Popular baby names in Alabama, 1988

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1988 were Jessica for girls (954 babies) and Justin for boys (930). Justin ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 47,440 babies born in Alabama in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1988

Names given at least 15 times in Alabama that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Tameka: 22 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Chiquita: 16 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lakeshia: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Haley: 128 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Latasha: 70 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Eboni: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jerica: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Porsha: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kandace: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Chasity: 37 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Ladarius: 19 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Cornelius: 34 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Courtney: 69 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Roderick: 47 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jarvis: 48 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Cortez: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Scotty: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Demario: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Quinton: 32 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Demarcus: 27 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Jessica	954	↑1	1
2	Ashley	901	↓1	2
3	Brittany	585	↑1	6
4	Amanda	506	↓1	3
5	Tiffany	502	↑1	13
6	Heather	335	↑2	14
7	Amber	324	–	15
8	Kayla	320	↑3	20
9	Jennifer	318	↓4	5
10	Sarah	314	↑3	4
11	Lauren	297	↑1	11
12	Whitney	292	↓2	39
13	Kimberly	276	↓4	25
14	Mary	275	↑1	34
15	Elizabeth	260	↑3	10
16	Courtney	258	↑6	24
17	Stephanie	250	↓1	7
18	Emily	242	↓4	18
19	Brittney	220	↓2	52
20	Rachel	206	↓1	19
21	Laura	204	–	23
22	Megan	204	↓2	12
23	Crystal	176	–	28
24	Jasmine	173	new	53
25	Samantha	168	↑1	8
26	Rebecca	166	↑6	26
27	Amy	159	↑2	29
28	Katherine	158	↑5	27
29	Melissa	158	↑1	16
30	Erica	157	↓6	31
31	April	145	↓4	65
32	Anna	139	↓7	54
33	Katie	134	↑6	40
34	Lindsey	132	↓6	48
35	Haley	128	↑7	>100
36	Kristen	126	↑8	36
37	Christina	116	↓6	22
38	Hannah	110	↑10	61
39	Andrea	105	↓2	35
40	Victoria	104	↑5	42
41	Kendra	99	–	80
42	Allison	98	↓7	46
43	Angela	98	↓7	38
44	Kristin	98	new	58
45	Danielle	95	↑1	17
46	Britney	94	new	>100
47	Jamie	94	↓13	45
48	Candace	93	new	>100
49	Erin	93	↓11	37
50	Chelsea	92	new	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Justin	930	↑3	7
2	Christopher	921	↓1	2
3	Joshua	849	↓1	4
4	Michael	741	↑1	1
5	James	729	↓2	9
6	William	631	–	16
7	Matthew	604	–	3
8	Brandon	545	–	17
9	John	494	–	11
10	Robert	468	↑1	10
11	Jonathan	456	↑1	15
12	David	450	↓2	6
13	Joseph	386	↑1	12
14	Andrew	360	↑1	5
15	Jeremy	357	↓2	35
16	Daniel	349	–	8
17	Charles	298	↑1	37
18	Timothy	296	↓1	25
19	Nicholas	286	↑7	14
20	Anthony	260	–	18
21	Thomas	253	↓2	23
22	Jacob	244	↑2	28
23	Steven	231	↓1	24
24	Zachary	230	↑7	29
25	Adam	228	–	26
26	Eric	216	↑1	19
27	Ryan	216	↑5	13
28	Cody	211	↑9	43
29	Jason	210	↓8	27
30	Richard	210	–	32
31	Kevin	208	↓8	20
32	Benjamin	207	↑1	30
33	Stephen	201	↓4	40
34	Kenneth	196	–	51
35	Corey	192	↑8	56
36	Tyler	190	↓1	33
37	Dustin	185	↑1	48
38	Brian	178	↓10	22
39	Patrick	171	↓3	42
40	Aaron	152	↑4	31
41	Kyle	150	↑5	21
42	Samuel	142	↑7	45
43	Bradley	136	↓1	57
44	Marcus	135	↓4	66
45	Travis	134	new	41
46	Gregory	131	↓5	50
47	Nathan	126	new	44
48	Jeffrey	124	↓9	36
49	Mark	122	↑1	39
50	Antonio	120	new	72

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