Popular baby names in Ohio, 1988

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1988 were Ashley for girls (2,602 babies) and Michael for boys (2,828). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 145,545 babies born in Ohio in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1988

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

Girls

India: 56 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Abbey: 43 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cierra: 76 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kayleigh: 52 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ciera: 45 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Abby: 110 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tierra: 57 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Mollie: 35 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Beth: 69 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Staci: 62 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Cory: 508 babies, 2× the national rate
Branden: 72 babies, 2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Ashley	2,602	–	2
2	Jessica	2,342	–	1
3	Amanda	1,998	–	3
4	Brittany	1,632	↑1	6
5	Sarah	1,538	↓1	4
6	Jennifer	1,185	–	5
7	Megan	1,112	↑1	12
8	Samantha	975	↑5	8
9	Emily	964	↑5	18
10	Elizabeth	958	↑5	10
11	Stephanie	957	↓4	7
12	Tiffany	954	↑6	13
13	Heather	951	↓3	14
14	Amber	941	↓5	15
15	Nicole	938	↓4	9
16	Lauren	908	↑1	11
17	Rachel	869	↓1	19
18	Danielle	802	↓6	17
19	Kayla	600	↑11	20
20	Melissa	595	↓1	16
21	Courtney	588	↑10	24
22	Katherine	547	↑5	27
23	Michelle	544	↓1	21
24	Christina	524	↓1	22
25	Sara	522	↓4	30
26	Amy	499	↓6	29
27	Rebecca	497	↑1	26
28	Laura	479	↓3	23
29	Erin	473	↓3	37
30	Chelsea	463	↑15	33
31	Kelly	461	↓7	32
32	Angela	446	↓3	38
33	Kristen	429	↑9	36
34	Katie	428	↑1	40
35	Kimberly	421	↓3	25
36	Allison	411	↓3	46
37	Andrea	406	↓1	35
38	Erica	405	↑1	31
39	Lindsey	385	↓5	48
40	Mary	373	–	34
41	Jamie	342	↓3	45
42	Kathryn	333	↑6	55
43	Caitlin	331	new	44
44	Alyssa	324	new	47
45	Kristin	314	new	58
46	Lindsay	311	↓9	57
47	Crystal	309	↓6	28
48	Lisa	301	↓4	43
49	Whitney	293	↓3	39
50	Shannon	286	↓7	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	2,828	–	1
2	Joshua	2,295	↑2	4
3	Matthew	2,277	↓1	3
4	Christopher	2,189	↓1	2
5	Andrew	1,837	–	5
6	Justin	1,630	↑3	7
7	David	1,599	↓1	6
8	James	1,553	↓1	9
9	Ryan	1,491	↓1	13
10	Joseph	1,465	↑2	12
11	Robert	1,410	–	10
12	Daniel	1,367	↓2	8
13	Nicholas	1,366	–	14
14	John	1,271	↑1	11
15	Brandon	1,191	↓1	17
16	Kyle	1,156	–	21
17	Anthony	1,103	↑1	18
18	Adam	1,037	↑2	26
19	William	1,024	↓2	16
20	Brian	1,010	↓1	22
21	Zachary	1,007	↑3	29
22	Eric	984	–	19
23	Kevin	944	↓2	20
24	Aaron	885	↑6	31
25	Thomas	868	↓2	23
26	Timothy	857	↓1	25
27	Jonathan	808	↑2	15
28	Steven	785	–	24
29	Benjamin	777	↓3	30
30	Jacob	763	↑1	28
31	Tyler	747	↑6	33
32	Mark	651	↑3	39
33	Jeffrey	643	↓1	36
34	Jason	629	↓7	27
35	Dustin	608	↓1	48
36	Richard	602	↑3	32
37	Jeremy	591	↓4	35
38	Nathan	582	↓2	44
39	Charles	543	↑2	37
40	Alexander	535	–	34
41	Scott	515	↓3	47
42	Stephen	510	↑1	40
43	Cory	508	↑5	59
44	Cody	488	new	43
45	Bradley	474	↓3	57
46	Travis	472	new	41
47	Gregory	468	↓2	50
48	Sean	463	↓2	38
49	Paul	453	–	46
50	Patrick	451	↓6	42

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