Popular baby names in Alabama, 1998

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1998 were Hannah for girls (458 babies) and William for boys (702). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #14 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 46,068 babies born in Alabama in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1998

Names given at least 15 times in Alabama that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Amberly: 16 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Jakayla: 18 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Hayden: 17 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Mattie: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Jayla: 44 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ansley: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Kaci: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Katlin: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Candace: 28 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kourtney: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Jamarcus: 31 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Ladarius: 26 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Houston: 25 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Jarvis: 24 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Demarcus: 32 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Roderick: 27 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Heath: 21 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Courtney: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Madison: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Jaylon: 32 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Hannah	458	–	2
2	Alexis	389	↑6	6
3	Emily	378	↓1	1
4	Madison	343	↑2	9
5	Taylor	340	–	7
6	Sarah	326	↓2	4
7	Ashley	304	↓4	5
8	Anna	303	↑1	31
9	Lauren	261	↑5	14
10	Jessica	255	↓3	8
11	Mary	243	–	44
12	Elizabeth	231	–	10
13	Kayla	223	↓3	12
14	Haley	213	↑2	36
15	Jasmine	212	↑2	26
16	Morgan	209	↑4	23
17	Victoria	201	↑5	16
18	Brittany	190	↓5	25
19	Destiny	188	↑2	34
20	Courtney	187	↓5	39
21	Savannah	187	↓2	45
22	Amber	186	↓4	37
23	Brianna	180	–	17
24	Jordan	164	↑1	42
25	Samantha	162	↑2	3
26	Megan	157	↑3	13
27	Kaitlyn	152	↑1	35
28	Allison	148	↑7	38
29	Rachel	143	↓5	15
30	Abigail	141	↑3	18
31	Olivia	136	–	21
32	Sydney	134	–	28
33	Alyssa	130	↑11	11
34	Shelby	127	↓8	49
35	Katherine	125	↓1	33
36	Breanna	124	↑4	76
37	Katelyn	124	↓7	58
38	Kelsey	123	↓2	56
39	Emma	121	new	22
40	Rebecca	119	↓3	30
41	Caroline	116	new	75
42	Bailey	113	↑3	60
43	Jada	106	new	>100
44	Caitlin	102	new	78
45	Alexandria	97	↓4	81
46	Autumn	94	↓3	77
47	Makayla	94	new	71
48	Katie	88	↑1	88
49	Tiffany	85	↓7	67
50	Christina	84	new	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	William	702	–	14
2	Jacob	597	↑2	2
3	Austin	594	↑3	10
4	Christopher	524	↓2	5
5	Joshua	521	–	4
6	James	496	↓3	18
7	Michael	442	–	1
8	John	428	–	15
9	Brandon	384	↑1	7
10	Matthew	383	↓1	3
11	Tyler	373	↑1	8
12	Andrew	335	↑2	9
13	Joseph	333	↑5	11
14	David	323	↑3	13
15	Justin	321	↓4	20
16	Nicholas	308	↑4	6
17	Zachary	305	↓4	16
18	Hunter	288	↑3	36
19	Robert	287	↓4	23
20	Jordan	253	↓1	27
21	Jonathan	244	↓5	21
22	Christian	231	↑1	26
23	Thomas	222	↑7	31
24	Daniel	221	↓2	12
25	Caleb	213	↓1	42
26	Samuel	212	↓1	28
27	Noah	206	↑11	29
28	Cameron	204	↑7	35
29	Charles	203	↑4	48
30	Dylan	202	↑1	25
31	Benjamin	194	↑1	30
32	Ryan	182	↓4	17
33	Logan	181	↑1	44
34	Anthony	174	↓8	19
35	Timothy	167	↓6	49
36	Cody	157	↓9	43
37	Aaron	149	–	37
38	Nathan	148	↑1	34
39	Alexander	146	↓3	22
40	Ethan	140	–	38
41	Dalton	129	↑9	88
42	Kyle	119	↑2	24
43	Devin	118	↑3	62
44	Jason	117	new	40
45	Steven	117	↓3	46
46	Jackson	116	new	100
47	Eric	115	↑1	39
48	Adam	107	new	45
49	Dakota	107	↓8	72
50	Kevin	106	↓3	32

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