Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1982
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,546 |
| 2 | Christopher | 2,563 |
| 3 | Matthew | 2,317 |
| 4 | David | 1,960 |
| 5 | Jason | 1,905 |
| 6 | Daniel | 1,769 |
| 7 | James | 1,739 |
| 8 | Robert | 1,696 |
| 9 | John | 1,677 |
| 10 | Joseph | 1,621 |
| 11 | Joshua | 1,541 |
| 12 | Brian | 1,482 |
| 13 | Ryan | 1,326 |
| 14 | Justin | 1,214 |
| 15 | Andrew | 1,194 |
| 16 | Eric | 1,162 |
| 17 | Anthony | 1,129 |
| 18 | Adam | 1,126 |
| 19 | William | 1,101 |
| 20 | Nicholas | 1,089 |
| 21 | Timothy | 977 |
| 22 | Kevin | 963 |
| 23 | Steven | 940 |
| 24 | Jonathan | 937 |
| 25 | Thomas | 879 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Brandon | 862 |
| 27 | Jeffrey | 855 |
| 28 | Mark | 761 |
| 29 | Richard | 751 |
| 30 | Scott | 721 |
| 31 | Aaron | 713 |
| 32 | Patrick | 648 |
| 33 | Jeremy | 643 |
| 34 | Charles | 622 |
| 35 | Paul | 613 |
| 36 | Benjamin | 560 |
| 37 | Jose | 524 |
| 38 | Kyle | 499 |
| 39 | Gregory | 496 |
| 40 | Jacob | 493 |
| 41 | Kenneth | 488 |
| 42 | Nathan | 487 |
| 43 | Bradley | 425 |
| 44 | Stephen | 419 |
| 45 | Sean | 418 |
| 46 | Dustin | 402 |
| 47 | Peter | 367 |
| 48 | Edward | 356 |
| 49 | Keith | 324 |
| 50 | Chad | 321 |
| 51 | Derek | 318 |
| 51 | Travis | 318 |
| 53 | Zachary | 314 |
| 54 | Jesse | 313 |
| 55 | Marcus | 293 |
| 56 | Bryan | 285 |
| 57 | Juan | 279 |
| 58 | Antonio | 269 |
| 59 | Ronald | 266 |
| 60 | Alexander | 265 |
| 61 | Donald | 258 |
| 62 | Shawn | 257 |
| 63 | Brett | 252 |
| 64 | Douglas | 250 |
| 65 | George | 248 |
| 66 | Erik | 245 |
| 67 | Samuel | 233 |
| 68 | Phillip | 228 |
| 69 | Jared | 223 |
| 70 | Carlos | 220 |
| 71 | Todd | 202 |
| 72 | Lucas | 197 |
| 73 | Joel | 194 |
| 74 | Larry | 192 |
| 74 | Luis | 192 |
| 76 | Craig | 189 |
| 76 | Nathaniel | 189 |
| 78 | Dennis | 186 |
| 78 | Raymond | 186 |
| 80 | Philip | 183 |
| 81 | Vincent | 179 |
| 82 | Gary | 171 |
| 82 | Mario | 171 |
| 84 | Tyler | 170 |
| 85 | Miguel | 169 |
| 86 | Frank | 167 |
| 87 | Carl | 164 |
| 87 | Cory | 164 |
| 89 | Brent | 163 |
| 90 | Derrick | 156 |
| 91 | Andre | 154 |
| 91 | Corey | 154 |
| 93 | Terry | 153 |
| 94 | Jesus | 151 |
| 95 | Jeffery | 150 |
| 96 | Ian | 146 |
| 97 | Tony | 145 |
| 97 | Willie | 145 |
| 99 | Gabriel | 144 |
| 100 | Victor | 143 |