Popular baby names in Illinois, 1986

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1986 were Jessica for girls (2,133 babies) and Michael for boys (3,250). Social Security records list 150,757 babies born in Illinois in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1986

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: 48 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Maritza: 45 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Tamika: 59 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dominique: 304 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tatiana: 57 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Asia: 36 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Colleen: 158 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Yesenia: 71 babies, 2× the national rate
Tanisha: 57 babies, 2× the national rate
Patrice: 44 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Pierre: 84 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Deandre: 68 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Darius: 72 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Demetrius: 70 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Jessica	2,133	↑2	1
2	Ashley	2,004	–	2
3	Jennifer	1,749	↓2	4
4	Amanda	1,692	–	3
5	Sarah	1,288	↑1	5
6	Nicole	1,113	↓1	7
7	Stephanie	1,111	↑2	6
8	Elizabeth	1,053	↓1	10
9	Brittany	975	↑10	8
10	Lauren	932	↑1	14
11	Megan	911	↓3	11
12	Melissa	854	↓2	12
13	Laura	762	↓1	20
14	Samantha	724	↑13	21
15	Michelle	708	↑1	23
16	Heather	706	↓3	9
17	Rachel	703	↓3	15
18	Amy	698	↓1	22
19	Emily	667	↑2	24
20	Amber	640	↑8	13
21	Danielle	639	↓3	16
22	Christina	633	↓7	19
23	Katherine	603	↑3	28
24	Kimberly	599	↓4	18
25	Kelly	586	↓3	29
26	Tiffany	583	↓1	17
27	Rebecca	533	↓4	26
28	Erin	517	↓4	30
29	Erica	487	↑7	31
30	Sara	477	↑1	27
31	Lisa	450	↑2	40
32	Jamie	449	↓3	34
33	Angela	437	↓3	33
34	Crystal	427	↓2	25
35	Andrea	416	↓1	36
36	Kathryn	411	↑1	48
37	Christine	407	↑2	47
38	Mary	394	↓3	37
39	Katie	374	↑9	38
40	Allison	365	↑7	42
41	Kristin	355	↓3	50
42	Courtney	353	↑7	35
43	Vanessa	346	–	43
44	Whitney	339	new	32
45	Lindsey	335	↓4	39
46	Jacqueline	327	↓1	57
47	Kristen	324	↓5	41
48	Lindsay	315	↓4	46
49	Dominique	304	↓9	98
50	Shannon	295	↓4	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Michael	3,250	–	1
2	Matthew	2,269	↑1	3
3	Christopher	2,132	↓1	2
4	Daniel	1,943	–	6
5	David	1,695	–	5
6	Andrew	1,590	↑5	8
7	Ryan	1,571	↓1	11
8	James	1,465	–	7
9	Robert	1,445	–	9
10	Joshua	1,380	↓3	4
11	Joseph	1,360	↓1	12
12	John	1,309	–	10
13	Nicholas	1,269	↑1	17
14	Anthony	1,219	↑2	19
15	Brian	1,141	↓2	20
16	Kevin	1,083	↑4	21
17	Eric	1,066	↑2	22
18	Jason	1,041	↓3	18
19	Kyle	1,030	↑7	23
20	Brandon	1,010	↓3	13
21	Timothy	949	↑1	27
22	Jonathan	946	↑2	16
23	Adam	931	↓5	24
24	Steven	921	↓3	25
25	William	908	–	15
26	Justin	897	↓3	14
27	Jeremy	848	↑7	28
28	Thomas	802	↓1	26
29	Jacob	689	↑3	31
30	Jeffrey	682	↓2	32
31	Mark	659	↓1	35
32	Richard	639	↓1	29
33	Patrick	627	↓4	39
34	Benjamin	608	↑1	30
35	Scott	559	↑1	44
36	Zachary	548	↑1	38
37	Charles	541	↑2	34
38	Aaron	538	↓5	33
39	Alexander	531	↑7	41
40	Sean	524	↓2	37
41	Gregory	463	↓1	46
42	Nathan	452	–	43
43	Paul	442	↓2	45
44	Bradley	431	–	54
45	Tyler	415	↑4	40
46	Kenneth	408	↓1	50
47	Jose	385	–	51
48	Stephen	377	↓5	36
49	Bryan	372	↓1	47
50	Dustin	343	–	42

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