Popular baby names in Illinois, 1989

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1989 were Ashley for girls (2,267 babies) and Michael for boys (3,584). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 164,092 babies born in Illinois in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1989

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: 47 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Paris: 52 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dominique: 180 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Yesenia: 141 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Maureen: 48 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Margaret: 315 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Colleen: 175 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tatiana: 73 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Bridget: 142 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Tierra: 68 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Pierre: 80 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Cortez: 60 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Darius: 177 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Deandre: 104 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Deangelo: 47 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kendall: 66 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Darnell: 61 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Ashley	2,267	↑1	2
2	Jessica	2,029	↓1	1
3	Amanda	1,592	–	4
4	Brittany	1,521	↑2	3
5	Sarah	1,302	–	5
6	Samantha	1,242	↑1	6
7	Stephanie	1,186	↑1	8
8	Jennifer	1,137	↓4	7
9	Elizabeth	1,070	–	10
10	Nicole	1,033	–	12
11	Lauren	1,027	–	9
12	Megan	977	–	11
13	Emily	835	↑1	13
14	Michelle	773	↑3	22
15	Danielle	719	↑1	17
16	Melissa	701	↓3	19
17	Rachel	676	↓2	18
18	Christina	639	↑3	23
19	Heather	629	↓1	15
20	Katherine	623	↑2	26
21	Amber	614	↓1	14
22	Jasmine	610	↑14	30
23	Rebecca	600	–	24
24	Tiffany	590	↓5	16
25	Kelly	575	↓1	37
26	Laura	551	↓1	25
27	Courtney	536	↑3	21
28	Kelsey	518	new	31
29	Kayla	501	↑2	20
30	Amy	494	↓3	35
31	Sara	486	↓2	29
32	Alyssa	445	↑13	33
33	Erica	440	↓7	34
34	Kimberly	428	↓6	28
35	Mary	415	↓1	38
36	Erin	413	↓4	40
37	Alexandra	405	↑13	43
38	Andrea	402	↓1	39
39	Caitlin	398	↑5	49
40	Jacqueline	380	↑2	64
41	Christine	359	↓6	59
42	Crystal	346	↑5	32
43	Angela	343	↓2	47
44	Kathryn	342	↑2	58
45	Kristen	338	↓6	36
46	Vanessa	334	↑2	50
47	Anna	325	new	51
48	Lisa	321	↓15	55
49	Katie	316	↓11	45
50	Margaret	315	new	97

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	3,584	–	1
2	Matthew	2,208	–	3
3	Christopher	2,129	–	2
4	Daniel	1,879	–	6
5	Andrew	1,605	–	7
6	David	1,599	–	5
7	Nicholas	1,559	↑3	14
8	Joshua	1,551	–	4
9	Joseph	1,453	↓2	11
10	Ryan	1,432	↓1	13
11	James	1,421	–	9
12	Robert	1,356	↑1	10
13	John	1,342	↓1	12
14	Anthony	1,289	–	16
15	Kevin	1,210	–	19
16	Kyle	1,098	↑2	20
17	Justin	1,048	↓1	8
18	Eric	1,044	↓1	21
19	Brandon	1,012	↑1	18
20	William	973	↑5	15
21	Brian	960	↓2	24
22	Thomas	957	↑1	23
23	Timothy	954	↓2	28
24	Adam	935	↑2	27
25	Jonathan	933	↓3	17
26	Steven	932	↓2	22
27	Zachary	915	↑1	25
28	Jacob	895	↓1	26
29	Alexander	793	–	32
30	Patrick	705	–	38
31	Benjamin	672	↑1	29
32	Jeremy	637	↑1	34
33	Aaron	631	↑3	31
34	Tyler	604	↑6	30
35	Richard	601	–	33
36	Sean	585	↑1	39
37	Mark	564	↓3	42
38	Jeffrey	547	↑1	37
39	Charles	546	↓1	36
40	Jason	520	↓9	35
41	Jose	515	↑6	46
42	Scott	484	↓1	51
43	Nathan	458	↓1	43
44	Jordan	433	new	44
45	Stephen	421	–	40
46	Kenneth	411	↑3	53
47	Gregory	400	↑1	52
48	Bradley	398	↓2	58
49	Alex	395	new	60
50	Samuel	394	↓7	47

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