Popular baby names in Illinois, 1985

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1985 were Jennifer for girls (2,052 babies) and Michael for boys (3,371). Jennifer ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 155,258 babies born in Illinois in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1985

Names given at least 15 times in Illinois that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Latrice: 71 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Tasia: 47 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Chiquita: 46 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dominique: 398 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Yesenia: 53 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Tatiana: 43 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Colleen: 180 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Gabriela: 65 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Antoinette: 63 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Nora: 50 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Ryne: 65 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Pierre: 92 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Deandre: 71 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Terrell: 92 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Maurice: 150 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Demetrius: 60 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Darius: 58 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,052	–	3
2	Ashley	1,945	↑1	2
3	Jessica	1,909	↓1	1
4	Amanda	1,655	–	4
5	Nicole	1,228	–	7
6	Sarah	1,164	–	5
7	Elizabeth	1,120	–	9
8	Megan	1,079	↑2	10
9	Stephanie	1,071	–	6
10	Melissa	999	↓2	11
11	Lauren	833	↑5	15
12	Laura	829	↑5	14
13	Heather	807	↓1	8
14	Rachel	801	–	13
15	Christina	798	↑7	12
16	Michelle	782	↓5	22
17	Amy	740	↓4	20
18	Danielle	700	↑2	18
19	Brittany	699	↑25	17
20	Kimberly	647	↑1	19
21	Emily	644	↑3	24
22	Kelly	627	↓3	28
23	Rebecca	621	–	25
24	Erin	610	↓6	26
25	Tiffany	594	↓10	23
26	Katherine	592	↓1	32
27	Samantha	579	↑7	29
28	Amber	548	↓2	16
29	Jamie	539	↑2	27
30	Angela	511	↓1	31
31	Sara	485	↑2	30
32	Crystal	474	↓5	21
33	Lisa	460	↓5	36
34	Andrea	452	↓4	33
35	Mary	449	↑1	35
36	Erica	437	↓4	34
37	Kathryn	411	↑1	48
38	Kristin	411	↑4	49
39	Christine	406	–	44
40	Dominique	398	new	83
41	Lindsey	388	↓4	37
42	Kristen	383	↓2	38
43	Vanessa	380	↑2	42
44	Lindsay	358	↓9	40
45	Jacqueline	355	↓2	60
46	Shannon	351	↓5	41
47	Allison	343	new	46
48	Katie	341	↓1	39
49	Courtney	320	↓1	43
50	Jenna	312	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Michael	3,371	–	1
2	Christopher	2,383	↑1	2
3	Matthew	2,320	↓1	3
4	Daniel	2,013	–	5
5	David	1,883	–	6
6	Ryan	1,705	↑1	12
7	Joshua	1,569	↑1	4
8	James	1,553	↓2	7
9	Robert	1,529	–	8
10	Joseph	1,527	–	10
11	Andrew	1,461	↑3	11
12	John	1,345	↓1	9
13	Brian	1,285	–	18
14	Nicholas	1,283	↑2	19
15	Jason	1,271	↓3	14
16	Anthony	1,202	↑1	20
17	Brandon	1,192	↑3	13
18	Adam	1,105	↓3	22
19	Eric	1,056	↓1	21
20	Kevin	1,029	↑3	23
21	Steven	1,028	↑1	24
22	Timothy	984	↑3	26
23	Justin	966	↓4	15
24	Jonathan	925	–	17
25	William	889	↓4	16
26	Kyle	863	↑2	27
27	Thomas	855	↓1	25
28	Jeffrey	725	↓1	29
29	Patrick	720	↑2	37
30	Mark	715	↓1	32
31	Richard	659	↓1	28
32	Jacob	638	–	35
33	Aaron	619	↑2	33
34	Jeremy	592	↑3	30
35	Benjamin	586	↓1	31
36	Scott	579	↓3	44
37	Zachary	573	↑6	39
38	Sean	558	↑2	38
39	Charles	557	↓3	34
40	Gregory	490	↑1	45
41	Paul	486	↓3	42
42	Nathan	485	↓3	40
43	Stephen	449	↓1	36
44	Bradley	435	↑4	53
45	Kenneth	427	–	47
46	Alexander	425	↑3	50
47	Jose	419	↓3	49
48	Bryan	412	↓1	48
49	Tyler	384	↑1	43
50	Dustin	379	↓4	41

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