Top 1000 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1998

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1998 Popular Names U.S. - Top 1000 Baby Names
				Change from 1997						Change from 1997
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Emily	26,182	1.351	0	450	1	Michael	36,615	1.806	0	-934
2	Hannah	21,373	1.103	3	780	2	Jacob	36,016	1.777	0	1,863
3	Samantha	20,192	1.042	3	23	3	Matthew	31,142	1.536	0	-372
4	Sarah	19,884	1.026	0	-823	4	Joshua	28,089	1.386	1	-195
5	Ashley	19,873	1.025	-2	-1,023	5	Christopher	27,002	1.332	-1	-2,103
6	Alexis	19,778	1.020	2	2,608	6	Nicholas	26,634	1.314	0	-623
7	Taylor	18,572	0.958	0	-930	7	Brandon	23,829	1.175	1	-1,364
8	Jessica	18,235	0.941	-6	-2,807	8	Tyler	23,711	1.170	2	-1,165
9	Madison	17,787	0.918	1	2,599	9	Andrew	23,658	1.167	-2	-1,541
10	Elizabeth	15,187	0.784	-1	-236	10	Austin	23,477	1.158	-1	-1,640
11	Alyssa	13,710	0.707	4	1,063	11	Joseph	23,181	1.143	1	-414
12	Kayla	13,422	0.693	0	-462	12	Daniel	23,155	1.142	-1	-789
13	Megan	13,253	0.684	-2	-989	13	David	20,885	1.030	1	-1,002
14	Lauren	12,907	0.666	0	-338	14	William	20,833	1.028	5	814
15	Rachel	12,204	0.630	-2	-1,587	15	John	20,627	1.017	0	-758
16	Victoria	12,147	0.627	3	356	16	Zachary	20,579	1.015	-3	-1,349
17	Brianna	12,047	0.622	0	40	17	Ryan	20,195	0.996	-1	-331
18	Abigail	11,098	0.573	8	1,470	18	James	19,687	0.971	-1	-717
19	Amanda	10,915	0.563	-3	-1,326	19	Anthony	19,631	0.968	-1	-398
20	Jennifer	10,691	0.552	-2	-1,148	20	Justin	17,971	0.886	0	-773
21	Olivia	10,610	0.547	6	1,133	21	Jonathan	17,647	0.870	0	-892
22	Emma	10,442	0.539	14	2,700	22	Alexander	17,464	0.861	0	354
23	Morgan	10,217	0.527	-1	-124	23	Robert	15,524	0.766	0	-780
24	Nicole	9,911	0.511	-3	-833	24	Kyle	15,274	0.753	0	-642
25	Brittany	9,843	0.508	-5	-1,684	25	Dylan	14,539	0.717	5	1,571
26	Jasmine	9,484	0.489	-2	-195	26	Christian	14,516	0.716	-1	-542
27	Alexandra	8,605	0.444	3	-145	27	Jordan	14,408	0.711	-1	-352
28	Sydney	8,551	0.441	7	519	28	Samuel	13,909	0.686	-1	-325
29	Stephanie	8,491	0.438	-6	-1,287	29	Noah	13,409	0.661	9	4,132
30	Rebecca	8,420	0.434	-5	-1,210	30	Benjamin	13,059	0.644	-1	-208
31	Anna	8,380	0.432	2	40	31	Thomas	12,885	0.636	0	-11
32	Julia	8,328	0.430	5	988	32	Kevin	12,507	0.617	-4	-785
33	Katherine	8,204	0.423	-1	-312	33	Jose	12,372	0.610	-1	448
34	Destiny	8,153	0.421	8	1,426	34	Nathan	11,584	0.571	0	1,142
35	Kaitlyn	7,936	0.409	6	931	35	Cameron	11,417	0.563	10	3,200
36	Haley	7,935	0.409	-5	-749	36	Hunter	11,078	0.546	8	2,673
37	Amber	7,929	0.409	-8	-984	37	Aaron	10,548	0.520	-4	-621
38	Allison	7,861	0.406	1	587	38	Ethan	10,533	0.520	8	2,727
39	Courtney	7,554	0.390	-11	-1,482	39	Eric	9,963	0.491	-4	-354
40	Natalie	7,546	0.389	8	1,007	40	Jason	9,395	0.463	1	650
41	Danielle	7,368	0.380	-7	-666	41	Brian	9,143	0.451	-4	-589
42	Jordan	7,112	0.367	-2	-54	42	Caleb	9,028	0.445	5	1,254
43	Maria	6,817	0.352	-5	-494	43	Cody	8,811	0.435	-7	-1,483
44	Savannah	6,463	0.333	3	-115	44	Logan	8,638	0.426	-2	19
45	Mary	6,458	0.333	1	-186	45	Adam	8,357	0.412	-6	-447
46	Brooke	6,344	0.327	-1	-326	46	Steven	8,114	0.400	-6	-652
47	Gabrielle	6,201	0.320	4	258	47	Connor	7,905	0.390	5	764
48	Sara	6,007	0.310	2	-151	48	Charles	7,847	0.387	1	192
49	Shelby	5,893	0.304	-6	-807	49	Timothy	7,845	0.387	-6	-658
50	Madeline	5,869	0.303	9	556	50	Sean	7,713	0.380	-2	-30

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.