Popular baby names in Washington, 1988

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1988 were Jessica for girls (929 babies) and Michael for boys (1,085). Social Security records list 60,512 babies born in Washington in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1988

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

Girls

Kylee: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kailey: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Sonja: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Hailey: 38 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tessa: 33 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Brenna: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Mckenzie: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kelsi: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Karissa: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Breanna: 63 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Kellen: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Riley: 39 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Skyler: 38 babies, 4× the national rate
Nikolas: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Reed: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tyson: 54 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dane: 41 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tristan: 41 babies, 3× the national rate
Josiah: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Elliott: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Jessica	929	–	1
2	Ashley	853	–	2
3	Amanda	780	–	3
4	Sarah	564	–	4
5	Jennifer	480	–	5
6	Nicole	427	–	9
7	Stephanie	426	–	7
8	Samantha	389	↑5	8
9	Brittany	368	↑6	6
10	Elizabeth	345	↑1	10
11	Megan	339	↓3	12
12	Rachel	338	↓2	19
13	Heather	311	↓4	14
14	Kayla	299	↑8	20
15	Emily	293	↑2	18
16	Melissa	283	↓2	16
17	Amber	282	↓5	15
18	Michelle	279	–	21
19	Danielle	278	↓3	17
20	Tiffany	251	↑6	13
21	Kelsey	231	↑3	64
22	Rebecca	228	↑3	26
23	Christina	223	↓3	22
24	Lauren	218	↑5	11
25	Courtney	216	↑17	24
26	Sara	210	↓5	30
27	Amy	209	↓4	29
28	Chelsea	209	↑7	33
29	Laura	205	↓10	23
30	Katherine	202	↓3	27
31	Andrea	200	↓3	35
32	Kimberly	188	↓1	25
33	Katie	187	↑3	40
34	Anna	186	↑4	54
35	Erin	182	↑2	37
36	Alyssa	169	new	47
37	Angela	156	↓4	38
38	Caitlin	155	new	44
39	Jamie	155	↓5	45
40	Lindsey	150	↓1	48
41	Crystal	149	↓11	28
42	Alicia	146	↓2	50
43	Whitney	145	↓11	39
44	Alexandra	137	new	49
45	Kathryn	137	–	55
46	Hannah	136	↑3	61
47	Cassandra	131	–	59
48	Lisa	128	–	43
49	Kristina	126	↑1	68
50	Allison	124	↓9	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	1,085	–	1
2	Christopher	919	–	2
3	Joshua	789	↑2	4
4	Andrew	723	–	5
5	Matthew	705	↓2	3
6	David	652	↑1	6
7	Ryan	652	↓1	13
8	Justin	602	↑2	7
9	Kyle	590	–	21
10	Nicholas	579	↑1	14
11	Daniel	575	↓3	8
12	James	539	↑1	9
13	Tyler	507	↑2	33
14	Jacob	470	↑2	28
15	Brandon	467	↓3	17
16	Joseph	460	↑1	12
17	Robert	450	↓3	10
18	John	408	–	11
19	Anthony	389	↑2	18
20	Kevin	368	↓1	20
21	Aaron	358	↑3	31
22	Jonathan	348	↑3	15
23	Zachary	347	↑9	29
24	William	337	↑9	16
25	Steven	332	↑2	24
26	Benjamin	330	–	30
27	Jason	327	↓7	27
28	Thomas	324	↑3	23
29	Alexander	318	↑8	34
30	Brian	318	↓7	22
31	Eric	315	↓9	19
32	Jeffrey	308	↑2	36
33	Sean	305	↓5	38
34	Nathan	294	↑1	44
35	Timothy	287	↓5	25
36	Jordan	283	↑6	52
37	Cody	268	↑8	43
38	Travis	264	–	41
39	Adam	263	↓3	26
40	Samuel	240	↑10	45
41	Richard	238	↓2	32
42	Scott	221	↓1	47
43	Jeremy	216	↓14	35
44	Jesse	209	↓1	55
45	Cameron	200	new	69
46	Patrick	197	↓2	42
47	Charles	186	new	37
48	Derek	182	↓8	53
49	Mark	181	↓3	39
50	Paul	180	↓2	46

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