Popular baby names in Maine, 1998

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1998 were Emily for girls (138 babies) and Jacob for boys (211). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,314 babies born in Maine in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1998

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

Girls

Sadie: 20 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Dakota: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Natasha: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Adrianna: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Abby: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Mackenzie: 45 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lydia: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Emma: 93 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Meghan: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kaylee: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Branden: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Colby: 25 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Owen: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Curtis: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Zackary: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Zachery: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Riley: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Chad: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Devon: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kaleb: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Emily	138	–	1
2	Hannah	106	–	2
3	Sarah	100	–	4
4	Emma	93	↑10	22
5	Taylor	86	↓1	7
6	Ashley	85	↑2	5
7	Samantha	83	↓1	3
8	Abigail	78	↓3	18
9	Elizabeth	75	–	10
10	Alexis	73	↑5	6
11	Madison	67	↑14	9
12	Jessica	66	↑4	8
13	Morgan	64	↑13	23
14	Olivia	63	↓4	21
15	Kayla	57	↑2	12
16	Megan	56	↓9	13
17	Rachel	54	↑4	15
18	Alyssa	49	↑4	11
19	Brooke	47	↑5	46
20	Lauren	47	↓9	14
21	Courtney	46	↓8	39
22	Katherine	46	↑1	33
23	Mackenzie	45	↑21	64
24	Julia	44	↑3	32
25	Kaitlyn	43	↑8	35
26	Brianna	42	↓8	17
27	Haley	41	↓8	36
28	Mariah	41	↑15	62
29	Nicole	41	↓9	24
30	Brittany	40	↓18	25
31	Paige	38	–	63
32	Victoria	37	↑6	16
33	Amber	35	↓5	37
34	Makayla	35	↑11	71
35	Grace	34	new	53
36	Allison	33	↓7	38
37	Erin	33	↓1	57
38	Jenna	33	new	65
39	Kaylee	33	new	86
40	Amanda	32	↑9	19
41	Anna	32	↓2	31
42	Sophia	32	new	73
43	Sydney	32	↓13	28
44	Sara	31	new	48
45	Sierra	31	new	51
46	Danielle	30	↓5	41
47	Katelyn	30	new	58
48	Madeline	30	new	50
49	Mikayla	30	new	82
50	Rebecca	30	↓18	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jacob	211	–	2
2	Nicholas	147	–	6
3	Tyler	144	–	8
4	Matthew	124	–	3
5	Joshua	121	–	4
6	Michael	119	↑2	1
7	Zachary	113	↓1	16
8	Noah	106	↑12	29
9	Benjamin	103	–	30
10	Alexander	99	↑7	22
11	Ryan	97	↑1	17
12	Austin	95	↑2	10
13	Brandon	94	↓6	7
14	Kyle	90	↓4	24
15	Christopher	86	↓4	5
16	Samuel	84	↑2	28
17	Cameron	83	↑12	35
18	Joseph	79	↓2	11
19	Andrew	76	↓6	9
20	Dylan	74	↓5	25
21	Nathan	72	–	34
22	William	70	↑3	14
23	Caleb	69	↑1	42
24	Hunter	65	↑18	36
25	Thomas	63	↑8	31
26	Cody	62	↓3	43
27	John	60	↑3	15
28	Justin	55	↓9	20
29	Connor	54	↑14	47
30	James	54	↑6	18
31	Daniel	53	↓9	12
32	Devin	53	new	62
33	Nathaniel	53	↑16	60
34	Robert	52	↑6	23
35	Jonathan	49	↓8	21
36	Jordan	49	↓4	27
37	Ethan	47	↓6	38
38	Adam	46	↓12	45
39	David	46	↓11	13
40	Logan	46	↓2	44
41	Alex	42	new	55
42	Evan	39	↓8	63
43	Isaac	39	new	65
44	Anthony	38	↓7	19
45	Patrick	37	↓4	57
46	Jared	36	↑1	51
47	Christian	35	new	26
48	Dakota	34	↓9	72
49	Ian	34	new	73
50	Spencer	34	new	84

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