Popular baby names of 1998

In 1998, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emily for girls (26,188 babies) and Michael for boys (36,618). Social Security records show 3,678,315 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 16,601 girls' names and 11,311 boys' names.

1998 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 11.2% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 14.7% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Makayla, Mikayla, Isabella, Kaylee, Chloe, Claire, Alexa.
New in the boys' top 100: Spencer, Bryce, Victor, Brendan, Jackson.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997
1	Emily	26,188	–
2	Hannah	21,376	↑3
3	Samantha	20,195	↑3
4	Sarah	19,898	–
5	Ashley	19,875	↓2
6	Alexis	19,778	↑2
7	Taylor	18,576	–
8	Jessica	18,239	↓6
9	Madison	17,787	↑1
10	Elizabeth	15,193	↓1
11	Alyssa	13,709	↑4
12	Kayla	13,422	–
13	Megan	13,258	↓2
14	Lauren	12,908	–
15	Rachel	12,209	↓2
16	Victoria	12,148	↑3
17	Brianna	12,047	–
18	Abigail	11,100	↑8
19	Amanda	10,928	↓3
20	Jennifer	10,692	↓2
21	Olivia	10,610	↑6
22	Emma	10,451	↑14
23	Morgan	10,217	↓1
24	Nicole	9,911	↓3
25	Brittany	9,844	↓5
26	Jasmine	9,488	↓2
27	Alexandra	8,608	↑3
28	Sydney	8,553	↑7
29	Stephanie	8,491	↓6
30	Rebecca	8,423	↓5
31	Anna	8,386	↑2
32	Julia	8,328	↑5
33	Katherine	8,207	↓1
34	Destiny	8,155	↑8
35	Kaitlyn	7,937	↑6
36	Haley	7,934	↓5
37	Amber	7,930	↓8
38	Allison	7,861	↑1
39	Courtney	7,555	↓11
40	Natalie	7,549	↑8
41	Danielle	7,368	↓7
42	Jordan	7,114	↓2
43	Maria	6,817	↓5
44	Mary	6,478	↑2
45	Savannah	6,464	↑2
46	Brooke	6,346	↓1
47	Gabrielle	6,201	↑4
48	Sara	6,010	↑2
49	Shelby	5,893	↓6
50	Madeline	5,869	↑9
51	Sierra	5,841	↑5
52	Vanessa	5,830	↑2
53	Grace	5,724	↑16
54	Kimberly	5,722	↓5
55	Michelle	5,562	–
56	Kelsey	5,551	↑1
57	Erin	5,471	↓5
58	Katelyn	5,367	↑5
59	Melissa	5,354	↓15
60	Bailey	5,198	↑5
61	Andrea	5,133	↓3
62	Mariah	5,086	↑5
63	Paige	4,976	↑1
64	Mackenzie	4,890	↑7
65	Jenna	4,866	↑11
66	Marissa	4,722	↓6
67	Tiffany	4,612	↓6
68	Sabrina	4,608	↓15
69	Christina	4,533	↓7
70	Hailey	4,473	↑10
71	Makayla	4,365	new
72	Cheyenne	4,327	↓4
73	Sophia	4,308	↑21
74	Laura	4,298	↓8
75	Caroline	4,276	–
76	Breanna	4,250	↓2
77	Autumn	4,208	↑14
78	Caitlin	4,175	↑10
79	Briana	4,153	↓7
80	Miranda	4,143	↓10
81	Alexandria	4,009	↓3
82	Mikayla	3,858	new
83	Diana	3,853	↑14
84	Isabella	3,851	new
85	Cassandra	3,813	↓4
86	Kaylee	3,806	new
87	Chloe	3,794	new
88	Katie	3,746	↓1
89	Kathryn	3,703	↓3
90	Kelly	3,703	↓7
91	Claire	3,642	new
92	Erica	3,624	↓8
93	Alexa	3,622	new
94	Chelsea	3,518	↓21
95	Jacqueline	3,500	↓18
96	Amy	3,485	↓4
97	Lindsey	3,465	↓2
98	Alicia	3,408	↓9
99	Heather	3,397	↓9
100	Angela	3,369	↓7

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997
1	Michael	36,618	–
2	Jacob	36,031	–
3	Matthew	31,146	–
4	Joshua	28,095	↑1
5	Christopher	27,007	↓1
6	Nicholas	26,632	–
7	Brandon	23,832	↑1
8	Tyler	23,712	↑2
9	Andrew	23,664	↓2
10	Austin	23,478	↓1
11	Joseph	23,186	↑1
12	Daniel	23,165	↓1
13	David	20,892	↑1
14	William	20,836	↑5
15	John	20,633	–
16	Zachary	20,580	↓3
17	Ryan	20,198	↓1
18	James	19,690	↓1
19	Anthony	19,634	↓1
20	Justin	17,971	–
21	Jonathan	17,649	–
22	Alexander	17,466	–
23	Robert	15,527	–
24	Kyle	15,277	–
25	Dylan	14,540	↑5
26	Christian	14,522	↓1
27	Jordan	14,410	↓1
28	Samuel	13,912	↓1
29	Noah	13,415	↑9
30	Benjamin	13,061	↓1
31	Thomas	12,889	–
32	Kevin	12,510	↓4
33	Jose	12,374	↓1
34	Nathan	11,586	–
35	Cameron	11,416	↑10
36	Hunter	11,078	↑8
37	Aaron	10,552	↓4
38	Ethan	10,536	↑8
39	Eric	9,964	↓4
40	Jason	9,399	↑1
41	Brian	9,146	↓4
42	Caleb	9,028	↑5
43	Cody	8,810	↓7
44	Logan	8,640	↓2
45	Adam	8,356	↓6
46	Steven	8,115	↓6
47	Connor	7,906	↑5
48	Charles	7,849	↑1
49	Timothy	7,845	↓6
50	Sean	7,712	↓2
51	Jared	7,462	↑5
52	Juan	7,361	↑2
53	Luis	7,202	–
54	Gabriel	7,068	↑3
55	Alex	6,954	–
56	Richard	6,954	↓5
57	Patrick	6,734	↓7
58	Trevor	6,598	↑4
59	Isaiah	6,487	↑1
60	Nathaniel	6,427	↑5
61	Jack	6,376	↑15
62	Devin	6,218	↓3
63	Evan	6,084	↓2
64	Mark	5,893	↓6
65	Isaac	5,859	↑8
66	Elijah	5,662	↑8
67	Chase	5,562	↑10
68	Jeremy	5,541	↓4
69	Carlos	5,481	↓2
70	Jesse	5,444	↓7
71	Adrian	5,429	↑24
72	Dakota	5,401	↓6
73	Ian	5,353	↓3
74	Bryan	5,309	↓5
75	Luke	5,284	↑3
76	Jesus	5,217	↓5
77	Cole	5,148	↓5
78	Stephen	5,013	↓10
79	Antonio	4,943	↓4
80	Garrett	4,789	↑5
81	Angel	4,772	↑5
82	Tanner	4,704	–
83	Mason	4,658	↑6
84	Spencer	4,619	new
85	Blake	4,607	↓5
86	Seth	4,587	↑11
87	Kenneth	4,586	↓4
88	Dalton	4,565	↑2
89	Paul	4,321	↓10
90	Miguel	4,256	↑1
91	Jeffrey	4,191	↓7
92	Tristan	4,169	–
93	Lucas	4,093	↑5
94	Bryce	4,053	new
95	Alejandro	4,044	↑4
96	Marcus	4,015	↓3
97	Victor	3,997	new
98	Travis	3,924	↓17
99	Brendan	3,879	new
100	Jackson	3,861	new

Every name given in 1998

All 27,912 names Social Security recorded for 1998, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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