Top Names of 1998
The most popular names recorded in 1998 were Emily for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | 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 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | 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 |