Popular baby names in Nevada, 1998

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1998 were Jessica for girls (163 babies) and Michael for boys (251). Jessica ranked #8 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 20,433 babies born in Nevada in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1998

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

Girls

Alejandra: 43 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Alondra: 32 babies, 4× the national rate
Angelina: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Liliana: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Yesenia: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ashlee: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Daniela: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Mckenna: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Esmeralda: 40 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sandra: 21 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Moises: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Fabian: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Oscar: 57 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Cesar: 37 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Chance: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Omar: 43 babies, 3× the national rate
Fernando: 37 babies, 3× the national rate
Gerardo: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Leonardo: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sergio: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jessica	163	↑1	8
2	Samantha	150	↑2	3
3	Emily	143	↑3	1
4	Alexis	140	↑1	6
5	Ashley	140	↓2	5
6	Taylor	130	↓5	7
7	Madison	119	↑7	9
8	Sarah	118	↑3	4
9	Hannah	117	↓2	2
10	Kayla	99	↑3	12
11	Alyssa	98	↓3	11
12	Elizabeth	88	↓3	10
13	Amanda	85	↑2	19
14	Megan	84	↑3	13
15	Stephanie	84	↓3	29
16	Jennifer	83	↓6	20
17	Jasmine	81	↑7	26
18	Lauren	80	↑23	14
19	Brianna	73	↓3	17
20	Sydney	71	↑6	28
21	Alexandra	66	↑13	27
22	Rachel	66	↓4	15
23	Brittany	65	↓2	25
24	Sierra	65	↑4	51
25	Andrea	64	↑7	61
26	Kimberly	63	↓7	54
27	Vanessa	62	–	52
28	Nicole	61	↓8	24
29	Victoria	61	↑8	16
30	Savannah	58	↓1	45
31	Haley	57	↑2	36
32	Maria	56	↓7	43
33	Danielle	54	↓3	41
34	Michelle	53	new	55
35	Morgan	53	↓12	23
36	Diana	51	↑10	83
37	Hailey	51	new	70
38	Melissa	51	↓16	59
39	Jordan	50	↓3	42
40	Mariah	50	↑7	62
41	Abigail	49	↑2	18
42	Brooke	48	↓3	46
43	Julia	47	new	32
44	Natalie	47	new	40
45	Rebecca	47	new	30
46	Courtney	45	↓11	39
47	Sabrina	45	↓3	68
48	Shelby	44	↓3	49
49	Alejandra	43	new	>100
50	Leslie	42	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Michael	251	–	1
2	Jacob	224	–	2
3	Anthony	211	↑1	19
4	Brandon	189	↑2	7
5	Matthew	178	↑4	3
6	Christopher	176	↓3	5
7	Tyler	173	↑1	8
8	Daniel	164	↓3	12
9	Joshua	164	↑1	4
10	Jonathan	158	↑7	21
11	Joseph	151	↑8	11
12	Austin	150	↓5	10
13	Jose	141	↑5	33
14	Andrew	140	↓3	9
15	Christian	140	–	26
16	Nicholas	139	↓3	6
17	David	128	↓5	13
18	Ryan	124	↓4	17
19	Alexander	120	↑1	22
20	Kyle	120	↑2	24
21	Dylan	118	↑3	25
22	Zachary	110	↓6	16
23	Jordan	107	–	27
24	Justin	100	↑2	20
25	John	99	↑6	15
26	Kevin	99	↑9	32
27	Luis	97	↑6	53
28	James	95	↓3	18
29	William	93	↓2	14
30	Cameron	84	↑9	35
31	Robert	80	↓10	23
32	Juan	79	↓3	52
33	Noah	79	↑12	29
34	Jason	78	–	40
35	Cody	76	↓5	43
36	Adam	70	new	45
37	Samuel	70	↑9	28
38	Eric	68	↓6	39
39	Jesse	67	new	70
40	Jesus	67	new	76
41	Nathan	67	↓13	34
42	Brian	63	↓6	41
43	Aaron	62	↓2	37
44	Alex	61	new	55
45	Jared	61	new	51
46	Adrian	59	↑4	71
47	Thomas	59	↓7	31
48	Connor	58	↓4	47
49	Logan	57	↓11	44
50	Oscar	57	new	>100

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