Popular baby names in Virginia, 1998

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1998 were Emily for girls (659 babies) and Jacob for boys (914). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 73,589 babies born in Virginia in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1998

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

Girls

Baby: 27 babies, 6× the national rate
Tasia: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shakira: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Virginia: 52 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Chyna: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ayanna: 33 babies, 3× the national rate
Tiara: 48 babies, 2.8× the national rate
India: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Zaria: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Caroline: 218 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Savion: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Baby: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Raekwon: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Daquan: 31 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jaquan: 39 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tariq: 34 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nigel: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ahmed: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Coleman: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Marquis: 44 babies, 2.9× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Emily	659	–	1
2	Hannah	612	↑1	2
3	Sarah	587	↓1	4
4	Taylor	527	–	7
5	Alexis	498	↑1	6
6	Madison	445	↑5	9
7	Kayla	415	↑1	12
8	Jessica	407	↓1	8
9	Ashley	405	↓4	5
10	Elizabeth	393	↑2	10
11	Samantha	385	↓1	3
12	Rachel	375	↓3	15
13	Lauren	347	–	14
14	Megan	341	–	13
15	Victoria	328	↑1	16
16	Brittany	310	↓1	25
17	Abigail	301	↑7	18
18	Katherine	288	–	33
19	Olivia	286	↑10	21
20	Brianna	279	↑6	17
21	Morgan	271	↓4	23
22	Emma	251	↑17	22
23	Jasmine	248	↓3	26
24	Amanda	245	↓5	19
25	Jordan	243	–	42
26	Alyssa	235	↑5	11
27	Rebecca	234	↓6	30
28	Sydney	230	↑8	28
29	Alexandra	229	↑5	27
30	Anna	228	↑11	31
31	Mary	228	↓4	44
32	Allison	227	↑1	38
33	Courtney	226	↓10	39
34	Destiny	221	new	34
35	Amber	219	↓13	37
36	Caroline	218	↓6	75
37	Haley	215	↓9	36
38	Danielle	213	↓3	41
39	Kaitlyn	197	↓7	35
40	Savannah	191	–	45
41	Erin	187	↑6	57
42	Nicole	182	↑1	24
43	Jennifer	172	↓5	20
44	Julia	172	↑1	32
45	Grace	169	new	53
46	Natalie	166	new	40
47	Gabrielle	154	new	47
48	Brooke	152	↓11	46
49	Sara	148	↑1	48
50	Kelsey	147	↓6	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jacob	914	↑2	2
2	Matthew	815	–	3
3	Michael	806	↓2	1
4	Joshua	783	↑2	4
5	William	772	–	14
6	Christopher	767	↓2	5
7	Nicholas	657	↑2	6
8	James	643	↓1	18
9	John	617	↓1	15
10	Austin	613	↑4	10
11	Tyler	604	↓1	8
12	Brandon	583	↑1	7
13	Andrew	564	↓1	9
14	Zachary	564	↓3	16
15	Joseph	524	–	11
16	David	504	↑1	13
17	Ryan	503	↓1	17
18	Justin	497	↑1	20
19	Daniel	483	↓1	12
20	Robert	455	–	23
21	Alexander	425	↑1	22
22	Jonathan	398	↓1	21
23	Thomas	387	–	31
24	Benjamin	378	↑1	30
25	Noah	378	↑12	29
26	Anthony	364	↑2	19
27	Jordan	355	–	27
28	Hunter	352	↑3	36
29	Cameron	351	↑13	35
30	Samuel	344	↓6	28
31	Kyle	339	↓5	24
32	Christian	318	↓2	26
33	Dylan	310	↓4	25
34	Kevin	310	↓2	32
35	Charles	279	↓1	48
36	Ethan	262	↑11	38
37	Aaron	256	↓4	37
38	Nathan	251	–	34
39	Caleb	245	↑2	42
40	Brian	235	–	41
41	Jason	229	↑5	40
42	Logan	226	↑1	44
43	Timothy	225	↓4	49
44	Eric	214	↑1	39
45	Sean	209	↑4	50
46	Connor	204	new	47
47	Cody	199	↓12	43
48	Adam	191	↓4	45
49	Trevor	189	new	58
50	Richard	183	–	56

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