Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1996
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 2,132 |
| 2 | Jacob | 1,534 |
| 3 | Matthew | 1,489 |
| 4 | Nicholas | 1,476 |
| 5 | Daniel | 1,444 |
| 6 | Joseph | 1,222 |
| 7 | Christopher | 1,193 |
| 8 | Joshua | 1,134 |
| 9 | Andrew | 1,111 |
| 10 | David | 1,091 |
| 11 | Brandon | 1,083 |
| 11 | Tyler | 1,083 |
| 13 | Ryan | 1,061 |
| 14 | Anthony | 1,028 |
| 15 | Austin | 994 |
| 16 | John | 990 |
| 17 | Zachary | 985 |
| 18 | Alexander | 956 |
| 19 | Kyle | 852 |
| 20 | James | 846 |
| 21 | Jonathan | 811 |
| 22 | Kevin | 810 |
| 23 | William | 794 |
| 24 | Justin | 781 |
| 25 | Robert | 740 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Thomas | 691 |
| 27 | Christian | 684 |
| 28 | Samuel | 624 |
| 29 | Eric | 619 |
| 30 | Benjamin | 617 |
| 31 | Jordan | 610 |
| 32 | Jose | 553 |
| 33 | Brian | 532 |
| 34 | Adam | 484 |
| 34 | Cody | 484 |
| 36 | Nathan | 483 |
| 37 | Aaron | 476 |
| 38 | Patrick | 466 |
| 39 | Dylan | 448 |
| 40 | Timothy | 447 |
| 41 | Steven | 436 |
| 42 | Sean | 402 |
| 43 | Charles | 370 |
| 44 | Jeremy | 368 |
| 45 | Jason | 365 |
| 46 | Connor | 362 |
| 47 | Noah | 361 |
| 48 | Alex | 355 |
| 49 | Juan | 340 |
| 50 | Richard | 331 |
| 51 | Luis | 325 |
| 52 | Jack | 323 |
| 53 | Mark | 322 |
| 54 | Logan | 309 |
| 55 | Antonio | 300 |
| 56 | Luke | 286 |
| 57 | Mitchell | 281 |
| 58 | Malik | 273 |
| 59 | Ian | 269 |
| 60 | Bradley | 267 |
| 61 | Ethan | 266 |
| 62 | Lucas | 261 |
| 63 | Peter | 258 |
| 64 | Trevor | 255 |
| 65 | Nathaniel | 254 |
| 66 | Dakota | 244 |
| 66 | Jesus | 244 |
| 66 | Miguel | 244 |
| 69 | Evan | 243 |
| 70 | Alejandro | 240 |
| 70 | Caleb | 240 |
| 72 | Jeffrey | 237 |
| 73 | Devin | 233 |
| 74 | Carlos | 230 |
| 75 | Jesse | 229 |
| 76 | Adrian | 225 |
| 77 | Kenneth | 224 |
| 77 | Marcus | 224 |
| 79 | Brett | 218 |
| 79 | Stephen | 218 |
| 81 | Blake | 217 |
| 82 | Edward | 214 |
| 83 | Cameron | 213 |
| 83 | Gabriel | 213 |
| 85 | Angel | 211 |
| 86 | Alec | 209 |
| 87 | Scott | 205 |
| 88 | Paul | 204 |
| 89 | Colin | 201 |
| 90 | Eduardo | 200 |
| 90 | Erik | 200 |
| 90 | Isaiah | 200 |
| 90 | Jorge | 200 |
| 94 | Bryan | 199 |
| 95 | Cristian | 197 |
| 96 | Elijah | 194 |
| 97 | Victor | 193 |
| 98 | Dalton | 191 |
| 98 | Omar | 191 |
| 100 | Brendan | 190 |