Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1988
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,445 |
| 2 | Matthew | 2,313 |
| 3 | Christopher | 2,073 |
| 4 | Daniel | 1,901 |
| 5 | Andrew | 1,681 |
| 6 | David | 1,593 |
| 7 | Joseph | 1,482 |
| 8 | Joshua | 1,471 |
| 9 | Ryan | 1,459 |
| 10 | Nicholas | 1,425 |
| 11 | James | 1,369 |
| 12 | John | 1,328 |
| 13 | Robert | 1,295 |
| 14 | Anthony | 1,278 |
| 15 | Kevin | 1,168 |
| 16 | Justin | 1,159 |
| 17 | Eric | 1,147 |
| 18 | Kyle | 1,064 |
| 19 | Brian | 1,015 |
| 20 | Brandon | 986 |
| 21 | Timothy | 977 |
| 22 | Jonathan | 955 |
| 23 | Thomas | 911 |
| 24 | Steven | 873 |
| 25 | William | 872 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Adam | 864 |
| 27 | Jacob | 795 |
| 28 | Zachary | 776 |
| 29 | Alexander | 748 |
| 30 | Patrick | 700 |
| 31 | Jason | 682 |
| 32 | Benjamin | 670 |
| 33 | Jeremy | 630 |
| 34 | Mark | 614 |
| 35 | Richard | 587 |
| 36 | Aaron | 585 |
| 37 | Sean | 574 |
| 38 | Charles | 547 |
| 38 | Jeffrey | 547 |
| 40 | Tyler | 524 |
| 41 | Scott | 506 |
| 42 | Nathan | 449 |
| 43 | Samuel | 432 |
| 44 | Paul | 429 |
| 45 | Stephen | 420 |
| 46 | Bradley | 418 |
| 47 | Jose | 410 |
| 48 | Gregory | 402 |
| 49 | Kenneth | 393 |
| 50 | Cody | 362 |
| 51 | Jordan | 339 |
| 52 | Travis | 338 |
| 53 | Dustin | 331 |
| 54 | Alex | 330 |
| 55 | Derek | 317 |
| 56 | Peter | 314 |
| 57 | Bryan | 305 |
| 58 | Edward | 303 |
| 59 | Corey | 298 |
| 60 | Antonio | 286 |
| 61 | Keith | 276 |
| 62 | Marcus | 269 |
| 63 | Juan | 259 |
| 64 | Cory | 256 |
| 65 | Donald | 250 |
| 66 | Shawn | 235 |
| 67 | Phillip | 231 |
| 68 | Jared | 222 |
| 68 | Vincent | 222 |
| 70 | Luis | 220 |
| 71 | Jesse | 219 |
| 72 | Brett | 217 |
| 73 | Victor | 212 |
| 74 | Ian | 209 |
| 75 | Ronald | 206 |
| 76 | Derrick | 205 |
| 77 | Austin | 204 |
| 77 | Erik | 204 |
| 79 | George | 198 |
| 80 | Nathaniel | 197 |
| 81 | Raymond | 194 |
| 82 | Martin | 181 |
| 83 | Carlos | 179 |
| 83 | Chad | 179 |
| 85 | Lucas | 174 |
| 86 | Douglas | 170 |
| 87 | Frank | 169 |
| 88 | Philip | 163 |
| 89 | Miguel | 162 |
| 90 | Blake | 160 |
| 91 | Adrian | 159 |
| 92 | Joel | 158 |
| 93 | Craig | 155 |
| 94 | Evan | 154 |
| 95 | Cameron | 153 |
| 95 | Shane | 153 |
| 97 | Colin | 152 |
| 97 | Jesus | 152 |
| 99 | Mario | 149 |
| 100 | Christian | 146 |