EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1988

United States · 3,695,137 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Jessica51,556—
#2Ashley49,977—
#3Amanda39,459—
#4Sarah28,374↑1
#5Jennifer27,893↓1
#6Brittany26,816↑1
#7Stephanie22,843↓1
#8Samantha20,700↑3
#9Nicole20,315↓1
#10Elizabeth20,042—
#11Lauren19,637↑5
#12Megan18,570—
#13Tiffany18,364↑5
#14Heather18,033↓5
#15Amber16,676—
#16Melissa16,546↓3
#17Danielle16,253↓3
#18Emily15,869↑1
#19Rachel15,348↓2
#20Kayla13,433↑7
#21Michelle13,339—
#22Christina12,954↓2
#23Laura12,126↓1
#24Courtney12,043↑9
#25Kimberly11,948↓2
#26Rebecca11,877↓1
#27Katherine11,154↑1
#28Crystal10,101↓2
#29Amy10,034↓5
#30Sara10,020↓1
#31Erica9,591—
#32Kelly8,917↓2
#33Chelsea8,879↑14
#34Mary8,518↑3
#35Andrea8,392↑1
#36Kristen8,382↑6
#37Erin8,267↓3
#38Angela7,914↓3
#39Whitney7,853↓7
#40Katie7,770↓2
#41Vanessa7,516↑2
#42Victoria7,283↑8
#43Lisa7,267↓3
#44Caitlin7,246↑19
#45Jamie7,187↓6
#46Allison7,145↓2
#47Alyssa7,135↑13
#48Lindsey7,001↓7
#49Alexandra6,972↑10
#50Alicia6,700↓4
#51Christine6,612↓3
#52Brittney6,576↑9
#53Jasmine6,446↑26
#54Anna6,444↓2
#55Kathryn6,342↓4
#56Shannon6,256↓11
#57Lindsay6,025↓8
#58Kristin6,019↓3
#59Cassandra5,727↑9
#60Maria5,713↓7
#61Hannah5,562↑5
#62Jacqueline5,544↓8
#63Natalie5,483↓7
#64Kelsey5,452↑3
#65April4,840↓7
#66Jenna4,607↓9
#67Tara4,606↑2
#68Kristina4,578↓6
#69Catherine4,504↑5
#70Monica4,463↓6
#71Julie4,462↓6
#72Holly4,217↓1
#73Natasha4,039—
#74Krystal4,019↓4
#75Kathleen3,927↓3
#76Erika3,886↓1
#77Patricia3,799↓1
#78Morgan3,796↑17
#79Cynthia3,784↑5
#80Kendra3,761↓3
#81Meghan3,609↓3
#82Leah3,558—
#83Veronica3,525↓3
#84Katelyn3,510
#85Diana3,489—
#86Molly3,461↑11
#87Brooke3,416↑7
#88Julia3,359↓2
#89Bethany3,270↓2
#90Dana3,192↓7
#91Brandi3,169↓3
#92Casey3,150↓11
#93Margaret3,139↓3
#94Leslie3,079↓5
#95Kara3,039
#96Brianna2,963
#97Alexis2,900
#98Kaitlin2,841
#99Melanie2,834
#100Rachael2,831↓2

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Michael64,171—
#2Christopher53,014—
#3Matthew45,876—
#4Joshua42,653—
#5Andrew35,745↑1
#6David35,329↓1
#7Justin35,055↑2
#8Daniel34,718↓1
#9James32,523↓1
#10Robert30,319—
#11John29,427—
#12Joseph29,019—
#13Ryan27,747—
#14Nicholas25,303↑2
#15Jonathan24,349↑3
#16William24,126↓1
#17Brandon23,744↓3
#18Anthony23,644↓1
#19Eric20,175↑2
#20Kevin20,168↓1
#21Kyle19,895↑1
#22Brian19,532↓2
#23Thomas18,806↑1
#24Steven17,865↑1
#25Timothy16,807↑1
#26Adam16,467↑1
#27Jason15,917↓4
#28Jacob15,883↑3
#29Zachary15,870↑4
#30Benjamin15,187↓2
#31Aaron14,408↑3
#32Richard14,144↓2
#33Tyler13,349↑6
#34Alexander13,341↑3
#35Jeremy13,169↓6
#36Jeffrey12,401↓4
#37Charles12,109↓2
#38Sean11,794↑2
#39Mark11,715↓3
#40Stephen11,607↓2
#41Travis11,423↑1
#42Patrick11,400↓1
#43Cody10,583↑6
#44Nathan10,154↑1
#45Samuel9,564↑5
#46Paul9,438—
#47Scott9,351↓4
#48Dustin9,337↓4
#49Jose9,007↓1
#50Gregory8,629↓3
#51Kenneth8,567↑2
#52Jordan8,490—
#53Derek8,073↑1
#54Bryan8,036↓3
#55Jesse7,914—
#56Corey7,328↑1
#57Bradley7,017↓1
#58Alex6,408↑2
#59Cory6,266↑3
#60Jared6,211↓2
#61Shawn5,893↓2
#62Edward5,801↓1
#63Austin5,588↑13
#64Peter5,425—
#65Chad5,299↓2
#66Marcus5,207↑1
#67Shane5,173↓2
#68Juan5,171↓2
#69Cameron4,985↑27
#70Keith4,949↓1
#71Phillip4,576↓3
#72Antonio4,461—
#73Brett4,375↓2
#74Evan4,337↑9
#75Luis4,333↑7
#76Donald4,328↓6
#77Ian4,315↑4
#78George4,296↓1
#79Ronald4,173↓6
#80Carlos4,127↓6
#81Nathaniel4,054↓3
#81Vincent4,054↑14
#83Casey4,039↓3
#84Raymond4,036↓5
#85Joel3,940↓10
#86Christian3,937↑4
#87Trevor3,695↑6
#88Douglas3,655↓3
#89Victor3,628↑2
#90Seth3,493↓1
#91Taylor3,492
#92Erik3,478↑2
#92Wesley3,478—
#94Philip3,373↓10
#95Mitchell3,323
#96Craig3,306↓8
#97Derrick3,304↓11
#98Devin3,302↑1
#99Frank3,271↓2
#100Gary3,244↓13