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Top Baby Names 1988

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,780,827 · Total Boys: 1,914,216

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Jessica	51,557	2.895%
2	Ashley	49,975	2.806%
3	Amanda	39,459	2.216%
4	Sarah	28,374	1.593%
5	Jennifer	27,893	1.566%
6	Brittany	26,817	1.506%
7	Stephanie	22,844	1.283%
8	Samantha	20,700	1.162%
9	Nicole	20,314	1.141%
10	Elizabeth	20,042	1.125%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Lauren	19,638	1.103%
12	Megan	18,570	1.043%
13	Tiffany	18,363	1.031%
14	Heather	18,033	1.013%
15	Amber	16,676	0.936%
16	Melissa	16,545	0.929%
17	Danielle	16,254	0.913%
18	Emily	15,871	0.891%
19	Rachel	15,348	0.862%
20	Kayla	13,432	0.754%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Michelle	13,339	0.749%
22	Christina	12,954	0.727%
23	Laura	12,127	0.681%
24	Courtney	12,043	0.676%
25	Kimberly	11,949	0.671%
26	Rebecca	11,876	0.667%
27	Katherine	11,154	0.626%
28	Crystal	10,101	0.567%
29	Amy	10,034	0.563%
30	Sara	10,018	0.563%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Erica	9,591	0.539%
32	Kelly	8,916	0.501%
33	Chelsea	8,880	0.499%
34	Mary	8,517	0.478%
35	Andrea	8,391	0.471%
36	Kristen	8,382	0.471%
37	Erin	8,267	0.464%
38	Angela	7,915	0.444%
39	Whitney	7,851	0.441%
40	Katie	7,770	0.436%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Vanessa	7,516	0.422%
42	Victoria	7,283	0.409%
43	Lisa	7,267	0.408%
44	Caitlin	7,246	0.407%
45	Jamie	7,187	0.404%
46	Allison	7,145	0.401%
47	Alyssa	7,134	0.401%
48	Lindsey	7,001	0.393%
49	Alexandra	6,972	0.392%
50	Alicia	6,700	0.376%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Christine	6,612	0.371%
52	Brittney	6,576	0.369%
53	Jasmine	6,446	0.362%
54	Anna	6,443	0.362%
55	Kathryn	6,342	0.356%
56	Shannon	6,255	0.351%
57	Lindsay	6,025	0.338%
58	Kristin	6,019	0.338%
59	Cassandra	5,726	0.322%
60	Maria	5,713	0.321%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Hannah	5,562	0.312%
62	Jacqueline	5,544	0.311%
63	Natalie	5,483	0.308%
64	Kelsey	5,452	0.306%
65	April	4,839	0.272%
66	Jenna	4,607	0.259%
67	Tara	4,606	0.259%
68	Kristina	4,578	0.257%
69	Catherine	4,504	0.253%
70	Monica	4,463	0.251%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Julie	4,462	0.251%
72	Holly	4,217	0.237%
73	Natasha	4,039	0.227%
74	Krystal	4,019	0.226%
75	Kathleen	3,927	0.221%
76	Erika	3,886	0.218%
77	Patricia	3,799	0.213%
78	Morgan	3,796	0.213%
79	Cynthia	3,784	0.212%
80	Kendra	3,761	0.211%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Meghan	3,609	0.203%
82	Leah	3,558	0.200%
83	Veronica	3,525	0.198%
84	Katelyn	3,510	0.197%
85	Diana	3,489	0.196%
86	Molly	3,461	0.194%
87	Brooke	3,416	0.192%
88	Julia	3,359	0.189%
89	Bethany	3,270	0.184%
90	Dana	3,192	0.179%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Brandi	3,169	0.178%
92	Casey	3,150	0.177%
93	Margaret	3,138	0.176%
94	Leslie	3,080	0.173%
95	Kara	3,039	0.171%
96	Brianna	2,963	0.166%
97	Alexis	2,901	0.163%
98	Kaitlin	2,841	0.160%
99	Melanie	2,834	0.159%
100	Rachael	2,831	0.159%

#	Name	Count	%
1	Michael	64,168	3.352%
2	Christopher	53,015	2.770%
3	Matthew	45,875	2.397%
4	Joshua	42,650	2.228%
5	Andrew	35,745	1.867%
6	David	35,330	1.846%
7	Justin	35,055	1.831%
8	Daniel	34,718	1.814%
9	James	32,521	1.699%
10	Robert	30,317	1.584%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	John	29,423	1.537%
12	Joseph	29,019	1.516%
13	Ryan	27,750	1.450%
14	Nicholas	25,300	1.322%
15	Jonathan	24,348	1.272%
16	William	24,125	1.260%
17	Brandon	23,744	1.240%
18	Anthony	23,643	1.235%
19	Eric	20,174	1.054%
20	Kevin	20,170	1.054%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Kyle	19,896	1.039%
22	Brian	19,529	1.020%
23	Thomas	18,808	0.983%
24	Steven	17,864	0.933%
25	Timothy	16,808	0.878%
26	Adam	16,465	0.860%
27	Jason	15,916	0.831%
28	Jacob	15,883	0.830%
29	Zachary	15,871	0.829%
30	Benjamin	15,187	0.793%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Aaron	14,409	0.753%
32	Richard	14,145	0.739%
33	Tyler	13,349	0.697%
34	Alexander	13,338	0.697%
35	Jeremy	13,170	0.688%
36	Jeffrey	12,399	0.648%
37	Charles	12,108	0.633%
38	Sean	11,794	0.616%
39	Mark	11,717	0.612%
40	Stephen	11,607	0.606%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Travis	11,421	0.597%
42	Patrick	11,401	0.596%
43	Cody	10,583	0.553%
44	Nathan	10,154	0.530%
45	Samuel	9,564	0.500%
46	Paul	9,435	0.493%
47	Scott	9,354	0.489%
48	Dustin	9,336	0.488%
49	Jose	9,008	0.471%
50	Gregory	8,631	0.451%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Kenneth	8,567	0.448%
52	Jordan	8,490	0.444%
53	Derek	8,074	0.422%
54	Bryan	8,036	0.420%
55	Jesse	7,912	0.413%
56	Corey	7,330	0.383%
57	Bradley	7,017	0.367%
58	Alex	6,408	0.335%
59	Cory	6,267	0.327%
60	Jared	6,210	0.324%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Shawn	5,893	0.308%
62	Edward	5,801	0.303%
63	Austin	5,588	0.292%
64	Peter	5,424	0.283%
65	Chad	5,297	0.277%
66	Marcus	5,207	0.272%
67	Shane	5,173	0.270%
68	Juan	5,172	0.270%
69	Cameron	4,985	0.260%
70	Keith	4,948	0.258%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Phillip	4,574	0.239%
72	Antonio	4,461	0.233%
73	Brett	4,375	0.229%
74	Evan	4,336	0.227%
75	Luis	4,331	0.226%
76	Donald	4,329	0.226%
77	Ian	4,315	0.225%
78	George	4,296	0.224%
79	Ronald	4,172	0.218%
80	Carlos	4,127	0.216%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Vincent	4,056	0.212%
82	Nathaniel	4,054	0.212%
83	Casey	4,039	0.211%
84	Raymond	4,036	0.211%
85	Joel	3,939	0.206%
86	Christian	3,936	0.206%
87	Trevor	3,695	0.193%
88	Douglas	3,654	0.191%
89	Victor	3,629	0.190%
90	Seth	3,492	0.182%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Taylor	3,492	0.182%
92	Erik	3,478	0.182%
93	Wesley	3,478	0.182%
94	Philip	3,373	0.176%
95	Mitchell	3,323	0.174%
96	Derrick	3,308	0.173%
97	Craig	3,306	0.173%
98	Devin	3,301	0.172%
99	Frank	3,271	0.171%
100	Gary	3,244	0.169%

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