Popular baby names in Florida, 1998

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1998 were Emily for girls (1,184 babies) and Michael for boys (2,052). Social Security records list 160,966 babies born in Florida in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1998

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

Girls

Camila: 39 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Daniella: 83 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kaley: 61 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tatiana: 161 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Nathalie: 67 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Cristina: 103 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Carolina: 107 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jailene: 42 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Gabriela: 232 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Tatyana: 88 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Lazaro: 48 babies, 8× the national rate
Jacquez: 50 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Willie: 102 babies, 3× the national rate
Sebastian: 193 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Demetrius: 77 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Stanley: 44 babies, 2.1× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Emily	1,184	↑2	1
2	Ashley	1,166	↓1	5
3	Alexis	980	↑4	6
4	Samantha	978	–	3
5	Jessica	943	↓3	8
6	Taylor	934	↓1	7
7	Sarah	917	↓1	4
8	Hannah	899	–	2
9	Kayla	791	–	12
10	Madison	749	↑10	9
11	Amanda	727	↓1	19
12	Victoria	727	↓1	16
13	Brianna	711	–	17
14	Elizabeth	675	↑4	10
15	Alyssa	664	↑2	11
16	Nicole	646	↓2	24
17	Jasmine	605	↑6	26
18	Megan	601	↓3	13
19	Brittany	593	↓7	25
20	Lauren	589	↓4	14
21	Rachel	576	↓2	15
22	Alexandra	523	↑3	27
23	Jennifer	522	↓1	20
24	Stephanie	480	↓3	29
25	Savannah	474	↑5	45
26	Danielle	432	–	41
27	Destiny	418	↑15	34
28	Amber	416	↓4	37
29	Kaitlyn	415	↑9	35
30	Morgan	415	↓3	23
31	Rebecca	412	↓2	30
32	Abigail	389	new	18
33	Courtney	388	↓5	39
34	Olivia	386	↑3	21
35	Sabrina	383	–	68
36	Haley	381	↓4	36
37	Jordan	375	↑6	42
38	Natalie	374	↑2	40
39	Brooke	359	↓8	46
40	Katherine	359	↓7	33
41	Julia	353	↑7	32
42	Vanessa	334	↑4	52
43	Maria	329	new	43
44	Sydney	319	↓8	28
45	Tiffany	318	↓6	67
46	Shelby	314	↓12	49
47	Gabrielle	311	↑2	47
48	Michelle	309	↓1	55
49	Allison	308	new	38
50	Sierra	302	new	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Michael	2,052	–	1
2	Christopher	1,640	–	5
3	Joshua	1,547	–	4
4	Matthew	1,454	–	3
5	Jacob	1,430	↑3	2
6	Nicholas	1,383	↑1	6
7	Brandon	1,305	↓2	7
8	Daniel	1,258	↑1	12
9	Tyler	1,217	↑1	8
10	Austin	1,211	↓4	10
11	Anthony	1,173	–	19
12	Jonathan	1,110	↑1	21
13	David	1,107	↑1	13
14	Zachary	1,084	↓2	16
15	Joseph	1,018	–	11
16	John	1,014	–	15
17	James	991	↑6	18
18	Justin	986	↓1	20
19	Alexander	983	↓1	22
20	William	956	–	14
21	Ryan	946	↓2	17
22	Christian	885	–	26
23	Andrew	878	↓2	9
24	Robert	869	–	23
25	Jordan	810	↑1	27
26	Dylan	786	↑2	25
27	Kyle	753	↓2	24
28	Kevin	705	↓1	32
29	Thomas	618	–	31
30	Noah	617	↑13	29
31	Hunter	560	↑11	36
32	Samuel	528	↓1	28
33	Cameron	519	↑14	35
34	Jose	518	↓4	33
35	Benjamin	494	↑6	30
36	Brian	466	↓2	41
37	Eric	465	↓1	39
38	Jason	464	–	40
39	Logan	426	–	44
40	Caleb	425	new	42
41	Steven	425	↓8	46
42	Gabriel	424	↑6	54
43	Charles	416	↑1	48
44	Aaron	415	↓4	37
45	Cody	415	↓13	43
46	Richard	407	↓9	56
47	Sean	392	↓12	50
48	Jared	380	new	51
49	Ethan	377	new	38
50	Luis	370	↓5	53

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