Most popular boys’ names in Quebec, 1998

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Samuel	1,435
2	Gabriel	996
3	William	941
4	Alexandre	930
5	Nicolas	770
6	Maxime	759
7	Olivier	692
8	Vincent	680
9	Mathieu	595
10	Jeremy	583
11	Anthony	552
12	Antoine	517
13	Simon	515
14	Felix	509
15	David	492
16	Michael	470
17	Jonathan	453
18	Kevin	450
19	Tommy	442
20	Philippe	441
21	Guillaume	406
22	Raphael	404
23	Alex	388
24	Thomas	359
25	Charles	355

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alexis	326
27	Jacob	315
28	Etienne	301
29	Francis	297
30	Christopher	296
31	Benjamin	284
32	Tristan	257
33	Cedric	250
34	Frederic	249
34	Jeremie	249
34	Xavier	249
37	Brandon	242
38	Sebastien	221
39	Julien	219
40	Jordan	204
41	Marc Antoine	198
42	Justin	178
43	Emile	167
44	Jason	165
44	Nicholas	165
46	Marc-Antoine	150
47	Daniel	149
47	Zachary	149
49	Jimmy	148
50	Dylan	147
50	Francois	147
52	Steven	139
53	Mikael	136
54	Matthew	135
55	Hugo	132
56	Frederick	130
57	Nathan	129
57	Patrick	129
59	Christophe	127
60	Adam	124
61	Jessy	122
62	Keven	120
63	Louis	119
64	Dominic	111
64	Jerome	111
66	Alexander	109
67	Andrew	103
68	Yannick	101
69	James	99
70	Victor	96
71	Miguel	94
72	Joey	92
72	Joshua	92
72	Shawn	92
75	Ryan	90
76	Eric	88
76	Laurent	88
76	Maxim	88
79	Joel	86
80	Joseph	85
81	Jeffrey	82
82	Mickael	80
83	Bryan	79
84	Cedrick	74
85	Dany	73
86	Benoit	70
86	Dave	70
88	Alec	68
88	Karl	68
90	Edouard	66
91	Emmanuel	64
91	Marc-Andre	64
91	Philip	64
91	Remi	64
95	Marc Andre	63
95	Nathaniel	63
95	Pascal	63
98	Christian	62
98	Marc	62
100	Jean Philippe	61