200 most popular baby names for boys born in 1998

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In 1998, the population of the United States was 270,298,524 — and that number includes the nearly four million babies born that year.

Then, of the two million or so of those that were boys, the number 1 baby name was Michael, with 36,614 little Michaels born that year.

In addition to all those boys named Michael, there were also a few other people you might have heard of who arrived that year — like Shawn Mendes, Jaden Smith, Charlie Tahan, Zachary Gordon and Coy Stewart.

Here, check out the top 200 baby names for boys born in the US in 1998! You can sort the list by popularity rank, in alphabetical order, or by the number of letters in the name — plus you can also choose to view some or all of the records. (You can search for all or part of a baby name using the search area on the upper right of the table.)

Listed and ranked by popularity: The 200 most popular baby names for boys born in 1998

Rank	Name	Number of letters
1	Michael	7 letters
2	Jacob	5 letters
3	Matthew	7 letters
4	Joshua	6 letters
5	Christopher	11 letters
6	Nicholas	8 letters
7	Brandon	7 letters
8	Tyler	5 letters
9	Andrew	6 letters
10	Austin	6 letters
11	Joseph	6 letters
12	Daniel	6 letters
13	David	5 letters
14	William	7 letters
15	John	4 letters
16	Zachary	7 letters
17	Ryan	4 letters
18	James	5 letters
19	Anthony	7 letters
20	Justin	6 letters
21	Jonathan	8 letters
22	Alexander	9 letters
23	Robert	6 letters
24	Kyle	4 letters
25	Dylan	5 letters
26	Christian	9 letters
27	Jordan	6 letters
28	Samuel	6 letters
29	Noah	4 letters
30	Benjamin	8 letters
31	Thomas	6 letters
32	Kevin	5 letters
33	Jose	4 letters
34	Nathan	6 letters
35	Cameron	7 letters
36	Hunter	6 letters
37	Aaron	5 letters
38	Ethan	5 letters
39	Eric	4 letters
40	Jason	5 letters
41	Brian	5 letters
42	Caleb	5 letters
43	Cody	4 letters
44	Logan	5 letters
45	Adam	4 letters
46	Steven	6 letters
47	Connor	6 letters
48	Charles	7 letters
49	Timothy	7 letters
50	Sean	4 letters
51	Jared	5 letters
52	Juan	4 letters
53	Luis	4 letters
54	Gabriel	7 letters
55	Richard	7 letters
56	Alex	4 letters
57	Patrick	7 letters
58	Trevor	6 letters
59	Isaiah	6 letters
60	Nathaniel	9 letters
61	Jack	4 letters
62	Devin	5 letters
63	Evan	4 letters
64	Mark	4 letters
65	Isaac	5 letters
66	Elijah	6 letters
67	Chase	5 letters
68	Jeremy	6 letters
69	Carlos	6 letters
70	Jesse	5 letters
71	Adrian	6 letters
72	Dakota	6 letters
73	Ian	3 letters
74	Bryan	5 letters
75	Luke	4 letters
76	Jesus	5 letters
77	Cole	4 letters
78	Stephen	7 letters
79	Antonio	7 letters
80	Garrett	7 letters
81	Angel	5 letters
82	Tanner	6 letters
83	Mason	5 letters
84	Spencer	7 letters
85	Blake	5 letters
86	Kenneth	7 letters
87	Seth	4 letters
88	Dalton	6 letters
89	Paul	4 letters
90	Miguel	6 letters
91	Jeffrey	7 letters
92	Tristan	7 letters
93	Lucas	5 letters
94	Bryce	5 letters
95	Alejandro	9 letters
96	Marcus	6 letters
97	Victor	6 letters
98	Travis	6 letters
99	Brendan	7 letters
100	Jackson	7 letters
101	Bradley	7 letters
102	Jake	4 letters
103	Mitchell	8 letters
104	Taylor	6 letters
105	Edward	6 letters
106	Colton	6 letters
107	Jorge	5 letters
108	Dustin	6 letters
109	Gregory	7 letters
110	Derek	5 letters
111	Peter	5 letters
112	Alec	4 letters
113	Shawn	5 letters
114	Jeremiah	8 letters
115	Corey	5 letters
116	Gavin	5 letters
117	Joel	4 letters
118	Shane	5 letters
119	Devon	5 letters
120	Dominic	7 letters
121	Vincent	7 letters
122	Colin	5 letters
123	Scott	5 letters
124	Julian	6 letters
125	George	6 letters
126	Ricardo	7 letters
127	Grant	5 letters
128	Riley	5 letters
129	Oscar	5 letters
130	Collin	6 letters
131	Xavier	6 letters
132	Nicolas	7 letters
133	Brett	5 letters
134	Dillon	6 letters
135	Henry	5 letters
136	Maxwell	7 letters
137	Wyatt	5 letters
138	Malik	5 letters
139	Francisco	9 letters
140	Erik	4 letters
141	Raymond	7 letters
142	Parker	6 letters
143	Johnathan	9 letters
144	Cristian	8 letters
145	Eduardo	7 letters
146	Omar	4 letters
147	Manuel	6 letters
148	Alexis	6 letters
149	Javier	6 letters
150	Clayton	7 letters
151	Mario	5 letters
152	Wesley	6 letters
153	Ivan	4 letters
154	Bailey	6 letters
155	Liam	4 letters
156	Kaleb	5 letters
157	Andres	6 letters
158	Levi	4 letters
159	Max	3 letters
160	Hayden	6 letters
161	Alan	4 letters
162	Darius	6 letters
163	Brady	5 letters
164	Cory	4 letters
165	Martin	6 letters
166	Fernando	8 letters
167	Edgar	5 letters
168	Cesar	5 letters
169	Gage	4 letters
170	Casey	5 letters
171	Sergio	6 letters
172	Roberto	7 letters
173	Chandler	8 letters
174	Harrison	8 letters
175	Dawson	6 letters
176	Preston	7 letters
177	Phillip	7 letters
178	Frank	5 letters
179	Owen	4 letters
180	Donald	6 letters
181	Marco	5 letters
182	Ronald	6 letters
183	Trenton	7 letters
184	Troy	4 letters
185	Hector	6 letters
186	Chad	4 letters
187	Diego	5 letters
188	Drew	4 letters
189	Carter	6 letters
190	Keith	5 letters
191	Jakob	5 letters
192	Conner	6 letters
193	Andre	5 letters
194	Derrick	7 letters
195	Jonathon	8 letters
196	Aidan	5 letters
197	Edwin	5 letters
198	Sebastian	9 letters
199	Micah	5 letters
200	Pedro	5 letters