The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1998
11,311 different boys’ names were recorded in 1998, covering 1,911,366 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 36,618 |
| 2 | Jacob | 36,031 |
| 3 | Matthew | 31,146 |
| 4 | Joshua | 28,095 |
| 5 | Christopher | 27,007 |
| 6 | Nicholas | 26,632 |
| 7 | Brandon | 23,832 |
| 8 | Tyler | 23,712 |
| 9 | Andrew | 23,664 |
| 10 | Austin | 23,478 |
| 11 | Joseph | 23,186 |
| 12 | Daniel | 23,165 |
| 13 | David | 20,892 |
| 14 | William | 20,836 |
| 15 | John | 20,633 |
| 16 | Zachary | 20,580 |
| 17 | Ryan | 20,198 |
| 18 | James | 19,690 |
| 19 | Anthony | 19,634 |
| 20 | Justin | 17,971 |
| 21 | Jonathan | 17,649 |
| 22 | Alexander | 17,466 |
| 23 | Robert | 15,527 |
| 24 | Kyle | 15,277 |
| 25 | Dylan | 14,540 |
| 26 | Christian | 14,522 |
| 27 | Jordan | 14,410 |
| 28 | Samuel | 13,912 |
| 29 | Noah | 13,415 |
| 30 | Benjamin | 13,061 |
| 31 | Thomas | 12,889 |
| 32 | Kevin | 12,510 |
| 33 | Jose | 12,374 |
| 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 | 9,399 |
| 41 | Brian | 9,146 |
| 42 | Caleb | 9,028 |
| 43 | Cody | 8,810 |
| 44 | Logan | 8,640 |
| 45 | Adam | 8,356 |
| 46 | Steven | 8,115 |
| 47 | Connor | 7,906 |
| 48 | Charles | 7,849 |
| 49 | Timothy | 7,845 |
| 50 | Sean | 7,712 |
| 51 | Jared | 7,462 |
| 52 | Juan | 7,361 |
| 53 | Luis | 7,202 |
| 54 | Gabriel | 7,068 |
| 55 | Richard | 6,954 |
| 55 | Alex | 6,954 |
| 57 | Patrick | 6,734 |
| 58 | Trevor | 6,598 |
| 59 | Isaiah | 6,487 |
| 60 | Nathaniel | 6,427 |
| 61 | Jack | 6,376 |
| 62 | Devin | 6,218 |
| 63 | Evan | 6,084 |
| 64 | Mark | 5,893 |
| 65 | Isaac | 5,859 |
| 66 | Elijah | 5,662 |
| 67 | Chase | 5,562 |
| 68 | Jeremy | 5,541 |
| 69 | Carlos | 5,481 |
| 70 | Jesse | 5,444 |
| 71 | Adrian | 5,429 |
| 72 | Dakota | 5,401 |
| 73 | Ian | 5,353 |
| 74 | Bryan | 5,309 |
| 75 | Luke | 5,284 |
| 76 | Jesus | 5,217 |
| 77 | Cole | 5,148 |
| 78 | Stephen | 5,013 |
| 79 | Antonio | 4,943 |
| 80 | Garrett | 4,789 |
| 81 | Angel | 4,772 |
| 82 | Tanner | 4,704 |
| 83 | Mason | 4,658 |
| 84 | Spencer | 4,619 |
| 85 | Blake | 4,607 |
| 86 | Seth | 4,587 |
| 87 | Kenneth | 4,586 |
| 88 | Dalton | 4,565 |
| 89 | Paul | 4,321 |
| 90 | Miguel | 4,256 |
| 91 | Jeffrey | 4,191 |
| 92 | Tristan | 4,169 |
| 93 | Lucas | 4,093 |
| 94 | Bryce | 4,053 |
| 95 | Alejandro | 4,044 |
| 96 | Marcus | 4,015 |
| 97 | Victor | 3,997 |
| 98 | Travis | 3,924 |
| 99 | Brendan | 3,879 |
| 100 | Jackson | 3,861 |
| 101 | Bradley | 3,795 |
| 102 | Jake | 3,788 |
| 103 | Mitchell | 3,624 |
| 104 | Taylor | 3,581 |
| 105 | Edward | 3,575 |
| 106 | Colton | 3,573 |
| 107 | Jorge | 3,463 |
| 108 | Dustin | 3,445 |
| 109 | Gregory | 3,429 |
| 110 | Derek | 3,410 |
| 111 | Peter | 3,388 |
| 112 | Alec | 3,356 |
| 113 | Shawn | 3,257 |
| 114 | Jeremiah | 3,223 |
| 115 | Corey | 3,201 |
| 116 | Gavin | 3,195 |
| 117 | Joel | 3,172 |
| 118 | Shane | 3,166 |
| 119 | Devon | 3,147 |
| 120 | Dominic | 3,098 |
| 121 | Vincent | 3,097 |
| 122 | Colin | 3,076 |
| 123 | Scott | 3,062 |
| 124 | Julian | 3,053 |
| 125 | George | 3,044 |
| 125 | Ricardo | 3,044 |
| 127 | Grant | 3,014 |
| 128 | Riley | 3,013 |
| 129 | Oscar | 3,006 |
| 130 | Collin | 2,987 |
| 131 | Xavier | 2,931 |
| 132 | Nicolas | 2,920 |
| 133 | Brett | 2,886 |
| 134 | Dillon | 2,838 |
| 135 | Henry | 2,801 |
| 136 | Maxwell | 2,791 |
| 137 | Wyatt | 2,722 |
| 138 | Malik | 2,694 |
| 139 | Francisco | 2,692 |
| 140 | Erik | 2,676 |
| 141 | Raymond | 2,644 |
| 142 | Parker | 2,629 |
| 143 | Johnathan | 2,591 |
| 144 | Cristian | 2,566 |
| 145 | Eduardo | 2,487 |
| 146 | Omar | 2,452 |
| 147 | Manuel | 2,351 |
| 148 | Alexis | 2,317 |
| 149 | Javier | 2,309 |
| 150 | Clayton | 2,267 |
| 151 | Mario | 2,261 |
| 152 | Wesley | 2,242 |
| 152 | Ivan | 2,242 |
| 154 | Bailey | 2,239 |
| 155 | Liam | 2,209 |
| 156 | Kaleb | 2,194 |
| 157 | Andres | 2,179 |
| 158 | Levi | 2,177 |
| 159 | Max | 2,158 |
| 160 | Hayden | 2,143 |
| 161 | Alan | 2,138 |
| 162 | Darius | 2,131 |
| 163 | Brady | 2,095 |
| 164 | Cory | 2,075 |
| 165 | Martin | 2,068 |
| 166 | Fernando | 2,057 |
| 167 | Edgar | 2,047 |
| 168 | Cesar | 2,003 |
| 169 | Gage | 1,998 |
| 170 | Casey | 1,975 |
| 171 | Sergio | 1,967 |
| 172 | Roberto | 1,960 |
| 173 | Chandler | 1,952 |
| 174 | Harrison | 1,903 |
| 175 | Dawson | 1,895 |
| 176 | Preston | 1,891 |
| 177 | Frank | 1,889 |
| 178 | Phillip | 1,887 |
| 179 | Owen | 1,872 |
| 180 | Donald | 1,862 |
| 181 | Marco | 1,855 |
| 182 | Ronald | 1,847 |
| 183 | Trenton | 1,830 |
| 184 | Troy | 1,821 |
| 185 | Hector | 1,815 |
| 186 | Chad | 1,808 |
| 187 | Diego | 1,807 |
| 188 | Drew | 1,803 |
| 189 | Carter | 1,800 |
| 190 | Keith | 1,785 |
| 191 | Jakob | 1,784 |
| 192 | Conner | 1,776 |
| 193 | Andre | 1,767 |
| 194 | Derrick | 1,756 |
| 195 | Jonathon | 1,737 |
| 196 | Edwin | 1,703 |
| 196 | Aidan | 1,703 |
| 198 | Sebastian | 1,697 |
| 199 | Micah | 1,692 |
| 200 | Pedro | 1,672 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1998 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.