Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 2000
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob | 1,593 |
| 2 | Michael | 1,543 |
| 3 | Matthew | 1,392 |
| 4 | Daniel | 1,261 |
| 5 | Nicholas | 1,189 |
| 6 | Joseph | 1,142 |
| 7 | Joshua | 1,101 |
| 8 | Anthony | 1,005 |
| 9 | Andrew | 973 |
| 10 | Ryan | 946 |
| 11 | Alexander | 942 |
| 12 | Christopher | 934 |
| 13 | John | 924 |
| 14 | Tyler | 922 |
| 15 | Brandon | 852 |
| 16 | David | 851 |
| 17 | Zachary | 800 |
| 18 | Jonathan | 753 |
| 19 | William | 749 |
| 20 | Justin | 746 |
| 21 | Benjamin | 725 |
| 22 | James | 705 |
| 23 | Kevin | 695 |
| 24 | Christian | 677 |
| 25 | Ethan | 667 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Thomas | 637 |
| 27 | Jose | 634 |
| 28 | Kyle | 632 |
| 29 | Samuel | 629 |
| 30 | Dylan | 598 |
| 31 | Nathan | 589 |
| 32 | Robert | 585 |
| 33 | Noah | 580 |
| 34 | Austin | 579 |
| 35 | Jack | 556 |
| 36 | Brian | 497 |
| 37 | Eric | 477 |
| 38 | Jordan | 456 |
| 39 | Cameron | 410 |
| 40 | Juan | 409 |
| 41 | Luis | 404 |
| 42 | Logan | 398 |
| 43 | Charles | 393 |
| 44 | Adam | 389 |
| 45 | Connor | 383 |
| 46 | Jason | 382 |
| 47 | Sean | 374 |
| 48 | Patrick | 363 |
| 49 | Angel | 358 |
| 50 | Timothy | 345 |
| 51 | Aaron | 340 |
| 51 | Luke | 340 |
| 53 | Hunter | 329 |
| 54 | Alex | 328 |
| 55 | Carlos | 324 |
| 56 | Nathaniel | 323 |
| 57 | Caleb | 320 |
| 58 | Jesus | 315 |
| 59 | Gabriel | 314 |
| 60 | Lucas | 309 |
| 61 | Evan | 302 |
| 62 | Alejandro | 300 |
| 63 | Adrian | 295 |
| 64 | Antonio | 289 |
| 65 | Steven | 285 |
| 66 | Jared | 281 |
| 67 | Julian | 277 |
| 68 | Isaiah | 271 |
| 69 | Miguel | 270 |
| 70 | Bryan | 268 |
| 71 | Sebastian | 257 |
| 72 | Cody | 250 |
| 73 | Ian | 242 |
| 73 | Jeremy | 242 |
| 75 | Blake | 241 |
| 76 | Elijah | 240 |
| 77 | Mark | 237 |
| 77 | Richard | 237 |
| 79 | Jackson | 235 |
| 80 | Cole | 233 |
| 81 | Isaac | 230 |
| 82 | Mason | 228 |
| 83 | Devin | 224 |
| 84 | Jorge | 212 |
| 84 | Seth | 212 |
| 86 | Trevor | 211 |
| 87 | Victor | 209 |
| 88 | Colin | 200 |
| 89 | Chase | 198 |
| 89 | Jake | 198 |
| 89 | Omar | 198 |
| 92 | Alexis | 195 |
| 93 | Eduardo | 194 |
| 94 | Xavier | 189 |
| 95 | Jalen | 186 |
| 95 | Jeremiah | 186 |
| 97 | Brendan | 182 |
| 97 | Maxwell | 182 |
| 99 | Dalton | 177 |
| 100 | Kenneth | 176 |