Top 100 New York Boy Baby Names in 1998

// These were the most popular boy baby names in New York, in 1998.

The Most Popular New York Boy Baby Names in 1998


You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1998.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in New York was Michael. In total there were 115,241 boys born sharing 1,845 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1998 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.


Rank Name How Unique? Total births this year
1Michael1 in 34 (3%)3,402
2Matthew1 in 44 (2.3%)2,616
3Nicholas1 in 49 (2.1%)2,374
4Christopher1 in 50 (2%)2,287
5Joseph1 in 51 (2%)2,270
6Daniel1 in 60 (1.7%)1,936
7Anthony1 in 62 (1.6%)1,848
8Justin1 in 67 (1.5%)1,726
9Brandon1 in 68 (1.5%)1,688
10Joshua1 in 68 (1.5%)1,685
11John1 in 69 (1.4%)1,660
12Ryan1 in 75 (1.3%)1,545
13Andrew1 in 76 (1.3%)1,522
14David1 in 77 (1.3%)1,504
15Kevin1 in 81 (1.2%)1,428
16Jacob1 in 82 (1.2%)1,408
17Tyler1 in 84 (1.2%)1,374
18James1 in 89 (1.1%)1,294
19Jonathan1 in 89 (1.1%)1,290
20William1 in 93 (1.1%)1,241
21Alexander1 in 94 (1.1%)1,231
22Thomas1 in 100 (1%)1,157
23Zachary1 in 103 (1%)1,115
24Kyle1 in 108 (0.9%)1,072
25Robert1 in 113 (0.9%)1,020
26Christian1 in 117 (0.9%)982
27Jason1 in 120 (0.8%)964
28Brian1 in 124 (0.8%)928
29Dylan1 in 134 (0.7%)863
30Jordan1 in 136 (0.7%)845
31Steven1 in 139 (0.7%)830
32Benjamin1 in 147 (0.7%)786
33Eric1 in 153 (0.7%)754
34Samuel1 in 157 (0.6%)735
35Austin1 in 158 (0.6%)730
36Sean1 in 161 (0.6%)715
37Richard1 in 196 (0.5%)587
38Patrick1 in 199 (0.5%)580
39Noah1 in 201 (0.5%)573
40Aaron1 in 203 (0.5%)568
41Timothy1 in 209 (0.5%)551
42Jack1 in 216 (0.5%)534
43Adam1 in 219 (0.5%)526
44Jose1 in 221 (0.5%)522
45Connor1 in 232 (0.4%)496
46Luis1 in 242 (0.4%)476
47Alex1 in 252 (0.4%)458
48Elijah1 in 257 (0.4%)448
49Peter1 in 257 (0.4%)448
50Mark1 in 261 (0.4%)442
51Bryan1 in 263 (0.4%)439
52Cameron1 in 264 (0.4%)436
53Charles1 in 265 (0.4%)435
54Jeremy1 in 265 (0.4%)435
55Jared1 in 267 (0.4%)432
56Ethan1 in 269 (0.4%)428
57Isaiah1 in 272 (0.4%)423
58Nathan1 in 291 (0.3%)396
59Stephen1 in 292 (0.3%)395
60Vincent1 in 292 (0.3%)395
61Gabriel1 in 293 (0.3%)393
62Evan1 in 299 (0.3%)386
63Paul1 in 305 (0.3%)378
64Jeffrey1 in 308 (0.3%)374
65Hunter1 in 316 (0.3%)365
66Jake1 in 320 (0.3%)360
67Nathaniel1 in 342 (0.3%)337
68Devin1 in 343 (0.3%)336
69Edward1 in 343 (0.3%)336
70Brendan1 in 347 (0.3%)332
71Angel1 in 352 (0.3%)327
72Gregory1 in 355 (0.3%)325
73Kenneth1 in 356 (0.3%)324
74Ian1 in 359 (0.3%)321
75Carlos1 in 361 (0.3%)319
76Joel1 in 388 (0.3%)297
77Juan1 in 409 (0.2%)282
78Victor1 in 409 (0.2%)282
79Frank1 in 410 (0.2%)281
80Liam1 in 412 (0.2%)280
81Luke1 in 432 (0.2%)267
82Henry1 in 443 (0.2%)260
83Trevor1 in 445 (0.2%)259
84Lucas1 in 447 (0.2%)258
85George1 in 455 (0.2%)253
86Antonio1 in 461 (0.2%)250
87Scott1 in 467 (0.2%)247
88Shawn1 in 467 (0.2%)247
89Malik1 in 472 (0.2%)244
90Adrian1 in 476 (0.2%)242
91Jesse1 in 484 (0.2%)238
92Raymond1 in 488 (0.2%)236
93Cody1 in 490 (0.2%)235
94Caleb1 in 492 (0.2%)234
95Shane1 in 514 (0.2%)224
96Isaac1 in 524 (0.2%)220
97Cristian1 in 526 (0.2%)219
98Marcus1 in 534 (0.2%)216
99Logan1 in 541 (0.2%)213
100Colin1 in 544 (0.2%)212


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