Popular baby names in Washington, 1998

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1998 were Emily for girls (566 babies) and Jacob for boys (761). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 63,677 babies born in Washington in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1998

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

Girls

Willow: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Shaylee: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Makenna: 38 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Annika: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rylie: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Alina: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rylee: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Madisen: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alex: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Taryn: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Kai: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Gunnar: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Dane: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cyrus: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Levi: 112 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Payton: 48 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Riley: 152 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ezra: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Orion: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Caden: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Emily	566	–	1
2	Hannah	491	–	2
3	Madison	446	↑3	9
4	Samantha	409	↑1	3
5	Taylor	367	↑4	7
6	Sarah	366	↓3	4
7	Emma	360	↑5	22
8	Jessica	354	↓4	8
9	Alexis	339	↑4	6
10	Ashley	310	↓2	5
11	Elizabeth	301	↓1	10
12	Megan	291	↓5	13
13	Olivia	267	↑4	21
14	Rachel	255	↓3	15
15	Alyssa	234	↑3	11
16	Abigail	229	↑13	18
17	Lauren	207	↓2	14
18	Rebecca	197	↑4	30
19	Amanda	196	↓5	19
20	Anna	196	↑1	31
21	Sydney	196	↑3	28
22	Nicole	192	↓6	24
23	Natalie	190	↑13	40
24	Kayla	185	↓5	12
25	Sierra	182	↑10	51
26	Jennifer	176	↓3	20
27	Madeline	174	↑13	50
28	Morgan	169	↓3	23
29	Victoria	168	↓1	16
30	Alexandra	165	–	27
31	Haley	165	↓11	36
32	Julia	165	↓1	32
33	Hailey	159	↓7	70
34	Katherine	157	↓7	33
35	Bailey	155	↑8	60
36	Brianna	151	↓4	17
37	Jasmine	148	↑4	26
38	Sophia	148	new	73
39	Kaitlyn	146	new	35
40	Courtney	145	↓7	39
41	Mariah	144	↑4	62
42	Maria	143	↓4	43
43	Grace	142	new	53
44	Jordan	139	↓10	42
45	Mackenzie	137	↓3	64
46	Stephanie	136	↓7	29
47	Savannah	133	↓1	45
48	Chloe	127	new	87
49	Shelby	126	↓1	49
50	Brooke	125	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jacob	761	–	2
2	Michael	598	–	1
3	Austin	574	–	10
4	Joshua	516	↑1	4
5	Andrew	511	↓1	9
6	Alexander	504	↑1	22
7	Tyler	466	↓1	8
8	Ryan	460	↑5	17
9	Daniel	450	–	12
10	Matthew	422	↓2	3
11	Nicholas	418	↓1	6
12	Brandon	398	↓1	7
13	Zachary	391	↑4	16
14	Kyle	384	↓2	24
15	David	375	↑1	13
16	Joseph	373	↓1	11
17	Christopher	339	↓3	5
18	William	334	↑1	14
19	Samuel	329	↑2	28
20	Nathan	327	↑5	34
21	Jordan	319	↓3	27
22	Anthony	315	–	19
23	James	303	↑1	18
24	Dylan	295	↑4	25
25	Benjamin	293	↓2	30
26	John	277	↑1	15
27	Cameron	272	↑8	35
28	Ethan	271	↑13	38
29	Justin	269	↓9	20
30	Noah	269	↑6	29
31	Jonathan	268	↓5	21
32	Christian	263	↓3	26
33	Connor	254	↓2	47
34	Robert	249	↓1	23
35	Hunter	239	↑7	36
36	Caleb	208	new	42
37	Thomas	208	↓3	31
38	Logan	203	–	44
39	Cody	200	↓7	43
40	Isaac	198	↑8	65
41	Jose	198	↓2	33
42	Alex	195	↑1	55
43	Aaron	190	↓13	37
44	Jared	190	new	51
45	Cole	182	↑4	77
46	Isaiah	177	new	59
47	Tanner	177	↓7	82
48	Kevin	176	↓11	32
49	Chase	174	↓5	67
50	Gabriel	173	new	54

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