Popular baby names in Vermont, 1998

The most popular baby names in Vermont in 1998 were Emily for girls (71 babies) and Jacob for boys (88). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 4,285 babies born in Vermont in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Vermont in 1998

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

Girls

Kelsey: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Chloe: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Mikayla: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Sophia: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Olivia: 37 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Emma: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sierra: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Abigail: 37 babies, 3× the national rate
Erin: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Grace: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Colby: 16 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Ian: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cole: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Caleb: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cody: 36 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Evan: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ethan: 36 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Logan: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Seth: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Benjamin: 44 babies, 2.7× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Emily	71	–	1
2	Hannah	57	↑2	2
3	Taylor	44	–	7
4	Sarah	43	↑1	4
5	Madison	40	↑31	9
6	Abigail	37	–	18
7	Megan	37	↑3	13
8	Olivia	37	–	21
9	Emma	36	↑10	22
10	Samantha	33	↓8	3
11	Alexis	32	↑9	6
12	Ashley	31	↓3	5
13	Alyssa	30	↑10	11
14	Morgan	26	↑3	23
15	Brianna	25	↑14	17
16	Jessica	25	↓5	8
17	Anna	24	↑1	31
18	Kelsey	24	new	56
19	Brittany	23	↑6	25
20	Elizabeth	22	↓13	10
21	Lauren	22	↑21	14
22	Kayla	21	↓6	12
23	Danielle	20	↑3	41
24	Julia	20	↑11	32
25	Kaitlyn	20	↑8	35
26	Nicole	20	↓13	24
27	Sierra	20	↓6	51
28	Katherine	19	↓6	33
29	Rebecca	19	↓2	30
30	Amber	18	↓6	37
31	Erin	18	↓1	57
32	Grace	18	↑17	53
33	Brooke	17	↓21	46
34	Katelyn	17	↓2	58
35	Amanda	16	↑5	19
36	Courtney	16	↓21	39
37	Mariah	16	–	62
38	Sophia	16	new	73
39	Victoria	16	–	16
40	Allison	15	↑8	38
41	Chloe	15	new	87
42	Jordan	15	↑8	42
43	Mikayla	15	↑1	82
44	Paige	15	↑1	63
45	Haley	14	↓14	36
46	Meghan	14	new	>100
47	Gabrielle	13	new	47
48	Lydia	13	new	>100
49	Molly	13	↓15	>100
50	Natalie	13	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jacob	88	–	2
2	Tyler	66	↑2	8
3	Matthew	54	↑2	3
4	Zachary	50	↑8	16
5	Nicholas	48	↓3	6
6	Joshua	47	–	4
7	Benjamin	44	↑9	30
8	Alexander	43	↑7	22
9	Ryan	43	↓6	17
10	Austin	42	↑7	10
11	Dylan	42	↓1	25
12	Brandon	40	↓3	7
13	Michael	40	↓5	1
14	Caleb	38	↑17	42
15	Cody	36	↓1	43
16	Ethan	36	↑11	38
17	Kyle	36	↓10	24
18	Nathan	35	↑15	34
19	Andrew	34	↓8	9
20	James	33	↑3	18
21	Joseph	33	↓2	11
22	William	33	↓1	14
23	Christopher	32	↓10	5
24	John	31	↓6	15
25	Jonathan	31	↑7	21
26	Logan	30	↑16	44
27	Samuel	29	↓7	28
28	Noah	28	–	29
29	Cameron	27	↑8	35
30	Hunter	26	↓8	36
31	Thomas	26	↑13	31
32	Justin	25	↓6	20
33	Ian	24	↑7	73
34	Connor	23	–	47
35	Cole	22	↑14	77
36	Daniel	22	↓11	12
37	Evan	22	↓13	63
38	Aaron	21	new	37
39	Eric	21	–	39
40	David	20	↓11	13
41	Robert	20	↓5	23
42	Jordan	19	↓12	27
43	Trevor	19	new	58
44	Dakota	18	↓9	72
45	Jack	18	new	61
46	Jared	17	new	51
47	Alex	16	new	55
48	Colby	16	new	>100
49	Seth	16	new	86
50	Steven	16	new	46

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