Popular baby names in Indiana, 1988

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1988 were Ashley for girls (1,363 babies) and Michael for boys (1,221). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 72,715 babies born in Indiana in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1988

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

Girls

Infant: 64 babies, 43.6× the national rate
Brittaney: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kylie: 53 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cayla: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kyla: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gretchen: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jayme: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kaleigh: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Terri: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Aubrey: 38 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Infant: 60 babies, 38× the national rate
Darin: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Heath: 28 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dustin: 450 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Trent: 45 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Lonnie: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Logan: 129 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jonathon: 109 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Johnathon: 39 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Brock: 30 babies, 2.2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Ashley	1,363	–	2
2	Jessica	1,247	–	1
3	Amanda	1,010	–	3
4	Brittany	787	–	6
5	Sarah	776	–	4
6	Megan	613	↑3	12
7	Jennifer	581	↓1	5
8	Heather	554	–	14
9	Amber	539	↓2	15
10	Emily	502	↑1	18
11	Samantha	499	↑1	8
12	Tiffany	491	↑4	13
13	Stephanie	483	↓3	7
14	Rachel	443	↓1	19
15	Elizabeth	425	↓1	10
16	Kayla	416	↑3	20
17	Lauren	407	↑1	11
18	Danielle	369	↓3	17
19	Nicole	355	↓2	9
20	Courtney	332	↑7	24
21	Melissa	295	↑1	16
22	Chelsea	272	↑21	33
23	Amy	266	↓2	29
24	Sara	246	↑1	30
25	Katherine	245	↑6	27
26	Whitney	239	↓6	39
27	Michelle	236	↓3	21
28	Christina	233	↑2	22
29	Laura	228	↓6	23
30	Kimberly	221	↓1	25
31	Rebecca	216	↑7	26
32	Erica	214	↑7	31
33	Erin	211	↑1	37
34	Andrea	209	↓2	35
35	Kristen	208	↑14	36
36	Lindsey	208	↓10	48
37	Katie	204	↓9	40
38	Allison	193	↑6	46
39	Brittney	193	↑7	52
40	Mary	193	↓3	34
41	Angela	192	↓6	38
42	Alyssa	176	new	47
43	Crystal	176	↓3	28
44	Kelly	172	↓11	32
45	Kelsey	172	new	64
46	Hannah	161	new	61
47	Jamie	160	↓11	45
48	Alicia	159	↓6	50
49	Kristin	158	new	58
50	Lindsay	154	↓9	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	1,221	–	1
2	Joshua	1,211	↑1	4
3	Christopher	1,058	↑1	2
4	Matthew	1,056	↓2	3
5	Andrew	946	–	5
6	Justin	875	–	7
7	David	761	↑1	6
8	James	736	↑1	9
9	Brandon	709	↑2	17
10	Ryan	686	↓3	13
11	Kyle	684	↓1	21
12	Robert	682	↑2	10
13	Nicholas	664	–	14
14	Daniel	637	↓2	8
15	Zachary	629	↑3	29
16	Joseph	592	↓1	12
17	John	565	↓1	11
18	Adam	533	↓1	26
19	William	516	–	16
20	Eric	509	↑2	19
21	Jacob	500	↓1	28
22	Aaron	482	↑1	31
23	Anthony	476	↓2	18
24	Dustin	450	–	48
25	Tyler	446	↑4	33
26	Benjamin	440	↓1	30
27	Jonathan	428	↑1	15
28	Thomas	402	↑3	23
29	Timothy	388	↑3	25
30	Brian	385	–	22
31	Nathan	373	↑3	44
32	Jason	371	↓5	27
33	Steven	369	↑2	24
34	Kevin	361	↓8	20
35	Cody	359	↑5	43
36	Jeremy	336	↓3	35
37	Jordan	310	–	52
38	Travis	305	↓2	41
39	Charles	304	↑3	37
40	Derek	289	↓2	53
41	Bradley	239	↑3	57
42	Patrick	239	↑3	42
43	Mark	236	↓2	39
44	Alexander	231	↑4	34
45	Austin	227	new	63
46	Cory	226	↑3	59
47	Scott	223	–	47
48	Jeffrey	221	↓9	36
49	Richard	216	↓6	32
50	Stephen	205	↓4	40

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