Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1998
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 1,724 |
| 2 | Matthew | 1,387 |
| 3 | Nicholas | 1,192 |
| 4 | Christopher | 1,103 |
| 5 | Joseph | 1,018 |
| 6 | Daniel | 933 |
| 7 | Anthony | 913 |
| 8 | John | 869 |
| 9 | Ryan | 858 |
| 10 | Justin | 721 |
| 11 | Kevin | 702 |
| 12 | Andrew | 701 |
| 13 | Brandon | 687 |
| 14 | David | 672 |
| 15 | Joshua | 667 |
| 16 | Thomas | 666 |
| 17 | Kyle | 637 |
| 18 | James | 628 |
| 19 | Alexander | 615 |
| 19 | Tyler | 615 |
| 21 | William | 607 |
| 22 | Robert | 588 |
| 23 | Zachary | 566 |
| 24 | Jonathan | 555 |
| 25 | Jacob | 517 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Brian | 509 |
| 27 | Christian | 475 |
| 28 | Sean | 440 |
| 29 | Jason | 423 |
| 30 | Eric | 359 |
| 31 | Dylan | 351 |
| 32 | Steven | 345 |
| 33 | Patrick | 299 |
| 34 | Samuel | 297 |
| 35 | Timothy | 292 |
| 36 | Austin | 282 |
| 37 | Connor | 279 |
| 38 | Jordan | 278 |
| 39 | Benjamin | 264 |
| 40 | Jack | 262 |
| 41 | Mark | 258 |
| 41 | Richard | 258 |
| 43 | Isaiah | 254 |
| 44 | Stephen | 248 |
| 45 | Jake | 227 |
| 46 | Adam | 219 |
| 47 | Charles | 217 |
| 48 | Evan | 215 |
| 49 | Alex | 213 |
| 50 | Bryan | 211 |
| 51 | Noah | 208 |
| 52 | Jared | 206 |
| 53 | Jeffrey | 200 |
| 54 | Aaron | 199 |
| 55 | Luis | 194 |
| 56 | Vincent | 187 |
| 57 | Jose | 185 |
| 57 | Peter | 185 |
| 59 | Paul | 184 |
| 60 | Brendan | 179 |
| 61 | Gabriel | 175 |
| 62 | Ethan | 171 |
| 63 | Kenneth | 163 |
| 64 | Cameron | 162 |
| 65 | Elijah | 160 |
| 66 | Edward | 158 |
| 66 | Jeremy | 158 |
| 68 | Ian | 157 |
| 69 | Luke | 155 |
| 70 | Carlos | 147 |
| 71 | Gregory | 146 |
| 72 | Hunter | 143 |
| 73 | George | 141 |
| 74 | Liam | 134 |
| 75 | Shane | 125 |
| 76 | Devin | 124 |
| 77 | Colin | 123 |
| 78 | Scott | 122 |
| 79 | Victor | 120 |
| 80 | Frank | 119 |
| 81 | Juan | 116 |
| 82 | Derek | 115 |
| 83 | Antonio | 113 |
| 84 | Trevor | 112 |
| 85 | Nathaniel | 111 |
| 86 | Angel | 107 |
| 87 | Raymond | 105 |
| 88 | Dominic | 103 |
| 89 | Alec | 98 |
| 89 | Miguel | 98 |
| 91 | Joel | 96 |
| 92 | Dante | 95 |
| 92 | Jesse | 95 |
| 92 | Nathan | 95 |
| 95 | Edwin | 94 |
| 95 | Erik | 94 |
| 95 | Lucas | 94 |
| 98 | Marc | 93 |
| 99 | Julian | 92 |
| 100 | Max | 90 |