Popular baby names in Virginia, 1988

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1988 were Ashley for girls (1,444 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,461). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 76,006 babies born in Virginia in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1988

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

Girls

Shante: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cameron: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Virginia: 86 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Raven: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ashleigh: 81 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shanice: 56 babies, 3× the national rate
Tierra: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sade: 35 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Leigh: 39 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Tamika: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Deshawn: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jamar: 45 babies, 4× the national rate
Donte: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Carter: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Hunter: 65 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dominique: 59 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Stuart: 37 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Carlton: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jamal: 53 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Terrell: 49 babies, 2.5× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Ashley	1,444	–	2
2	Jessica	1,326	–	1
3	Amanda	1,003	–	3
4	Brittany	884	↑2	6
5	Sarah	802	↓1	4
6	Jennifer	579	↓1	5
7	Tiffany	569	↑2	13
8	Elizabeth	558	↑3	10
9	Heather	548	↓2	14
10	Lauren	536	–	11
11	Samantha	519	↑4	8
12	Megan	479	↑1	12
13	Stephanie	466	↓5	7
14	Emily	433	–	18
15	Amber	426	↓3	15
16	Rachel	396	–	19
17	Danielle	357	–	17
18	Katherine	339	↑4	27
19	Laura	333	–	23
20	Nicole	330	–	9
21	Courtney	323	↑10	24
22	Rebecca	319	↑1	26
23	Mary	317	↑6	34
24	Kimberly	310	↑1	25
25	Melissa	303	↓7	16
26	Whitney	291	↓2	39
27	Michelle	287	↑1	21
28	Kelly	284	↓2	32
29	Christina	276	↓8	22
30	Erin	246	↑5	37
31	Crystal	242	↓4	28
32	Sara	235	↑2	30
33	Caitlin	232	new	44
34	Chelsea	228	↑12	33
35	Kristen	219	↑1	36
36	Allison	203	↑5	46
37	Amy	203	↓7	29
38	Jasmine	202	new	53
39	Erica	201	↓6	31
40	Shannon	197	↓8	56
41	Kayla	194	↑4	20
42	Kathryn	191	↓5	55
43	Angela	184	↓4	38
44	Lindsey	184	↓4	48
45	Brittney	177	new	52
46	Lindsay	177	↓8	57
47	Christine	176	↓5	51
48	Victoria	173	↓1	42
49	Kristin	170	new	58
50	Alexandra	156	new	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Christopher	1,461	–	2
2	Michael	1,398	–	1
3	Matthew	1,131	–	3
4	Joshua	1,104	–	4
5	James	987	–	9
6	Justin	892	↑2	7
7	David	857	↓1	6
8	John	856	↑2	11
9	William	817	–	16
10	Andrew	803	↑1	5
11	Robert	785	↓4	10
12	Daniel	751	↑1	8
13	Brandon	731	↓1	17
14	Jonathan	658	↑2	15
15	Joseph	648	↓1	12
16	Ryan	589	↓1	13
17	Thomas	519	–	23
18	Brian	508	–	22
19	Kevin	495	–	20
20	Anthony	449	↑2	18
21	Eric	437	↑2	19
22	Timothy	437	↓1	25
23	Charles	432	↑1	37
24	Steven	410	↑1	24
25	Nicholas	403	↑3	14
26	Benjamin	399	–	30
27	Zachary	383	↑7	29
28	Richard	377	↓1	32
29	Jason	375	↓9	27
30	Travis	362	↑1	41
31	Adam	348	↓2	26
32	Stephen	343	↓2	40
33	Aaron	328	↑3	31
34	Jeremy	309	↓2	35
35	Kyle	307	↓2	21
36	Sean	292	↑1	38
37	Jacob	284	↑6	28
38	Patrick	283	–	42
39	Alexander	278	↑3	34
40	Kenneth	262	↑1	51
41	Jeffrey	261	↓6	36
42	Mark	246	↓2	39
43	Gregory	217	↑2	50
44	Nathan	217	↑5	44
45	Tyler	217	new	33
46	Samuel	215	↑1	45
47	Corey	214	new	56
48	Dustin	214	↓4	48
49	Bryan	211	↓10	54
50	Paul	202	↓2	46

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