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Top 1,000 Baby Names of 1998

This list combines 8,324 spelling variations into 1,000 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 1998 is Michael, given to 38,869 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Makayla has the most spelling variations with 86 different spellings, while Kaylin has the highest confusion index at 93.3%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Kaylin showed the biggest improvement, moving up 524 positions from 728 to 204, while Seth had the largest drop, falling 37 positions from 153 to 190.

Looking at trends, Aylin shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 1996–1998 are 1525.59% higher compared to 1989–1998), while Sherry shows the steepest decline (70.65% lower). Compared to 1997, Dawson had the largest rank improvement, moving up 616 positions to rank #353, while Shakira fell 132 positions to rank #805.

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#1

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↓ 34%

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38,869

#2

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↑ 56%

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38,180

12 spellings: Jacob 36.1k 94.52%Jakob 1.8k 4.67%Jakub 88 0.23%Jaycob 81 0.21%Jakeb 66 0.17%Jaykob 25 0.07%Jakeob 11 0.03%Jacobb 10 0.03%Jacub 9 0.02%Jachob 8 0.02%Jaicob 7 0.02%Jaykub 5 0.01%

#3

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↓ 23%

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32,784

8 spellings: Matthew 31.2k 95.17%Mathew 1.5k 4.43%Mathieu 76 0.23%Matthieu 36 0.11%Matheu 6 0.02%Mattheau 5 0.02%Matthewjames 5 0.02%Matthiew 5 0.02%

#4

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↑ 7%

↑ 2

32,695

#5

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↓ 38%

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28,997

#6

↑ 1

↑ 36%

↑ 1

28,743

#7

↓ 1

↓ 25%

↓ -3

28,341

11 spellings: Joshua 28.1k 99.31%Joshuah 79 0.28%Jashua 47 0.17%Josua 15 0.05%Joshuwa 12 0.04%Josha 10 0.04%Jahshua 8 0.03%Johsua 6 0.02%Joshaua 6 0.02%Jousha 6 0.02%Jushua 6 0.02%

#8

↑ 8

↑ 22%

↑ 74

27,366

#9

↓ 1

↓ 22%

↑ 15

26,478

#10

↓ 1

↓ 5%

↓ -1

25,306

7 spellings: Brandon 23.9k 94.38%Branden 910 3.60%Brandan 210 0.83%Brandyn 200 0.79%Brandin 82 0.32%Branndon 15 0.06%Brandun 6 0.02%

#11

↓ 1

↑ 18%

↓ -3

25,257

13 spellings: Tyler 24.5k 97.09%Tylor 464 1.84%Tylar 152 0.60%Taiylor 31 0.12%Tieler 25 0.10%Tiler 18 0.07%Tylere 11 0.04%Tyeler 9 0.04%Taeylor 5 0.02%Thyler 5 0.02%Tilor 5 0.02%Tyelor 5 0.02%Tylur 5 0.02%

#12

↑ 10

↑ 170%

↑ 2

24,969

#13

↑ 2

↑ 29%

↑ 2

24,865

#14

↓ 2

↑ 11%

↑ 7

24,633

#15

↓ 4

↑ 114%

↓ -4

24,504

9 spellings: Austin 23.6k 96.27%Austen 401 1.64%Austyn 311 1.27%Auston 165 0.67%Austan 12 0.05%Ostin 8 0.03%Ostyn 6 0.02%Austinn 5 0.02%Osten 5 0.02%

#16

↑ 1

↑ 73%

↑ 35

24,150

#17

↓ 4

↓ 22%

↓ -7

23,842

4 spellings: Andrew 23.7k 99.46%Andru 50 0.21%Andrue 41 0.17%Andruw 37 0.16%

#18

↑ 5

↑ 106%

↓ -2

23,690

5 spellings: Hannah 21.4k 90.32%Hanna 1.9k 8.04%Hana 296 1.25%Hanah 88 0.37%Hannahjo 6 0.03%

#19

↑ 2

↓ 16%

↓ -7

23,654

9 spellings: Joseph 23.2k 98.23%Josef 211 0.89%Joesph 83 0.35%Joeseph 56 0.24%Jozef 30 0.13%Jospeh 22 0.09%Joseff 6 0.03%Josephe 6 0.03%Josif 5 0.02%

#20

↓ 6

↑ 46%

↓ -7

23,518

#21

↓ 2

↓ 25%

↓ -9

23,503

12 spellings: Daniel 23.2k 98.86%Danial 56 0.24%Danyel 56 0.24%Daniell 47 0.20%Danyal 26 0.11%Danniel 19 0.08%Danyael 15 0.06%Daniyal 12 0.05%Danyale 12 0.05%Danyl 10 0.04%Daneil 9 0.04%Danyaal 6 0.03%

#22

↓ 2

↓ 16%

↑ 8

23,229

#23

↓ 5

↓ 47%

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23,159

15 spellings: Ashley 20k 86.15%Ashlee 1.2k 5.06%Ashleigh 1k 4.49%Ashly 243 1.05%Ashlie 235 1.01%Ashli 160 0.69%Ashely 144 0.62%Ashlea 83 0.36%Ashlei 63 0.27%Asheley 19 0.08%Ashle 14 0.06%Ashleah 10 0.04%Ashliegh 9 0.04%Ahsley 8 0.03%Ashlye 7 0.03%

#24

↑ 3

↓ 22%

↓ -5

21,616

#25

↓ 1

↓ 23%

↓ -5

21,557

8 spellings: John 20.7k 95.83%Jon 833 3.86%Jhon 31 0.14%Jaun 9 0.04%Jahn 7 0.03%Jhan 7 0.03%Djon 6 0.03%Johnn 6 0.03%

#26

↓ 1

↓ 30%

↓ -9

20,955

3 spellings: David 20.9k 99.90%Dawid 13 0.06%Daved 9 0.04%

#27

↑ 4

↓ 12%

↓ -9

20,886

3 spellings: William 20.9k 99.92%Wiliam 9 0.04%Willliam 8 0.04%

#28

↑ 2

↓ 9%

↓ -6

20,396

7 spellings: Samantha 20.2k 99.15%Sammantha 86 0.42%Samanta 46 0.23%Samanatha 21 0.10%Samamtha 10 0.05%Samanthia 6 0.03%Samanntha 5 0.02%

#29

↑ 9

↑ 387%

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20,009

#30

↓ 1

↓ 13%

↓ -4

19,998

8 spellings: Anthony 19.7k 98.44%Antony 176 0.88%Anthoney 48 0.24%Anthonie 27 0.14%Anthoni 20 0.10%Anthany 19 0.10%Anthonee 13 0.07%Antonie 9 0.05%

#31

↓ 3

↓ 31%

↓ -6

19,825

5 spellings: James 19.7k 99.53%Jaymes 41 0.21%Jamese 31 0.16%Jamez 12 0.06%Jaymz 9 0.05%

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