Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1998
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 1,804 |
| 2 | Matthew | 1,573 |
| 3 | Nicholas | 1,420 |
| 4 | Jacob | 1,414 |
| 5 | Tyler | 1,355 |
| 6 | Joshua | 1,165 |
| 7 | Ryan | 1,134 |
| 8 | Joseph | 1,080 |
| 9 | John | 1,069 |
| 10 | Zachary | 1,048 |
| 11 | Andrew | 1,019 |
| 12 | Austin | 997 |
| 13 | Christopher | 970 |
| 14 | Brandon | 950 |
| 15 | David | 881 |
| 16 | Daniel | 877 |
| 17 | Anthony | 833 |
| 18 | James | 827 |
| 19 | Kyle | 791 |
| 20 | William | 765 |
| 21 | Alexander | 764 |
| 22 | Justin | 762 |
| 23 | Robert | 732 |
| 24 | Dylan | 693 |
| 25 | Thomas | 653 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Benjamin | 640 |
| 27 | Noah | 629 |
| 28 | Jonathan | 586 |
| 29 | Nathan | 572 |
| 30 | Jordan | 545 |
| 31 | Samuel | 505 |
| 32 | Hunter | 491 |
| 33 | Kevin | 487 |
| 34 | Christian | 478 |
| 35 | Eric | 477 |
| 36 | Sean | 475 |
| 37 | Aaron | 457 |
| 38 | Brian | 426 |
| 39 | Ethan | 409 |
| 40 | Timothy | 402 |
| 41 | Adam | 398 |
| 42 | Jason | 380 |
| 43 | Jared | 367 |
| 44 | Cameron | 366 |
| 45 | Cody | 365 |
| 46 | Connor | 364 |
| 47 | Logan | 355 |
| 48 | Evan | 345 |
| 49 | Steven | 343 |
| 50 | Patrick | 333 |
| 51 | Charles | 310 |
| 52 | Richard | 300 |
| 53 | Stephen | 299 |
| 54 | Luke | 297 |
| 55 | Nathaniel | 294 |
| 56 | Mark | 291 |
| 57 | Ian | 267 |
| 57 | Shane | 267 |
| 59 | Alex | 263 |
| 59 | Colin | 263 |
| 61 | Trevor | 252 |
| 62 | Caleb | 246 |
| 62 | Dakota | 246 |
| 64 | Jeremy | 242 |
| 65 | Brendan | 240 |
| 66 | Isaiah | 229 |
| 66 | Shawn | 229 |
| 68 | Cole | 225 |
| 69 | Jeffrey | 220 |
| 70 | Devin | 216 |
| 71 | Jack | 211 |
| 71 | Paul | 211 |
| 73 | Edward | 207 |
| 74 | Jesse | 203 |
| 75 | Kenneth | 201 |
| 76 | Seth | 188 |
| 77 | Dominic | 183 |
| 78 | Devon | 180 |
| 78 | Elijah | 180 |
| 78 | Tanner | 180 |
| 81 | Derek | 179 |
| 82 | Gregory | 178 |
| 82 | Mason | 178 |
| 82 | Scott | 178 |
| 85 | Chase | 177 |
| 85 | Isaac | 177 |
| 87 | Dalton | 173 |
| 88 | Lucas | 170 |
| 89 | Mitchell | 167 |
| 90 | Garrett | 165 |
| 91 | Vincent | 164 |
| 92 | Alec | 163 |
| 93 | Collin | 161 |
| 93 | Corey | 161 |
| 95 | Bradley | 160 |
| 96 | Jake | 159 |
| 96 | Travis | 159 |
| 98 | Bryce | 155 |
| 99 | Gabriel | 153 |
| 100 | Brett | 152 |