1998
Top Baby Names of 1998
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1998
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Emily 26,188 2
Hannah 21,375 3
Samantha 20,194 4
Sarah 19,896 5
Ashley 19,874 6
Alexis 19,778 7
Taylor 18,576 8
Jessica 18,238 9
Madison 17,787 10
Elizabeth 15,193 11
Alyssa 13,709 12
Kayla 13,422 13
Megan 13,256 14
Lauren 12,907 15
Rachel 12,210 16
Victoria 12,148 17
Brianna 12,047 18
Abigail 11,100 19
Amanda 10,928 20
Jennifer 10,692 21
Olivia 10,610 22
Emma 10,449 23
Morgan 10,217 24
Nicole 9,911 25
Brittany 9,844 26
Jasmine 9,485 27
Alexandra 8,608 28
Sydney 8,553 29
Stephanie 8,491 30
Rebecca 8,423 31
Anna 8,386 32
Julia 8,328 33
Katherine 8,205 34
Destiny 8,154 35
Kaitlyn 7,936 36
Haley 7,934 37
Amber 7,930 38
Allison 7,861 39
Courtney 7,555 40
Natalie 7,549 41
Danielle 7,368 42
Jordan 7,114 43
Maria 6,817 44
Mary 6,476 45
Savannah 6,464 46
Brooke 6,345 47
Gabrielle 6,201 48
Sara 6,010 49
Shelby 5,893 50
Madeline 5,869 51
Sierra 5,841 52
Vanessa 5,830 53
Grace 5,723 54
Kimberly 5,721 55
Michelle 5,562 56
Kelsey 5,550 57
Erin 5,471 58
Katelyn 5,367 59
Melissa 5,354 60
Bailey 5,199 61
Andrea 5,133 62
Mariah 5,086 63
Paige 4,976 64
Mackenzie 4,890 65
Jenna 4,866 66
Marissa 4,722 67
Tiffany 4,612 68
Sabrina 4,608 69
Christina 4,533 70
Hailey 4,472 71
Makayla 4,365 72
Cheyenne 4,327 73
Sophia 4,308 74
Laura 4,298 75
Caroline 4,276 76
Breanna 4,250 77
Autumn 4,208 78
Caitlin 4,175 79
Briana 4,152 80
Miranda 4,143 81
Alexandria 4,009 82
Mikayla 3,858 83
Diana 3,853 84
Isabella 3,851 85
Cassandra 3,813 86
Kaylee 3,806 87
Chloe 3,794 88
Katie 3,746 89
Kathryn 3,703 89
Kelly 3,703 91
Claire 3,642 92
Erica 3,624 93
Alexa 3,622 94
Chelsea 3,518 95
Jacqueline 3,500 96
Amy 3,485 97
Lindsey 3,465 98
Alicia 3,408 99
Heather 3,397 100
Angela 3,369 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1998
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Michael 36,619 2
Jacob 36,027 3
Matthew 31,145 4
Joshua 28,095 5
Christopher 27,007 6
Nicholas 26,633 7
Brandon 23,830 8
Tyler 23,712 9
Andrew 23,662 10
Austin 23,477 11
Joseph 23,186 12
Daniel 23,162 13
David 20,892 14
William 20,835 15
John 20,631 16
Zachary 20,580 17
Ryan 20,198 18
James 19,689 19
Anthony 19,634 20
Justin 17,971 21
Jonathan 17,649 22
Alexander 17,466 23
Robert 15,527 24
Kyle 15,276 25
Dylan 14,540 26
Christian 14,522 27
Jordan 14,410 28
Samuel 13,912 29
Noah 13,414 30
Benjamin 13,061 31
Thomas 12,890 32
Kevin 12,509 33
Jose 12,375 34
Nathan 11,586 35
Cameron 11,416 36
Hunter 11,078 37
Aaron 10,552 38
Ethan 10,536 39
Eric 9,964 40
Jason 9,398 41
Brian 9,146 42
Caleb 9,028 43
Cody 8,810 44
Logan 8,639 45
Adam 8,356 46
Steven 8,115 47
Connor 7,906 48
Charles 7,848 49
Timothy 7,845 50
Sean 7,712 51
Jared 7,462 52
Juan 7,361 53
Luis 7,201 54
Gabriel 7,068 55
Richard 6,954 55
Alex 6,954 57
Patrick 6,735 58
Trevor 6,598 59
Isaiah 6,487 60
Nathaniel 6,427 61
Jack 6,376 62
Devin 6,218 63
Evan 6,084 64
Mark 5,893 65
Isaac 5,859 66
Elijah 5,662 67
Chase 5,562 68
Jeremy 5,541 69
Carlos 5,480 70
Jesse 5,444 71
Adrian 5,429 72
Dakota 5,401 73
Ian 5,353 74
Bryan 5,309 75
Luke 5,284 76
Jesus 5,218 77
Cole 5,148 78
Stephen 5,013 79
Antonio 4,943 80
Garrett 4,789 81
Angel 4,772 82
Tanner 4,704 83
Mason 4,658 84
Spencer 4,619 85
Blake 4,607 86
Seth 4,587 87
Kenneth 4,586 88
Dalton 4,563 89
Paul 4,321 90
Miguel 4,256 91
Jeffrey 4,190 92
Tristan 4,169 93
Lucas 4,091 94
Bryce 4,053 95
Alejandro 4,044 96
Marcus 4,015 97
Victor 3,997 98
Travis 3,924 99
Brendan 3,878 100
Jackson 3,861 About 1998 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1998, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.