Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1998
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob | 1,764 |
| 2 | Michael | 1,198 |
| 3 | Joshua | 1,078 |
| 4 | Austin | 1,068 |
| 5 | Nicholas | 1,052 |
| 6 | Tyler | 1,049 |
| 7 | Matthew | 1,025 |
| 8 | Brandon | 925 |
| 9 | Andrew | 924 |
| 10 | Zachary | 903 |
| 11 | Joseph | 873 |
| 12 | Kyle | 796 |
| 13 | Ryan | 753 |
| 14 | Alexander | 732 |
| 15 | Christopher | 730 |
| 16 | Justin | 679 |
| 17 | Anthony | 656 |
| 18 | Noah | 641 |
| 19 | James | 629 |
| 20 | Daniel | 618 |
| 21 | David | 602 |
| 22 | John | 580 |
| 23 | Nathan | 563 |
| 24 | Jordan | 545 |
| 25 | Robert | 530 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Brendan | 506 |
| 27 | Dylan | 504 |
| 27 | Hunter | 504 |
| 29 | William | 494 |
| 30 | Benjamin | 482 |
| 31 | Cameron | 470 |
| 32 | Logan | 431 |
| 33 | Aaron | 422 |
| 34 | Samuel | 414 |
| 35 | Thomas | 410 |
| 36 | Eric | 386 |
| 37 | Caleb | 366 |
| 38 | Adam | 362 |
| 39 | Christian | 355 |
| 39 | Jonathan | 355 |
| 41 | Ethan | 354 |
| 42 | Connor | 349 |
| 43 | Cody | 348 |
| 44 | Trevor | 342 |
| 45 | Devin | 337 |
| 46 | Kevin | 321 |
| 47 | Jared | 312 |
| 48 | Jason | 306 |
| 49 | Jack | 287 |
| 50 | Evan | 283 |
| 51 | Steven | 282 |
| 52 | Alex | 275 |
| 53 | Charles | 262 |
| 53 | Chase | 262 |
| 55 | Timothy | 260 |
| 56 | Sean | 257 |
| 57 | Mitchell | 253 |
| 58 | Brian | 247 |
| 59 | Nathaniel | 237 |
| 60 | Ian | 218 |
| 61 | Dakota | 213 |
| 62 | Patrick | 212 |
| 63 | Luke | 210 |
| 63 | Mark | 210 |
| 65 | Gabriel | 209 |
| 66 | Spencer | 208 |
| 67 | Bradley | 199 |
| 68 | Blake | 197 |
| 69 | Jeremy | 194 |
| 69 | Seth | 194 |
| 71 | Garrett | 188 |
| 71 | Lucas | 188 |
| 73 | Richard | 186 |
| 74 | Travis | 185 |
| 75 | Bryce | 184 |
| 75 | Cole | 184 |
| 77 | Antonio | 181 |
| 78 | Alec | 174 |
| 78 | Isaac | 174 |
| 80 | Collin | 170 |
| 81 | Dominic | 167 |
| 81 | Jesse | 167 |
| 81 | Kenneth | 167 |
| 84 | Shane | 166 |
| 85 | Derek | 162 |
| 86 | Devon | 160 |
| 87 | Mason | 159 |
| 88 | Stephen | 155 |
| 89 | Paul | 154 |
| 90 | Jeffrey | 152 |
| 91 | Marcus | 151 |
| 92 | Colin | 150 |
| 93 | Grant | 143 |
| 94 | Brett | 141 |
| 95 | Brenden | 140 |
| 96 | Elijah | 136 |
| 96 | Gavin | 136 |
| 98 | Maxwell | 135 |
| 99 | Malik | 129 |
| 100 | Jalen | 128 |