Popular baby names in Oregon, 1998

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1998 were Emily for girls (349 babies) and Jacob for boys (495). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,423 babies born in Oregon in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1998

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

Girls

Madelynn: 19 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Madisen: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Rylee: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Araceli: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Makenna: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ellie: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kylee: 42 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Mckenzie: 70 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tianna: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tayler: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Orion: 21 babies, 5.4× the national rate
River: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kai: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Morgan: 38 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cade: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ezra: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Garret: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Skyler: 50 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tristin: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Reed: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Emily	349	–	1
2	Hannah	329	–	2
3	Madison	231	↑2	9
4	Emma	224	↑14	22
5	Jessica	223	↓2	8
6	Samantha	218	↑3	3
7	Ashley	210	–	5
8	Sarah	210	↓4	4
9	Alexis	195	↑6	6
10	Megan	189	–	13
11	Taylor	186	↓5	7
12	Elizabeth	184	↓4	10
13	Alyssa	162	–	11
14	Olivia	137	↓2	21
15	Kayla	135	↑6	12
16	Rachel	131	↓5	15
17	Abigail	130	↓1	18
18	Sierra	122	↓4	51
19	Amanda	120	↓2	19
20	Nicole	117	–	24
21	Sydney	113	↑6	28
22	Victoria	112	↑7	16
23	Jasmine	111	↑10	26
24	Grace	108	new	53
25	Maria	105	↓2	43
26	Morgan	105	↑11	23
27	Jennifer	104	↓8	20
28	Madeline	103	↑6	50
29	Mackenzie	102	↑19	64
30	Anna	98	↓6	31
31	Brianna	95	↑4	17
32	Brittany	94	↓10	25
33	Alexandra	92	↑5	27
34	Haley	92	↓3	36
35	Katherine	91	↑1	33
36	Courtney	86	↓11	39
37	Natalie	86	↑2	40
38	Bailey	85	↓8	60
39	Allison	84	new	38
40	Amber	84	↑5	37
41	Lauren	84	↓15	14
42	Hailey	80	↓10	70
43	Kaitlyn	78	↑7	35
44	Julia	75	↓1	32
45	Rebecca	74	↓17	30
46	Shelby	74	↑3	49
47	Claire	72	new	91
48	Cheyenne	71	new	72
49	Sara	71	new	48
50	Stephanie	71	↓9	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jacob	495	–	2
2	Austin	335	–	10
3	Joshua	296	↑3	4
4	Tyler	295	↑1	8
5	Michael	294	↓2	1
6	Andrew	287	↓2	9
7	Ryan	267	↑7	17
8	Daniel	255	↑3	12
9	David	247	↑4	13
10	Nicholas	245	↓1	6
11	Zachary	245	↓4	16
12	Joseph	242	↑3	11
13	Alexander	237	↑3	22
14	Matthew	237	↓6	3
15	Brandon	229	↓5	7
16	Christopher	228	↓4	5
17	Kyle	224	–	24
18	Samuel	200	↑1	28
19	Benjamin	192	↑3	30
20	Dylan	185	↑8	25
21	Noah	185	↑15	29
22	Jonathan	184	↑1	21
23	Anthony	179	↓2	19
24	William	178	–	14
25	Jordan	177	↓7	27
26	Nathan	168	↑1	34
27	Jose	165	↑6	33
28	Ethan	164	↑19	38
29	James	163	↓4	18
30	Christian	161	↓1	26
31	John	160	↓1	15
32	Hunter	159	↑12	36
33	Justin	159	↓13	20
34	Cody	155	↓8	43
35	Cameron	153	↑3	35
36	Robert	152	↓4	23
37	Logan	140	↑6	44
38	Tanner	137	↓3	82
39	Caleb	135	↓5	42
40	Trevor	125	new	58
41	Aaron	122	↓1	37
42	Gabriel	119	↓1	54
43	Connor	118	new	47
44	Dakota	114	↓2	72
45	Isaac	113	↑4	65
46	Kevin	108	↓1	32
47	Alex	106	new	55
48	Eric	103	new	39
49	Thomas	101	↓18	31
50	Garrett	100	new	80

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