Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1989
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 6,087 |
| 2 | Matthew | 3,494 |
| 3 | Christopher | 3,112 |
| 4 | Joseph | 3,067 |
| 5 | Daniel | 2,895 |
| 6 | David | 2,748 |
| 7 | Anthony | 2,525 |
| 8 | Andrew | 2,494 |
| 9 | John | 2,443 |
| 10 | Nicholas | 2,276 |
| 11 | Jonathan | 2,267 |
| 12 | Robert | 2,236 |
| 13 | Joshua | 2,185 |
| 14 | James | 2,173 |
| 15 | Kevin | 1,920 |
| 16 | Justin | 1,862 |
| 17 | Ryan | 1,744 |
| 18 | Steven | 1,688 |
| 19 | Brian | 1,646 |
| 20 | Thomas | 1,619 |
| 21 | William | 1,592 |
| 22 | Eric | 1,410 |
| 23 | Jason | 1,216 |
| 24 | Richard | 1,184 |
| 25 | Timothy | 1,139 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Adam | 1,120 |
| 27 | Sean | 1,084 |
| 28 | Christop | 1,082 |
| 29 | Kyle | 1,069 |
| 30 | Patrick | 1,016 |
| 31 | Jeffrey | 1,009 |
| 32 | Brandon | 951 |
| 33 | Stephen | 940 |
| 34 | Gregory | 878 |
| 35 | Mark | 851 |
| 36 | Benjamin | 827 |
| 37 | Alexander | 824 |
| 38 | Paul | 821 |
| 39 | Zachary | 810 |
| 40 | Peter | 802 |
| 41 | Jose | 789 |
| 42 | Aaron | 748 |
| 43 | Charles | 710 |
| 44 | Jeremy | 652 |
| 45 | Samuel | 642 |
| 46 | Bryan | 619 |
| 47 | Jacob | 616 |
| 48 | Kenneth | 615 |
| 49 | Vincent | 607 |
| 50 | Scott | 600 |
| 51 | Edward | 590 |
| 52 | Luis | 564 |
| 53 | Travis | 561 |
| 54 | Corey | 514 |
| 55 | Jordan | 490 |
| 56 | Christian | 478 |
| 57 | Tyler | 473 |
| 58 | Alex | 472 |
| 59 | Jesse | 467 |
| 60 | Keith | 450 |
| 61 | Raymond | 444 |
| 62 | Frank | 441 |
| 63 | George | 437 |
| 64 | Carlos | 435 |
| 65 | Joel | 409 |
| 66 | Shawn | 407 |
| 67 | Derek | 400 |
| 68 | Evan | 391 |
| 69 | Nathan | 387 |
| 70 | Philip | 379 |
| 71 | Ian | 364 |
| 71 | Juan | 364 |
| 73 | Jared | 348 |
| 74 | Ronald | 347 |
| 75 | Angel | 342 |
| 76 | Victor | 314 |
| 77 | Alexande | 299 |
| 78 | Donald | 296 |
| 79 | Douglas | 281 |
| 79 | Shane | 281 |
| 81 | Cory | 280 |
| 82 | Craig | 273 |
| 83 | Marcus | 270 |
| 84 | Brendan | 267 |
| 85 | Cody | 266 |
| 86 | Edwin | 263 |
| 87 | Louis | 260 |
| 88 | Marc | 254 |
| 89 | Dennis | 250 |
| 90 | Dustin | 247 |
| 90 | Miguel | 247 |
| 92 | Brett | 236 |
| 93 | Gary | 235 |
| 94 | Andre | 234 |
| 95 | Bradley | 231 |
| 96 | Antonio | 230 |
| 97 | Henry | 224 |
| 98 | Phillip | 222 |
| 99 | Gabriel | 220 |
| 100 | Rafael | 211 |