The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1988
8,495 different boys’ names were recorded in 1988, covering 1,914,283 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 64,171 |
| 2 | Christopher | 53,014 |
| 3 | Matthew | 45,876 |
| 4 | Joshua | 42,653 |
| 5 | Andrew | 35,745 |
| 6 | David | 35,329 |
| 7 | Justin | 35,055 |
| 8 | Daniel | 34,718 |
| 9 | James | 32,523 |
| 10 | Robert | 30,319 |
| 11 | John | 29,427 |
| 12 | Joseph | 29,019 |
| 13 | Ryan | 27,747 |
| 14 | Nicholas | 25,303 |
| 15 | Jonathan | 24,349 |
| 16 | William | 24,126 |
| 17 | Brandon | 23,744 |
| 18 | Anthony | 23,644 |
| 19 | Eric | 20,175 |
| 20 | Kevin | 20,168 |
| 21 | Kyle | 19,895 |
| 22 | Brian | 19,532 |
| 23 | Thomas | 18,806 |
| 24 | Steven | 17,865 |
| 25 | Timothy | 16,807 |
| 26 | Adam | 16,467 |
| 27 | Jason | 15,917 |
| 28 | Jacob | 15,883 |
| 29 | Zachary | 15,870 |
| 30 | Benjamin | 15,187 |
| 31 | Aaron | 14,408 |
| 32 | Richard | 14,144 |
| 33 | Tyler | 13,349 |
| 34 | Alexander | 13,341 |
| 35 | Jeremy | 13,169 |
| 36 | Jeffrey | 12,401 |
| 37 | Charles | 12,109 |
| 38 | Sean | 11,794 |
| 39 | Mark | 11,715 |
| 40 | Stephen | 11,607 |
| 41 | Travis | 11,423 |
| 42 | Patrick | 11,400 |
| 43 | Cody | 10,583 |
| 44 | Nathan | 10,154 |
| 45 | Samuel | 9,564 |
| 46 | Paul | 9,438 |
| 47 | Scott | 9,351 |
| 48 | Dustin | 9,337 |
| 49 | Jose | 9,007 |
| 50 | Gregory | 8,629 |
| 51 | Kenneth | 8,567 |
| 52 | Jordan | 8,490 |
| 53 | Derek | 8,073 |
| 54 | Bryan | 8,036 |
| 55 | Jesse | 7,914 |
| 56 | Corey | 7,328 |
| 57 | Bradley | 7,017 |
| 58 | Alex | 6,408 |
| 59 | Cory | 6,266 |
| 60 | Jared | 6,211 |
| 61 | Shawn | 5,893 |
| 62 | Edward | 5,801 |
| 63 | Austin | 5,588 |
| 64 | Peter | 5,425 |
| 65 | Chad | 5,299 |
| 66 | Marcus | 5,207 |
| 67 | Shane | 5,173 |
| 68 | Juan | 5,171 |
| 69 | Cameron | 4,985 |
| 70 | Keith | 4,949 |
| 71 | Phillip | 4,576 |
| 72 | Antonio | 4,461 |
| 73 | Brett | 4,375 |
| 74 | Evan | 4,337 |
| 75 | Luis | 4,333 |
| 76 | Donald | 4,328 |
| 77 | Ian | 4,315 |
| 78 | George | 4,296 |
| 79 | Ronald | 4,173 |
| 80 | Carlos | 4,127 |
| 81 | Nathaniel | 4,054 |
| 81 | Vincent | 4,054 |
| 83 | Casey | 4,039 |
| 84 | Raymond | 4,036 |
| 85 | Joel | 3,940 |
| 86 | Christian | 3,937 |
| 87 | Trevor | 3,695 |
| 88 | Douglas | 3,655 |
| 89 | Victor | 3,628 |
| 90 | Seth | 3,493 |
| 91 | Taylor | 3,492 |
| 92 | Wesley | 3,478 |
| 92 | Erik | 3,478 |
| 94 | Philip | 3,373 |
| 95 | Mitchell | 3,323 |
| 96 | Craig | 3,306 |
| 97 | Derrick | 3,304 |
| 98 | Devin | 3,302 |
| 99 | Frank | 3,271 |
| 100 | Gary | 3,244 |
| 101 | Adrian | 3,220 |
| 102 | Gabriel | 3,119 |
| 103 | Blake | 3,100 |
| 104 | Jesus | 2,928 |
| 105 | Curtis | 2,907 |
| 106 | Mario | 2,893 |
| 107 | Brent | 2,869 |
| 108 | Caleb | 2,817 |
| 109 | Logan | 2,758 |
| 110 | Alan | 2,754 |
| 111 | Miguel | 2,735 |
| 112 | Lucas | 2,716 |
| 112 | Randy | 2,716 |
| 114 | Spencer | 2,695 |
| 115 | Johnathan | 2,675 |
| 116 | Martin | 2,652 |
| 116 | Dennis | 2,652 |
| 118 | Garrett | 2,650 |
| 119 | Luke | 2,619 |
| 120 | Jeffery | 2,584 |
| 121 | Ricardo | 2,502 |
| 122 | Jorge | 2,475 |
| 123 | Larry | 2,448 |
| 124 | Troy | 2,344 |
| 125 | Jonathon | 2,330 |
| 126 | Carl | 2,318 |
| 127 | Chase | 2,308 |
| 128 | Russell | 2,298 |
| 129 | Johnny | 2,268 |
| 130 | Jerry | 2,266 |
| 131 | Francisco | 2,258 |
| 131 | Colin | 2,258 |
| 133 | Tony | 2,243 |
| 134 | Allen | 2,208 |
| 135 | Todd | 2,201 |
| 136 | Jeremiah | 2,190 |
| 137 | Dylan | 2,158 |
| 138 | Andre | 2,154 |
| 139 | Manuel | 2,119 |
| 140 | Henry | 2,082 |
| 141 | Terry | 2,065 |
| 142 | Mathew | 2,061 |
| 143 | Isaac | 1,964 |
| 144 | Kristopher | 1,956 |
| 145 | Danny | 1,902 |
| 146 | Lance | 1,894 |
| 147 | Clayton | 1,890 |
| 148 | Ricky | 1,882 |
| 149 | Marc | 1,873 |
| 150 | Lawrence | 1,861 |
| 151 | Angel | 1,828 |
| 152 | Calvin | 1,811 |
| 153 | Randall | 1,796 |
| 153 | Brendan | 1,796 |
| 155 | Albert | 1,795 |
| 156 | Lee | 1,785 |
| 156 | Micheal | 1,785 |
| 158 | Ross | 1,768 |
| 159 | Drew | 1,754 |
| 160 | Oscar | 1,733 |
| 161 | Jimmy | 1,731 |
| 162 | Rodney | 1,730 |
| 163 | Bobby | 1,715 |
| 164 | Bryant | 1,714 |
| 165 | Louis | 1,707 |
| 166 | Jake | 1,706 |
| 167 | Julian | 1,673 |
| 168 | Roberto | 1,662 |
| 169 | Shaun | 1,657 |
| 170 | Hector | 1,656 |
| 171 | Jack | 1,655 |
| 172 | Grant | 1,625 |
| 173 | Edgar | 1,616 |
| 174 | Levi | 1,611 |
| 175 | Walter | 1,610 |
| 176 | Alejandro | 1,607 |
| 177 | Darren | 1,599 |
| 178 | Ruben | 1,594 |
| 179 | Bryce | 1,586 |
| 180 | Roger | 1,578 |
| 181 | Javier | 1,570 |
| 182 | Edwin | 1,553 |
| 183 | Arthur | 1,552 |
| 184 | Sergio | 1,546 |
| 185 | Billy | 1,509 |
| 186 | Maurice | 1,493 |
| 187 | Joe | 1,472 |
| 188 | Jamie | 1,470 |
| 189 | Jon | 1,450 |
| 190 | Devon | 1,441 |
| 191 | Willie | 1,427 |
| 192 | Omar | 1,426 |
| 193 | Terrance | 1,424 |
| 194 | Gerald | 1,403 |
| 195 | Dominic | 1,398 |
| 196 | Clinton | 1,397 |
| 197 | Max | 1,386 |
| 198 | Eduardo | 1,385 |
| 199 | Jay | 1,369 |
| 200 | Fernando | 1,361 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1988 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.