Popular baby names in Utah, 1998

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1998 were Madison for girls (306 babies) and Jacob for boys (461). Madison ranked #9 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,210 babies born in Utah in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1998

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

Girls

Mckell: 18 babies, 68.8× the national rate
Shaylee: 54 babies, 22× the national rate
Sariah: 27 babies, 19.3× the national rate
Mckinley: 17 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Aspen: 54 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Jaycee: 19 babies, 10× the national rate
Jayden: 19 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Mckayla: 60 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Rylee: 56 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Mckenna: 110 babies, 8.2× the national rate

Boys

Bracken: 21 babies, 65.7× the national rate
Stockton: 25 babies, 60.7× the national rate
Mckay: 34 babies, 50.8× the national rate
Dallin: 94 babies, 42.2× the national rate
Bridger: 45 babies, 40.4× the national rate
Jarom: 15 babies, 38.3× the national rate
Daxton: 16 babies, 31.7× the national rate
Kayden: 33 babies, 31.4× the national rate
Ammon: 29 babies, 29.6× the national rate
Porter: 27 babies, 25.4× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Madison	306	–	9
2	Emily	290	↑1	1
3	Hannah	279	↑1	2
4	Sarah	264	↑1	4
5	Samantha	250	↑1	3
6	Megan	239	↑1	13
7	Jessica	223	↓5	8
8	Alexis	218	↑1	6
9	Ashley	208	↓1	5
10	Abigail	177	↑11	18
11	Alyssa	176	↑2	11
12	Taylor	168	↓1	7
13	Elizabeth	164	↓1	10
14	Rachel	164	↓4	15
15	Emma	156	–	22
16	Morgan	140	↓2	23
17	Lauren	139	↑3	14
18	Sierra	131	↑8	51
19	Sydney	128	↓3	28
20	Bailey	125	↓1	60
21	Amanda	117	↓3	19
22	Olivia	113	–	21
23	Savannah	113	↓6	45
24	Mckenna	110	↑11	>100
25	Hailey	109	↑5	70
26	Rebecca	108	↑2	30
27	Courtney	107	↓3	39
28	Nicole	107	↓3	24
29	Brooke	101	↑15	46
30	Kayla	101	↓3	12
31	Makayla	100	↑14	71
32	Mckenzie	100	↓9	>100
33	Kylee	98	↓2	>100
34	Shelby	98	↑5	49
35	Kaitlyn	96	↑7	35
36	Anna	91	↓3	31
37	Natalie	91	↑10	40
38	Katelyn	90	new	58
39	Kaylee	90	↓1	86
40	Mary	86	new	44
41	Kylie	84	↓9	>100
42	Allison	83	↑8	38
43	Brooklyn	81	new	>100
44	Jennifer	81	↓7	20
45	Aubrey	79	new	>100
46	Danielle	77	new	41
47	Brittany	75	↓11	25
48	Madeline	75	↓14	50
49	Maria	73	new	43
50	Brianna	72	new	17

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jacob	461	–	2
2	Joshua	417	–	4
3	Tyler	350	–	8
4	Austin	333	–	10
5	Michael	286	–	1
6	Matthew	281	↑1	3
7	Nathan	278	↑2	34
8	Andrew	274	–	9
9	Zachary	258	↓3	16
10	Jordan	226	–	27
11	Benjamin	219	–	30
12	Hunter	212	↑28	36
13	Samuel	209	↑2	28
14	Ethan	203	↑4	38
15	Daniel	198	↑5	12
16	Brandon	196	↓2	7
17	Joseph	196	↑4	11
18	Nicholas	188	↓5	6
19	Ryan	186	↑9	17
20	Tanner	183	↓3	82
21	Spencer	182	↑5	84
22	Alexander	172	↑2	22
23	Dylan	166	↑19	25
24	Christian	164	↓5	26
25	Cameron	162	↑10	35
26	Christopher	162	↓14	5
27	William	154	↑2	14
28	Connor	149	↑9	47
29	David	148	↓13	13
30	James	148	↓8	18
31	Justin	144	↓8	20
32	Kyle	143	↓5	24
33	Anthony	142	↓1	19
34	Taylor	133	↓9	>100
35	Colton	131	↓2	>100
36	Kaden	131	new	>100
37	Jared	130	↓3	51
38	Noah	129	new	29
39	Cody	128	–	43
40	Isaac	128	↑8	65
41	Thomas	128	↑2	31
42	Logan	124	↓4	44
43	Caleb	122	new	42
44	John	122	↓8	15
45	Parker	118	↓14	>100
46	Trevor	118	–	58
47	Jonathan	117	↓6	21
48	Mason	116	new	83
49	Robert	111	↓19	23
50	Aaron	110	new	37

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