Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1998

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1998 were Hannah for girls (689 babies) and Jacob for boys (965). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 66,564 babies born in Tennessee in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1998

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

Girls

Haven: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Chasity: 42 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dallas: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Lacy: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Loren: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Chelsey: 53 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ashton: 56 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Candice: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Katlyn: 67 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Miracle: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Cordarius: 19 babies, 21× the national rate
Kylan: 31 babies, 12× the national rate
Houston: 32 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Ladarius: 26 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Demarcus: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Peyton: 107 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jaylon: 33 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Marquez: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tevin: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bryson: 52 babies, 3.2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Hannah	689	–	2
2	Emily	609	–	1
3	Madison	530	↑5	9
4	Alexis	504	↑5	6
5	Sarah	494	↓2	4
6	Taylor	461	↓2	7
7	Kayla	417	↓1	12
8	Ashley	414	↓3	5
9	Jessica	364	↓2	8
10	Brittany	324	↑1	25
11	Elizabeth	313	↓1	10
12	Lauren	307	↑2	14
13	Megan	301	↑2	13
14	Anna	296	↑9	31
15	Samantha	296	↑1	3
16	Haley	295	↓3	36
17	Morgan	287	–	23
18	Rachel	285	↓6	15
19	Brianna	273	↑8	17
20	Savannah	268	↑1	45
21	Olivia	263	↑12	21
22	Mary	257	↓2	44
23	Destiny	256	↑5	34
24	Abigail	254	↑1	18
25	Victoria	254	↓6	16
26	Courtney	251	↓8	39
27	Shelby	251	↓5	49
28	Emma	235	↑18	22
29	Kaitlyn	233	↑5	35
30	Sydney	233	↑5	28
31	Amber	228	↓5	37
32	Kelsey	218	↓1	56
33	Alyssa	205	↑5	11
34	Allison	203	↓4	38
35	Jasmine	190	↓11	26
36	Katherine	178	↑1	33
37	Rebecca	175	↓8	30
38	Amanda	169	↓2	19
39	Bailey	167	↑1	60
40	Jordan	167	↓8	42
41	Makayla	165	↑1	71
42	Katelyn	160	↓1	58
43	Autumn	155	–	77
44	Alexandria	145	–	81
45	Hailey	139	new	70
46	Sierra	137	new	51
47	Katie	127	new	88
48	Caroline	122	new	75
49	Sara	121	–	48
50	Breanna	120	new	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jacob	965	–	2
2	William	848	↑1	14
3	Austin	814	↓1	10
4	Joshua	743	–	4
5	Michael	725	–	1
6	Christopher	686	↑1	5
7	Matthew	679	↑1	3
8	James	659	↓2	18
9	John	560	↑1	15
10	Tyler	559	↑1	8
11	Brandon	556	↓2	7
12	Andrew	519	↑1	9
13	Nicholas	478	↑1	6
14	Joseph	461	↑3	11
15	Zachary	455	↓3	16
16	David	436	↓1	13
17	Hunter	426	↑5	36
18	Robert	411	↓2	23
19	Dylan	391	↑4	25
20	Justin	379	↓2	20
21	Jordan	375	↓1	27
22	Jonathan	370	↓1	21
23	Noah	362	↑17	29
24	Daniel	353	↓5	12
25	Samuel	350	↓1	28
26	Caleb	342	↑3	42
27	Cameron	324	↑11	35
28	Thomas	305	↓1	31
29	Ryan	303	↓3	17
30	Christian	301	–	26
31	Ethan	299	↑5	38
32	Charles	278	–	48
33	Logan	269	↓5	44
34	Benjamin	264	↓3	30
35	Cody	251	↓10	43
36	Anthony	238	↓1	19
37	Dakota	236	↑2	72
38	Timothy	231	↓5	49
39	Nathan	230	↑2	34
40	Alexander	226	↓6	22
41	Aaron	224	↓4	37
42	Dalton	211	↑1	88
43	Jared	177	↑5	51
44	Kevin	171	new	32
45	Tanner	164	new	82
46	Elijah	162	↑1	66
47	Adam	160	↓5	45
48	Steven	160	↓3	46
49	Dustin	152	↓3	>100
50	Stephen	151	new	78

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