1988
Top Baby Names of 1988
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1988
1
Jessica 51,557 2
Ashley 49,975 3
Amanda 39,459 4
Sarah 28,374 5
Jennifer 27,893 6
Brittany 26,817 7
Stephanie 22,844 8
Samantha 20,700 9
Nicole 20,314 10
Elizabeth 20,042 11
Lauren 19,638 12
Megan 18,570 13
Tiffany 18,363 14
Heather 18,033 15
Amber 16,676 16
Melissa 16,545 17
Danielle 16,254 18
Emily 15,871 19
Rachel 15,348 20
Kayla 13,432 21
Michelle 13,339 22
Christina 12,954 23
Laura 12,127 24
Courtney 12,043 25
Kimberly 11,949 26
Rebecca 11,876 27
Katherine 11,154 28
Crystal 10,101 29
Amy 10,034 30
Sara 10,018 31
Erica 9,591 32
Kelly 8,916 33
Chelsea 8,880 34
Mary 8,517 35
Andrea 8,391 36
Kristen 8,382 37
Erin 8,267 38
Angela 7,915 39
Whitney 7,851 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 7,134 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 6,443 55
Kathryn 6,342 56
Shannon 6,255 57
Lindsay 6,025 58
Kristin 6,019 59
Cassandra 5,726 60
Maria 5,713 61
Hannah 5,562 62
Jacqueline 5,544 63
Natalie 5,483 64
Kelsey 5,452 65
April 4,839 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 3,138 94
Leslie 3,080 95
Kara 3,039 96
Brianna 2,963 97
Alexis 2,901 98
Kaitlin 2,841 99
Melanie 2,834 100
Rachael 2,831 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1988
1
Michael 64,168 2
Christopher 53,015 3
Matthew 45,875 4
Joshua 42,650 5
Andrew 35,745 6
David 35,330 7
Justin 35,055 8
Daniel 34,718 9
James 32,521 10
Robert 30,317 11
John 29,423 12
Joseph 29,019 13
Ryan 27,750 14
Nicholas 25,300 15
Jonathan 24,348 16
William 24,125 17
Brandon 23,744 18
Anthony 23,643 19
Eric 20,174 20
Kevin 20,170 21
Kyle 19,896 22
Brian 19,529 23
Thomas 18,808 24
Steven 17,864 25
Timothy 16,808 26
Adam 16,465 27
Jason 15,916 28
Jacob 15,883 29
Zachary 15,871 30
Benjamin 15,187 31
Aaron 14,409 32
Richard 14,145 33
Tyler 13,349 34
Alexander 13,338 35
Jeremy 13,170 36
Jeffrey 12,399 37
Charles 12,108 38
Sean 11,794 39
Mark 11,717 40
Stephen 11,607 41
Travis 11,421 42
Patrick 11,401 43
Cody 10,583 44
Nathan 10,154 45
Samuel 9,564 46
Paul 9,435 47
Scott 9,354 48
Dustin 9,336 49
Jose 9,008 50
Gregory 8,631 51
Kenneth 8,567 52
Jordan 8,490 53
Derek 8,074 54
Bryan 8,036 55
Jesse 7,912 56
Corey 7,330 57
Bradley 7,017 58
Alex 6,408 59
Cory 6,267 60
Jared 6,210 61
Shawn 5,893 62
Edward 5,801 63
Austin 5,588 64
Peter 5,424 65
Chad 5,297 66
Marcus 5,207 67
Shane 5,173 68
Juan 5,172 69
Cameron 4,985 70
Keith 4,948 71
Phillip 4,574 72
Antonio 4,461 73
Brett 4,375 74
Evan 4,336 75
Luis 4,331 76
Donald 4,329 77
Ian 4,315 78
George 4,296 79
Ronald 4,172 80
Carlos 4,127 81
Vincent 4,056 82
Nathaniel 4,054 83
Casey 4,039 84
Raymond 4,036 85
Joel 3,939 86
Christian 3,936 87
Trevor 3,695 88
Douglas 3,654 89
Victor 3,629 90
Taylor 3,492 90
Seth 3,492 92
Wesley 3,478 92
Erik 3,478 94
Philip 3,373 95
Mitchell 3,323 96
Derrick 3,308 97
Craig 3,306 98
Devin 3,301 99
Frank 3,271 100
Gary 3,244 About 1988 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1988, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.