Top Baby Names of 1988
The most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1988, based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.
Top 100 Boy Names (1988)
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 51 | Kenneth | 8,567 |
| 52 | Jordan | 8,490 |
| 53 | Derek | 8,074 |
| 54 | Bryan | 8,036 |
| 55 | Jesse | 7,912 |
| 56 | Corey | 7,330 |
| 57 | Bradley | 7,017 |
| 58 | Alex | 6,408 |
| 59 | Cory | 6,267 |
| 60 | Jared | 6,210 |
| 61 | Shawn | 5,893 |
| 62 | Edward | 5,801 |
| 63 | Austin | 5,588 |
| 64 | Peter | 5,424 |
| 65 | Chad | 5,297 |
| 66 | Marcus | 5,207 |
| 67 | Shane | 5,173 |
| 68 | Juan | 5,172 |
| 69 | Cameron | 4,985 |
| 70 | Keith | 4,948 |
| 71 | Phillip | 4,574 |
| 72 | Antonio | 4,461 |
| 73 | Brett | 4,375 |
| 74 | Evan | 4,336 |
| 75 | Luis | 4,331 |
| 76 | Donald | 4,329 |
| 77 | Ian | 4,315 |
| 78 | George | 4,296 |
| 79 | Ronald | 4,172 |
| 80 | Carlos | 4,127 |
| 81 | Vincent | 4,056 |
| 82 | Nathaniel | 4,054 |
| 83 | Casey | 4,039 |
| 84 | Raymond | 4,036 |
| 85 | Joel | 3,939 |
| 86 | Christian | 3,936 |
| 87 | Trevor | 3,695 |
| 88 | Douglas | 3,654 |
| 89 | Victor | 3,629 |
| 90 | Seth | 3,492 |
| 91 | Taylor | 3,492 |
| 92 | Erik | 3,478 |
| 93 | Wesley | 3,478 |
| 94 | Philip | 3,373 |
| 95 | Mitchell | 3,323 |
| 96 | Derrick | 3,308 |
| 97 | Craig | 3,306 |
| 98 | Devin | 3,301 |
| 99 | Frank | 3,271 |
| 100 | Gary | 3,244 |