Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1984
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,606 |
| 2 | Matthew | 2,473 |
| 3 | Christopher | 2,452 |
| 4 | Daniel | 1,981 |
| 5 | David | 1,809 |
| 6 | James | 1,602 |
| 7 | Ryan | 1,567 |
| 8 | Joshua | 1,565 |
| 9 | Robert | 1,564 |
| 10 | Joseph | 1,521 |
| 11 | John | 1,465 |
| 12 | Jason | 1,435 |
| 13 | Brian | 1,351 |
| 14 | Andrew | 1,335 |
| 15 | Adam | 1,303 |
| 16 | Nicholas | 1,233 |
| 17 | Anthony | 1,175 |
| 18 | Eric | 1,136 |
| 19 | Justin | 1,081 |
| 20 | Brandon | 1,054 |
| 21 | William | 1,044 |
| 22 | Steven | 963 |
| 23 | Kevin | 933 |
| 24 | Jonathan | 931 |
| 25 | Timothy | 900 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Thomas | 876 |
| 27 | Jeffrey | 755 |
| 28 | Kyle | 744 |
| 29 | Mark | 703 |
| 30 | Richard | 663 |
| 31 | Patrick | 647 |
| 32 | Jacob | 622 |
| 33 | Scott | 620 |
| 34 | Benjamin | 591 |
| 35 | Aaron | 587 |
| 36 | Charles | 577 |
| 37 | Jeremy | 536 |
| 38 | Paul | 531 |
| 39 | Nathan | 523 |
| 40 | Sean | 490 |
| 41 | Gregory | 486 |
| 42 | Stephen | 479 |
| 43 | Zachary | 470 |
| 44 | Jose | 425 |
| 45 | Kenneth | 417 |
| 46 | Dustin | 398 |
| 47 | Bryan | 393 |
| 48 | Bradley | 388 |
| 49 | Alexander | 362 |
| 50 | Tyler | 360 |
| 51 | Marcus | 348 |
| 52 | Keith | 326 |
| 53 | Edward | 325 |
| 54 | Derek | 312 |
| 55 | Peter | 311 |
| 56 | Travis | 306 |
| 57 | Juan | 282 |
| 58 | Chad | 276 |
| 59 | Donald | 250 |
| 60 | Samuel | 244 |
| 61 | Douglas | 236 |
| 62 | Jesse | 234 |
| 62 | Phillip | 234 |
| 64 | Erik | 227 |
| 65 | Antonio | 221 |
| 65 | Brett | 221 |
| 67 | George | 217 |
| 68 | Ronald | 216 |
| 68 | Shawn | 216 |
| 70 | Corey | 209 |
| 71 | Jordan | 197 |
| 72 | Joel | 191 |
| 73 | Alex | 186 |
| 74 | Nathaniel | 183 |
| 75 | Raymond | 182 |
| 76 | Jared | 180 |
| 77 | Craig | 177 |
| 77 | Derrick | 177 |
| 79 | Andre | 168 |
| 80 | Carlos | 166 |
| 81 | Frank | 164 |
| 82 | Philip | 163 |
| 83 | Mario | 162 |
| 84 | Victor | 161 |
| 84 | Vincent | 161 |
| 86 | Blake | 155 |
| 87 | Ian | 151 |
| 88 | Dennis | 149 |
| 89 | Martin | 147 |
| 90 | Cory | 145 |
| 90 | Miguel | 145 |
| 92 | Larry | 144 |
| 93 | Lucas | 143 |
| 93 | Luis | 143 |
| 95 | Carl | 141 |
| 96 | Curtis | 140 |
| 97 | Todd | 138 |
| 98 | Brent | 137 |
| 99 | Cody | 136 |
| 99 | Jeffery | 136 |
| 99 | Maurice | 136 |