Popular baby names in New York, 1988

The most popular baby names in New York in 1988 were Jessica for girls (3,268 babies) and Michael for boys (6,048). Social Security records list 243,743 babies born in New York in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1988

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

Girls

Malka: 59 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Rivka: 76 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Chaya: 146 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Chana: 103 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Shaquana: 63 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Geraldine: 123 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Julissa: 65 babies, 4× the national rate
Janine: 89 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Esther: 210 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dina: 68 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Chaim: 113 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Moshe: 130 babies, 10× the national rate
Salvatore: 158 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Jamel: 130 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kareem: 95 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jean: 93 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ariel: 100 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Akeem: 65 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dominick: 117 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Giovanni: 108 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Jessica	3,268	–	1
2	Amanda	2,614	↑1	3
3	Ashley	2,546	↑1	2
4	Jennifer	2,348	↓2	5
5	Nicole	2,177	–	9
6	Stephanie	2,095	–	7
7	Samantha	1,686	↑4	8
8	Sarah	1,625	↑1	4
9	Melissa	1,588	↓2	16
10	Danielle	1,520	↓2	17
11	Elizabeth	1,463	↑1	10
12	Lauren	1,417	↑1	11
13	Christina	1,328	↓3	22
14	Tiffany	1,264	↑2	13
15	Michelle	1,177	↓1	21
16	Brittany	1,097	↑6	6
17	Emily	965	↑2	18
18	Rachel	928	↓3	19
19	Kimberly	871	↓2	25
20	Katherine	866	↑4	27
21	Megan	831	–	12
22	Christine	806	↑1	51
23	Laura	796	↓5	23
24	Heather	772	↓4	14
25	Rebecca	772	–	26
26	Alexandra	733	↑7	49
27	Erica	712	↑2	31
28	Kelly	690	↑2	32
29	Lisa	678	↓2	43
30	Crystal	675	↓4	28
31	Kristen	651	↑4	36
32	Caitlin	643	↑10	44
33	Sara	616	↓5	30
34	Alyssa	614	↑16	47
35	Courtney	582	↑12	24
36	Jacqueline	581	↓5	62
37	Victoria	566	–	42
38	Vanessa	555	↓4	41
39	Jasmine	544	new	53
40	Kayla	534	new	20
41	Amy	533	↓9	29
42	Andrea	501	↓3	35
43	Allison	487	↓2	46
44	Erin	479	↓8	37
45	Catherine	476	new	69
46	Angela	471	↓8	38
47	Amber	465	↓2	15
48	Alicia	451	new	50
49	Maria	451	↓6	60
50	Jamie	443	↓6	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	6,048	–	1
2	Christopher	4,171	–	2
3	Matthew	3,361	–	3
4	Daniel	3,058	–	8
5	Joseph	2,931	–	12
6	David	2,502	–	6
7	Anthony	2,489	↑1	18
8	Andrew	2,486	↓1	5
9	John	2,371	↑1	11
10	Robert	2,314	↓1	10
11	Jonathan	2,307	–	15
12	James	2,110	–	9
13	Nicholas	2,073	↑1	14
14	Joshua	2,021	↓1	4
15	Justin	1,892	↑2	7
16	Kevin	1,808	–	20
17	Brian	1,737	↓2	22
18	Thomas	1,723	↑2	23
19	Ryan	1,633	↓1	13
20	William	1,563	↑1	16
21	Steven	1,544	↑1	24
22	Eric	1,446	↑1	19
23	Jason	1,394	↓4	27
24	Richard	1,197	–	32
25	Timothy	1,144	–	25
26	Adam	1,091	–	26
27	Sean	1,044	↑1	38
28	Jeffrey	1,019	↓1	36
29	Alexander	1,001	↑1	34
30	Patrick	961	↑3	42
31	Kyle	955	↓2	21
32	Brandon	941	↓1	17
33	Stephen	905	↑1	40
34	Mark	840	↓2	39
35	Benjamin	824	↑3	30
36	Gregory	820	–	50
37	Paul	820	↓2	46
38	Peter	759	↓1	64
39	Zachary	759	↑3	29
40	Jose	713	–	49
41	Aaron	695	↑8	31
42	Charles	679	↓3	37
43	Jeremy	666	↓2	35
44	Scott	621	↓1	47
45	Kenneth	618	–	51
46	Bryan	584	–	54
47	Edward	581	↓3	62
48	Jacob	572	new	28
49	Samuel	570	↓1	45
50	Vincent	569	new	82

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