Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1998
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 1,175 |
| 2 | Matthew | 1,136 |
| 3 | Nicholas | 1,009 |
| 4 | John | 746 |
| 5 | Ryan | 718 |
| 6 | Christopher | 700 |
| 7 | Jacob | 688 |
| 8 | Daniel | 675 |
| 9 | Joseph | 658 |
| 10 | Andrew | 639 |
| 11 | Kyle | 581 |
| 12 | Tyler | 579 |
| 13 | Joshua | 570 |
| 14 | Zachary | 525 |
| 15 | Benjamin | 521 |
| 16 | Alexander | 519 |
| 17 | James | 517 |
| 18 | William | 514 |
| 19 | David | 465 |
| 19 | Thomas | 465 |
| 21 | Anthony | 444 |
| 22 | Jonathan | 442 |
| 23 | Justin | 421 |
| 24 | Cameron | 419 |
| 25 | Samuel | 391 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Brandon | 384 |
| 27 | Robert | 381 |
| 28 | Kevin | 375 |
| 29 | Sean | 354 |
| 30 | Patrick | 346 |
| 31 | Brian | 314 |
| 32 | Timothy | 306 |
| 33 | Connor | 289 |
| 33 | Nathan | 289 |
| 35 | Dylan | 279 |
| 36 | Brendan | 272 |
| 36 | Noah | 272 |
| 38 | Christian | 269 |
| 39 | Jason | 267 |
| 40 | Jack | 264 |
| 41 | Austin | 256 |
| 42 | Eric | 236 |
| 43 | Adam | 235 |
| 44 | Ethan | 221 |
| 45 | Jared | 213 |
| 46 | Jordan | 209 |
| 47 | Evan | 206 |
| 48 | Peter | 204 |
| 49 | Liam | 201 |
| 50 | Jake | 200 |
| 51 | Steven | 196 |
| 52 | Charles | 183 |
| 53 | Stephen | 179 |
| 54 | Alex | 177 |
| 55 | Richard | 169 |
| 56 | Mark | 168 |
| 57 | Nathaniel | 162 |
| 58 | Aaron | 159 |
| 59 | Colin | 158 |
| 60 | Paul | 157 |
| 61 | Devin | 155 |
| 62 | Jeffrey | 148 |
| 62 | Jeremy | 148 |
| 64 | Ian | 138 |
| 64 | Owen | 138 |
| 66 | Luke | 134 |
| 67 | Jose | 131 |
| 68 | Trevor | 128 |
| 69 | Shawn | 126 |
| 70 | Maxwell | 124 |
| 71 | Hunter | 120 |
| 72 | Aidan | 119 |
| 73 | Lucas | 117 |
| 74 | Derek | 115 |
| 75 | Scott | 113 |
| 76 | Cole | 105 |
| 77 | Cody | 103 |
| 77 | Edward | 103 |
| 77 | Shane | 103 |
| 80 | George | 100 |
| 81 | Gregory | 98 |
| 82 | Luis | 97 |
| 82 | Mitchell | 97 |
| 84 | Elijah | 94 |
| 84 | Gabriel | 94 |
| 86 | Alec | 88 |
| 86 | Bryan | 88 |
| 86 | Caleb | 88 |
| 86 | Nicolas | 88 |
| 90 | Brett | 87 |
| 91 | Spencer | 85 |
| 92 | Angel | 84 |
| 92 | Max | 84 |
| 94 | Corey | 83 |
| 94 | Dominic | 83 |
| 94 | Isaiah | 83 |
| 97 | Jesse | 82 |
| 98 | Antonio | 78 |
| 98 | Henry | 78 |
| 100 | Jackson | 77 |