1998
Top Baby Names of 1998
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 50 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 👦
Boy Names
Top 50 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 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 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.