Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1988
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 6,048 |
| 2 | Christopher | 4,171 |
| 3 | Matthew | 3,361 |
| 4 | Daniel | 3,058 |
| 5 | Joseph | 2,931 |
| 6 | David | 2,502 |
| 7 | Anthony | 2,489 |
| 8 | Andrew | 2,486 |
| 9 | John | 2,371 |
| 10 | Robert | 2,314 |
| 11 | Jonathan | 2,307 |
| 12 | James | 2,110 |
| 13 | Nicholas | 2,073 |
| 14 | Joshua | 2,021 |
| 15 | Justin | 1,892 |
| 16 | Kevin | 1,808 |
| 17 | Brian | 1,737 |
| 18 | Thomas | 1,723 |
| 19 | Ryan | 1,633 |
| 20 | William | 1,563 |
| 21 | Steven | 1,544 |
| 22 | Eric | 1,446 |
| 23 | Jason | 1,394 |
| 24 | Richard | 1,197 |
| 25 | Timothy | 1,144 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Adam | 1,091 |
| 27 | Sean | 1,044 |
| 28 | Jeffrey | 1,019 |
| 29 | Alexander | 1,001 |
| 30 | Patrick | 961 |
| 31 | Kyle | 955 |
| 32 | Brandon | 941 |
| 33 | Stephen | 905 |
| 34 | Mark | 840 |
| 35 | Benjamin | 824 |
| 36 | Gregory | 820 |
| 36 | Paul | 820 |
| 38 | Peter | 759 |
| 38 | Zachary | 759 |
| 40 | Jose | 713 |
| 41 | Aaron | 695 |
| 42 | Charles | 679 |
| 43 | Jeremy | 666 |
| 44 | Scott | 621 |
| 45 | Kenneth | 618 |
| 46 | Bryan | 584 |
| 47 | Edward | 581 |
| 48 | Jacob | 572 |
| 49 | Samuel | 570 |
| 50 | Vincent | 569 |
| 51 | Travis | 564 |
| 52 | Luis | 554 |
| 53 | Christian | 534 |
| 54 | Jesse | 474 |
| 55 | Keith | 451 |
| 56 | Corey | 442 |
| 57 | Frank | 437 |
| 58 | Shawn | 432 |
| 59 | George | 427 |
| 60 | Alex | 404 |
| 60 | Raymond | 404 |
| 62 | Joel | 380 |
| 63 | Carlos | 378 |
| 63 | Jordan | 378 |
| 65 | Juan | 360 |
| 66 | Derek | 359 |
| 67 | Philip | 354 |
| 68 | Tyler | 340 |
| 69 | Nathan | 338 |
| 70 | Ian | 335 |
| 71 | Ronald | 328 |
| 72 | Victor | 327 |
| 73 | Angel | 313 |
| 74 | Evan | 312 |
| 75 | Shane | 303 |
| 76 | Donald | 285 |
| 77 | Jared | 281 |
| 78 | Douglas | 276 |
| 79 | Cory | 273 |
| 79 | Edwin | 273 |
| 81 | Dennis | 272 |
| 82 | Marc | 265 |
| 83 | Gary | 263 |
| 84 | Brendan | 251 |
| 85 | Craig | 250 |
| 86 | Bradley | 247 |
| 87 | Nathaniel | 246 |
| 88 | Louis | 243 |
| 89 | Andre | 239 |
| 90 | Antonio | 237 |
| 91 | Cody | 235 |
| 92 | Erik | 234 |
| 92 | Miguel | 234 |
| 94 | Chad | 222 |
| 95 | Brett | 218 |
| 96 | Gabriel | 215 |
| 96 | Marcus | 215 |
| 98 | Randy | 211 |
| 99 | Rafael | 204 |
| 100 | Dustin | 201 |