Top 100 North Carolina Boy Baby Names in 1988

// These were the most popular boy baby names in North Carolina, in 1988.

The Most Popular North Carolina Boy Baby Names in 1988


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Topping the charts on position #1 this year in North Carolina was Christopher. In total there were 43,485 boys born sharing 706 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1988 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.


Rank Name How Unique? Total births this year
1Christopher1 in 28 (3.6%)1,577
2Joshua1 in 29 (3.5%)1,510
3Michael1 in 30 (3.3%)1,449
4Justin1 in 37 (2.7%)1,177
5Matthew1 in 38 (2.6%)1,148
6James1 in 39 (2.6%)1,120
7William1 in 43 (2.3%)1,005
8Brandon1 in 47 (2.2%)935
9David1 in 52 (1.9%)834
10Robert1 in 54 (1.9%)806
11Jonathan1 in 56 (1.8%)781
12John1 in 56 (1.8%)775
13Andrew1 in 62 (1.6%)696
14Daniel1 in 63 (1.6%)687
15Joseph1 in 66 (1.5%)654
16Thomas1 in 87 (1.2%)502
17Timothy1 in 87 (1.1%)499
18Charles1 in 96 (1%)453
19Anthony1 in 96 (1%)452
20Jeremy1 in 99 (1%)440
21Ryan1 in 100 (1%)437
22Steven1 in 102 (1%)426
23Nicholas1 in 102 (1%)425
24Travis1 in 105 (1%)416
25Adam1 in 111 (0.9%)391
26Kevin1 in 112 (0.9%)389
27Eric1 in 114 (0.9%)381
28Brian1 in 117 (0.9%)372
29Jason1 in 118 (0.8%)368
30Zachary1 in 120 (0.8%)363
31Benjamin1 in 121 (0.8%)360
32Dustin1 in 123 (0.8%)353
33Richard1 in 125 (0.8%)348
34Stephen1 in 128 (0.8%)339
35Aaron1 in 136 (0.7%)320
36Tyler1 in 137 (0.7%)317
37Jacob1 in 140 (0.7%)310
38Jeffrey1 in 154 (0.7%)283
39Patrick1 in 155 (0.6%)280
40Kenneth1 in 160 (0.6%)272
41Kyle1 in 163 (0.6%)266
42Bradley1 in 165 (0.6%)264
43Samuel1 in 176 (0.6%)247
44Corey1 in 192 (0.5%)227
45Marcus1 in 200 (0.5%)217
46Jordan1 in 205 (0.5%)212
47Gregory1 in 206 (0.5%)211
48Alexander1 in 210 (0.5%)207
49Phillip1 in 211 (0.5%)206
50Cody1 in 212 (0.5%)205
51Bryan1 in 213 (0.5%)204
52Nathan1 in 214 (0.5%)203
53Cameron1 in 216 (0.5%)201
54Mark1 in 220 (0.5%)198
55Jesse1 in 230 (0.4%)189
56Antonio1 in 238 (0.4%)183
57Derek1 in 243 (0.4%)179
58Paul1 in 254 (0.4%)171
59Sean1 in 256 (0.4%)170
60Wesley1 in 268 (0.4%)162
61George1 in 311 (0.3%)140
62Scott1 in 313 (0.3%)139
63Edward1 in 315 (0.3%)138
64Derrick1 in 317 (0.3%)137
65Cory1 in 320 (0.3%)136
66Ronald1 in 325 (0.3%)134
67Jared1 in 329 (0.3%)132
68Donald1 in 335 (0.3%)130
69Austin1 in 340 (0.3%)128
70Chad1 in 362 (0.3%)120
71Alex1 in 378 (0.3%)115
72Johnathan1 in 381 (0.3%)114
73Keith1 in 392 (0.3%)111
74Terry1 in 406 (0.2%)107
75Shawn1 in 418 (0.2%)104
76Casey1 in 418 (0.2%)104
77Gary1 in 422 (0.2%)103
78Larry1 in 422 (0.2%)103
79Jerry1 in 431 (0.2%)101
80Nathaniel1 in 435 (0.2%)100
81Bobby1 in 435 (0.2%)100
82Ricky1 in 439 (0.2%)99
83Randy1 in 453 (0.2%)96
84Micheal1 in 458 (0.2%)95
85Tony1 in 478 (0.2%)91
86Taylor1 in 478 (0.2%)91
87Caleb1 in 483 (0.2%)90
88Devin1 in 494 (0.2%)88
89Curtis1 in 518 (0.2%)84
90Douglas1 in 518 (0.2%)84
91Seth1 in 524 (0.2%)83
92Rodney1 in 524 (0.2%)83
93Jeffery1 in 524 (0.2%)83
94Logan1 in 530 (0.2%)82
95Willie1 in 530 (0.2%)82
96Evan1 in 544 (0.2%)80
97Philip1 in 544 (0.2%)80
98Mitchell1 in 550 (0.2%)79
99Jamie1 in 550 (0.2%)79
100Jimmy1 in 565 (0.2%)77


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