Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1988
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,448 |
| 2 | Matthew | 2,677 |
| 3 | Christopher | 2,120 |
| 4 | Andrew | 1,930 |
| 5 | Joshua | 1,867 |
| 6 | David | 1,730 |
| 7 | Daniel | 1,711 |
| 8 | Robert | 1,635 |
| 9 | John | 1,585 |
| 10 | Justin | 1,580 |
| 11 | James | 1,566 |
| 12 | Ryan | 1,552 |
| 13 | Joseph | 1,543 |
| 14 | Nicholas | 1,189 |
| 15 | William | 1,170 |
| 16 | Anthony | 1,162 |
| 17 | Brian | 1,114 |
| 18 | Thomas | 1,071 |
| 19 | Kevin | 1,048 |
| 20 | Jonathan | 1,020 |
| 21 | Brandon | 994 |
| 22 | Eric | 981 |
| 23 | Zachary | 934 |
| 24 | Kyle | 930 |
| 25 | Adam | 905 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Timothy | 893 |
| 27 | Steven | 837 |
| 28 | Stephen | 780 |
| 29 | Jason | 776 |
| 30 | Mark | 750 |
| 31 | Sean | 745 |
| 32 | Benjamin | 741 |
| 33 | Jeffrey | 708 |
| 34 | Richard | 690 |
| 35 | Patrick | 608 |
| 36 | Aaron | 584 |
| 37 | Tyler | 579 |
| 38 | Nathan | 571 |
| 39 | Alexander | 537 |
| 40 | Charles | 508 |
| 41 | Jacob | 504 |
| 42 | Shawn | 488 |
| 43 | Gregory | 484 |
| 44 | Scott | 479 |
| 45 | Jeremy | 471 |
| 46 | Paul | 457 |
| 47 | Shane | 415 |
| 48 | Travis | 409 |
| 49 | Edward | 390 |
| 50 | Cody | 382 |
| 51 | Corey | 377 |
| 52 | Derek | 373 |
| 53 | Samuel | 370 |
| 54 | Kenneth | 361 |
| 55 | Bryan | 359 |
| 56 | Jordan | 358 |
| 57 | Jesse | 348 |
| 58 | Jared | 342 |
| 59 | Bradley | 331 |
| 60 | Dustin | 322 |
| 61 | Cory | 314 |
| 62 | Peter | 289 |
| 63 | Keith | 288 |
| 64 | Chad | 286 |
| 65 | Ian | 276 |
| 66 | Donald | 263 |
| 67 | Evan | 249 |
| 68 | Vincent | 246 |
| 69 | Alex | 233 |
| 70 | Philip | 232 |
| 71 | Brett | 230 |
| 71 | George | 230 |
| 73 | Ronald | 227 |
| 74 | Douglas | 224 |
| 75 | Raymond | 223 |
| 76 | Nathaniel | 191 |
| 77 | Christian | 188 |
| 78 | Craig | 186 |
| 79 | Seth | 185 |
| 80 | Frank | 179 |
| 81 | Gary | 169 |
| 82 | Marcus | 165 |
| 83 | Phillip | 159 |
| 84 | Colin | 158 |
| 85 | Dennis | 154 |
| 86 | Erik | 153 |
| 86 | Todd | 153 |
| 88 | Derrick | 151 |
| 88 | Luke | 151 |
| 90 | Brent | 145 |
| 90 | Devin | 145 |
| 92 | Joel | 140 |
| 93 | Marc | 135 |
| 94 | Curtis | 133 |
| 94 | Francis | 133 |
| 96 | Austin | 128 |
| 97 | Maurice | 127 |
| 98 | Casey | 125 |
| 99 | Louis | 121 |
| 100 | Brendan | 120 |