Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1988

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1988 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Jessica	51,543	2.681	-311	-50,486	1	Michael	64,143	3.205	-13	-52,523
2	Ashley	49,963	2.599	-127	-47,696	2	Christopher	52,997	2.648	-40	-45,736
3	Amanda	39,457	2.052	-366	-38,613	3	Matthew	45,870	2.292	-17	-35,946
4	Sarah	28,368	1.475	-63	-24,634	4	Joshua	42,651	2.131	-37	-35,287
5	Jennifer	27,889	1.451	-340	-26,974	5	Andrew	35,741	1.786	-38	-28,507
6	Brittany	26,815	1.395	-873	-26,510	6	David	35,314	1.764	-16	-25,617
7	Stephanie	22,838	1.188	-311	-21,812	7	Justin	35,042	1.751	-134	-32,255
8	Samantha	20,699	1.077	-52	-16,802	8	Daniel	34,700	1.734	-7	-23,527
9	Nicole	20,311	1.056	-209	-18,895	9	James	32,510	1.624	5	-18,985
10	Elizabeth	20,038	1.042	-3	-11,525	10	Robert	30,317	1.515	-61	-25,177
11	Lauren	19,638	1.021	-160	-17,942	11	John	29,404	1.469	-16	-20,285
12	Megan	18,569	0.966	-533	-18,005	12	Joseph	29,005	1.449	-11	-19,450
13	Tiffany	18,364	0.955	-677	-17,946	13	Ryan	27,738	1.386	-33	-20,833
14	Heather	18,037	0.938	-1,135	-17,827	14	Nicholas	25,294	1.264	-60	-20,493
15	Amber	16,678	0.867	-456	-16,020	15	Jonathan	24,346	1.216	-48	-18,634
16	Melissa	16,544	0.860	-281	-15,430	16	William	24,126	1.205	13	-9,610
17	Danielle	16,253	0.845	-365	-15,444	17	Brandon	23,730	1.186	-107	-20,547
18	Emily	15,869	0.825	6	-7,213	18	Anthony	23,631	1.181	-20	-15,628
19	Rachel	15,343	0.798	-179	-13,799	19	Eric	20,161	1.007	-141	-17,772
20	Kayla	13,431	0.699	-129	-11,556	20	Kevin	20,160	1.007	-105	-17,036
21	Michelle	13,338	0.694	-242	-12,099	21	Kyle	19,891	0.994	-202	-18,223
22	Christina	12,954	0.674	-417	-12,235	22	Brian	19,529	0.976	-213	-17,911
23	Laura	12,118	0.630	-317	-11,183	23	Thomas	18,802	0.939	-26	-12,023
24	Courtney	12,042	0.626	-1,168	-11,843	24	Steven	17,861	0.892	-174	-15,839
25	Kimberly	11,946	0.621	-145	-10,250	25	Timothy	16,803	0.840	-140	-14,473
26	Rebecca	11,870	0.617	-188	-10,428	26	Adam	16,460	0.822	-52	-11,785
27	Katherine	11,151	0.580	-85	-8,485	27	Jason	15,906	0.795	-73	-12,059
28	Crystal	10,100	0.525	-689	-9,705	28	Jacob	15,874	0.793	15	-4,104
29	Amy	10,034	0.522	-176	-8,537	29	Zachary	15,867	0.793	-80	-12,339
30	Sara	10,012	0.521	-143	-8,320	30	Benjamin	15,185	0.759	24	-1,804
31	Erica	9,588	0.499	-868	-9,292	31	Aaron	14,405	0.720	-29	-8,452
32	Kelly	8,911	0.463	-586	-8,427	32	Richard	14,143	0.707	-156	-12,024
33	Chelsea	8,880	0.462	-437	-8,221	33	Tyler	13,340	0.666	-86	-10,042
34	Mary	8,510	0.443	-92	-6,183	34	Alexander	13,332	0.666	23	-1,343
35	Andrea	8,390	0.436	-99	-6,236	35	Jeremy	13,165	0.658	-169	-11,210
36	Kristen	8,381	0.436	-1,190	-8,192	36	Jeffrey	12,394	0.619	-295	-11,391
37	Erin	8,263	0.430	-384	-7,528	37	Charles	12,104	0.605	-15	-5,500
38	Angela	7,913	0.412	-226	-6,677	38	Sean	11,784	0.589	-231	-10,474
39	Whitney	7,852	0.408	-862	-7,556	39	Mark	11,704	0.585	-171	-9,845
40	Katie	7,765	0.404	-409	-7,058	40	Stephen	11,603	0.580	-244	-10,367
41	Vanessa	7,515	0.391	-189	-6,146	41	Travis	11,418	0.570	-272	-10,346
42	Victoria	7,280	0.379	21	-191	42	Patrick	11,389	0.569	-147	-9,278
43	Lisa	7,265	0.378	-848	-6,963	43	Cody	10,580	0.529	-240	-9,343
44	Caitlin	7,246	0.377	-1,316	-7,082	44	Nathan	10,150	0.507	-4	-3,360
45	Jamie	7,183	0.374	-569	-6,695	45	Samuel	9,559	0.478	24	175
46	Allison	7,142	0.371	-23	-3,464	46	Paul	9,428	0.471	-188	-7,803
47	Alyssa	7,137	0.371	-103	-5,267	47	Scott	9,346	0.467	-473	-8,805
48	Lindsey	7,001	0.364	-785	-6,678	48	Dustin	9,337	0.466	-477	-8,802
49	Alexandra	6,967	0.362	-76	-4,573	49	Jose	9,002	0.450	-40	-4,710
50	Alicia	6,697	0.348	-341	-5,911	50	Gregory	8,631	0.431	-358	-7,853

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.