Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1998

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1998 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Emily	26,182	1.351	-11	-17,526	1	Michael	36,615	1.806	-13	-24,995
2	Hannah	21,373	1.103	-31	-15,744	2	Jacob	36,016	1.777	-11	-24,246
3	Samantha	20,192	1.042	-57	-16,295	3	Matthew	31,142	1.536	-17	-21,218
4	Sarah	19,884	1.026	-63	-16,150	4	Joshua	28,089	1.386	-37	-20,725
5	Ashley	19,873	1.025	-124	-17,606	5	Christopher	27,002	1.332	-37	-19,741
6	Alexis	19,778	1.020	-173	-18,138	6	Nicholas	26,634	1.314	-68	-21,833
7	Taylor	18,572	0.958	-114	-16,094	7	Brandon	23,829	1.175	-117	-20,646
8	Jessica	18,235	0.941	-304	-17,178	8	Tyler	23,711	1.170	-111	-20,413
9	Madison	17,787	0.918	-13	-10,751	9	Andrew	23,658	1.167	-34	-16,424
10	Elizabeth	15,187	0.784	-3	-6,674	10	Austin	23,477	1.158	-70	-18,826
11	Alyssa	13,710	0.707	-139	-11,840	11	Joseph	23,181	1.143	-12	-13,626
12	Kayla	13,422	0.693	-137	-11,547	12	Daniel	23,155	1.142	-3	-11,982
13	Megan	13,253	0.684	-532	-12,689	13	David	20,885	1.030	-9	-11,188
14	Lauren	12,907	0.666	-157	-11,211	14	William	20,833	1.028	11	-6,317
15	Rachel	12,204	0.630	-183	-10,660	15	John	20,627	1.017	-12	-11,508
16	Victoria	12,147	0.627	-5	-5,058	16	Zachary	20,579	1.015	-93	-17,051
17	Brianna	12,047	0.622	-115	-9,812	17	Ryan	20,195	0.996	-29	-13,290
18	Abigail	11,098	0.573	7	-1,302	18	James	19,687	0.971	14	-6,162
19	Amanda	10,915	0.563	-350	-10,071	19	Anthony	19,631	0.968	-19	-11,628
20	Jennifer	10,691	0.552	-325	-9,776	20	Justin	17,971	0.886	-121	-15,184
21	Olivia	10,610	0.547	19	7,311	21	Jonathan	17,647	0.870	-42	-11,935
22	Emma	10,442	0.539	21	8,246	22	Alexander	17,464	0.861	11	-5,475
23	Morgan	10,217	0.527	-141	-8,468	23	Robert	15,524	0.766	-48	-10,384
24	Nicole	9,911	0.511	-194	-8,495	24	Kyle	15,274	0.753	-199	-13,606
25	Brittany	9,843	0.508	-854	-9,538	25	Dylan	14,539	0.717	-6	-5,990
26	Jasmine	9,484	0.489	-110	-7,351	26	Christian	14,516	0.716	-29	-8,007
27	Alexandra	8,605	0.444	-98	-6,211	27	Jordan	14,408	0.711	-55	-9,762
28	Sydney	8,551	0.441	-137	-6,802	28	Samuel	13,909	0.686	7	-4,175
29	Stephanie	8,491	0.438	-289	-7,465	29	Noah	13,409	0.661	27	4,858
30	Rebecca	8,420	0.434	-184	-6,978	30	Benjamin	13,059	0.644	24	322
31	Anna	8,380	0.432	-23	-4,235	31	Thomas	12,885	0.636	-18	-6,106
32	Julia	8,328	0.430	-61	-5,339	32	Kevin	12,507	0.617	-93	-9,383
33	Katherine	8,204	0.423	-79	-5,538	33	Jose	12,372	0.610	-56	-8,080
34	Destiny	8,153	0.421	-241	-6,964	34	Nathan	11,584	0.571	-14	-4,794
35	Kaitlyn	7,936	0.409	-352	-7,140	35	Cameron	11,417	0.563	-34	-6,146
36	Haley	7,935	0.409	-349	-7,133	36	Hunter	11,078	0.546	-20	-5,012
37	Amber	7,929	0.409	-434	-7,271	37	Aaron	10,548	0.520	-23	-4,595
38	Allison	7,861	0.406	-31	-4,183	38	Ethan	10,533	0.520	26	1,321
39	Courtney	7,554	0.390	-1,153	-7,355	39	Eric	9,963	0.491	-121	-7,574
40	Natalie	7,546	0.389	1	-2,451	40	Jason	9,395	0.463	-60	-5,548
41	Danielle	7,368	0.380	-341	-6,559	41	Brian	9,143	0.451	-194	-7,525
42	Jordan	7,112	0.367	-333	-6,284	42	Caleb	9,028	0.445	-3	-2,099
43	Maria	6,817	0.352	-73	-4,222	43	Cody	8,811	0.435	-240	-7,574
44	Savannah	6,463	0.333	-1	-1,718	44	Logan	8,638	0.426	34	3,714
45	Mary	6,458	0.333	-81	-4,131	45	Adam	8,357	0.412	-33	-3,682
46	Brooke	6,344	0.327	-155	-4,826	46	Steven	8,114	0.400	-152	-6,092
47	Gabrielle	6,201	0.320	-259	-5,117	47	Connor	7,905	0.390	-10	-1,847
48	Sara	6,007	0.310	-125	-4,315	48	Charles	7,847	0.387	-4	-1,243
49	Shelby	5,893	0.304	-377	-5,161	49	Timothy	7,845	0.387	-116	-5,515
50	Madeline	5,869	0.303	-50	-2,972	50	Sean	7,713	0.380	-219	-6,403

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.