Name.Baby Names by year 1990s 1998 Most Popular Baby Names of 1998 Social Security has card records for 3,966,034 babies born in the U.S. in 1998. Emily was the top girl name (26,188 babies) and Michael the top boy name (36,618).
Top 100 names of 1998 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1998, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Emily 26,188 #34 2 Hannah 21,376 #56 3 Samantha 20,195 #151 4 Sarah 19,898 #90 5 Ashley 19,875 #164 6 Alexis 19,778 #554 7 Taylor 18,576 #403 8 Jessica 18,239 #665 9 Madison 17,787 #40 10 Elizabeth 15,193 #17 11 Alyssa 13,709 #453 12 Kayla 13,422 #364 13 Megan 13,258 #887 14 Lauren 12,908 #401 15 Rachel 12,209 #250 16 Victoria 12,148 #54 17 Brianna 12,047 #222 18 Abigail 11,100 #41 19 Amanda 10,928 #493 20 Jennifer 10,692 #586 21 Olivia 10,610 #1 22 Emma 10,451 #3 23 Morgan 10,217 #312 24 Nicole 9,911 #382 25 Brittany 9,844 #928 26 Jasmine 9,488 #206 27 Alexandra 8,608 #237 28 Sydney 8,553 #348 29 Stephanie 8,491 #557 30 Rebecca 8,423 #349 31 Anna 8,386 #107 32 Julia 8,328 #131 33 Katherine 8,207 #186 34 Destiny 8,155 #635 35 Kaitlyn 7,937 #799 36 Haley 7,934 #861 37 Amber 7,930 #520 38 Allison 7,861 #103 39 Courtney 7,555 #2,326 40 Natalie 7,549 #89 41 Danielle 7,368 #549 42 Jordan 7,114 #584 43 Maria 6,817 #87 44 Mary 6,478 #125 45 Savannah 6,464 #135 46 Brooke 6,346 #313 47 Gabrielle 6,201 #632 48 Sara 6,010 #198 49 Shelby 5,893 #649 50 Madeline 5,869 #81
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1998, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Sierra 5,841 #614 52 Vanessa 5,830 #377 53 Grace 5,724 #38 54 Kimberly 5,722 #302 55 Michelle 5,562 #465 56 Kelsey 5,551 #814 57 Erin 5,471 #833 58 Katelyn 5,367 #1,076 59 Melissa 5,354 #419 60 Bailey 5,198 #208 61 Andrea 5,133 #235 62 Mariah 5,086 #447 63 Paige 4,976 #346 64 Mackenzie 4,890 #228 65 Jenna 4,866 #679 66 Marissa 4,722 #1,673 67 Tiffany 4,612 #878 68 Sabrina 4,608 #321 69 Christina 4,533 #770 70 Hailey 4,473 #104 71 Makayla 4,365 #566 72 Cheyenne 4,327 #920 73 Sophia 4,308 #5 74 Laura 4,298 #379 75 Caroline 4,276 #96 76 Breanna 4,250 #2,542 77 Autumn 4,208 #88 78 Caitlin 4,175 #2,326 79 Briana 4,153 #661 80 Miranda 4,143 #654 81 Alexandria 4,009 #474 82 Mikayla 3,858 #746 83 Diana 3,853 #244 84 Isabella 3,851 #7 85 Cassandra 3,813 #630 86 Kaylee 3,806 #255 87 Chloe 3,794 #23 88 Katie 3,746 #646 89 Kathryn 3,703 #729 89 Kelly 3,703 #851 91 Claire 3,642 #68 92 Erica 3,624 #1,396 93 Alexa 3,622 #1,029 94 Chelsea 3,518 #851 95 Jacqueline 3,500 #558 96 Amy 3,485 #257 97 Lindsey 3,465 #1,367 98 Alicia 3,408 #460 99 Heather 3,397 #1,261 100 Angela 3,369 #408
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1998, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Michael 36,618 #21 2 Jacob 36,031 #43 3 Matthew 31,146 #32 4 Joshua 28,095 #66 5 Christopher 27,007 #68 6 Nicholas 26,632 #112 7 Brandon 23,832 #261 8 Tyler 23,712 #219 9 Andrew 23,664 #73 10 Austin 23,478 #113 11 Joseph 23,186 #29 12 Daniel 23,165 #22 13 David 20,892 #35 14 William 20,836 #9 15 John 20,633 #23 16 Zachary 20,580 #216 17 Ryan 20,198 #99 18 James 19,690 #6 19 Anthony 19,634 #46 20 Justin 17,971 #233 21 Jonathan 17,649 #89 22 Alexander 17,466 #30 23 Robert 15,527 #92 24 Kyle 15,277 #508 25 Dylan 14,540 #41 26 Christian 14,522 #96 27 Jordan 14,410 #131 28 Samuel 13,912 #18 29 Noah 13,415 #2 30 Benjamin 13,061 #11 31 Thomas 12,889 #34 32 Kevin 12,510 #221 33 Jose 12,374 #95 34 Nathan 11,586 #63 35 Cameron 11,416 #76 36 Hunter 11,078 #130 37 Aaron 10,552 #80 38 Ethan 10,536 #24 39 Eric 9,964 #273 40 Jason 9,399 #165 41 Brian 9,146 #339 42 Caleb 9,028 #58 43 Cody 8,810 #318 44 Logan 8,640 #53 45 Adam 8,356 #101 46 Steven 8,115 #271 47 Connor 7,906 #166 48 Charles 7,849 #48 49 Timothy 7,845 #203 50 Sean 7,712 #489
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1998, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Jared 7,462 #396 52 Juan 7,361 #159 53 Luis 7,202 #144 54 Gabriel 7,068 #37 55 Alex 6,954 #232 55 Richard 6,954 #234 57 Patrick 6,734 #235 58 Trevor 6,598 #679 59 Isaiah 6,487 #57 60 Nathaniel 6,427 #140 61 Jack 6,376 #15 62 Devin 6,218 #548 63 Evan 6,084 #153 64 Mark 5,893 #244 65 Isaac 5,859 #47 66 Elijah 5,662 #7 67 Chase 5,562 #192 68 Jeremy 5,541 #292 69 Carlos 5,481 #150 70 Jesse 5,444 #184 71 Adrian 5,429 #74 72 Dakota 5,401 #319 73 Ian 5,353 #83 74 Bryan 5,309 #336 75 Luke 5,284 #33 76 Jesus 5,217 #173 77 Cole 5,148 #182 78 Stephen 5,013 #383 79 Antonio 4,943 #176 80 Garrett 4,789 #564 81 Angel 4,772 #67 82 Tanner 4,704 #475 83 Mason 4,658 #39 84 Spencer 4,619 #360 85 Blake 4,607 #316 86 Seth 4,587 #581 87 Kenneth 4,586 #294 88 Dalton 4,565 #448 89 Paul 4,321 #262 90 Miguel 4,256 #212 91 Jeffrey 4,191 #552 92 Tristan 4,169 #309 93 Lucas 4,093 #10 94 Bryce 4,053 #357 95 Alejandro 4,044 #195 96 Marcus 4,015 #258 97 Victor 3,997 #209 98 Travis 3,924 #434 99 Brendan 3,879 #1,097 100 Jackson 3,861 #36
Entered the top 100 in 1998
