Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1989
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,584 |
| 2 | Matthew | 2,208 |
| 3 | Christopher | 2,129 |
| 4 | Daniel | 1,879 |
| 5 | Andrew | 1,605 |
| 6 | David | 1,599 |
| 7 | Nicholas | 1,559 |
| 8 | Joshua | 1,551 |
| 9 | Joseph | 1,453 |
| 10 | Ryan | 1,432 |
| 11 | James | 1,421 |
| 12 | Robert | 1,356 |
| 13 | John | 1,342 |
| 14 | Anthony | 1,289 |
| 15 | Kevin | 1,210 |
| 16 | Kyle | 1,098 |
| 17 | Justin | 1,048 |
| 18 | Eric | 1,044 |
| 19 | Brandon | 1,012 |
| 20 | William | 973 |
| 21 | Brian | 960 |
| 22 | Thomas | 957 |
| 23 | Timothy | 954 |
| 24 | Adam | 935 |
| 25 | Jonathan | 933 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Steven | 932 |
| 27 | Zachary | 915 |
| 28 | Jacob | 895 |
| 29 | Alexander | 793 |
| 30 | Patrick | 705 |
| 31 | Benjamin | 672 |
| 32 | Jeremy | 637 |
| 33 | Aaron | 631 |
| 34 | Tyler | 604 |
| 35 | Richard | 601 |
| 36 | Sean | 585 |
| 37 | Mark | 564 |
| 38 | Jeffrey | 547 |
| 39 | Charles | 546 |
| 40 | Jason | 520 |
| 41 | Jose | 515 |
| 42 | Scott | 484 |
| 43 | Nathan | 458 |
| 44 | Jordan | 433 |
| 45 | Stephen | 421 |
| 46 | Kenneth | 411 |
| 47 | Gregory | 400 |
| 48 | Bradley | 398 |
| 49 | Alex | 395 |
| 50 | Samuel | 394 |
| 51 | Paul | 372 |
| 52 | Cody | 369 |
| 53 | Travis | 352 |
| 54 | Dustin | 340 |
| 55 | Corey | 306 |
| 56 | Juan | 305 |
| 57 | Peter | 304 |
| 58 | Bryan | 303 |
| 59 | Marcus | 295 |
| 60 | Derek | 294 |
| 61 | Antonio | 285 |
| 62 | Keith | 281 |
| 63 | Edward | 279 |
| 64 | Austin | 278 |
| 65 | Jared | 259 |
| 66 | Cory | 250 |
| 67 | Luis | 242 |
| 68 | Carlos | 240 |
| 69 | Vincent | 235 |
| 70 | George | 230 |
| 70 | Jesse | 230 |
| 72 | Phillip | 227 |
| 73 | Donald | 224 |
| 74 | Erik | 216 |
| 75 | Evan | 211 |
| 76 | Miguel | 207 |
| 77 | Brett | 206 |
| 78 | Nathaniel | 204 |
| 79 | Victor | 202 |
| 80 | Shawn | 192 |
| 81 | Mitchell | 188 |
| 82 | Ronald | 186 |
| 83 | Ian | 181 |
| 84 | Darius | 177 |
| 85 | Blake | 176 |
| 85 | Derrick | 176 |
| 87 | Jesus | 174 |
| 88 | Chad | 172 |
| 88 | Mario | 172 |
| 88 | Shane | 172 |
| 91 | Andre | 168 |
| 92 | Cameron | 166 |
| 92 | Christian | 166 |
| 94 | Martin | 164 |
| 95 | Dennis | 160 |
| 96 | Caleb | 159 |
| 96 | Ricardo | 159 |
| 98 | Joel | 158 |
| 99 | Ethan | 154 |
| 99 | Philip | 154 |