Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1998

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1998 were Emily for girls (92 babies) and Jacob for boys (116). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,179 babies born in North Dakota in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1998

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

Girls

Mckenzie: 27 babies, 8× the national rate
Bailey: 35 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Paige: 34 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Mikayla: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mariah: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kaitlin: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Sierra: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kaitlyn: 40 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kaylee: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Katelyn: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Jayden: 20 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Jaden: 18 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Lane: 19 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Brady: 35 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Cole: 59 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Levi: 25 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Skyler: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Wyatt: 28 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Dawson: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Carter: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Emily	92	–	1
2	Madison	76	↑1	9
3	Taylor	72	↑2	7
4	Hannah	69	↓2	2
5	Alexis	59	↑2	6
6	Megan	54	–	13
7	Sarah	53	↑2	4
8	Samantha	49	↓4	3
9	Ashley	46	↓1	5
10	Elizabeth	45	–	10
11	Kaitlyn	40	↑5	35
12	Morgan	38	–	23
13	Abigail	36	↑13	18
14	Bailey	35	↑36	60
15	Paige	34	–	63
16	Kayla	33	↓5	12
17	Alyssa	32	↓3	11
18	Sierra	32	↑18	51
19	Sydney	32	↓1	28
20	Allison	30	↑5	38
21	Brooke	30	↑9	46
22	Jessica	29	↓2	8
23	Mariah	28	↑17	62
24	Anna	27	new	31
25	Mckenzie	27	↓8	>100
26	Katelyn	26	↑13	58
27	Shelby	25	↑5	49
28	Alexandra	24	↓1	27
29	Amanda	24	↓8	19
30	Courtney	24	↓11	39
31	Haley	24	↓7	36
32	Jordan	24	new	42
33	Lauren	24	new	14
34	Brianna	22	↓3	17
35	Brittany	22	↓2	25
36	Mikayla	22	↑5	82
37	Olivia	22	new	21
38	Emma	21	new	22
39	Rachel	21	↓17	15
40	Grace	20	↑3	53
41	Kaylee	19	↑5	86
42	Jenna	18	new	65
43	Amber	17	↓20	37
44	Rebecca	17	↓15	30
45	Victoria	17	new	16
46	Destiny	16	new	34
47	Erin	15	new	57
48	Hailey	15	↓14	70
49	Jasmine	15	↓12	26
50	Julia	15	new	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jacob	116	↑1	2
2	Matthew	89	↑6	3
3	Austin	88	↓2	10
4	Tyler	83	–	8
5	Zachary	71	↓2	16
6	Dylan	70	↑8	25
7	Michael	70	↓2	1
8	Joshua	66	↑4	4
9	Hunter	65	↑7	36
10	Nicholas	60	↓4	6
11	Cole	59	↑17	77
12	Brandon	58	↑1	7
13	Andrew	55	↑2	9
14	Ethan	55	↑4	38
15	Noah	48	↑10	29
16	Alexander	45	↓9	22
17	Benjamin	44	↑6	30
18	Kyle	43	↑1	24
19	Nathan	42	↑5	34
20	Cody	41	↓10	43
21	Jordan	40	↓12	27
22	Christopher	39	↓5	5
23	Joseph	39	↑3	11
24	Mason	38	↑15	83
25	Samuel	37	↓4	28
26	Logan	36	↓15	44
27	Brady	35	↑2	>100
28	Alex	34	↑9	55
29	Isaac	33	new	65
30	Tanner	33	↓8	82
31	John	32	↑4	15
32	Ryan	32	↓12	17
33	Justin	31	↓2	20
34	David	28	new	13
35	Thomas	28	↑8	31
36	Wyatt	28	↓3	>100
37	Adam	27	↓10	45
38	Trevor	27	new	58
39	Aaron	26	↓5	37
40	Eric	26	new	39
41	Jonathan	25	↓11	21
42	Levi	25	↑2	>100
43	Bryce	24	new	94
44	Evan	24	new	63
45	William	24	↓13	14
46	Anthony	23	↓6	19
47	Colton	23	new	>100
48	Connor	23	↓1	47
49	Daniel	23	↓11	12
50	Riley	23	↓5	>100

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