Top Names of 1998
The most popular names recorded in 1998 were Sarah for girls and Matthew for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official StatCan data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Sarah | 2,601 |
| 2 | Emily | 2,364 |
| 3 | Jessica | 2,111 |
| 4 | Emma | 1,568 |
| 5 | Samantha | 1,552 |
| 6 | Taylor | 1,527 |
| 7 | Megan | 1,500 |
| 8 | Alexandra | 1,338 |
| 9 | Nicole | 1,230 |
| 10 | Hannah | 1,218 |
| 11 | Madison | 1,195 |
| 12 | Ashley | 1,145 |
| 13 | Rachel | 1,119 |
| 14 | Victoria | 1,093 |
| 15 | Julia | 1,070 |
| 16 | Rebecca | 1,004 |
| 17 | Gabrielle | 948 |
| 18 | Stephanie | 907 |
| 19 | Sabrina | 906 |
| 20 | Alyssa | 903 |
| 21 | Amanda | 863 |
| 22 | Kayla | 846 |
| 23 | Olivia | 822 |
| 24 | Melissa | 778 |
| 25 | Sydney | 778 |
| 26 | Lauren | 767 |
| 27 | Brittany | 753 |
| 28 | Jennifer | 738 |
| 29 | Vanessa | 729 |
| 30 | Cassandra | 726 |
| 31 | Catherine | 713 |
| 32 | Laura | 690 |
| 33 | Jade | 673 |
| 34 | Elizabeth | 671 |
| 35 | Sara | 669 |
| 36 | Chloe | 661 |
| 37 | Mackenzie | 654 |
| 38 | Camille | 642 |
| 39 | Danielle | 639 |
| 40 | Brianna | 634 |
| 41 | Courtney | 632 |
| 42 | Audrey | 627 |
| 43 | Kaitlyn | 621 |
| 44 | Brooke | 574 |
| 45 | Jenna | 574 |
| 46 | Michelle | 570 |
| 47 | Maude | 562 |
| 48 | Amy | 561 |
| 49 | Jasmine | 558 |
| 50 | Emilie | 556 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Matthew | 3,066 |
| 2 | Michael | 2,501 |
| 3 | Nicholas | 2,415 |
| 4 | Joshua | 2,363 |
| 5 | Samuel | 2,354 |
| 6 | Jacob | 2,303 |
| 7 | William | 2,092 |
| 8 | Brandon | 2,038 |
| 9 | Ryan | 2,015 |
| 10 | Tyler | 1,816 |
| 11 | Alexander | 1,760 |
| 12 | Daniel | 1,719 |
| 13 | Kyle | 1,706 |
| 14 | Jordan | 1,675 |
| 15 | Christopher | 1,635 |
| 16 | David | 1,616 |
| 17 | Justin | 1,592 |
| 18 | Andrew | 1,561 |
| 19 | Dylan | 1,475 |
| 20 | Austin | 1,454 |
| 21 | Benjamin | 1,386 |
| 22 | Gabriel | 1,352 |
| 23 | Zachary | 1,335 |
| 24 | Jonathan | 1,326 |
| 25 | Thomas | 1,248 |
| 26 | Adam | 1,231 |
| 27 | Kevin | 1,230 |
| 28 | Anthony | 1,224 |
| 29 | Noah | 1,193 |
| 30 | James | 1,154 |
| 31 | Nathan | 1,140 |
| 32 | Alexandre | 1,124 |
| 33 | Nicolas | 1,108 |
| 34 | Jeremy | 1,074 |
| 35 | Liam | 1,060 |
| 36 | Joseph | 1,042 |
| 37 | Connor | 1,039 |
| 38 | Eric | 959 |
| 39 | Cameron | 927 |
| 40 | John | 916 |
| 41 | Ethan | 900 |
| 42 | Vincent | 891 |
| 43 | Maxime | 847 |
| 44 | Jason | 789 |
| 45 | Robert | 770 |
| 46 | Cole | 746 |
| 47 | Olivier | 744 |
| 48 | Mathieu | 728 |
| 49 | Tristan | 728 |
| 50 | Simon | 726 |