Top 100 baby boy names for births in Northern Ireland during year 1998

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Matthew	429
2	2Ryan	346
3	3James	326
4	4Jack	292
5	5Conor	271
6	6Adam	251
7	7Jordan	251
8	8Michael	240
9	9David	232
10	10Christopher	215
11	11Andrew	211
12	12Daniel	204
13	13Aaron	203
14	14Thomas	198
15	15Joshua	181
16	16Sean	157
17	17Mark	151
18	18Nathan	149
19	19Dylan	148
20	20Jonathan	147
21	21Stephen	144
22	22Peter	138
23	23Jamie	136
24	24John	134
25	25Patrick	130
26	26Ciaran	119
27	27Niall	119
28	28Callum	105
29	29Caolan	104
30	30Kyle	102
31	31William	99
32	32Luke	98
33	33Cameron	97
34	34Samuel	96
35	35Connor	95
36	36Jason	94
37	37Eoin	93
38	38Paul	93
39	39Ben	86
40	40Scott	85
41	41Ross	84
42	42Robert	82
43	43Benjamin	81
44	44Ethan	78
45	45Shane	77
46	46Curtis	75
47	47Joseph	75
48	48Ronan	73
49	49Reece	71
50	50Lee	64
51	51Dean	60
52	52Alexander	59
53	53Jake	59
54	54Lewis	58
55	55Steven	58
56	56Darren	56
57	57Owen	56
58	58Declan	55
59	59Oisin	55
60	60Gareth	53
61	61Kevin	53
62	62Rory	53
63	63Ruairi	50
64	64Brandon	48
65	65Liam	47
66	66Martin	47
67	67Philip	46
68	68Bradley	44
69	69Harry	44
70	70Shea	44
71	71Tiarnan	43
72	72Oran	42
73	73Aidan	41
74	74Marc	41
75	75Corey	40
76	76Gerard	39
77	77Conall	38
78	78Cormac	38
79	79Craig	38
80	80Eoghan	38
81	81Jacob	38
82	82Odhran	38
83	83Gary	37
84	84Rhys	37
85	85Stuart	37
86	86Brendan	35
87	87Joel	33
88	88Anthony	31
89	89Richard	30
90	90Kieran	28
91	91Brian	27
92	92Sam	27
93	93Charles	26
94	94Darragh	26
95	95Eamon	26
96	96Tyler	26
97	97Josh	25
98	98Cathal	24
99	99Calvin	23
100	100George	23

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Coverage: Names given 3 or more times in a year; NISRA records names without accents. Original data · Licence

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