Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1988

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1988 were Ashley for girls (1,630 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,577). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 81,851 babies born in North Carolina in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1988

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

Girls

Lashonda: 28 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Cameron: 31 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tameka: 26 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lakisha: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Meredith: 147 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shameka: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Chasity: 53 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ashlyn: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Latoya: 123 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jalisa: 36 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Antwan: 35 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Donnie: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Quintin: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Quentin: 61 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Demario: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Chadwick: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Desmond: 46 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Cedric: 43 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jamel: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bobby: 100 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Ashley	1,630	–	2
2	Jessica	1,565	–	1
3	Brittany	1,089	↑1	6
4	Amanda	1,021	↓1	3
5	Tiffany	688	↑3	13
6	Heather	675	–	14
7	Sarah	664	–	4
8	Jennifer	652	↓3	5
9	Lauren	595	↑2	11
10	Amber	592	↓1	15
11	Elizabeth	532	↓1	10
12	Megan	532	–	12
13	Stephanie	460	–	7
14	Samantha	435	–	8
15	Emily	423	↑2	18
16	Crystal	387	–	28
17	Courtney	381	↑8	24
18	Whitney	364	↑2	39
19	Melissa	345	↑2	16
20	Kayla	341	↑12	20
21	Kimberly	340	↓6	25
22	Mary	337	↓4	34
23	Laura	322	↓4	23
24	Rachel	279	↓1	19
25	Erica	275	↓3	31
26	Katherine	272	↑1	27
27	Anna	271	↑4	54
28	Christina	270	↓4	22
29	Danielle	267	↓1	17
30	Kristen	262	↑5	36
31	Rebecca	253	↓5	26
32	Amy	244	↓3	29
33	Hannah	236	↑9	61
34	Kelly	236	↓4	32
35	Jasmine	230	new	53
36	Sara	228	↑10	30
37	Brittney	215	new	52
38	Michelle	209	↑2	21
39	Nicole	208	↓3	9
40	Shannon	208	↓7	56
41	Erin	199	↑3	37
42	April	193	↓8	65
43	Kristin	189	new	58
44	Victoria	187	new	42
45	Kathryn	180	new	55
46	Kendra	179	↓5	80
47	Jamie	178	↓4	45
48	Chelsea	172	new	33
49	Katie	171	↓10	40
50	Morgan	171	new	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Christopher	1,577	–	2
2	Joshua	1,510	–	4
3	Michael	1,449	–	1
4	Justin	1,179	↑4	7
5	Matthew	1,148	↓1	3
6	James	1,123	↓1	9
7	William	1,006	↓1	16
8	Brandon	934	↓1	17
9	David	835	–	6
10	Robert	806	–	10
11	Jonathan	781	↑1	15
12	John	774	↓1	11
13	Andrew	696	↑1	5
14	Daniel	687	↓1	8
15	Joseph	654	–	12
16	Thomas	502	↑2	23
17	Timothy	499	↓1	25
18	Charles	454	↑4	37
19	Anthony	451	↑2	18
20	Jeremy	440	↓3	35
21	Ryan	438	↓2	13
22	Steven	426	↑7	24
23	Nicholas	425	↑7	14
24	Travis	419	↑4	41
25	Adam	393	↑1	26
26	Kevin	390	↓6	20
27	Eric	382	–	19
28	Brian	372	↓5	22
29	Jason	368	↓4	27
30	Zachary	363	↑4	29
31	Benjamin	360	–	30
32	Dustin	353	↓8	48
33	Richard	348	↓1	32
34	Stephen	339	↓1	40
35	Aaron	321	↑1	31
36	Tyler	317	↑11	33
37	Jacob	309	↓2	28
38	Jeffrey	283	↑2	36
39	Patrick	280	↓2	42
40	Kenneth	272	↓1	51
41	Kyle	266	↑1	21
42	Bradley	264	↑4	57
43	Samuel	247	↓2	45
44	Corey	227	new	56
45	Marcus	218	new	66
46	Jordan	212	↓8	52
47	Gregory	211	↑3	50
48	Alexander	208	new	34
49	Cody	206	new	43
50	Phillip	206	new	71

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