Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1998
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 1,933 |
| 2 | Jacob | 1,648 |
| 3 | Matthew | 1,525 |
| 4 | Nicholas | 1,388 |
| 5 | Daniel | 1,277 |
| 6 | Joshua | 1,150 |
| 7 | Joseph | 1,112 |
| 8 | Andrew | 1,052 |
| 9 | Brandon | 1,022 |
| 10 | Christopher | 1,003 |
| 11 | John | 979 |
| 12 | Tyler | 977 |
| 13 | Anthony | 976 |
| 14 | Ryan | 955 |
| 15 | David | 940 |
| 16 | Alexander | 916 |
| 17 | Zachary | 909 |
| 18 | Austin | 859 |
| 19 | James | 837 |
| 20 | Kyle | 806 |
| 21 | Justin | 753 |
| 22 | William | 743 |
| 23 | Jonathan | 740 |
| 24 | Kevin | 660 |
| 25 | Thomas | 650 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Samuel | 644 |
| 27 | Robert | 632 |
| 28 | Jose | 619 |
| 29 | Benjamin | 593 |
| 30 | Christian | 590 |
| 31 | Nathan | 578 |
| 32 | Jordan | 564 |
| 33 | Dylan | 559 |
| 34 | Eric | 556 |
| 35 | Brian | 541 |
| 36 | Noah | 508 |
| 37 | Ethan | 488 |
| 38 | Jack | 468 |
| 39 | Adam | 432 |
| 40 | Aaron | 407 |
| 41 | Patrick | 405 |
| 42 | Sean | 398 |
| 43 | Luis | 377 |
| 44 | Jason | 376 |
| 45 | Juan | 374 |
| 46 | Timothy | 373 |
| 47 | Charles | 372 |
| 48 | Cameron | 365 |
| 49 | Connor | 350 |
| 50 | Alex | 331 |
| 51 | Steven | 327 |
| 52 | Caleb | 313 |
| 53 | Luke | 312 |
| 54 | Adrian | 311 |
| 54 | Logan | 311 |
| 56 | Antonio | 305 |
| 57 | Jeremy | 300 |
| 58 | Cody | 295 |
| 59 | Nathaniel | 282 |
| 60 | Jesus | 281 |
| 61 | Alejandro | 276 |
| 61 | Mark | 276 |
| 63 | Trevor | 271 |
| 64 | Richard | 270 |
| 65 | Gabriel | 265 |
| 66 | Carlos | 263 |
| 67 | Ian | 261 |
| 68 | Evan | 260 |
| 69 | Jared | 259 |
| 70 | Lucas | 255 |
| 71 | Hunter | 251 |
| 72 | Miguel | 249 |
| 73 | Isaiah | 244 |
| 74 | Angel | 239 |
| 75 | Devin | 232 |
| 76 | Bryan | 228 |
| 77 | Blake | 227 |
| 77 | Isaac | 227 |
| 79 | Alec | 226 |
| 80 | Julian | 219 |
| 81 | Kenneth | 215 |
| 81 | Victor | 215 |
| 83 | Brendan | 214 |
| 83 | Cole | 214 |
| 83 | Elijah | 214 |
| 86 | Dakota | 210 |
| 86 | Dalton | 210 |
| 88 | Mitchell | 208 |
| 89 | Malik | 204 |
| 90 | Peter | 201 |
| 91 | Bradley | 199 |
| 91 | Jake | 199 |
| 93 | Oscar | 193 |
| 94 | Chase | 189 |
| 94 | Jesse | 189 |
| 94 | Jorge | 189 |
| 97 | Paul | 182 |
| 98 | Omar | 181 |
| 99 | Eduardo | 177 |
| 100 | Bryce | 176 |
| 100 | Edward | 176 |