Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1988

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1988 were Ashley for girls (235 babies) and Michael for boys (312). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 14,492 babies born in District of Columbia in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in District of Columbia in 1988

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

Girls

Janay: 19 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Patrice: 17 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Tierra: 22 babies, 9.3× the national rate
India: 16 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Ebony: 43 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Sade: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Tiara: 22 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dominique: 34 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jasmin: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Latoya: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Delonte: 20 babies, 104.8× the national rate
Donnell: 15 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Davon: 15 babies, 12× the national rate
Lamont: 15 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Donte: 19 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Antoine: 29 babies, 9× the national rate
Tyrone: 37 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Darnell: 20 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Jamal: 31 babies, 7× the national rate
Melvin: 24 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Ashley	235	–	2
2	Jessica	165	–	1
3	Brittany	126	↑2	6
4	Sarah	126	–	4
5	Lauren	113	↑7	11
6	Katherine	92	↑9	27
7	Tiffany	91	–	13
8	Jennifer	90	↓5	5
9	Elizabeth	88	↓3	10
10	Stephanie	87	↓2	7
11	Amanda	83	↓2	3
12	Jasmine	79	↑23	53
13	Danielle	77	↓2	17
14	Nicole	77	↓1	9
15	Alexandra	68	↑5	49
16	Rachel	66	–	19
17	Michelle	65	↑4	21
18	Samantha	63	↑5	8
19	Emily	62	↓9	18
20	Erica	61	↑7	31
21	Laura	59	↑1	23
22	Melissa	56	↓4	16
23	Kimberly	55	↓6	25
24	Christina	54	↓10	22
25	Megan	53	↑3	12
26	Rebecca	48	–	26
27	Allison	47	new	46
28	Anna	46	↑18	54
29	Andrea	44	–	35
30	Julia	44	↑6	88
31	Victoria	44	↑14	42
32	Ebony	43	↑6	>100
33	Bianca	42	new	>100
34	Courtney	42	–	24
35	Kelly	41	↓10	32
36	Christine	39	↑4	51
37	Crystal	39	↓13	28
38	Brittney	38	↑4	52
39	Erin	38	↓6	37
40	Mary	38	↓21	34
41	Whitney	38	new	39
42	Caitlin	36	↓12	44
43	Catherine	36	↑4	69
44	Maria	36	new	60
45	Sara	36	↓6	30
46	Jacqueline	35	↑2	62
47	Dominique	34	↓15	>100
48	Monique	34	new	>100
49	Shannon	34	↓12	56
50	Amy	32	new	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	312	–	1
2	Christopher	280	–	2
3	James	207	↑1	9
4	David	187	↓1	6
5	Daniel	176	↑1	8
6	Matthew	167	↑4	3
7	John	156	↓2	11
8	Robert	153	↑4	10
9	Anthony	151	–	18
10	William	145	↓3	16
11	Kevin	144	–	20
12	Andrew	140	↓4	5
13	Joseph	122	↑5	12
14	Brandon	120	↓1	17
15	Jonathan	115	↑1	15
16	Alexander	109	↓1	34
17	Brian	106	↓3	22
18	Justin	106	↑4	7
19	Charles	96	↑4	37
20	Joshua	95	–	4
21	Eric	94	↓4	19
22	Nicholas	94	↓1	14
23	Ryan	88	↑5	13
24	Thomas	87	↓5	23
25	Marcus	86	↑1	66
26	Antonio	82	↑5	72
27	Samuel	78	↑14	45
28	Timothy	76	↑1	25
29	Benjamin	74	↓2	30
30	Patrick	71	↓5	42
31	Aaron	70	↓1	31
32	Sean	69	↑6	38
33	Gregory	67	↓1	50
34	Steven	62	–	24
35	Mark	61	↑9	39
36	Jason	60	↓12	27
37	Kenneth	60	↓1	51
38	Richard	60	↓5	32
39	Stephen	56	↓2	40
40	Andre	54	↓1	>100
41	Kyle	52	↑4	21
42	Zachary	52	new	29
43	Paul	50	↓3	46
44	Derrick	48	new	97
45	Jeffrey	47	↓10	36
46	Ronald	47	–	79
47	Edward	45	↓4	62
48	Adam	43	new	26
49	Bryan	41	new	54
50	Jose	41	↓1	49

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