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The most popular baby names of 1988

SSA recorded 3,695,137 births in 1988 across all reported names — 1,780,854 girls and 1,914,283 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1988

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1987.
#NameBirthsvs 1987
1 Jessica 51,556 —
2 Ashley 49,977 —
3 Amanda 39,459 —
4 Sarah 28,374 +1
5 Jennifer 27,893 -1
6 Brittany 26,816 +1
7 Stephanie 22,843 -1
8 Samantha 20,700 +3
9 Nicole 20,315 -1
10 Elizabeth 20,042 —
11 Lauren 19,637 +5
12 Megan 18,570 —
13 Tiffany 18,364 +5
14 Heather 18,033 -5
15 Amber 16,676 —
16 Melissa 16,546 -3
17 Danielle 16,253 -3
18 Emily 15,869 +1
19 Rachel 15,348 -2
20 Kayla 13,433 +7
21 Michelle 13,339 —
22 Christina 12,954 -2
23 Laura 12,126 -1
24 Courtney 12,043 +9
25 Kimberly 11,948 -2
26 Rebecca 11,877 -1
27 Katherine 11,154 +1
28 Crystal 10,101 -2
29 Amy 10,034 -5
30 Sara 10,020 -1
31 Erica 9,591 —
32 Kelly 8,917 -2
33 Chelsea 8,879 +14
34 Mary 8,518 +3
35 Andrea 8,392 +1
36 Kristen 8,382 +6
37 Erin 8,267 -3
38 Angela 7,914 -3
39 Whitney 7,853 -7
40 Katie 7,770 -2
41 Vanessa 7,516 +2
42 Victoria 7,283 +8
43 Lisa 7,267 -3
44 Caitlin 7,246 +19
45 Jamie 7,187 -6
46 Allison 7,145 -2
47 Alyssa 7,135 +13
48 Lindsey 7,001 -7
49 Alexandra 6,972 +10
50 Alicia 6,700 -4
51 Christine 6,612 -3
52 Brittney 6,576 +9
53 Jasmine 6,446 +26
54 Anna 6,444 -2
55 Kathryn 6,342 -4
56 Shannon 6,256 -11
57 Lindsay 6,025 -8
58 Kristin 6,019 -3
59 Cassandra 5,727 +9
60 Maria 5,713 -7
61 Hannah 5,562 +5
62 Jacqueline 5,544 -8
63 Natalie 5,483 -7
64 Kelsey 5,452 +3
65 April 4,840 -7
66 Jenna 4,607 -9
67 Tara 4,606 +2
68 Kristina 4,578 -6
69 Catherine 4,504 +5
70 Monica 4,463 -6
71 Julie 4,462 -6
72 Holly 4,217 -1
73 Natasha 4,039 —
74 Krystal 4,019 -4
75 Kathleen 3,927 -3
76 Erika 3,886 -1
77 Patricia 3,799 -1
78 Morgan 3,796 +17
79 Cynthia 3,784 +5
80 Kendra 3,761 -3
81 Meghan 3,609 -3
82 Leah 3,558 —
83 Veronica 3,525 -3
84 Katelyn 3,510 +43
85 Diana 3,489 —
86 Molly 3,461 +11
87 Brooke 3,416 +7
88 Julia 3,359 -2
89 Bethany 3,270 -2
90 Dana 3,192 -7
91 Brandi 3,169 -3
92 Casey 3,150 -11
93 Margaret 3,139 -3
94 Leslie 3,079 -5
95 Kara 3,039 +9
96 Brianna 2,963 +26
97 Alexis 2,900 +16
98 Kaitlin 2,841 +43
99 Melanie 2,834 +3
100 Rachael 2,831 -2

Top 100 boys' names in 1988

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1987.
#NameBirthsvs 1987
1 Michael 64,171 —
2 Christopher 53,014 —
3 Matthew 45,876 —
4 Joshua 42,653 —
5 Andrew 35,745 +1
6 David 35,329 -1
7 Justin 35,055 +2
8 Daniel 34,718 -1
9 James 32,523 -1
10 Robert 30,319 —
11 John 29,427 —
12 Joseph 29,019 —
13 Ryan 27,747 —
14 Nicholas 25,303 +2
15 Jonathan 24,349 +3
16 William 24,126 -1
17 Brandon 23,744 -3
18 Anthony 23,644 -1
19 Eric 20,175 +2
20 Kevin 20,168 -1
21 Kyle 19,895 +1
22 Brian 19,532 -2
23 Thomas 18,806 +1
24 Steven 17,865 +1
25 Timothy 16,807 +1
26 Adam 16,467 +1
27 Jason 15,917 -4
28 Jacob 15,883 +3
29 Zachary 15,870 +4
30 Benjamin 15,187 -2
31 Aaron 14,408 +3
32 Richard 14,144 -2
33 Tyler 13,349 +6
34 Alexander 13,341 +3
35 Jeremy 13,169 -6
36 Jeffrey 12,401 -4
37 Charles 12,109 -2
38 Sean 11,794 +2
39 Mark 11,715 -3
40 Stephen 11,607 -2
41 Travis 11,423 +1
42 Patrick 11,400 -1
43 Cody 10,583 +6
44 Nathan 10,154 +1
45 Samuel 9,564 +5
46 Paul 9,438 —
47 Scott 9,351 -4
48 Dustin 9,337 -4
49 Jose 9,007 -1
50 Gregory 8,629 -3
51 Kenneth 8,567 +2
52 Jordan 8,490 —
53 Derek 8,073 +1
54 Bryan 8,036 -3
55 Jesse 7,914 —
56 Corey 7,328 +1
57 Bradley 7,017 -1
58 Alex 6,408 +2
59 Cory 6,266 +3
60 Jared 6,211 -2
61 Shawn 5,893 -2
62 Edward 5,801 -1
63 Austin 5,588 +13
64 Peter 5,425 —
65 Chad 5,299 -2
66 Marcus 5,207 +1
67 Shane 5,173 -2
68 Juan 5,171 -2
69 Cameron 4,985 +27
70 Keith 4,949 -1
71 Phillip 4,576 -3
72 Antonio 4,461 —
73 Brett 4,375 -2
74 Evan 4,337 +9
75 Luis 4,333 +7
76 Donald 4,328 -6
77 Ian 4,315 +4
78 George 4,296 -1
79 Ronald 4,173 -6
80 Carlos 4,127 -6
81 Nathaniel 4,054 -3
81 Vincent 4,054 +14
83 Casey 4,039 -3
84 Raymond 4,036 -5
85 Joel 3,940 -10
86 Christian 3,937 +4
87 Trevor 3,695 +6
88 Douglas 3,655 -3
89 Victor 3,628 +2
90 Seth 3,493 -1
91 Taylor 3,492 +26
92 Erik 3,478 +2
92 Wesley 3,478 —
94 Philip 3,373 -10
95 Mitchell 3,323 +6
96 Craig 3,306 -8
97 Derrick 3,304 -11
98 Devin 3,302 +1
99 Frank 3,271 -2
100 Gary 3,244 -13

Names that climbed fastest in 1988

Ranked by places gained against 1987, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1988Rank 1987Change
Jerica girls 591 826 +235
Colton boys 268 494 +226
Katelynn girls 518 741 +223
Arielle girls 368 581 +213
Alexander girls 602 810 +208
Simone girls 311 510 +199
Katlyn girls 447 640 +193
Kyra girls 559 744 +185
Beatriz girls 535 707 +172
Eden girls 685 854 +169
Beatrice girls 671 837 +166
Caitlyn girls 222 387 +165
Bianca girls 108 268 +160
Katelin girls 548 707 +159
Kylie girls 293 447 +154

Names that fell fastest in 1988

NameRank 1988Rank 1987Change
Krystina girls 697 459 -238
Sherri girls 725 541 -184
Jodie girls 852 676 -176
Dominque girls 861 691 -170
Chiquita girls 872 707 -165
Giselle girls 861 697 -164
Roberta girls 857 700 -157
Deidre girls 695 546 -149
Marsha girls 866 722 -144
Lashonda girls 762 622 -140
Nikita girls 497 360 -137
Yasmin girls 837 700 -137
Cordero boys 617 481 -136
Tameka girls 715 585 -130
Joelle girls 784 655 -129

Names that first appear in 1988

1988 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1988

For these names, 1988 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.