Popular baby names in Michigan, 1988

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1988 were Ashley for girls (2,110 babies) and Michael for boys (2,493). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 122,099 babies born in Michigan in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1988

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

Girls

Dayna: 45 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Alyse: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Autumn: 128 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Trisha: 83 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kyra: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Tricia: 45 babies, 2.3× the national rate
India: 36 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Cierra: 48 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Leanne: 35 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Alaina: 32 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Ali: 49 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Cortez: 35 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Deangelo: 49 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Deandre: 67 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Antoine: 57 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Gordon: 34 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jonathon: 166 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kurtis: 41 babies, 2.1× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Ashley	2,110	–	2
2	Jessica	1,906	–	1
3	Amanda	1,682	–	3
4	Sarah	1,212	↑1	4
5	Nicole	983	↑1	9
6	Jennifer	960	↓2	5
7	Stephanie	941	–	7
8	Samantha	836	↑6	8
9	Brittany	819	↑8	6
10	Danielle	817	↓1	17
11	Megan	766	↓1	12
12	Elizabeth	745	↑3	10
13	Amber	740	↓2	15
14	Emily	721	↑2	18
15	Heather	692	↓7	14
16	Rachel	691	↓3	19
17	Tiffany	648	↑2	13
18	Lauren	646	–	11
19	Melissa	597	↓7	16
20	Michelle	562	–	21
21	Chelsea	498	↑15	33
22	Sara	471	↑6	30
23	Rebecca	466	↓2	26
24	Courtney	457	↑16	24
25	Laura	442	↓2	23
26	Kayla	420	↑13	20
27	Katie	397	↓5	40
28	Katherine	395	↑3	27
29	Amy	394	↓5	29
30	Andrea	394	↓3	35
31	Christina	389	↓6	22
32	Erica	383	–	31
33	Kelly	373	↓4	32
34	Angela	369	↓8	38
35	Lisa	366	↑2	43
36	Crystal	346	↓3	28
37	Erin	344	↓3	37
38	Kristen	334	↑8	36
39	Kimberly	329	↓9	25
40	Alicia	327	↑1	50
41	Jamie	305	↓3	45
42	Caitlin	291	new	44
43	Mary	285	–	34
44	Alyssa	284	new	47
45	Lindsay	284	↓10	57
46	Lindsey	274	↓4	48
47	Shannon	273	↓3	56
48	Allison	261	↓3	46
49	Kristin	259	new	58
50	Kathryn	241	↓3	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	2,493	–	1
2	Matthew	1,877	–	3
3	Christopher	1,776	–	2
4	Joshua	1,665	↑1	4
5	Andrew	1,613	↓1	5
6	Justin	1,397	↑3	7
7	David	1,378	↓1	6
8	Ryan	1,284	↓1	13
9	Robert	1,214	↑3	10
10	Daniel	1,197	↑1	8
11	Nicholas	1,181	↓1	14
12	James	1,162	↓4	9
13	Joseph	1,059	–	12
14	Brandon	1,056	–	17
15	Kyle	1,013	–	21
16	John	964	↑2	11
17	Eric	910	–	19
18	Anthony	859	↓2	18
19	Kevin	805	–	20
20	Adam	793	↑2	26
21	Steven	782	–	24
22	Brian	765	↓2	22
23	William	751	↑1	16
24	Jacob	708	↑3	28
25	Jason	704	↓2	27
26	Aaron	703	↑4	31
27	Timothy	689	↓2	25
28	Benjamin	677	–	30
29	Thomas	669	↓3	23
30	Jonathan	648	↓1	15
31	Zachary	643	↑6	29
32	Jeffrey	559	↓1	36
33	Alexander	511	↑5	34
34	Mark	502	↓1	39
35	Scott	498	↓3	47
36	Jeremy	486	↓2	35
37	Nathan	465	↓2	44
38	Richard	449	↓2	32
39	Tyler	440	↑7	33
40	Travis	435	↑5	41
41	Bradley	421	–	57
42	Patrick	418	↑2	42
43	Stephen	417	–	40
44	Sean	407	↑3	38
45	Jordan	396	↑3	52
46	Derek	394	↑3	53
47	Paul	392	↓8	46
48	Charles	391	↓8	37
49	Kenneth	355	↓7	51
50	Cody	340	new	43

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