Popular baby names in Illinois, 1987

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1987 were Ashley for girls (2,502 babies) and Michael for boys (3,374). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 154,282 babies born in Illinois in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1987

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

Girls

Maritza: 52 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marquita: 45 babies, 3× the national rate
Dominique: 268 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Colleen: 189 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tamika: 60 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Nora: 55 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Tatiana: 73 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Maribel: 45 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Cordero: 60 babies, 4× the national rate
Pierre: 80 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Deandre: 82 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Darius: 98 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Darnell: 71 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Demetrius: 68 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	2,502	↑1	2
2	Jessica	2,443	↓1	1
3	Amanda	1,690	↑1	3
4	Jennifer	1,563	↓1	4
5	Sarah	1,322	–	5
6	Nicole	1,116	–	8
7	Stephanie	1,071	–	6
8	Brittany	1,025	↑1	7
9	Elizabeth	1,016	↓1	10
10	Samantha	970	↑4	11
11	Lauren	872	↓1	16
12	Megan	859	↓1	12
13	Melissa	817	↓1	13
14	Danielle	768	↑7	14
15	Emily	761	↑4	19
16	Michelle	695	↓1	21
17	Heather	691	↓1	9
18	Rachel	687	↓1	17
19	Laura	665	↓6	22
20	Tiffany	619	↑6	18
21	Amy	612	↓3	24
22	Christina	601	–	20
23	Amber	568	↓3	15
24	Kelly	567	↑1	30
25	Rebecca	541	↑2	25
26	Kimberly	535	↓2	23
27	Katherine	529	↓4	28
28	Sara	458	↑2	29
29	Mary	457	↑9	37
30	Erin	454	↓2	34
31	Lisa	442	–	40
32	Erica	436	↓3	31
33	Crystal	414	↑1	26
34	Andrea	405	↑1	36
35	Angela	402	↓2	35
36	Kathryn	394	–	51
37	Katie	386	↑2	38
38	Jacqueline	378	↑8	54
39	Jamie	378	↓7	39
40	Allison	372	–	44
41	Vanessa	366	↑2	43
42	Christine	355	↓5	48
43	Courtney	322	↓1	33
44	Lindsey	318	↑1	41
45	Shannon	317	↑5	45
46	Whitney	310	↓2	32
47	Kristin	308	↓6	55
48	Kayla	305	new	27
49	Kristen	301	↓2	42
50	Lindsay	300	↓2	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	3,374	–	1
2	Matthew	2,234	–	3
3	Christopher	2,116	–	2
4	Daniel	2,004	–	7
5	Andrew	1,737	↑1	6
6	David	1,669	↓1	5
7	Ryan	1,582	–	13
8	James	1,420	–	8
9	Joseph	1,403	↑2	12
10	Robert	1,382	↓1	10
11	John	1,359	↑1	11
12	Joshua	1,355	↓2	4
13	Nicholas	1,243	–	16
14	Anthony	1,201	–	17
15	Brian	1,141	–	20
16	Kevin	1,140	–	19
17	Kyle	1,101	↑2	22
18	Eric	1,091	↓1	21
19	Justin	1,048	↑7	9
20	Brandon	1,037	–	14
21	Timothy	1,007	–	26
22	William	944	↑3	15
23	Jonathan	914	↓1	18
24	Adam	890	↓1	27
25	Steven	874	↓1	25
26	Thomas	868	↑2	24
27	Jason	803	↓9	23
28	Jacob	773	↑1	31
29	Jeremy	721	↓2	29
30	Patrick	674	↑3	41
31	Zachary	636	↑5	33
32	Jeffrey	634	↓2	32
33	Mark	632	↓2	36
34	Benjamin	624	–	28
35	Richard	620	↓3	30
36	Alexander	598	↑3	37
37	Scott	565	↓2	43
38	Aaron	563	–	34
39	Charles	519	↓2	35
40	Sean	512	–	40
41	Nathan	481	↑1	45
42	Paul	464	↑1	46
43	Tyler	453	↑2	39
44	Gregory	426	↓3	47
45	Bradley	409	↓1	56
46	Stephen	404	↑2	38
47	Kenneth	385	↓1	53
48	Dustin	383	↑2	44
49	Jose	378	↓2	48
50	Alex	361	new	60

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