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Most popular baby names of 1998 in England and Wales

In 1998, the most popular names in England and Wales were Chloe for girls and Jack for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name.

← 19971999 →

Girls

  1. 1Chloe9,628
  2. 2Emily6,550
  3. 3Megan6,247
  4. 4Jessica5,719
  5. 5Sophie5,682
  6. 6Charlotte5,430
  7. 7Hannah5,052
  8. 8Lauren4,955
  9. 9Rebecca4,767
  10. 10Lucy4,515
  11. 11Amy4,311
  12. 12Georgia4,257
  13. 13Katie4,093
  14. 14Bethany4,068
  15. 15Emma3,565
  16. 16Olivia3,550
  17. 17Courtney3,251
  18. 18Shannon2,904
  19. 19Eleanor2,724
  20. 20Jade2,497
  21. 21Ellie2,492
  22. 22Abigail2,485
  23. 23Holly2,419
  24. 24Molly2,413
  25. 25Laura2,299
  26. 26Alice2,143
  27. 27Sarah2,062
  28. 28Caitlin1,965
  29. 29Rachel1,890
  30. 30Elizabeth1,702
  31. 31Amber1,701
  32. 32Paige1,687
  33. 33Georgina1,624
  34. 34Danielle1,598
  35. 35Grace1,582
  36. 36Nicole1,577
  37. 37Natasha1,542
  38. 38Ella1,538
  39. 39Chelsea1,510
  40. 40Leah1,474
  41. 41Victoria1,401
  42. 42Anna1,389
  43. 43Phoebe1,371
  44. 44Samantha1,345
  45. 45Zoe1,341
  46. 46Alexandra1,290
  47. 47Jasmine1,268
  48. 48Amelia1,249
  49. 49Louise1,102
  50. 50Lydia1,083
  51. 51Natalie1,082
  52. 52Abbie1,073
  53. 53Francesca1,052
  54. 54Melissa1,009
  55. 55Katherine1,001
  56. 56Harriet944
  57. 57Imogen942
  58. 58Jodie937
  59. 59Gemma919
  60. 60Kayleigh919
  61. 61Lily873
  62. 62Jennifer858
  63. 63Kate844
  64. 64Stephanie844
  65. 65Daisy839
  66. 66Niamh837
  67. 67Millie813
  68. 68Aimee809
  69. 69Kirsty792
  70. 70Hollie788
  71. 71Rosie786
  72. 72Jordan774
  73. 73Mollie760
  74. 74Alisha740
  75. 75Mia721
  76. 76Isobel702
  77. 77Tia702
  78. 78Ellen691
  79. 79Erin679
  80. 80Bethan673
  81. 81Sian661
  82. 82Alicia659
  83. 83Rhiannon657
  84. 84Ashleigh653
  85. 85Catherine645
  86. 86Madeleine601
  87. 87Isabelle596
  88. 88Kelsey596
  89. 89Sophia596
  90. 90Isabella594
  91. 91Naomi574
  92. 92Yasmin564
  93. 93Freya563
  94. 94Morgan563
  95. 95Robyn563
  96. 96Isabel544
  97. 97Maisie540
  98. 98Poppy534
  99. 99Rachael530
  100. 100Chantelle520

Boys

  1. 1Jack9,845
  2. 2Thomas9,468
  3. 3James9,197
  4. 4Daniel7,732
  5. 5Joshua7,672
  6. 6Matthew7,171
  7. 7Samuel6,072
  8. 8Callum5,600
  9. 9Joseph5,411
  10. 10Jordan5,158
  11. 11Connor5,155
  12. 12Ryan4,992
  13. 13Luke4,934
  14. 14William4,879
  15. 15Harry4,761
  16. 16Benjamin4,643
  17. 17George4,540
  18. 18Lewis4,518
  19. 19Alexander4,460
  20. 20Oliver3,970
  21. 21Adam3,811
  22. 22Jake3,760
  23. 23Michael3,514
  24. 24Liam3,486
  25. 25Nathan3,211
  26. 26Kieran2,731
  27. 27Jacob2,686
  28. 28Cameron2,655
  29. 29Ben2,640
  30. 30Mohammed2,524
  31. 31Aaron2,512
  32. 32Christopher2,499
  33. 33Bradley2,452
  34. 34Jamie2,451
  35. 35Charlie2,401
  36. 36Brandon2,142
  37. 37Robert2,121
  38. 38Kyle2,016
  39. 39David1,993
  40. 40Owen1,896
  41. 41Charles1,868
  42. 42Andrew1,808
  43. 43Reece1,729
  44. 44Edward1,709
  45. 45Dylan1,643
  46. 46Alex1,627
  47. 47Ethan1,565
  48. 48Jonathan1,484
  49. 49Sam1,441
  50. 50Louis1,433
  51. 51Max1,418
  52. 52Dominic1,366
  53. 53John1,357
  54. 54Ashley1,317
  55. 55Rhys1,310
  56. 56Henry1,244
  57. 57Conor1,225
  58. 58Joe1,211
  59. 59Tyler1,194
  60. 60Scott1,185
  61. 61Sean1,183
  62. 62Nicholas1,090
  63. 63Ross1,022
  64. 64Morgan969
  65. 65Elliot964
  66. 66Patrick937
  67. 67Peter935
  68. 68Billy894
  69. 69Mark891
  70. 70Stephen834
  71. 71Alfie808
  72. 72Harrison803
  73. 73Lee801
  74. 74Anthony795
  75. 75Mitchell794
  76. 76Joel782
  77. 77Toby769
  78. 78Paul767
  79. 79Jay754
  80. 80Jason723
  81. 81Aidan712
  82. 82Richard683
  83. 83Mohammad676
  84. 84Isaac666
  85. 85Declan663
  86. 86Josh645
  87. 87Steven636
  88. 88Marcus625
  89. 89Muhammad621
  90. 90Elliott613
  91. 91Harvey596
  92. 92Tom579
  93. 93Christian575
  94. 94Kane574
  95. 95Shane568
  96. 96Leon564
  97. 97Shaun558
  98. 98Corey545
  99. 99Ellis545
  100. 100Kai528

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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