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

#NameBabies
1Sarah2,601
2Emily2,364
3Jessica2,111
4Emma1,568
5Samantha1,552
6Taylor1,527
7Megan1,500
8Alexandra1,338
9Nicole1,230
10Hannah1,218
11Madison1,195
12Ashley1,145
13Rachel1,119
14Victoria1,093
15Julia1,070
16Rebecca1,004
17Gabrielle948
18Stephanie907
19Sabrina906
20Alyssa903
21Amanda863
22Kayla846
23Olivia822
24Melissa778
25Sydney778
26Lauren767
27Brittany753
28Jennifer738
29Vanessa729
30Cassandra726
31Catherine713
32Laura690
33Jade673
34Elizabeth671
35Sara669
36Chloe661
37Mackenzie654
38Camille642
39Danielle639
40Brianna634
41Courtney632
42Audrey627
43Kaitlyn621
44Brooke574
45Jenna574
46Michelle570
47Maude562
48Amy561
49Jasmine558
50Emilie556

Boys

#NameBabies
1Matthew3,066
2Michael2,501
3Nicholas2,415
4Joshua2,363
5Samuel2,354
6Jacob2,303
7William2,092
8Brandon2,038
9Ryan2,015
10Tyler1,816
11Alexander1,760
12Daniel1,719
13Kyle1,706
14Jordan1,675
15Christopher1,635
16David1,616
17Justin1,592
18Andrew1,561
19Dylan1,475
20Austin1,454
21Benjamin1,386
22Gabriel1,352
23Zachary1,335
24Jonathan1,326
25Thomas1,248
26Adam1,231
27Kevin1,230
28Anthony1,224
29Noah1,193
30James1,154
31Nathan1,140
32Alexandre1,124
33Nicolas1,108
34Jeremy1,074
35Liam1,060
36Joseph1,042
37Connor1,039
38Eric959
39Cameron927
40John916
41Ethan900
42Vincent891
43Maxime847
44Jason789
45Robert770
46Cole746
47Olivier744
48Mathieu728
49Tristan728
50Simon726