Popular baby names in Indiana, 1998

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1998 were Emily for girls (674 babies) and Jacob for boys (1,121). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 71,120 babies born in Indiana in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1998

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

Girls

Infant: 35 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Skyla: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Madisyn: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Brook: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Darian: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brooklyn: 89 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kiersten: 32 babies, 3× the national rate
Madyson: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Karlee: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gracie: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Brayton: 23 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Infant: 28 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Corbin: 64 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Braydon: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Braxton: 54 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jaylin: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jalen: 91 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Brayden: 59 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Keegan: 53 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Reece: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Emily	674	–	1
2	Hannah	640	–	2
3	Alexis	579	↑2	6
4	Taylor	565	↓1	7
5	Madison	517	↓1	9
6	Sarah	453	↑1	4
7	Samantha	439	↓1	3
8	Ashley	412	–	5
9	Abigail	400	↑4	18
10	Megan	392	–	13
11	Elizabeth	382	–	10
12	Jessica	365	↓3	8
13	Olivia	357	↑5	21
14	Kayla	337	–	12
15	Morgan	324	↓3	23
16	Rachel	309	↓1	15
17	Emma	302	↑9	22
18	Alyssa	298	↑4	11
19	Lauren	290	↓3	14
20	Sydney	274	↑1	28
21	Shelby	262	↓1	49
22	Haley	253	↓5	36
23	Brianna	247	–	17
24	Brittany	240	↓5	25
25	Allison	238	–	38
26	Kaitlyn	237	↑8	35
27	Victoria	229	↑1	16
28	Courtney	216	↓4	39
29	Brooke	211	↓2	46
30	Anna	194	↑2	31
31	Katelyn	192	↑9	58
32	Mackenzie	192	↑15	64
33	Paige	190	↓3	63
34	Katherine	183	↓3	33
35	Makayla	183	new	71
36	Bailey	182	↑2	60
37	Grace	179	↑11	53
38	Rebecca	176	↓5	30
39	Kelsey	175	↑2	56
40	Sierra	174	↑3	51
41	Alexandra	173	new	27
42	Madeline	168	↑8	50
43	Jasmine	167	↓6	26
44	Danielle	165	↓2	41
45	Nicole	163	↓9	24
46	Jordan	162	↓7	42
47	Mary	160	↓2	44
48	Gabrielle	156	↓2	47
49	Cheyenne	155	↓14	72
50	Mariah	152	new	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jacob	1,121	–	2
2	Austin	804	–	10
3	Michael	742	–	1
4	Tyler	717	–	8
5	Matthew	635	↑1	3
6	Zachary	619	↓1	16
7	Andrew	605	↑3	9
8	Nicholas	596	↓1	6
9	Joshua	564	↓1	4
10	Brandon	539	↓1	7
11	William	456	↑7	14
12	Noah	455	↑19	29
13	Joseph	438	↑1	11
14	Christopher	434	↓3	5
15	James	434	↓3	18
16	Kyle	417	–	24
17	Samuel	411	↓2	28
18	David	409	↓1	13
19	Alexander	403	↑4	22
20	Jordan	392	↓7	27
21	John	385	↓2	15
22	Dylan	381	↑4	25
23	Ryan	375	↓1	17
24	Ethan	368	↑15	38
25	Logan	363	–	44
26	Nathan	359	↑6	34
27	Benjamin	350	↑3	30
28	Cameron	345	↑13	35
29	Justin	344	↓9	20
30	Caleb	339	↑4	42
31	Daniel	332	↓10	12
32	Robert	321	↓8	23
33	Anthony	304	↓4	19
34	Aaron	288	↓7	37
35	Jonathan	263	↓2	21
36	Hunter	260	↑8	36
37	Thomas	260	↑1	31
38	Christian	253	↓3	26
39	Cody	253	↓11	43
40	Dakota	241	↓4	72
41	Evan	223	↓1	63
42	Adam	220	↓5	45
43	Bryce	211	new	94
44	Blake	210	↓1	85
45	Trevor	207	↑2	58
46	Jared	204	new	51
47	Nathaniel	200	↓2	60
48	Chase	195	↑1	67
49	Luke	195	↓3	75
50	Devin	191	new	62

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