Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1988

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1988 were Jessica for girls (1,113 babies) and Michael for boys (2,056). Social Security records list 78,695 babies born in Massachusetts in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1988

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

Girls

Meaghan: 91 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Maura: 42 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Siobhan: 19 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kerry: 67 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kerri: 65 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Alycia: 34 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Julianne: 55 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jillian: 213 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Zoe: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Colleen: 120 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 204 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Dana: 39 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Conor: 40 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bradford: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Peter: 325 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Owen: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Francis: 47 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Connor: 40 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Colin: 108 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Max: 65 babies, 2.2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Jessica	1,113	–	1
2	Ashley	1,082	↑1	2
3	Amanda	1,077	↓1	3
4	Sarah	785	↑1	4
5	Nicole	780	↑1	9
6	Jennifer	772	↓2	5
7	Stephanie	667	–	7
8	Elizabeth	639	–	10
9	Lauren	583	↑3	11
10	Samantha	557	↑1	8
11	Emily	492	↑2	18
12	Danielle	466	↓3	17
13	Melissa	449	↓3	16
14	Brittany	423	↑12	6
15	Rebecca	364	↑5	26
16	Megan	363	↑8	12
17	Katherine	360	↑2	27
18	Laura	354	↓1	23
19	Heather	347	↓4	14
20	Michelle	347	↓6	21
21	Courtney	345	↑9	24
22	Christina	333	↓4	22
23	Rachel	323	↓7	19
24	Caitlin	322	↑3	44
25	Alexandra	313	↑8	49
26	Kimberly	313	↓4	25
27	Kelly	311	↓4	32
28	Kayla	301	↑8	20
29	Amy	289	↓1	29
30	Erin	284	↓9	37
31	Kristen	276	↓6	36
32	Christine	275	↓3	51
33	Tiffany	272	new	13
34	Meghan	244	↓3	81
35	Katelyn	238	↑6	84
36	Sara	228	↑2	30
37	Alyssa	227	↑7	47
38	Erica	224	↑1	31
39	Allison	214	↑1	46
40	Jillian	213	↓8	>100
41	Lisa	210	↑6	43
42	Jacqueline	198	↓7	62
43	Shannon	197	↓9	56
44	Alicia	195	↓2	50
45	Mary	194	↑4	34
46	Kathryn	193	↓1	55
47	Julie	192	↓1	71
48	Andrea	190	–	35
49	Angela	190	new	38
50	Vanessa	189	new	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	2,056	–	1
2	Matthew	1,517	–	3
3	Christopher	1,474	–	2
4	Daniel	1,106	–	8
5	Andrew	1,019	↑1	5
6	David	970	↓1	6
7	Nicholas	946	↑5	14
8	John	922	↓1	11
9	Joseph	915	↓1	12
10	Ryan	875	↓1	13
11	James	857	↓1	9
12	Joshua	835	↑1	4
13	Robert	804	↓2	10
14	Jonathan	717	–	15
15	Brian	682	–	22
16	Justin	655	↑1	7
17	Kevin	647	↓1	20
18	William	634	↑2	16
19	Thomas	615	↓1	23
20	Anthony	598	↑1	18
21	Timothy	561	↓2	25
22	Eric	520	↑2	19
23	Benjamin	498	↑4	30
24	Jeffrey	494	↓2	36
25	Alexander	492	↑1	34
26	Patrick	483	↓1	42
27	Kyle	475	↑6	21
28	Sean	464	↑3	38
29	Stephen	453	↑1	40
30	Jason	450	↓7	27
31	Adam	422	↓2	26
32	Steven	421	↓4	24
33	Richard	397	↓1	32
34	Mark	385	–	39
35	Paul	360	–	46
36	Gregory	333	↑2	50
37	Zachary	329	↑3	29
38	Peter	325	↓2	64
39	Scott	316	↓2	47
40	Samuel	290	↑2	45
41	Derek	275	↓2	53
42	Brandon	274	↓1	17
43	Jeremy	251	↑1	35
44	Nathan	232	↓1	44
45	Corey	214	↑5	56
46	Aaron	211	new	31
47	Tyler	209	new	33
48	Bryan	205	–	54
49	Brendan	204	↓3	>100
50	Charles	204	↓5	37

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