Popular baby names in Florida, 1988

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1988 were Ashley for girls (2,613 babies) and Michael for boys (3,129). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 157,386 babies born in Florida in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1988

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

Girls

Unknown: 40 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Jessenia: 39 babies, 5× the national rate
Kaley: 48 babies, 4× the national rate
Yessenia: 41 babies, 4× the national rate
Carolina: 74 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Nathalie: 39 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Precious: 58 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ciara: 67 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Cristina: 136 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ericka: 62 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Unknown: 57 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Jean: 52 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jarvis: 88 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Antwan: 50 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Giovanni: 55 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Sebastian: 43 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Willie: 147 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Rashad: 57 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Alexis: 43 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Andres: 117 babies, 2.2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Ashley	2,613	↑1	2
2	Jessica	2,575	↓1	1
3	Amanda	1,901	–	3
4	Brittany	1,563	↑1	6
5	Jennifer	1,441	↓1	5
6	Stephanie	1,214	–	7
7	Sarah	1,203	–	4
8	Nicole	998	↑4	9
9	Tiffany	996	↑2	13
10	Lauren	966	↑6	11
11	Heather	949	↓3	14
12	Amber	888	↑1	15
13	Samantha	884	↑2	8
14	Melissa	827	↓4	16
15	Danielle	805	↓6	17
16	Christina	749	↓2	22
17	Elizabeth	743	↑1	10
18	Megan	730	↓1	12
19	Michelle	679	–	21
20	Rachel	626	–	19
21	Courtney	582	↑12	24
22	Kimberly	580	↓1	25
23	Crystal	537	↓1	28
24	Rebecca	526	↓1	26
25	Kayla	517	↑12	20
26	Erica	470	↑5	31
27	Katherine	470	–	27
28	Chelsea	459	↑16	33
29	Laura	445	↓4	23
30	Emily	442	↑4	18
31	Sara	435	↓2	30
32	Kelly	410	↓8	32
33	Alexandra	408	new	49
34	Amy	388	↓8	29
35	Brittney	380	↑11	52
36	Angela	374	↓1	38
37	Vanessa	371	↓9	41
38	Victoria	366	↑4	42
39	Andrea	363	↑1	35
40	Kristen	354	↓4	36
41	Jamie	353	↓3	45
42	Shannon	346	↓12	56
43	Jasmine	341	new	53
44	Mary	340	↓5	34
45	Caitlin	310	new	44
46	Christine	303	↓1	51
47	Erin	300	↓6	37
48	Lindsey	294	↓5	48
49	Whitney	294	↓17	39
50	Natalie	287	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	3,129	–	1
2	Christopher	2,896	–	2
3	Joshua	2,141	–	4
4	Matthew	1,816	–	3
5	David	1,759	–	6
6	James	1,658	–	9
7	Robert	1,650	↑1	10
8	Daniel	1,631	↓1	8
9	Justin	1,630	–	7
10	John	1,413	–	11
11	Andrew	1,350	–	5
12	Joseph	1,344	–	12
13	Ryan	1,306	↑1	13
14	William	1,246	↓1	16
15	Jonathan	1,236	–	15
16	Brandon	1,095	↑1	17
17	Anthony	1,088	↓1	18
18	Kyle	988	↑1	21
19	Nicholas	965	↑2	14
20	Kevin	895	↑2	20
21	Eric	862	↑5	19
22	Thomas	840	↑2	23
23	Steven	836	–	24
24	Brian	830	↓4	22
25	Richard	776	–	32
26	Jason	749	↓8	27
27	Alexander	733	↑2	34
28	Timothy	682	↓1	25
29	Sean	677	↑2	38
30	Charles	663	↓2	37
31	Jeremy	626	↓1	35
32	Travis	616	↑4	41
33	Stephen	602	↓1	40
34	Adam	587	–	26
35	Zachary	522	↑3	29
36	Aaron	507	↑6	31
37	Jeffrey	506	↓4	36
38	Patrick	504	↑2	42
39	Kenneth	489	↓2	51
40	Benjamin	475	↓1	30
41	Bryan	472	↑2	54
42	Mark	456	↓7	39
43	Gregory	445	↓2	50
44	Tyler	443	↑5	33
45	Jacob	402	↑2	28
46	Scott	402	↓2	47
47	Jose	386	↑1	49
48	Corey	361	new	56
49	Paul	352	↓3	46
50	Dustin	345	↓5	48

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