Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1998
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | William | 1,055 |
| 2 | Jacob | 1,045 |
| 3 | Joshua | 1,021 |
| 4 | Christopher | 971 |
| 5 | Michael | 948 |
| 6 | Austin | 932 |
| 7 | Matthew | 884 |
| 8 | Brandon | 803 |
| 9 | James | 799 |
| 10 | Nicholas | 670 |
| 11 | Tyler | 660 |
| 12 | Zachary | 659 |
| 13 | John | 637 |
| 14 | Andrew | 631 |
| 15 | Justin | 593 |
| 16 | Daniel | 592 |
| 17 | Robert | 542 |
| 18 | Joseph | 541 |
| 19 | David | 534 |
| 20 | Jonathan | 532 |
| 21 | Jordan | 494 |
| 22 | Cameron | 486 |
| 23 | Noah | 478 |
| 24 | Christian | 471 |
| 25 | Hunter | 460 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Dylan | 427 |
| 27 | Ryan | 423 |
| 28 | Caleb | 417 |
| 29 | Samuel | 402 |
| 30 | Thomas | 400 |
| 31 | Alexander | 378 |
| 32 | Benjamin | 362 |
| 33 | Ethan | 355 |
| 34 | Aaron | 338 |
| 35 | Anthony | 327 |
| 36 | Cody | 305 |
| 36 | Timothy | 305 |
| 38 | Kevin | 296 |
| 39 | Charles | 295 |
| 40 | Logan | 276 |
| 41 | Nathan | 275 |
| 42 | Jason | 234 |
| 43 | Kyle | 231 |
| 44 | Adam | 226 |
| 45 | Elijah | 224 |
| 46 | Eric | 222 |
| 47 | Brian | 205 |
| 47 | Isaiah | 205 |
| 47 | Stephen | 205 |
| 50 | Trevor | 202 |
| 51 | Patrick | 200 |
| 52 | Jared | 195 |
| 52 | Nathaniel | 195 |
| 54 | Steven | 192 |
| 55 | Jose | 189 |
| 56 | Devin | 185 |
| 57 | Chase | 181 |
| 57 | Connor | 181 |
| 59 | Jackson | 178 |
| 60 | Dakota | 176 |
| 61 | Jeremy | 174 |
| 62 | Richard | 173 |
| 63 | Dalton | 166 |
| 64 | Sean | 159 |
| 64 | Seth | 159 |
| 66 | Luke | 157 |
| 67 | Alex | 155 |
| 67 | Kenneth | 155 |
| 69 | Evan | 151 |
| 69 | Garrett | 151 |
| 71 | Marcus | 148 |
| 72 | Jeffrey | 145 |
| 73 | Bryan | 140 |
| 74 | Bradley | 139 |
| 74 | Mason | 139 |
| 76 | Tanner | 137 |
| 77 | Dustin | 136 |
| 78 | Ian | 135 |
| 79 | Isaac | 132 |
| 80 | Gabriel | 131 |
| 81 | Jesse | 130 |
| 81 | Tristan | 130 |
| 83 | Corey | 128 |
| 83 | Malik | 128 |
| 83 | Travis | 128 |
| 86 | Spencer | 127 |
| 87 | Antonio | 122 |
| 88 | Luis | 121 |
| 89 | Wesley | 120 |
| 90 | Gregory | 118 |
| 91 | Mark | 117 |
| 92 | Blake | 116 |
| 93 | Jack | 114 |
| 93 | Juan | 114 |
| 95 | Dillon | 113 |
| 96 | Lucas | 106 |
| 96 | Xavier | 106 |
| 98 | Taylor | 104 |
| 99 | Chandler | 103 |
| 100 | Jeremiah | 98 |