Popular baby names in Maine, 1988

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1988 were Ashley for girls (259 babies) and Joshua for boys (285). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,411 babies born in Maine in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1988

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

Girls

Chelsey: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Katrina: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Hannah: 62 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Abigail: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Alison: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Nichole: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Miranda: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kaitlyn: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Carrie: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lacey: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Colby: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Noah: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Seth: 54 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Benjamin: 165 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Craig: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dylan: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ian: 42 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Peter: 51 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lucas: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Corey: 66 babies, 2.4× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Ashley	259	–	2
2	Amanda	228	–	3
3	Jessica	210	–	1
4	Sarah	168	–	4
5	Samantha	131	↑4	8
6	Danielle	130	↑2	17
7	Jennifer	123	↓2	5
8	Nicole	117	↓1	9
9	Kayla	113	↑4	20
10	Elizabeth	111	–	10
11	Emily	111	–	18
12	Heather	107	↓6	14
13	Megan	93	↓1	12
14	Amber	88	↑1	15
15	Brittany	83	↑1	6
16	Stephanie	83	↓2	7
17	Chelsea	80	↑9	33
18	Melissa	80	↓1	16
19	Courtney	72	↑10	24
20	Tiffany	72	↑17	13
21	Katie	66	↑4	40
22	Hannah	62	↑9	61
23	Katherine	61	↑1	27
24	Lauren	57	↑6	11
25	Laura	56	↓7	23
26	Sara	56	↑7	30
27	Erica	55	↑18	31
28	Kristen	54	↑8	36
29	Michelle	54	↓8	21
30	Erin	53	↓8	37
31	Rachel	53	↓8	19
32	Rebecca	50	↓12	26
33	Kelsey	48	new	64
34	Amy	45	↓15	29
35	Kimberly	45	↓7	25
36	Whitney	45	↓2	39
37	Crystal	42	↓10	28
38	Caitlin	41	↑6	44
39	Kathryn	40	new	55
40	Jamie	38	↓5	45
41	Alyssa	37	new	47
42	Allison	36	↑1	46
43	Kelly	36	↓5	32
44	Lindsay	36	↓4	57
45	Natasha	34	new	73
46	Cassandra	33	↑1	59
47	Mary	33	↑1	34
48	Alicia	31	↓9	50
49	Christina	31	↓17	22
50	Andrea	30	new	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Joshua	285	–	4
2	Matthew	280	↑1	3
3	Michael	265	↓1	1
4	Christopher	236	–	2
5	Justin	196	↑6	7
6	Ryan	172	↓1	13
7	Nicholas	171	–	14
8	Andrew	169	↓2	5
9	Benjamin	165	–	30
10	Daniel	145	↓2	8
11	David	126	↓1	6
12	Joseph	126	–	12
13	Jonathan	119	↑16	15
14	Zachary	116	↑17	29
15	Kyle	111	↑1	21
16	James	109	↓2	9
17	Adam	101	↓2	26
18	John	100	↓1	11
19	Robert	99	↑2	10
20	William	96	↑8	16
21	Travis	95	↑9	41
22	Brandon	94	↓9	17
23	Tyler	93	–	33
24	Brian	92	↓6	22
25	Thomas	90	–	23
26	Jason	88	↓7	27
27	Alexander	85	↑20	34
28	Jacob	83	↑4	28
29	Anthony	82	↓2	18
30	Kevin	82	↓10	20
31	Timothy	81	↓5	25
32	Nathan	76	↓8	44
33	Aaron	75	↑3	31
34	Samuel	73	↑6	45
35	Eric	71	↓13	19
36	Scott	69	↓2	47
37	Patrick	67	↑8	42
38	Corey	66	↑3	56
39	Richard	62	↓2	32
40	Dustin	61	↑2	48
41	Stephen	59	↓3	40
42	Derek	55	↑1	53
43	Jeffrey	54	new	36
44	Seth	54	new	90
45	Sean	53	↓10	38
46	Peter	51	new	64
47	Jeremy	49	↓14	35
48	Steven	49	↓4	24
49	Paul	48	↓3	46
50	Charles	45	new	37

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