Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1988

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1988 were Ashley for girls (991 babies) and Michael for boys (1,096). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 58,253 babies born in Minnesota in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1988

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

Girls

Pa: 15 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Britta: 21 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Mai: 26 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Asha: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Jolene: 26 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Trista: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Sonja: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Heidi: 103 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Alissa: 46 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kari: 86 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Brady: 72 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Cole: 64 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lukas: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Beau: 34 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Reid: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Luke: 141 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Riley: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mitchell: 170 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lucas: 127 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Josiah: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Ashley	991	–	2
2	Amanda	769	–	3
3	Jessica	752	–	1
4	Sarah	601	–	4
5	Jennifer	573	–	5
6	Nicole	524	–	9
7	Samantha	490	↑3	8
8	Emily	489	↓1	18
9	Megan	448	↓1	12
10	Elizabeth	412	↑1	10
11	Brittany	401	↑7	6
12	Stephanie	393	↑3	7
13	Laura	389	↓1	23
14	Danielle	364	↓5	17
15	Rachel	364	↓2	19
16	Heather	362	–	14
17	Kayla	326	↑5	20
18	Melissa	313	↓4	16
19	Amber	294	–	15
20	Katie	290	↓3	40
21	Amy	283	↓1	29
22	Rebecca	278	↑6	26
23	Kelsey	275	↑3	64
24	Katherine	274	↑1	27
25	Kelly	266	↓2	32
26	Sara	255	↓5	30
27	Jenna	237	↑4	66
28	Alyssa	229	↑11	47
29	Lauren	225	↑11	11
30	Anna	221	↓1	54
31	Michelle	216	↓4	21
32	Angela	212	↓8	38
33	Erin	212	↓3	37
34	Tiffany	209	↑11	13
35	Andrea	201	↓3	35
36	Cassandra	199	↓2	59
37	Kathryn	191	↑6	55
38	Lindsey	177	↑3	48
39	Allison	173	↓6	46
40	Courtney	167	↑8	24
41	Hannah	163	↑5	61
42	Molly	158	↓7	86
43	Alicia	156	↑1	50
44	Caitlin	156	new	44
45	Brianna	155	new	96
46	Kimberly	150	↓9	25
47	Jamie	146	↓5	45
48	Alexandra	145	new	49
49	Lisa	144	↓11	43
50	Chelsea	143	↓1	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	1,096	–	1
2	Matthew	1,078	↑1	3
3	Andrew	1,053	↓1	5
4	Joshua	761	↑2	4
5	Daniel	711	↓1	8
6	Nicholas	682	↓1	14
7	Jacob	667	↑4	28
8	Ryan	665	↑1	13
9	Joseph	648	↓1	12
10	Christopher	639	↓3	2
11	Justin	579	↑2	7
12	David	533	↓2	6
13	Benjamin	529	↑2	30
14	Kyle	521	–	21
15	Tyler	504	↑6	33
16	Adam	488	↓4	26
17	Anthony	474	↑1	18
18	Brandon	472	↓2	17
19	Eric	451	↑1	19
20	John	438	↓3	11
21	Thomas	419	↓2	23
22	Zachary	404	↑6	29
23	Alexander	382	↑3	34
24	Aaron	377	↑10	31
25	James	375	↑2	9
26	Robert	354	↓1	10
27	Brian	351	↓5	22
28	Nathan	346	↓4	44
29	Timothy	338	↑3	25
30	Jonathan	336	↑1	15
31	Travis	320	↓1	41
32	Samuel	307	↑11	45
33	Kevin	281	↓4	20
34	Steven	277	↑1	24
35	Jason	260	↓12	27
36	William	259	↑3	16
37	Derek	250	↓1	53
38	Cody	247	↑8	43
39	Jeffrey	245	↓6	36
40	Dustin	243	↓2	48
41	Patrick	229	↑3	42
42	Jordan	225	↓1	52
43	Jeremy	214	↓1	35
44	Scott	201	↓7	47
45	Alex	200	new	58
46	Paul	195	↓1	46
47	Jesse	192	↑1	55
48	Peter	181	↓1	64
49	Mark	176	↓9	39
50	Mitchell	170	new	95

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