Popular baby names in Missouri, 1998

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1998 were Emily for girls (633 babies) and Jacob for boys (1,034). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 64,320 babies born in Missouri in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1998

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

Girls

Madilyn: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Josie: 45 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Addison: 37 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Abbigail: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kenzie: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Macie: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Madisyn: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Rylee: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Regan: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Madelynn: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Dayton: 29 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Darion: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lane: 59 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Davion: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Colten: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Blake: 243 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dalton: 239 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Clayton: 119 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Trenton: 94 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Levi: 105 babies, 2.7× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Emily	633	–	1
2	Hannah	571	–	2
3	Madison	569	↑1	9
4	Taylor	524	↓1	7
5	Samantha	455	↑3	3
6	Alexis	433	↑4	6
7	Sarah	423	↓1	4
8	Ashley	366	↓3	5
9	Jessica	357	↓2	8
10	Megan	356	↓1	13
11	Abigail	351	↑5	18
12	Elizabeth	338	↑1	10
13	Lauren	328	↓2	14
14	Rachel	306	↓2	15
15	Kayla	294	↓1	12
16	Emma	278	↑13	22
17	Alyssa	276	↑1	11
18	Morgan	273	↓1	23
19	Allison	256	↑8	38
20	Olivia	250	↑6	21
21	Sydney	245	↓1	28
22	Brittany	231	↓7	25
23	Anna	223	↑1	31
24	Amanda	206	↑7	19
25	Courtney	205	↓6	39
26	Katherine	203	↑9	33
27	Haley	202	↓4	36
28	Bailey	199	–	60
29	Jordan	199	↓4	42
30	Victoria	199	↑3	16
31	Kaitlyn	197	↑1	35
32	Shelby	184	↓11	49
33	Brianna	176	↓3	17
34	Danielle	173	–	41
35	Amber	172	↑1	37
36	Madeline	171	↑7	50
37	Brooke	168	↑4	46
38	Rebecca	167	↓16	30
39	Mary	166	–	44
40	Grace	165	↑7	53
41	Paige	164	↓4	63
42	Kelsey	161	↓4	56
43	Mackenzie	157	new	64
44	Makayla	157	new	71
45	Destiny	155	↑1	34
46	Nicole	154	↓6	24
47	Gabrielle	153	↑1	47
48	Natalie	149	new	40
49	Cheyenne	147	↓7	72
50	Alexandra	143	↓5	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jacob	1,034	–	2
2	Austin	741	–	10
3	Tyler	654	–	8
4	Michael	633	–	1
5	Nicholas	582	↑1	6
6	Matthew	581	↑1	3
7	Zachary	556	↓2	16
8	Andrew	548	–	9
9	Joshua	520	–	4
10	Joseph	493	↑3	11
11	Christopher	466	↑1	5
12	Brandon	464	↓1	7
13	John	443	↑1	15
14	James	427	↑2	18
15	William	424	–	14
16	Ryan	411	↓6	17
17	Dylan	376	↑3	25
18	Alexander	372	↓1	22
19	Samuel	369	↑2	28
20	Daniel	367	↓1	12
21	Jordan	359	↓3	27
22	Kyle	346	–	24
23	Justin	340	↑1	20
24	David	325	↓1	13
25	Logan	316	↑1	44
26	Caleb	314	↑11	42
27	Nathan	307	–	34
28	Noah	302	↑12	29
29	Ethan	300	↑9	38
30	Robert	300	↓5	23
31	Jonathan	271	–	21
32	Anthony	261	↓2	19
33	Benjamin	260	↓4	30
34	Cameron	258	↑11	35
35	Cody	247	↓7	43
36	Hunter	247	↑7	36
37	Thomas	246	↓4	31
38	Blake	243	↑1	85
39	Dakota	241	↓7	72
40	Dalton	239	↓4	88
41	Christian	237	↓6	26
42	Aaron	233	↓8	37
43	Connor	224	↑1	47
44	Timothy	197	↓2	49
45	Adam	191	↓4	45
46	Charles	189	–	48
47	Trevor	177	–	58
48	Luke	176	new	75
49	Cole	174	new	77
50	Jared	174	new	51

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