letters
111Curtis6 letters
112Johnathan9 letters
113Chase5 letters
114Lucas5 letters
115Dylan5 letters
116Mario5 letters
117Martin6 letters
118Brent5 letters
119Ricardo7 letters
120Alan4 letters
121Luke4 letters
122Jorge5 letters
123Dennis6 letters
124Troy4 letters
125Francisco9 letters
126Colin5 letters
127Randy5 letters
128Jonathon8 letters
129Jeffery7 letters
130Allen5 letters
131Larry5 letters
132Tony4 letters
133Johnny6 letters
134Andre5 letters
135Carl4 letters
136Russell7 letters
137Julian6 letters
138Isaac5 letters
139Manuel6 letters
140Angel5 letters
141Henry5 letters
142Jerry5 letters
143Mathew6 letters
144Brendan7 letters
145Jeremiah8 letters
146Todd4 letters
147Edgar5 letters
148Alejandro9 letters
149Roberto7 letters
150Drew4 letters
151Terry5 letters
152Jake4 letters
153Clayton7 letters
154Oscar5 letters
155Kristopher10 letters
156Eduardo7 letters
157Colton6 letters
158Danny5 letters
159Ricky5 letters
160Marc4 letters
161Calvin6 letters
162Randall7 letters
163Louis5 letters
164Micheal7 letters
165Lance5 letters
166Javier6 letters
167Hector6 letters
168Ross4 letters
169Levi4 letters
170Albert6 letters
171Edwin5 letters
172Bobby5 letters
173Lawrence8 letters
174Sergio6 letters
175Jimmy5 letters
176Bryant6 letters
177Rodney6 letters
178Devon5 letters
179Jack4 letters
180Grant5 letters
181Bryce5 letters
182Omar4 letters
183Darren6 letters
184Walter6 letters
185Max3 letters
186Ruben5 letters
187Fernando8 letters
188Lee3 letters
189Arthur6 letters
190Ivan4 letters
191Nicolas7 letters
192Jon3 letters
193Billy5 letters
194Darius6 letters
195Joe3 letters
196Roger5 letters
197Jamie5 letters
198Dominic7 letters
199Preston7 letters
200Gerald6 letters