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

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1988 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1987						Change from 1987
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Jessica	51,543	2.681	0	-4,451	1	Michael	64,143	3.205	0	488
2	Ashley	49,963	2.599	0	-4,891	2	Christopher	52,997	2.648	0	-1,496
3	Amanda	39,457	2.052	0	-2,329	3	Matthew	45,870	2.292	0	-611
4	Sarah	28,368	1.475	1	478	4	Joshua	42,651	2.131	0	2,651
5	Jennifer	27,889	1.451	-1	-4,814	5	Andrew	35,741	1.786	1	-465
6	Brittany	26,815	1.395	1	4,584	6	David	35,314	1.764	-1	-1,472
7	Stephanie	22,838	1.188	-1	440	7	Justin	35,042	1.751	2	3,550
8	Samantha	20,699	1.077	3	2,758	8	Daniel	34,700	1.734	-1	-1,165
9	Nicole	20,311	1.056	-1	25	9	James	32,510	1.624	-1	-133
10	Elizabeth	20,038	1.042	0	1,431	10	Robert	30,317	1.515	0	88
11	Lauren	19,638	1.021	5	2,933	11	John	29,404	1.469	0	-136
12	Megan	18,569	0.966	0	746	12	Joseph	29,005	1.449	0	492
13	Tiffany	18,364	0.955	5	3,622	13	Ryan	27,738	1.386	0	-745
14	Heather	18,037	0.938	-5	-942	14	Nicholas	25,294	1.264	2	2,042
15	Amber	16,678	0.867	0	-68	15	Jonathan	24,346	1.216	3	1,243
16	Melissa	16,544	0.860	-3	-1,130	16	William	24,126	1.205	-1	-77
17	Danielle	16,253	0.845	-3	-753	17	Brandon	23,730	1.186	-3	-1,088
18	Emily	15,869	0.825	1	1,163	18	Anthony	23,631	1.181	-1	508
19	Rachel	15,343	0.798	-2	-300	19	Eric	20,161	1.007	2	-40
20	Kayla	13,431	0.699	7	2,855	20	Kevin	20,160	1.007	-1	-258
21	Michelle	13,338	0.694	0	305	21	Kyle	19,891	0.994	1	26
22	Christina	12,954	0.674	-2	-860	22	Brian	19,529	0.976	-2	-824
23	Laura	12,118	0.630	-1	-914	23	Thomas	18,802	0.939	1	677
24	Courtney	12,042	0.626	9	3,133	24	Steven	17,861	0.892	1	97
25	Kimberly	11,946	0.621	-2	-1,083	25	Timothy	16,803	0.840	1	-587
26	Rebecca	11,870	0.617	-1	240	26	Adam	16,460	0.822	1	-464
27	Katherine	11,151	0.580	1	717	27	Jason	15,906	0.795	-4	-3,436
28	Crystal	10,100	0.525	-2	-907	28	Jacob	15,874	0.793	3	1,556
29	Amy	10,034	0.522	-5	-1,752	29	Zachary	15,867	0.793	4	2,659
30	Sara	10,012	0.521	-1	-78	30	Benjamin	15,185	0.759	-2	302
31	Erica	9,588	0.499	0	262	31	Aaron	14,405	0.720	3	1,722
32	Kelly	8,911	0.463	-2	-956	32	Richard	14,143	0.707	-2	-260
33	Chelsea	8,880	0.462	14	2,250	33	Tyler	13,340	0.666	6	1,802
34	Mary	8,510	0.443	3	115	34	Alexander	13,332	0.666	3	1,496
35	Andrea	8,390	0.436	1	-102	35	Jeremy	13,165	0.658	-6	-1,307
36	Kristen	8,381	0.436	6	1,021	36	Jeffrey	12,394	0.619	-4	-1,083
37	Erin	8,263	0.430	-3	-583	37	Charles	12,104	0.605	-2	-67
38	Angela	7,913	0.412	-3	-668	38	Sean	11,784	0.589	2	335
39	Whitney	7,852	0.408	-7	-1,068	39	Mark	11,704	0.585	-3	-293
40	Katie	7,765	0.404	-2	-430	40	Stephen	11,603	0.580	-2	55
41	Vanessa	7,515	0.391	2	169	41	Travis	11,418	0.570	1	1,023
42	Victoria	7,280	0.379	8	1,025	42	Patrick	11,389	0.569	-1	248
43	Lisa	7,265	0.378	-3	-280	43	Cody	10,580	0.529	6	1,912
44	Caitlin	7,246	0.377	19	2,256	44	Nathan	10,150	0.507	1	241
45	Jamie	7,183	0.374	-6	-731	45	Samuel	9,559	0.478	5	985
46	Allison	7,142	0.371	-2	-199	46	Paul	9,428	0.471	0	-272
47	Alyssa	7,137	0.371	13	2,004	47	Scott	9,346	0.467	-4	-844
48	Lindsey	7,001	0.364	-7	-453	48	Dustin	9,337	0.466	-4	-765
49	Alexandra	6,967	0.362	10	1,749	49	Jose	9,002	0.450	-1	270
50	Alicia	6,697	0.348	-4	-80	50	Gregory	8,631	0.431	-3	-498

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.