Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1988
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 312 |
| 2 | Christopher | 280 |
| 3 | James | 207 |
| 4 | David | 187 |
| 5 | Daniel | 176 |
| 6 | Matthew | 167 |
| 7 | John | 156 |
| 8 | Robert | 153 |
| 9 | Anthony | 151 |
| 10 | William | 145 |
| 11 | Kevin | 144 |
| 12 | Andrew | 140 |
| 13 | Joseph | 122 |
| 14 | Brandon | 120 |
| 15 | Jonathan | 115 |
| 16 | Alexander | 109 |
| 17 | Brian | 106 |
| 17 | Justin | 106 |
| 19 | Charles | 96 |
| 20 | Joshua | 95 |
| 21 | Eric | 94 |
| 21 | Nicholas | 94 |
| 23 | Ryan | 88 |
| 24 | Thomas | 87 |
| 25 | Marcus | 86 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Antonio | 82 |
| 27 | Samuel | 78 |
| 28 | Timothy | 76 |
| 29 | Benjamin | 74 |
| 30 | Patrick | 71 |
| 31 | Aaron | 70 |
| 32 | Sean | 69 |
| 33 | Gregory | 67 |
| 34 | Steven | 62 |
| 35 | Mark | 61 |
| 36 | Jason | 60 |
| 36 | Kenneth | 60 |
| 36 | Richard | 60 |
| 39 | Stephen | 56 |
| 40 | Andre | 54 |
| 41 | Kyle | 52 |
| 41 | Zachary | 52 |
| 43 | Paul | 50 |
| 44 | Derrick | 48 |
| 45 | Jeffrey | 47 |
| 45 | Ronald | 47 |
| 47 | Edward | 45 |
| 48 | Adam | 43 |
| 49 | Bryan | 41 |
| 49 | Jose | 41 |
| 49 | Nathaniel | 41 |
| 52 | Jeremy | 40 |
| 52 | Keith | 40 |
| 54 | Peter | 39 |
| 55 | Tyrone | 37 |
| 56 | Jacob | 33 |
| 57 | Christian | 31 |
| 57 | Jamal | 31 |
| 57 | Reginald | 31 |
| 60 | Maurice | 30 |
| 61 | Antoine | 29 |
| 61 | Dennis | 29 |
| 61 | Dominic | 29 |
| 61 | Ian | 29 |
| 61 | Travis | 29 |
| 66 | Donald | 28 |
| 66 | Nathan | 28 |
| 66 | Rodney | 28 |
| 69 | George | 27 |
| 69 | Juan | 27 |
| 71 | Colin | 26 |
| 71 | Jerome | 26 |
| 71 | Phillip | 26 |
| 74 | Cameron | 25 |
| 74 | Douglas | 25 |
| 74 | Henry | 25 |
| 74 | Philip | 25 |
| 78 | Calvin | 24 |
| 78 | Carlos | 24 |
| 78 | Melvin | 24 |
| 78 | Walter | 24 |
| 82 | Darrell | 22 |
| 82 | Jesse | 22 |
| 82 | Scott | 22 |
| 85 | Darryl | 21 |
| 86 | Darnell | 20 |
| 86 | Delonte | 20 |
| 86 | Edwin | 20 |
| 86 | Vincent | 20 |
| 90 | Alex | 19 |
| 90 | Donte | 19 |
| 90 | Lawrence | 19 |
| 93 | Adrian | 18 |
| 93 | Deandre | 18 |
| 93 | Gary | 18 |
| 93 | Larry | 18 |
| 93 | Marvin | 18 |
| 93 | Oscar | 18 |
| 93 | Tony | 18 |
| 93 | Troy | 18 |