Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1998

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1998 were Hannah for girls (512 babies) and Jacob for boys (849). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,816 babies born in Kentucky in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1998

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

Girls

Loren: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Maranda: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Chelsey: 43 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Brooklyn: 80 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Chelsie: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Whitney: 79 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shelby: 259 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Carrie: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Brooklynn: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Allie: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Donnie: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Barry: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Clay: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dalton: 174 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dustin: 132 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Peyton: 52 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Billy: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dakota: 180 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dallas: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Austin: 742 babies, 2.6× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Hannah	512	–	2
2	Emily	448	–	1
3	Madison	397	↑3	9
4	Sarah	395	–	4
5	Taylor	321	↓2	7
6	Alexis	313	↑4	6
7	Ashley	308	↓2	5
8	Shelby	259	↑10	49
9	Elizabeth	258	↑7	10
10	Brittany	251	↓3	25
11	Kayla	251	↓3	12
12	Morgan	251	↓1	23
13	Haley	246	↑1	36
14	Samantha	234	↓5	3
15	Megan	233	↓2	13
16	Courtney	216	↓1	39
17	Jessica	214	↓5	8
18	Lauren	214	↓1	14
19	Sydney	214	↑3	28
20	Kaitlyn	209	↑6	35
21	Amber	205	↓2	37
22	Abigail	204	↑6	18
23	Olivia	193	↑7	21
24	Brianna	184	–	17
25	Alyssa	180	↑4	11
26	Rachel	175	↓6	15
27	Kelsey	163	↓4	56
28	Allison	156	↑5	38
29	Savannah	156	↓8	45
30	Destiny	154	↑1	34
31	Makayla	152	↑14	71
32	Emma	149	new	22
33	Mary	149	↓8	44
34	Autumn	143	↑3	77
35	Rebecca	137	↓8	30
36	Katelyn	130	↑3	58
37	Katherine	130	↓2	33
38	Victoria	130	↓6	16
39	Amanda	120	↓5	19
40	Anna	120	↑2	31
41	Sierra	119	↓5	51
42	Mackenzie	108	new	64
43	Bailey	106	↑5	60
44	Danielle	104	↓6	41
45	Cheyenne	100	↓4	72
46	Brooke	99	new	46
47	Jordan	98	–	42
48	Breanna	93	↓2	76
49	Madeline	92	new	50
50	Alexandra	90	new	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jacob	849	↑1	2
2	Austin	742	↓1	10
3	William	523	↑1	14
4	James	502	↓1	18
5	Matthew	474	–	3
6	Michael	468	–	1
7	Christopher	444	↑3	5
8	Zachary	432	↑1	16
9	Joshua	407	↓2	4
10	Brandon	382	↓2	7
11	John	373	↑1	15
12	Tyler	361	↓1	8
13	Nicholas	341	↑1	6
14	Andrew	336	↓1	9
15	Cameron	318	↑21	35
16	Dylan	307	–	25
17	Joseph	307	↓2	11
18	Jordan	298	↓1	27
19	Robert	272	↑1	23
20	David	261	↓2	13
21	Justin	257	↓2	20
22	Logan	256	↑1	44
23	Cody	249	↓2	43
24	Noah	249	↑17	29
25	Jonathan	239	↓3	21
26	Daniel	233	↑1	12
27	Ethan	231	↑16	38
28	Ryan	224	↓4	17
29	Hunter	220	↑10	36
30	Samuel	211	↓2	28
31	Aaron	210	↓5	37
32	Charles	200	–	48
33	Benjamin	187	↓8	30
34	Dakota	180	↓5	72
35	Caleb	178	↑9	42
36	Kyle	176	↓6	24
37	Dalton	174	↑5	88
38	Nathan	172	↓1	34
39	Thomas	172	↓5	31
40	Christian	167	↓9	26
41	Timothy	162	↓3	49
42	Anthony	161	↓9	19
43	Alexander	156	↓3	22
44	Trevor	151	↑2	58
45	Nathaniel	137	new	60
46	Evan	136	new	63
47	Dustin	132	↓12	>100
48	Chase	127	new	67
49	Jared	120	↓1	51
50	Devin	117	–	62

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