Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1986
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,250 |
| 2 | Matthew | 2,269 |
| 3 | Christopher | 2,132 |
| 4 | Daniel | 1,943 |
| 5 | David | 1,695 |
| 6 | Andrew | 1,590 |
| 7 | Ryan | 1,571 |
| 8 | James | 1,465 |
| 9 | Robert | 1,445 |
| 10 | Joshua | 1,380 |
| 11 | Joseph | 1,360 |
| 12 | John | 1,309 |
| 13 | Nicholas | 1,269 |
| 14 | Anthony | 1,219 |
| 15 | Brian | 1,141 |
| 16 | Kevin | 1,083 |
| 17 | Eric | 1,066 |
| 18 | Jason | 1,041 |
| 19 | Kyle | 1,030 |
| 20 | Brandon | 1,010 |
| 21 | Timothy | 949 |
| 22 | Jonathan | 946 |
| 23 | Adam | 931 |
| 24 | Steven | 921 |
| 25 | William | 908 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Justin | 897 |
| 27 | Jeremy | 848 |
| 28 | Thomas | 802 |
| 29 | Jacob | 689 |
| 30 | Jeffrey | 682 |
| 31 | Mark | 659 |
| 32 | Richard | 639 |
| 33 | Patrick | 627 |
| 34 | Benjamin | 608 |
| 35 | Scott | 559 |
| 36 | Zachary | 548 |
| 37 | Charles | 541 |
| 38 | Aaron | 538 |
| 39 | Alexander | 531 |
| 40 | Sean | 524 |
| 41 | Gregory | 463 |
| 42 | Nathan | 452 |
| 43 | Paul | 442 |
| 44 | Bradley | 431 |
| 45 | Tyler | 415 |
| 46 | Kenneth | 408 |
| 47 | Jose | 385 |
| 48 | Stephen | 377 |
| 49 | Bryan | 372 |
| 50 | Dustin | 343 |
| 51 | Peter | 329 |
| 52 | Samuel | 314 |
| 53 | Marcus | 304 |
| 54 | Antonio | 300 |
| 55 | Derek | 299 |
| 56 | Edward | 296 |
| 57 | Alex | 275 |
| 58 | Jordan | 266 |
| 59 | Keith | 261 |
| 60 | Juan | 259 |
| 61 | Jesse | 248 |
| 62 | Travis | 245 |
| 63 | Shawn | 240 |
| 64 | Corey | 232 |
| 65 | Brett | 231 |
| 66 | Jared | 228 |
| 67 | Chad | 221 |
| 68 | Phillip | 214 |
| 69 | Luis | 213 |
| 70 | George | 211 |
| 71 | Cody | 209 |
| 72 | Donald | 203 |
| 73 | Frank | 202 |
| 74 | Erik | 199 |
| 75 | Ronald | 198 |
| 76 | Nathaniel | 192 |
| 77 | Philip | 189 |
| 78 | Shane | 188 |
| 79 | Cory | 184 |
| 80 | Joel | 182 |
| 81 | Carlos | 177 |
| 82 | Raymond | 176 |
| 83 | Craig | 174 |
| 84 | Victor | 173 |
| 85 | Miguel | 164 |
| 86 | Douglas | 163 |
| 87 | Blake | 161 |
| 88 | Derrick | 155 |
| 89 | Jesus | 151 |
| 89 | Vincent | 151 |
| 91 | Evan | 149 |
| 92 | Ian | 148 |
| 93 | Andre | 145 |
| 94 | Dennis | 144 |
| 94 | Jonathon | 144 |
| 96 | Luke | 141 |
| 97 | Lucas | 139 |
| 98 | Jeffery | 134 |
| 99 | Christian | 130 |
| 99 | Mario | 130 |