Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1987
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,374 |
| 2 | Matthew | 2,234 |
| 3 | Christopher | 2,116 |
| 4 | Daniel | 2,004 |
| 5 | Andrew | 1,737 |
| 6 | David | 1,669 |
| 7 | Ryan | 1,582 |
| 8 | James | 1,420 |
| 9 | Joseph | 1,403 |
| 10 | Robert | 1,382 |
| 11 | John | 1,359 |
| 12 | Joshua | 1,355 |
| 13 | Nicholas | 1,243 |
| 14 | Anthony | 1,201 |
| 15 | Brian | 1,141 |
| 16 | Kevin | 1,140 |
| 17 | Kyle | 1,101 |
| 18 | Eric | 1,091 |
| 19 | Justin | 1,048 |
| 20 | Brandon | 1,037 |
| 21 | Timothy | 1,007 |
| 22 | William | 944 |
| 23 | Jonathan | 914 |
| 24 | Adam | 890 |
| 25 | Steven | 874 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Thomas | 868 |
| 27 | Jason | 803 |
| 28 | Jacob | 773 |
| 29 | Jeremy | 721 |
| 30 | Patrick | 674 |
| 31 | Zachary | 636 |
| 32 | Jeffrey | 634 |
| 33 | Mark | 632 |
| 34 | Benjamin | 624 |
| 35 | Richard | 620 |
| 36 | Alexander | 598 |
| 37 | Scott | 565 |
| 38 | Aaron | 563 |
| 39 | Charles | 519 |
| 40 | Sean | 512 |
| 41 | Nathan | 481 |
| 42 | Paul | 464 |
| 43 | Tyler | 453 |
| 44 | Gregory | 426 |
| 45 | Bradley | 409 |
| 46 | Stephen | 404 |
| 47 | Kenneth | 385 |
| 48 | Dustin | 383 |
| 49 | Jose | 378 |
| 50 | Alex | 361 |
| 51 | Bryan | 340 |
| 52 | Samuel | 338 |
| 53 | Jordan | 324 |
| 54 | Travis | 323 |
| 55 | Edward | 322 |
| 55 | Peter | 322 |
| 57 | Derek | 315 |
| 58 | Marcus | 296 |
| 59 | Cody | 277 |
| 60 | Antonio | 263 |
| 61 | Juan | 258 |
| 62 | Brett | 254 |
| 62 | Donald | 254 |
| 64 | Corey | 252 |
| 64 | Keith | 252 |
| 66 | Phillip | 244 |
| 67 | Jesse | 233 |
| 68 | Jared | 220 |
| 68 | Shawn | 220 |
| 70 | Cory | 218 |
| 71 | Ronald | 212 |
| 72 | Erik | 209 |
| 73 | Carlos | 208 |
| 73 | Luis | 208 |
| 75 | Chad | 203 |
| 76 | Philip | 198 |
| 77 | George | 190 |
| 78 | Derrick | 189 |
| 79 | Vincent | 181 |
| 80 | Douglas | 177 |
| 81 | Nathaniel | 173 |
| 81 | Raymond | 173 |
| 83 | Shane | 172 |
| 84 | Victor | 168 |
| 85 | Craig | 167 |
| 86 | Mario | 164 |
| 87 | Miguel | 157 |
| 88 | Frank | 153 |
| 89 | Joel | 152 |
| 90 | Austin | 151 |
| 91 | Evan | 150 |
| 91 | Lucas | 150 |
| 91 | Martin | 150 |
| 94 | Blake | 146 |
| 94 | Curtis | 146 |
| 96 | Jesus | 143 |
| 97 | Luke | 140 |
| 98 | Ian | 137 |
| 99 | Carl | 133 |
| 100 | Wesley | 131 |