Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 2001
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 1,448 |
| 2 | Jacob | 1,421 |
| 3 | Matthew | 1,343 |
| 4 | Daniel | 1,185 |
| 5 | Nicholas | 1,133 |
| 6 | Joshua | 1,117 |
| 7 | Anthony | 1,032 |
| 8 | Joseph | 1,005 |
| 9 | Andrew | 956 |
| 10 | Alexander | 945 |
| 11 | David | 925 |
| 12 | Christopher | 909 |
| 13 | John | 861 |
| 14 | Ryan | 860 |
| 15 | Tyler | 838 |
| 16 | William | 824 |
| 17 | Zachary | 819 |
| 18 | Brandon | 763 |
| 19 | Jonathan | 746 |
| 20 | Ethan | 734 |
| 21 | James | 722 |
| 22 | Benjamin | 677 |
| 23 | Kevin | 674 |
| 24 | Christian | 656 |
| 25 | Justin | 652 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Dylan | 650 |
| 26 | Samuel | 650 |
| 28 | Thomas | 609 |
| 29 | Jack | 593 |
| 29 | Nathan | 593 |
| 31 | Kyle | 565 |
| 32 | Jose | 561 |
| 33 | Robert | 537 |
| 34 | Austin | 526 |
| 35 | Brian | 511 |
| 36 | Logan | 507 |
| 37 | Noah | 494 |
| 38 | Jason | 438 |
| 39 | Gabriel | 424 |
| 40 | Luke | 417 |
| 41 | Eric | 411 |
| 42 | Cameron | 396 |
| 43 | Caleb | 394 |
| 44 | Angel | 393 |
| 44 | Charles | 393 |
| 46 | Juan | 391 |
| 47 | Connor | 389 |
| 48 | Adam | 386 |
| 49 | Jordan | 383 |
| 50 | Luis | 380 |
| 51 | Patrick | 362 |
| 52 | Aaron | 351 |
| 52 | Sean | 351 |
| 54 | Jesus | 349 |
| 55 | Evan | 338 |
| 56 | Hunter | 324 |
| 57 | Julian | 319 |
| 58 | Adrian | 310 |
| 59 | Antonio | 306 |
| 60 | Alex | 300 |
| 61 | Nathaniel | 296 |
| 62 | Elijah | 288 |
| 62 | Isaiah | 288 |
| 64 | Alejandro | 285 |
| 65 | Lucas | 281 |
| 66 | Mason | 278 |
| 67 | Carlos | 277 |
| 68 | Miguel | 275 |
| 68 | Timothy | 275 |
| 70 | Isaac | 266 |
| 71 | Ian | 263 |
| 72 | Jackson | 261 |
| 73 | Aidan | 250 |
| 74 | Bryan | 248 |
| 75 | Sebastian | 246 |
| 76 | Steven | 243 |
| 77 | Blake | 242 |
| 78 | Trevor | 239 |
| 79 | Cole | 237 |
| 80 | Mark | 236 |
| 81 | Jared | 235 |
| 82 | Jeremiah | 225 |
| 83 | Alexis | 221 |
| 83 | Colin | 221 |
| 83 | Devin | 221 |
| 86 | Cody | 217 |
| 86 | Eduardo | 217 |
| 86 | Richard | 217 |
| 89 | Xavier | 213 |
| 90 | Omar | 205 |
| 91 | Jeremy | 204 |
| 92 | Gavin | 197 |
| 92 | Victor | 197 |
| 94 | Seth | 195 |
| 95 | Dalton | 185 |
| 96 | Chase | 184 |
| 96 | Oscar | 184 |
| 98 | Maxwell | 183 |
| 99 | Ivan | 180 |
| 99 | Jorge | 180 |
| 99 | Peter | 180 |