This update to Actuarial Note 139 presents the most frequently used given names for births in 1998. The greater sample size has permitted the Office of the Chief Actuary to study the most frequent names on a state by state basis. The total number of records for births in 1998 are 1,652,217 for males and 1,579,399 for females. The forty most frequent given names for births nationwide in 1998 appear below. The number to the right of each name is the number of occurrences in the sample.
Additional tabulations are available below the table for more in-depth information.
The sample period extends to approximately September 1998. Each unique spelling in the sample is considered a unique name. The data has not been edited to combine similar spellings of the same name. Order is by frequency first and alphabetical second. Top 1000 names for 1998 Top 5 male names for 1998 by state Top 5 female names for 1998 by state Introduction to 1998 update including top 40 names for births in 1998.