Popular baby names in Maryland, 1988

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1988 were Ashley for girls (1,002 babies) and Michael for boys (1,332). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 56,628 babies born in Maryland in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1988

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

Girls

Baby: 31 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Tiarra: 19 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Shanae: 20 babies, 7× the national rate
Tierra: 55 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Cierra: 54 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Shamika: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Kierra: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tiara: 79 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Sade: 37 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Shanika: 16 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Tavon: 37 babies, 36.7× the national rate
Baby: 45 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Davon: 49 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Donnell: 25 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Donte: 37 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Antoine: 42 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jamal: 56 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Harry: 34 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Warren: 33 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dwayne: 40 babies, 3× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Ashley	1,002	–	2
2	Jessica	866	–	1
3	Amanda	737	–	3
4	Brittany	637	↑1	6
5	Sarah	617	↑1	4
6	Jennifer	527	↓2	5
7	Lauren	450	–	11
8	Stephanie	394	–	7
9	Samantha	385	↑7	8
10	Nicole	371	–	9
11	Megan	370	↑1	12
12	Tiffany	363	↑6	13
13	Rachel	341	↓2	19
14	Elizabeth	325	↑1	10
15	Heather	325	↓6	14
16	Emily	295	↑3	18
17	Christina	282	↓4	22
18	Danielle	281	↓4	17
19	Amber	267	↓2	15
20	Rebecca	265	↑1	26
21	Laura	262	↑2	23
22	Katherine	241	↑8	27
23	Melissa	237	↑1	16
24	Michelle	230	↑1	21
25	Kelly	220	↓5	32
26	Courtney	213	↑13	24
27	Shannon	213	–	56
28	Kristen	207	↑8	36
29	Sara	206	↑4	30
30	Kimberly	203	↓8	25
31	Erin	201	↓5	37
32	Amy	190	↓3	29
33	Erica	170	↓5	31
34	Mary	167	↑4	34
35	Crystal	158	↓4	28
36	Alexandra	142	↑4	49
37	Caitlin	142	↑4	44
38	Lisa	141	↑12	43
39	Kristin	140	↑8	58
40	Victoria	139	new	42
41	Jasmine	137	new	53
42	Allison	136	↓10	46
43	Lindsay	135	↓6	57
44	Angela	132	↓10	38
45	Brittney	126	↑4	52
46	Christine	125	↓11	51
47	Kayla	125	new	20
48	Chelsea	122	new	33
49	Katie	121	↓4	40
50	Andrea	119	new	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	1,332	–	1
2	Christopher	1,036	–	2
3	Matthew	900	–	3
4	James	713	↑1	9
5	Joshua	694	↑4	4
6	David	674	↓2	6
7	Andrew	666	↓1	5
8	Daniel	661	↓1	8
9	Robert	657	↓1	10
10	Justin	647	↑2	7
11	John	612	↓1	11
12	William	591	↓1	16
13	Joseph	584	–	12
14	Kevin	521	↑2	20
15	Ryan	520	↓1	13
16	Brandon	450	↓1	17
17	Brian	428	–	22
18	Anthony	417	↑1	18
19	Nicholas	417	↑5	14
20	Thomas	404	↑3	23
21	Steven	387	↓1	24
22	Jonathan	384	↑3	15
23	Eric	377	↓5	19
24	Timothy	377	↓3	25
25	Jason	305	↓3	27
26	Richard	298	–	32
27	Sean	287	↑2	38
28	Zachary	285	↑11	29
29	Benjamin	283	↓1	30
30	Charles	275	↓3	37
31	Alexander	270	↑5	34
32	Adam	260	–	26
33	Patrick	257	↑4	42
34	Kyle	251	↓4	21
35	Mark	248	↓1	39
36	Stephen	235	↓5	40
37	Jeffrey	228	↓2	36
38	Gregory	225	↓5	50
39	Aaron	205	↑4	31
40	Bryan	202	↑4	54
41	Travis	202	↑4	41
42	Paul	193	–	46
43	Jacob	192	↑4	28
44	Kenneth	184	↓3	51
45	Samuel	177	↑3	45
46	Scott	175	↓8	47
47	Jeremy	173	↓7	35
48	Edward	152	↓2	62
49	Marcus	138	new	66
50	Corey	137	↓1	56

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