Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1998

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1998 were Hannah for girls (337 babies) and Jacob for boys (486). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,565 babies born in Oklahoma in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1998

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

Girls

Cherokee: 16 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Maci: 17 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Brooklynn: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Baylee: 45 babies, 5× the national rate
Ashton: 44 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Micah: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Montana: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Addison: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Brooklyn: 62 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ashlynn: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Rowdy: 16 babies, 21.1× the national rate
Cale: 19 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Gunner: 19 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Kolton: 22 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Braden: 83 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Brayden: 62 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Billy: 42 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Colten: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Dayton: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Chance: 70 babies, 4.2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Hannah	337	↑3	2
2	Emily	332	↑1	1
3	Madison	327	↓1	9
4	Taylor	266	↓3	7
5	Jessica	239	–	8
6	Alexis	235	↑9	6
7	Ashley	235	–	5
8	Sarah	219	↓2	4
9	Lauren	190	↑1	14
10	Morgan	185	↑1	23
11	Elizabeth	183	↑3	10
12	Samantha	176	↓3	3
13	Megan	158	↓1	13
14	Brittany	154	↓1	25
15	Alyssa	151	↑5	11
16	Rachel	141	↓8	15
17	Shelby	139	↓1	49
18	Victoria	131	↑6	16
19	Jordan	127	↓2	42
20	Sydney	126	↑9	28
21	Brianna	124	↓3	17
22	Haley	123	↑3	36
23	Bailey	121	↓4	60
24	Abigail	120	↑12	18
25	Destiny	120	↓2	34
26	Kaitlyn	115	↑1	35
27	Sierra	114	↑4	51
28	Cheyenne	109	–	72
29	Courtney	108	↓7	39
30	Kayla	108	↓9	12
31	Allison	107	↑7	38
32	Amanda	102	↓6	19
33	Kelsey	96	↑4	56
34	Hailey	91	↑15	70
35	Kaylee	90	↓1	86
36	Emma	88	new	22
37	Rebecca	88	↓4	30
38	Anna	85	↓6	31
39	Makayla	85	↑9	71
40	Amber	84	↓10	37
41	Brooke	82	–	46
42	Mariah	82	↓2	62
43	Katelyn	81	↑1	58
44	Nicole	80	↑2	24
45	Savannah	80	↓6	45
46	Alexandra	79	new	27
47	Mackenzie	79	new	64
48	Jasmine	76	new	26
49	Jennifer	75	↓6	20
50	Paige	75	↓15	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jacob	486	–	2
2	Austin	406	↑1	10
3	Joshua	373	↑1	4
4	Tyler	369	↓2	8
5	Michael	368	–	1
6	Matthew	322	↑1	3
7	Zachary	300	↑1	16
8	Christopher	295	↓2	5
9	William	278	↑2	14
10	James	267	↑3	18
11	Brandon	257	↓2	7
12	Caleb	243	↑4	42
13	Ryan	237	↑1	17
14	Dylan	235	↑8	25
15	Hunter	227	↑14	36
16	Joseph	224	↑12	11
17	David	220	↓5	13
18	Andrew	212	↓8	9
19	Ethan	202	↑18	38
20	Nicholas	201	↑1	6
21	John	199	↓3	15
22	Christian	198	↑3	26
23	Cody	197	↑3	43
24	Jordan	195	↓7	27
25	Daniel	187	↓6	12
26	Kyle	187	↑4	24
27	Justin	175	↓4	20
28	Dakota	174	↓13	72
29	Noah	174	↑16	29
30	Jonathan	172	↓3	21
31	Robert	171	–	23
32	Logan	170	↓12	44
33	Dalton	168	↓9	88
34	Cameron	153	new	35
35	Nathan	146	–	34
36	Alexander	145	↓3	22
37	Samuel	144	↓5	28
38	Tanner	140	↑2	82
39	Aaron	135	↑3	37
40	Colton	132	↓6	>100
41	Thomas	122	–	31
42	Anthony	121	↓4	19
43	Blake	121	↓7	85
44	Benjamin	118	↓1	30
45	Garrett	109	↓1	80
46	Trevor	104	new	58
47	Charles	103	new	48
48	Chase	102	↓9	67
49	Connor	100	new	47
50	Seth	97	↓2	86

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