Top Names of 1988
The most popular names recorded in 1988 were Jessica for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |