Popular baby names in Colorado, 1998

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1998 were Emily for girls (372 babies) and Jacob for boys (531). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 48,434 babies born in Colorado in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1998

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

Girls

Aspen: 39 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Janessa: 21 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Esperanza: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jaqueline: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Alexandrea: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Mireya: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Janae: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Ellie: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Taryn: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Moriah: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Angelo: 49 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Joaquin: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sterling: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Karl: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Tate: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Uriel: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Keegan: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Santiago: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Reece: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Brody: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Emily	372	↑1	1
2	Samantha	331	↑4	3
3	Hannah	313	↓2	2
4	Jessica	309	↓1	8
5	Madison	290	–	9
6	Sarah	281	↓2	4
7	Ashley	271	↑1	5
8	Taylor	239	↓1	7
9	Elizabeth	228	↑1	10
10	Alexis	227	↑3	6
11	Lauren	214	↑3	14
12	Alyssa	211	–	11
13	Megan	211	↓4	13
14	Emma	195	↑1	22
15	Rachel	189	↓4	15
16	Kayla	177	–	12
17	Amanda	173	↑1	19
18	Jordan	170	↑4	42
19	Morgan	168	↓2	23
20	Alexandra	165	↓1	27
21	Brianna	165	↓1	17
22	Sydney	165	↑13	28
23	Abigail	162	–	18
24	Anna	162	↑5	31
25	Jennifer	159	↓4	20
26	Nicole	151	↓1	24
27	Olivia	151	↑5	21
28	Sierra	151	↑2	51
29	Victoria	150	↓5	16
30	Brittany	134	↓4	25
31	Mariah	133	↑3	62
32	Katherine	130	↓1	33
33	Rebecca	128	↓5	30
34	Brooke	126	↑2	46
35	Haley	124	↑3	36
36	Jasmine	123	↑1	26
37	Julia	122	new	32
38	Natalie	115	new	40
39	Stephanie	111	–	29
40	Kaitlyn	110	↑1	35
41	Savannah	110	↑1	45
42	Danielle	109	↓15	41
43	Maria	109	↓3	43
44	Destiny	103	new	34
45	Shelby	101	new	49
46	Allison	100	↓3	38
47	Amber	100	↓14	37
48	Courtney	100	↓2	39
49	Madeline	96	new	50
50	Cheyenne	94	new	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jacob	531	–	2
2	Michael	497	–	1
3	Joshua	402	↑2	4
4	Matthew	398	↓1	3
5	Tyler	389	↑1	8
6	Nicholas	364	↑3	6
7	Daniel	359	↑4	12
8	Brandon	358	↑2	7
9	Joseph	341	↑4	11
10	Austin	335	↓6	10
11	Andrew	334	↓4	9
12	Ryan	330	–	17
13	Zachary	330	↑1	16
14	Alexander	312	↑2	22
15	Christopher	308	↓7	5
16	William	284	↑7	14
17	David	283	↓2	13
18	John	281	↓1	15
19	Anthony	268	↓1	19
20	Samuel	258	↑1	28
21	Kyle	256	↑1	24
22	James	248	↓2	18
23	Jonathan	248	↑3	21
24	Benjamin	243	↓5	30
25	Dylan	237	–	25
26	Justin	209	↓2	20
27	Jose	205	↑10	33
28	Nathan	202	↑3	34
29	Noah	201	↑9	29
30	Cody	193	↓1	43
31	Jordan	193	↓3	27
32	Christian	182	↓5	26
33	Robert	180	↓3	23
34	Cameron	170	↑1	35
35	Ethan	170	↑14	38
36	Connor	160	–	47
37	Isaiah	160	↑3	59
38	Thomas	160	↓6	31
39	Adam	153	↑2	45
40	Hunter	149	new	36
41	Aaron	147	↓8	37
42	Logan	147	↓3	44
43	Jack	146	↑2	61
44	Luis	138	new	53
45	Caleb	137	↓1	42
46	Trevor	132	new	58
47	Gabriel	131	↓4	54
48	Kevin	130	↓2	32
49	Isaac	123	↑1	65
50	Jason	123	new	40

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