Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1997
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 2,011 |
| 2 | Jacob | 1,574 |
| 3 | Nicholas | 1,516 |
| 4 | Matthew | 1,494 |
| 5 | Daniel | 1,330 |
| 6 | Joseph | 1,224 |
| 7 | Joshua | 1,135 |
| 8 | Tyler | 1,078 |
| 9 | Christopher | 1,063 |
| 10 | Andrew | 1,048 |
| 11 | John | 1,046 |
| 12 | Brandon | 1,045 |
| 13 | Anthony | 1,041 |
| 14 | David | 1,012 |
| 15 | Ryan | 998 |
| 16 | Austin | 985 |
| 17 | Zachary | 958 |
| 18 | Alexander | 876 |
| 19 | James | 842 |
| 20 | Kyle | 826 |
| 21 | Jonathan | 820 |
| 22 | William | 744 |
| 23 | Justin | 725 |
| 24 | Kevin | 694 |
| 25 | Samuel | 668 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Robert | 667 |
| 27 | Thomas | 647 |
| 28 | Christian | 646 |
| 29 | Jordan | 641 |
| 30 | Benjamin | 605 |
| 31 | Jose | 570 |
| 32 | Eric | 540 |
| 33 | Brian | 518 |
| 34 | Nathan | 512 |
| 35 | Dylan | 489 |
| 36 | Adam | 465 |
| 37 | Patrick | 454 |
| 38 | Aaron | 431 |
| 39 | Jack | 396 |
| 40 | Sean | 395 |
| 41 | Cody | 393 |
| 42 | Ethan | 386 |
| 43 | Noah | 385 |
| 43 | Timothy | 385 |
| 45 | Steven | 384 |
| 46 | Jason | 371 |
| 47 | Juan | 370 |
| 48 | Charles | 365 |
| 49 | Luis | 363 |
| 50 | Alex | 350 |
| 51 | Connor | 319 |
| 52 | Jeremy | 315 |
| 53 | Logan | 301 |
| 54 | Mark | 299 |
| 55 | Jesus | 298 |
| 56 | Luke | 297 |
| 57 | Antonio | 292 |
| 58 | Nathaniel | 285 |
| 59 | Alejandro | 281 |
| 60 | Richard | 280 |
| 61 | Cameron | 279 |
| 62 | Lucas | 273 |
| 63 | Evan | 265 |
| 64 | Miguel | 263 |
| 65 | Carlos | 257 |
| 66 | Blake | 252 |
| 67 | Jared | 250 |
| 68 | Angel | 248 |
| 69 | Gabriel | 247 |
| 70 | Cole | 244 |
| 71 | Isaiah | 242 |
| 72 | Caleb | 240 |
| 73 | Devin | 239 |
| 73 | Trevor | 239 |
| 75 | Ian | 236 |
| 76 | Jake | 231 |
| 77 | Malik | 227 |
| 78 | Alexis | 224 |
| 78 | Mitchell | 224 |
| 80 | Paul | 223 |
| 80 | Peter | 223 |
| 82 | Dakota | 220 |
| 83 | Adrian | 213 |
| 83 | Jeffrey | 213 |
| 85 | Dalton | 207 |
| 85 | Jesse | 207 |
| 85 | Kenneth | 207 |
| 85 | Marcus | 207 |
| 89 | Colin | 206 |
| 90 | Alec | 203 |
| 91 | Stephen | 198 |
| 92 | Bryan | 196 |
| 93 | Erik | 194 |
| 94 | Oscar | 192 |
| 95 | Bradley | 190 |
| 95 | Edward | 190 |
| 97 | Julian | 189 |
| 97 | Victor | 189 |
| 99 | Hunter | 187 |
| 100 | Isaac | 186 |
| 100 | Scott | 186 |