Names that Peaked in 1989

  1. Arsenio
    • Origin:

      Spanish from Greek
    • Meaning:

      "virile, strong"
    • Description:

      Long considered Mr. Hall's exclusive property, it's now ready to be adopted by others.
  2. Nickolas
    • Origin:

      Spelling variation of Nicholas
    • Description:

      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.
  3. Kaci
    • Montrell
      • Kendell
        • Alysia
          • Brittney
            • Origin:

              Variation of Brittany, English name of the French region Bretagne, meaning 'from Briton'
            • Description:

              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.
          • Jalisa
            • Darrius
              • Audrianna
                • Description:

                  Variation of Adrianna.
              • Christin
                • Krystin
                  • Korey
                    • Origin:

                      Spelling variation of Corey
                    • Description:

                      See COREY.
                  • Arron
                    • Christop
                      • Description:

                        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.
                    • Katherin
                      • Origin:

                        Greek
                      • Meaning:

                        "pure"
                      • Description:

                        Variation of Katherine.
                    • Ashli
                      • Tiera
                        • Brittnay
                          • Cassondra