Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1988

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1988 were Ashley for girls (2,300 babies) and Michael for boys (3,448). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 149,030 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1988

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

Girls

Maura: 57 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maureen: 68 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Janelle: 121 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Katlyn: 49 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kaitlyn: 254 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Colleen: 159 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Julianne: 55 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Sadie: 36 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Michele: 111 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Devon: 39 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Malik: 46 babies, 7× the national rate
Tyree: 48 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Francis: 133 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Donte: 52 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lamar: 66 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Tyrell: 49 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Maurice: 127 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dante: 45 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Shawn: 488 babies, 2× the national rate
Leroy: 41 babies, 2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Ashley	2,300	–	2
2	Amanda	2,131	–	3
3	Jessica	2,066	–	1
4	Nicole	1,386	↑1	9
5	Sarah	1,332	↑1	4
6	Jennifer	1,181	↓2	5
7	Lauren	1,168	–	11
8	Brittany	1,132	↑3	6
9	Samantha	1,037	↑1	8
10	Stephanie	1,016	↓2	7
11	Danielle	937	↑1	17
12	Megan	934	↓3	12
13	Elizabeth	839	↑2	10
14	Tiffany	815	↑10	13
15	Heather	809	↓1	14
16	Emily	802	↑2	18
17	Melissa	788	↓4	16
18	Rachel	751	↓2	19
19	Rebecca	686	↑3	26
20	Amber	664	↓3	15
21	Kayla	661	↑5	20
22	Laura	661	↓2	23
23	Kelly	627	↓4	32
24	Michelle	592	↑3	21
25	Christina	589	↓4	22
26	Kimberly	543	↓1	25
27	Courtney	541	↑7	24
28	Sara	491	↑1	30
29	Caitlin	477	↑16	44
30	Kristen	458	↑1	36
31	Amy	453	↓8	29
32	Alyssa	452	↑14	47
33	Erica	432	↑6	31
34	Erin	425	↓6	37
35	Katherine	400	↑1	27
36	Mary	400	↑6	34
37	Lindsay	398	↓2	57
38	Shannon	391	↓6	56
39	Katie	385	↓6	40
40	Allison	381	↓2	46
41	Christine	379	↓4	51
42	Alicia	377	↑1	50
43	Lisa	373	↓3	43
44	Chelsea	360	new	33
45	Alexandra	358	new	49
46	Angela	354	↓16	38
47	Jamie	312	↓6	45
48	Andrea	311	↓1	35
49	Victoria	311	new	42
50	Crystal	308	new	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	3,448	–	1
2	Matthew	2,677	–	3
3	Christopher	2,120	–	2
4	Andrew	1,930	–	5
5	Joshua	1,867	↑2	4
6	David	1,730	↓1	6
7	Daniel	1,711	↓1	8
8	Robert	1,635	↑2	10
9	John	1,585	↓1	11
10	Justin	1,580	↑3	7
11	James	1,566	↑1	9
12	Ryan	1,552	↓3	13
13	Joseph	1,543	↓2	12
14	Nicholas	1,189	↑4	14
15	William	1,170	↓1	16
16	Anthony	1,162	↓1	18
17	Brian	1,114	↓1	22
18	Thomas	1,071	↑1	23
19	Kevin	1,048	↓2	20
20	Jonathan	1,020	↑1	15
21	Brandon	994	↓1	17
22	Eric	981	–	19
23	Zachary	934	↑4	29
24	Kyle	930	↑2	21
25	Adam	905	↓1	26
26	Timothy	893	↓1	25
27	Steven	837	↑1	24
28	Stephen	780	↑1	40
29	Jason	776	↓6	27
30	Mark	750	↑2	39
31	Sean	745	↑2	38
32	Benjamin	741	↓2	30
33	Jeffrey	708	↑1	36
34	Richard	690	↓3	32
35	Patrick	608	–	42
36	Aaron	584	↑8	31
37	Tyler	579	↑9	33
38	Nathan	571	↑3	44
39	Alexander	537	↑1	34
40	Charles	508	↓2	37
41	Jacob	504	↑4	28
42	Shawn	488	↑1	61
43	Gregory	484	↓6	50
44	Scott	479	↓8	47
45	Jeremy	471	↓6	35
46	Paul	457	↓4	46
47	Shane	415	–	67
48	Travis	409	–	41
49	Edward	390	new	62
50	Cody	382	new	43

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