United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1988

Names given to at least 5 babies born in the United States in a year, from Social Security card applications. Accents are left out (José is counted as Jose).

Boy Names

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

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Girl Names

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

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Source: Social Security Administration

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