Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1998
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew | 1,634 |
| 2 | Nicholas | 1,312 |
| 3 | Jacob | 1,233 |
| 4 | Michael | 1,221 |
| 5 | Joshua | 1,198 |
| 6 | Ryan | 1,016 |
| 7 | Daniel | 961 |
| 8 | Alexander | 889 |
| 9 | Tyler | 878 |
| 10 | Andrew | 869 |
| 11 | Brandon | 860 |
| 12 | Kyle | 859 |
| 13 | Christopher | 736 |
| 14 | Justin | 731 |
| 15 | Jordan | 702 |
| 16 | Adam | 680 |
| 17 | Austin | 642 |
| 18 | William | 629 |
| 19 | David | 624 |
| 20 | Joseph | 617 |
| 21 | Dylan | 611 |
| 22 | Zachary | 602 |
| 23 | Noah | 596 |
| 24 | Benjamin | 561 |
| 25 | James | 555 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Connor | 540 |
| 27 | Liam | 507 |
| 28 | Thomas | 489 |
| 29 | Cameron | 488 |
| 30 | John | 485 |
| 31 | Eric | 470 |
| 32 | Nathan | 464 |
| 33 | Jonathan | 443 |
| 34 | Kevin | 436 |
| 35 | Robert | 421 |
| 36 | Samuel | 419 |
| 37 | Ethan | 411 |
| 38 | Anthony | 404 |
| 39 | Mitchell | 375 |
| 40 | Lucas | 366 |
| 41 | Jason | 358 |
| 42 | Aaron | 343 |
| 43 | Jack | 327 |
| 44 | Patrick | 324 |
| 45 | Spencer | 322 |
| 46 | Christian | 286 |
| 47 | Cole | 285 |
| 48 | Steven | 284 |
| 49 | Evan | 282 |
| 50 | Owen | 269 |
| 51 | Sean | 267 |
| 52 | Cody | 262 |
| 52 | Jesse | 262 |
| 54 | Riley | 253 |
| 55 | Brendan | 237 |
| 56 | Mark | 234 |
| 57 | Peter | 233 |
| 58 | Colin | 227 |
| 59 | Tristan | 223 |
| 60 | Aidan | 222 |
| 61 | Bradley | 221 |
| 62 | Jared | 217 |
| 63 | Jeremy | 202 |
| 63 | Nathaniel | 202 |
| 65 | Hunter | 199 |
| 66 | Nicolas | 197 |
| 67 | Logan | 196 |
| 68 | Luke | 194 |
| 69 | Richard | 193 |
| 70 | Timothy | 190 |
| 71 | Gabriel | 185 |
| 72 | Jake | 181 |
| 73 | Devon | 179 |
| 74 | Dawson | 178 |
| 75 | Caleb | 175 |
| 76 | Brian | 172 |
| 77 | Ian | 164 |
| 78 | Stephen | 159 |
| 79 | Travis | 157 |
| 80 | Scott | 156 |
| 81 | Curtis | 155 |
| 81 | Jeffrey | 155 |
| 83 | Joel | 154 |
| 84 | Devin | 153 |
| 85 | Isaac | 152 |
| 86 | Carter | 151 |
| 86 | Mackenzie | 151 |
| 88 | Trevor | 150 |
| 89 | Brett | 148 |
| 89 | Gregory | 148 |
| 91 | Paul | 142 |
| 92 | Marcus | 141 |
| 93 | Adrian | 137 |
| 93 | Bailey | 137 |
| 95 | Alex | 135 |
| 96 | Taylor | 130 |
| 97 | Mathew | 126 |
| 98 | Shane | 125 |
| 99 | Brayden | 122 |
| 99 | Derek | 122 |