Popular baby names in Idaho, 1998

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1998 were Madison for girls (131 babies) and Jacob for boys (188). Madison ranked #9 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,500 babies born in Idaho in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1998

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

Girls

Sage: 15 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Aspen: 15 babies, 11× the national rate
Rylee: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Kylee: 26 babies, 6× the national rate
Kelsie: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Baylee: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Hailey: 75 babies, 5× the national rate
Shayla: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Whitney: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Mckenzie: 32 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Kaden: 33 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Braydon: 16 babies, 14× the national rate
Kade: 17 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Tyson: 25 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Kyler: 28 babies, 8× the national rate
Brayden: 29 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Jayden: 17 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Jace: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Skyler: 30 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Braden: 26 babies, 5.5× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Madison	131	↑1	9
2	Emily	128	↓1	1
3	Hannah	128	–	2
4	Samantha	120	↑4	3
5	Ashley	99	–	5
6	Jessica	91	↓2	8
7	Megan	87	↑2	13
8	Taylor	85	↓2	7
9	Alyssa	81	↑4	11
10	Hailey	75	↑5	70
11	Sarah	75	↓4	4
12	Elizabeth	72	↓1	10
13	Alexis	70	↓3	6
14	Sierra	64	↑15	51
15	Abigail	62	↑3	18
16	Emma	62	↑3	22
17	Rachel	54	↓3	15
18	Morgan	50	↓6	23
19	Brooke	49	↑5	46
20	Kayla	47	↓4	12
21	Brianna	46	↑17	17
22	Olivia	46	↑19	21
23	Victoria	46	↑13	16
24	Maria	44	↓7	43
25	Alexandra	43	↑23	27
26	Makayla	43	↑6	71
27	Bailey	41	↓4	60
28	Jasmine	41	new	26
29	Nicole	41	new	24
30	Rebecca	41	↓3	30
31	Sydney	41	↓9	28
32	Amanda	40	↓12	19
33	Jennifer	40	new	20
34	Jordan	40	↓9	42
35	Kaitlyn	40	↑2	35
36	Brittany	39	↑7	25
37	Madeline	39	new	50
38	Courtney	38	↓7	39
39	Kaylee	38	new	86
40	Paige	36	↑2	63
41	Savannah	36	↓13	45
42	Amber	34	↑2	37
43	Shelby	34	↓22	49
44	Katherine	32	new	33
45	Mckenzie	32	new	>100
46	Kelsey	31	↓1	56
47	Mackenzie	31	↑3	64
48	Natalie	31	new	40
49	Alexandria	30	new	81
50	Allison	29	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jacob	188	–	2
2	Michael	143	↑4	1
3	Austin	139	↓1	10
4	Tyler	127	↓1	8
5	Joshua	120	↓1	4
6	Matthew	119	↓1	3
7	Andrew	104	–	9
8	Ryan	101	↑1	17
9	Zachary	97	↑3	16
10	Ethan	92	↑31	38
11	Nathan	91	↑18	34
12	Justin	87	↓1	20
13	Jordan	85	–	27
14	Samuel	85	↑7	28
15	Cody	83	↑4	43
16	Brandon	82	↓8	7
17	Hunter	80	↑25	36
18	Kyle	80	↓2	24
19	Nicholas	79	↓2	6
20	Dylan	76	↑10	25
21	Alexander	75	↓1	22
22	Christopher	75	↓12	5
23	Benjamin	74	↑1	30
24	James	74	↓6	18
25	Tanner	72	↓3	82
26	Daniel	71	↓11	12
27	Joseph	71	↓13	11
28	William	71	↓5	14
29	John	69	↑3	15
30	David	64	↓5	13
31	Anthony	61	↓5	19
32	Logan	60	↓4	44
33	Caleb	55	↑3	42
34	Cameron	55	new	35
35	Chase	54	↑9	67
36	Connor	54	↑2	47
37	Noah	54	new	29
38	Christian	51	↓1	26
39	Dakota	51	↑6	72
40	Jose	51	↓7	33
41	Colton	50	new	>100
42	Jared	50	new	51
43	Spencer	49	new	84
44	Taylor	49	↓10	>100
45	Trevor	48	↓10	58
46	Isaac	47	–	65
47	Robert	46	↓16	23
48	Tristan	46	–	92
49	Parker	45	new	>100
50	Thomas	45	new	31

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