Popular baby names in Illinois, 1988

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1988 were Jessica for girls (2,220 babies) and Michael for boys (3,445). Social Security records list 157,153 babies born in Illinois in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1988

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: 39 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dominique: 202 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Colleen: 166 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Yesenia: 117 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Antoinette: 71 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tatiana: 70 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Nora: 56 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Eileen: 46 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Nikita: 42 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ann: 101 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Cordero: 44 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Pierre: 66 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Deangelo: 50 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Deandre: 86 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Darius: 107 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Julius: 48 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Neal: 44 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Jessica	2,220	↑1	1
2	Ashley	2,202	↓1	2
3	Amanda	1,632	–	3
4	Jennifer	1,305	–	5
5	Sarah	1,251	–	4
6	Brittany	1,214	↑2	6
7	Samantha	1,112	↑3	8
8	Stephanie	1,107	↓1	7
9	Elizabeth	1,091	–	10
10	Nicole	1,025	↓4	9
11	Lauren	1,015	–	11
12	Megan	851	–	12
13	Melissa	810	–	16
14	Emily	788	↑1	18
15	Rachel	764	↑3	19
16	Danielle	754	↓2	17
17	Michelle	708	↓1	21
18	Heather	701	↓1	14
19	Tiffany	662	↑1	13
20	Amber	623	↑3	15
21	Christina	589	↑1	22
22	Katherine	589	↑5	27
23	Rebecca	550	↑2	26
24	Kelly	548	–	32
25	Laura	542	↓6	23
26	Erica	502	↑6	31
27	Amy	497	↓6	29
28	Kimberly	488	↓2	25
29	Sara	474	↓1	30
30	Courtney	459	↑13	24
31	Kayla	439	↑17	20
32	Erin	421	↓2	37
33	Lisa	415	↓2	43
34	Mary	392	↓5	34
35	Christine	384	↑7	51
36	Jasmine	375	new	53
37	Andrea	367	↓3	35
38	Katie	361	↓1	40
39	Kristen	357	↑10	36
40	Allison	356	–	46
41	Angela	356	↓6	38
42	Jacqueline	351	↓4	62
43	Jamie	351	↓4	45
44	Caitlin	350	new	44
45	Alyssa	343	new	47
46	Kathryn	343	↓10	55
47	Crystal	332	↓14	28
48	Vanessa	328	↓7	41
49	Kristin	320	↓2	58
50	Alexandra	313	new	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	3,445	–	1
2	Matthew	2,313	–	3
3	Christopher	2,073	–	2
4	Daniel	1,901	–	8
5	Andrew	1,681	–	5
6	David	1,593	–	6
7	Joseph	1,482	↑2	12
8	Joshua	1,471	↑4	4
9	Ryan	1,459	↓2	13
10	Nicholas	1,425	↑3	14
11	James	1,369	↓3	9
12	John	1,328	↓1	11
13	Robert	1,295	↓3	10
14	Anthony	1,278	–	18
15	Kevin	1,168	↑1	20
16	Justin	1,159	↑3	7
17	Eric	1,147	↑1	19
18	Kyle	1,064	↓1	21
19	Brian	1,015	↓4	22
20	Brandon	986	–	17
21	Timothy	977	–	25
22	Jonathan	955	↑1	15
23	Thomas	911	↑3	23
24	Steven	873	↑1	24
25	William	872	↓3	16
26	Adam	864	↓2	26
27	Jacob	795	↑1	28
28	Zachary	776	↑3	29
29	Alexander	748	↑7	34
30	Patrick	700	–	42
31	Jason	682	↓4	27
32	Benjamin	670	↑2	30
33	Jeremy	630	↓4	35
34	Mark	614	↓1	39
35	Richard	587	–	32
36	Aaron	585	↑2	31
37	Sean	574	↑3	38
38	Charles	547	↑1	37
39	Jeffrey	547	↓7	36
40	Tyler	524	↑3	33
41	Scott	506	↓4	47
42	Nathan	449	↓1	44
43	Samuel	432	new	45
44	Paul	429	↓2	46
45	Stephen	420	↑1	40
46	Bradley	418	↓1	57
47	Jose	410	↑2	49
48	Gregory	402	↓4	50
49	Kenneth	393	↓2	51
50	Cody	362	new	43

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