EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1998

United States · 3,678,315 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Emily26,188—
#2Hannah21,376↑3
#3Samantha20,195↑3
#4Sarah19,898—
#5Ashley19,875↓2
#6Alexis19,778↑2
#7Taylor18,576—
#8Jessica18,239↓6
#9Madison17,787↑1
#10Elizabeth15,193↓1
#11Alyssa13,709↑4
#12Kayla13,422—
#13Megan13,258↓2
#14Lauren12,908—
#15Rachel12,209↓2
#16Victoria12,148↑3
#17Brianna12,047—
#18Abigail11,100↑8
#19Amanda10,928↓3
#20Jennifer10,692↓2
#21Olivia10,610↑6
#22Emma10,451↑14
#23Morgan10,217↓1
#24Nicole9,911↓3
#25Brittany9,844↓5
#26Jasmine9,488↓2
#27Alexandra8,608↑3
#28Sydney8,553↑7
#29Stephanie8,491↓6
#30Rebecca8,423↓5
#31Anna8,386↑2
#32Julia8,328↑5
#33Katherine8,207↓1
#34Destiny8,155↑8
#35Kaitlyn7,937↑6
#36Haley7,934↓5
#37Amber7,930↓8
#38Allison7,861↑1
#39Courtney7,555↓11
#40Natalie7,549↑8
#41Danielle7,368↓7
#42Jordan7,114↓2
#43Maria6,817↓5
#44Mary6,478↑2
#45Savannah6,464↑2
#46Brooke6,346↓1
#47Gabrielle6,201↑4
#48Sara6,010↑2
#49Shelby5,893↓6
#50Madeline5,869↑9
#51Sierra5,841↑5
#52Vanessa5,830↑2
#53Grace5,724↑16
#54Kimberly5,722↓5
#55Michelle5,562—
#56Kelsey5,551↑1
#57Erin5,471↓5
#58Katelyn5,367↑5
#59Melissa5,354↓15
#60Bailey5,198↑5
#61Andrea5,133↓3
#62Mariah5,086↑5
#63Paige4,976↑1
#64Mackenzie4,890↑7
#65Jenna4,866↑11
#66Marissa4,722↓6
#67Tiffany4,612↓6
#68Sabrina4,608↓15
#69Christina4,533↓7
#70Hailey4,473↑10
#71Makayla4,365
#72Cheyenne4,327↓4
#73Sophia4,308↑21
#74Laura4,298↓8
#75Caroline4,276—
#76Breanna4,250↓2
#77Autumn4,208↑14
#78Caitlin4,175↑10
#79Briana4,153↓7
#80Miranda4,143↓10
#81Alexandria4,009↓3
#82Mikayla3,858
#83Diana3,853↑14
#84Isabella3,851
#85Cassandra3,813↓4
#86Kaylee3,806
#87Chloe3,794
#88Katie3,746↓1
#89Kathryn3,703↓3
#89Kelly3,703↓6
#91Claire3,642
#92Erica3,624↓8
#93Alexa3,622
#94Chelsea3,518↓21
#95Jacqueline3,500↓18
#96Amy3,485↓4
#97Lindsey3,465↓2
#98Alicia3,408↓9
#99Heather3,397↓9
#100Angela3,369↓7

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Michael36,618—
#2Jacob36,031—
#3Matthew31,146—
#4Joshua28,095↑1
#5Christopher27,007↓1
#6Nicholas26,632—
#7Brandon23,832↑1
#8Tyler23,712↑2
#9Andrew23,664↓2
#10Austin23,478↓1
#11Joseph23,186↑1
#12Daniel23,165↓1
#13David20,892↑1
#14William20,836↑5
#15John20,633—
#16Zachary20,580↓3
#17Ryan20,198↓1
#18James19,690↓1
#19Anthony19,634↓1
#20Justin17,971—
#21Jonathan17,649—
#22Alexander17,466—
#23Robert15,527—
#24Kyle15,277—
#25Dylan14,540↑5
#26Christian14,522↓1
#27Jordan14,410↓1
#28Samuel13,912↓1
#29Noah13,415↑9
#30Benjamin13,061↓1
#31Thomas12,889—
#32Kevin12,510↓4
#33Jose12,374↓1
#34Nathan11,586—
#35Cameron11,416↑10
#36Hunter11,078↑8
#37Aaron10,552↓4
#38Ethan10,536↑8
#39Eric9,964↓4
#40Jason9,399↑1
#41Brian9,146↓4
#42Caleb9,028↑5
#43Cody8,810↓7
#44Logan8,640↓2
#45Adam8,356↓6
#46Steven8,115↓6
#47Connor7,906↑5
#48Charles7,849↑1
#49Timothy7,845↓6
#50Sean7,712↓2
#51Jared7,462↑5
#52Juan7,361↑2
#53Luis7,202—
#54Gabriel7,068↑3
#55Alex6,954—
#55Richard6,954↓4
#57Patrick6,734↓7
#58Trevor6,598↑4
#59Isaiah6,487↑1
#60Nathaniel6,427↑5
#61Jack6,376↑15
#62Devin6,218↓3
#63Evan6,084↓2
#64Mark5,893↓6
#65Isaac5,859↑8
#66Elijah5,662↑8
#67Chase5,562↑10
#68Jeremy5,541↓4
#69Carlos5,481↓2
#70Jesse5,444↓7
#71Adrian5,429↑24
#72Dakota5,401↓6
#73Ian5,353↓3
#74Bryan5,309↓5
#75Luke5,284↑3
#76Jesus5,217↓5
#77Cole5,148↓5
#78Stephen5,013↓10
#79Antonio4,943↓4
#80Garrett4,789↑5
#81Angel4,772↑5
#82Tanner4,704—
#83Mason4,658↑6
#84Spencer4,619
#85Blake4,607↓5
#86Seth4,587↑11
#87Kenneth4,586↓4
#88Dalton4,565↑2
#89Paul4,321↓10
#90Miguel4,256↑1
#91Jeffrey4,191↓7
#92Tristan4,169—
#93Lucas4,093↑5
#94Bryce4,053
#95Alejandro4,044↑4
#96Marcus4,015↓3
#97Victor3,997
#98Travis3,924↓17
#99Brendan3,879
#100Jackson3,861