Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1990
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,439 |
| 2 | Matthew | 2,234 |
| 3 | Christopher | 2,052 |
| 4 | Daniel | 1,882 |
| 5 | David | 1,549 |
| 6 | Joshua | 1,534 |
| 7 | Nicholas | 1,526 |
| 8 | Joseph | 1,517 |
| 9 | Ryan | 1,506 |
| 10 | Andrew | 1,477 |
| 11 | James | 1,354 |
| 12 | Anthony | 1,323 |
| 13 | John | 1,284 |
| 14 | Kyle | 1,258 |
| 15 | Robert | 1,239 |
| 16 | Kevin | 1,160 |
| 17 | Justin | 1,071 |
| 18 | Jacob | 1,070 |
| 19 | Eric | 1,004 |
| 20 | Brandon | 990 |
| 21 | Zachary | 987 |
| 22 | William | 980 |
| 23 | Jonathan | 958 |
| 24 | Brian | 941 |
| 25 | Thomas | 929 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Steven | 924 |
| 27 | Alexander | 915 |
| 28 | Timothy | 892 |
| 29 | Tyler | 808 |
| 30 | Adam | 797 |
| 31 | Patrick | 713 |
| 32 | Aaron | 631 |
| 33 | Mark | 601 |
| 34 | Benjamin | 589 |
| 35 | Jordan | 588 |
| 36 | Sean | 581 |
| 37 | Jeremy | 579 |
| 38 | Cody | 566 |
| 39 | Jeffrey | 536 |
| 40 | Jose | 532 |
| 41 | Richard | 519 |
| 42 | Charles | 509 |
| 43 | Nathan | 504 |
| 44 | Samuel | 477 |
| 45 | Scott | 466 |
| 46 | Stephen | 464 |
| 47 | Jason | 447 |
| 48 | Paul | 402 |
| 49 | Alex | 397 |
| 50 | Kenneth | 394 |
| 51 | Gregory | 381 |
| 52 | Bradley | 350 |
| 53 | Juan | 342 |
| 54 | Derek | 332 |
| 55 | Austin | 324 |
| 56 | Antonio | 315 |
| 57 | Peter | 314 |
| 58 | Travis | 313 |
| 59 | Dustin | 309 |
| 60 | Corey | 306 |
| 61 | Edward | 299 |
| 62 | Luis | 291 |
| 63 | Jesse | 287 |
| 64 | Bryan | 286 |
| 65 | Ethan | 267 |
| 66 | Marcus | 264 |
| 67 | Jared | 263 |
| 68 | Brett | 259 |
| 69 | Christian | 253 |
| 70 | Ian | 249 |
| 71 | Carlos | 245 |
| 72 | Keith | 236 |
| 73 | Vincent | 232 |
| 74 | Erik | 228 |
| 75 | Cameron | 223 |
| 76 | Shawn | 219 |
| 77 | Phillip | 217 |
| 78 | Mitchell | 215 |
| 79 | Cory | 214 |
| 80 | Darius | 213 |
| 81 | Trevor | 211 |
| 82 | Miguel | 208 |
| 83 | Victor | 205 |
| 84 | Jesus | 204 |
| 85 | George | 196 |
| 86 | Alejandro | 193 |
| 87 | Martin | 191 |
| 87 | Shane | 191 |
| 89 | Joel | 188 |
| 90 | Blake | 184 |
| 90 | Nathaniel | 184 |
| 92 | Lucas | 180 |
| 93 | Colin | 179 |
| 94 | Douglas | 173 |
| 94 | Evan | 173 |
| 96 | Derrick | 171 |
| 97 | Caleb | 170 |
| 98 | Donald | 169 |
| 98 | Luke | 169 |
| 98 | Ronald | 169 |
| 98 | Taylor | 169 |