Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1998
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,402 |
| 2 | Matthew | 2,616 |
| 3 | Nicholas | 2,374 |
| 4 | Christopher | 2,288 |
| 5 | Joseph | 2,271 |
| 6 | Daniel | 1,940 |
| 7 | Anthony | 1,849 |
| 8 | Justin | 1,726 |
| 9 | Brandon | 1,690 |
| 10 | Joshua | 1,686 |
| 11 | John | 1,661 |
| 12 | Ryan | 1,545 |
| 13 | Andrew | 1,522 |
| 14 | David | 1,507 |
| 15 | Kevin | 1,428 |
| 16 | Jacob | 1,410 |
| 17 | Tyler | 1,374 |
| 18 | James | 1,295 |
| 19 | Jonathan | 1,290 |
| 20 | William | 1,241 |
| 21 | Alexander | 1,231 |
| 22 | Thomas | 1,157 |
| 23 | Zachary | 1,115 |
| 24 | Kyle | 1,072 |
| 25 | Robert | 1,020 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Christian | 984 |
| 27 | Jason | 964 |
| 28 | Brian | 928 |
| 29 | Dylan | 864 |
| 30 | Jordan | 845 |
| 31 | Steven | 831 |
| 32 | Benjamin | 787 |
| 33 | Eric | 754 |
| 34 | Samuel | 737 |
| 35 | Austin | 730 |
| 36 | Sean | 715 |
| 37 | Richard | 587 |
| 38 | Patrick | 580 |
| 39 | Noah | 574 |
| 40 | Aaron | 568 |
| 41 | Timothy | 551 |
| 42 | Jack | 534 |
| 43 | Adam | 526 |
| 44 | Jose | 522 |
| 45 | Connor | 496 |
| 46 | Luis | 476 |
| 47 | Alex | 458 |
| 48 | Elijah | 449 |
| 48 | Peter | 449 |
| 50 | Mark | 443 |
| 51 | Bryan | 439 |
| 52 | Cameron | 435 |
| 52 | Charles | 435 |
| 52 | Jeremy | 435 |
| 55 | Jared | 432 |
| 56 | Ethan | 428 |
| 57 | Isaiah | 423 |
| 58 | Nathan | 396 |
| 58 | Stephen | 396 |
| 60 | Vincent | 395 |
| 61 | Gabriel | 393 |
| 62 | Evan | 386 |
| 63 | Paul | 379 |
| 64 | Jeffrey | 375 |
| 65 | Hunter | 365 |
| 66 | Jake | 360 |
| 67 | Nathaniel | 337 |
| 68 | Devin | 336 |
| 68 | Edward | 336 |
| 70 | Brendan | 332 |
| 71 | Angel | 327 |
| 72 | Gregory | 325 |
| 73 | Kenneth | 324 |
| 74 | Ian | 321 |
| 75 | Carlos | 319 |
| 76 | Joel | 298 |
| 77 | Victor | 283 |
| 78 | Juan | 282 |
| 79 | Frank | 281 |
| 80 | Liam | 280 |
| 81 | Luke | 267 |
| 82 | Henry | 261 |
| 83 | Trevor | 259 |
| 84 | Lucas | 258 |
| 85 | George | 253 |
| 86 | Antonio | 249 |
| 87 | Scott | 247 |
| 87 | Shawn | 247 |
| 89 | Malik | 244 |
| 90 | Adrian | 242 |
| 91 | Jesse | 238 |
| 92 | Raymond | 236 |
| 93 | Cody | 235 |
| 94 | Caleb | 234 |
| 95 | Shane | 224 |
| 96 | Isaac | 220 |
| 97 | Cristian | 219 |
| 98 | Marcus | 216 |
| 99 | Logan | 213 |
| 100 | Colin | 212 |