Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1988

Michael and Jessica topped the list in 1988. The 10 most popular names went to 21% of boys and 17% of girls, from 8,489 boy names and 13,877 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1988

  1. Michael 64,171
  2. Christopher 53,014
  3. Matthew 45,876
  4. Joshua 42,653
  5. Andrew 35,745
  6. David 35,329
  7. Justin 35,055
  8. Daniel 34,718
  9. James 32,523
  10. Robert 30,319
  11. John 29,427
  12. Joseph 29,019
  13. Ryan 27,747
  14. Nicholas 25,303
  15. Jonathan 24,349
  16. William 24,126
  17. Brandon 23,744
  18. Anthony 23,644
  19. Eric 20,175
  20. Kevin 20,168
  21. Kyle 19,895
  22. Brian 19,532
  23. Thomas 18,806
  24. Steven 17,865
  25. Timothy 16,807
  26. Adam 16,467
  27. Jason 15,917
  28. Jacob 15,883
  29. Zachary 15,870
  30. Benjamin 15,187
  31. Aaron 14,408
  32. Richard 14,144
  33. Tyler 13,349
  34. Alexander 13,341
  35. Jeremy 13,169
  36. Jeffrey 12,401
  37. Charles 12,109
  38. Sean 11,794
  39. Mark 11,715
  40. Stephen 11,607
  41. Travis 11,423
  42. Patrick 11,400
  43. Cody 10,583
  44. Nathan 10,154
  45. Samuel 9,564
  46. Paul 9,438
  47. Scott 9,351
  48. Dustin 9,337
  49. Jose 9,007
  50. Gregory 8,629
  51. Kenneth 8,567
  52. Jordan 8,490
  53. Derek 8,073
  54. Bryan 8,036
  55. Jesse 7,914
  56. Corey 7,328
  57. Bradley 7,017
  58. Alex 6,408
  59. Cory 6,266
  60. Jared 6,211
  61. Shawn 5,893
  62. Edward 5,801
  63. Austin 5,588
  64. Peter 5,425
  65. Chad 5,299
  66. Marcus 5,207
  67. Shane 5,173
  68. Juan 5,171
  69. Cameron 4,985
  70. Keith 4,949
  71. Phillip 4,576
  72. Antonio 4,461
  73. Brett 4,375
  74. Evan 4,337
  75. Luis 4,333
  76. Donald 4,328
  77. Ian 4,315
  78. George 4,296
  79. Ronald 4,173
  80. Carlos 4,127
  81. Nathaniel 4,054
  82. Vincent 4,054
  83. Casey 4,039
  84. Raymond 4,036
  85. Joel 3,940
  86. Christian 3,937
  87. Trevor 3,695
  88. Douglas 3,655
  89. Victor 3,628
  90. Seth 3,493
  91. Taylor 3,492
  92. Erik 3,478
  93. Wesley 3,478
  94. Philip 3,373
  95. Mitchell 3,323
  96. Craig 3,306
  97. Derrick 3,304
  98. Devin 3,302
  99. Frank 3,271
  100. Gary 3,244

Top girl names of 1988

  1. Jessica 51,556
  2. Ashley 49,977
  3. Amanda 39,459
  4. Sarah 28,374
  5. Jennifer 27,893
  6. Brittany 26,816
  7. Stephanie 22,843
  8. Samantha 20,700
  9. Nicole 20,315
  10. Elizabeth 20,042
  11. Lauren 19,637
  12. Megan 18,570
  13. Tiffany 18,364
  14. Heather 18,033
  15. Amber 16,676
  16. Melissa 16,546
  17. Danielle 16,253
  18. Emily 15,869
  19. Rachel 15,348
  20. Kayla 13,433
  21. Michelle 13,339
  22. Christina 12,954
  23. Laura 12,126
  24. Courtney 12,043
  25. Kimberly 11,948
  26. Rebecca 11,877
  27. Katherine 11,154
  28. Crystal 10,101
  29. Amy 10,034
  30. Sara 10,020
  31. Erica 9,591
  32. Kelly 8,917
  33. Chelsea 8,879
  34. Mary 8,518
  35. Andrea 8,392
  36. Kristen 8,382
  37. Erin 8,267
  38. Angela 7,914
  39. Whitney 7,853
  40. Katie 7,770
  41. Vanessa 7,516
  42. Victoria 7,283
  43. Lisa 7,267
  44. Caitlin 7,246
  45. Jamie 7,187
  46. Allison 7,145
  47. Alyssa 7,135
  48. Lindsey 7,001
  49. Alexandra 6,972
  50. Alicia 6,700
  51. Christine 6,612
  52. Brittney 6,576
  53. Jasmine 6,446
  54. Anna 6,444
  55. Kathryn 6,342
  56. Shannon 6,256
  57. Lindsay 6,025
  58. Kristin 6,019
  59. Cassandra 5,727
  60. Maria 5,713
  61. Hannah 5,562
  62. Jacqueline 5,544
  63. Natalie 5,483
  64. Kelsey 5,452
  65. April 4,840
  66. Jenna 4,607
  67. Tara 4,606
  68. Kristina 4,578
  69. Catherine 4,504
  70. Monica 4,463
  71. Julie 4,462
  72. Holly 4,217
  73. Natasha 4,039
  74. Krystal 4,019
  75. Kathleen 3,927
  76. Erika 3,886
  77. Patricia 3,799
  78. Morgan 3,796
  79. Cynthia 3,784
  80. Kendra 3,761
  81. Meghan 3,609
  82. Leah 3,558
  83. Veronica 3,525
  84. Katelyn 3,510
  85. Diana 3,489
  86. Molly 3,461
  87. Brooke 3,416
  88. Julia 3,359
  89. Bethany 3,270
  90. Dana 3,192
  91. Brandi 3,169
  92. Casey 3,150
  93. Margaret 3,139
  94. Leslie 3,079
  95. Kara 3,039
  96. Brianna 2,963
  97. Alexis 2,900
  98. Kaitlin 2,841
  99. Melanie 2,834
  100. Rachael 2,831

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1988?
Michael was the #1 boy name in 1988 (64,171 babies) and Jessica was the #1 girl name (51,556 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1988?
Social Security records list 3,695,137 babies born in 1988 with names given to at least 5 babies: 1,914,283 boys and 1,780,854 girls.