Most Popular Names Germany/West 1988
| Description: | Most popular names for male newborns in West Germany (formerly FRG) 1988 |
| Source: | Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache (GfdS) |
| Series: | Germany/West |
| Following list: | 1989 |
| Previous list: | 1987 |
| Highest new entries: | Patrick (new at 6), Jan (new at 9) |
| Largest rises: | Alexander +2 (now at 3), Philipp +2 (now at 7) |
| Largest falls: | Tobias -2 (now at 8), Michael -2 (now at 5) |
| Rank | Name | +/- | Graph |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel |  1 | Graph |
| 2 | Christian |  1 | Graph |
| 3 | Alexander | 2 | Graph |
| 4 | Sebastian | Graph | |
| 5 | Michael | 2 | Graph |
| 6 | Patrick |  | Graph |
| 7 | Philipp | 2 | Graph |
| 8 | Tobias | 2 | Graph |
| 9 | Jan | | Graph |
| 10 | Florian | Graph |