Names that Peaked in 1989

Long considered Mr. Hall's exclusive property, it's now ready to be adopted by others.

Nouveau spelling remained in the US Top 300 for all of the 1990s. With the traditional spelling still a highly popular choice, a child bearing the Nickolas version could be accused of misspelling his own name.

While all spellings of these name are off their popularity peak, Brittney gained some recent notice as the name of the American basketball player arrested in Russian, Brittney Griner.

Variation of Adrianna.

Variation of Katherine.

Christop, along with other truncated names such as Elizabet, Alexadr, and Katherin, appeared in the Top 1000 of 1989. It was the result of a glitch in some of New York state's data entry, which only allowed names to be entered up to eight characters.

See COREY.

In 1989, several truncated names appeared in the US Top 1000, including Alexandr, Christop, and Elizabet. New York state data was to blame, as some counties could only enter names up to eight characters.