Popular baby names in Illinois, 1990

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1990 were Jessica for girls (2,081 babies) and Michael for boys (3,439). Social Security records list 167,726 babies born in Illinois in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1990

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: 49 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Paris: 45 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Colleen: 182 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Tatiana: 99 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dominique: 186 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Maribel: 62 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Nora: 57 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Yesenia: 172 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Nicolette: 43 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ryan: 41 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Ryne: 46 babies, 4× the national rate
Pierre: 60 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cortez: 49 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Deandre: 106 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kendall: 98 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Darius: 213 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Deangelo: 48 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Julius: 53 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Jessica	2,081	↑1	1
2	Ashley	2,061	↓1	2
3	Brittany	1,523	↑1	3
4	Amanda	1,476	↓1	4
5	Samantha	1,259	↑1	5
6	Stephanie	1,215	↑1	7
7	Sarah	1,129	↓2	6
8	Elizabeth	1,095	↑1	9
9	Jennifer	1,089	↓1	8
10	Lauren	1,033	↑1	10
11	Nicole	965	↓1	13
12	Emily	937	↑1	12
13	Megan	932	↓1	11
14	Michelle	797	–	22
15	Rachel	734	↑2	16
16	Jasmine	724	↑6	28
17	Melissa	718	↓1	20
18	Rebecca	663	↑5	21
19	Danielle	654	↓4	18
20	Katherine	618	–	26
21	Courtney	598	↑6	17
22	Kayla	593	↑7	14
23	Amber	560	↓2	15
24	Alyssa	557	↑8	27
25	Laura	546	↑1	29
26	Christina	541	↓8	25
27	Heather	536	↓8	19
28	Kelsey	536	–	32
29	Kelly	478	↓4	41
30	Tiffany	469	↓6	23
31	Hannah	449	new	30
32	Kimberly	420	↑2	31
33	Amy	419	↓3	38
34	Andrea	406	↑4	40
35	Alexandra	403	↑2	37
36	Erin	395	–	43
37	Mary	393	↓2	35
38	Erica	391	↓5	36
39	Sara	385	↓8	34
40	Allison	366	new	48
41	Anna	366	↑6	45
42	Caitlin	358	↓3	50
43	Taylor	358	new	46
44	Kathryn	357	–	57
45	Kristen	339	–	42
46	Victoria	336	new	33
47	Maria	330	new	47
48	Jacqueline	329	↓8	67
49	Angela	327	↓6	52
50	Jamie	321	new	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Michael	3,439	–	1
2	Matthew	2,234	–	3
3	Christopher	2,052	–	2
4	Daniel	1,882	–	5
5	David	1,549	↑1	6
6	Joshua	1,534	↑2	4
7	Nicholas	1,526	–	14
8	Joseph	1,517	↑1	10
9	Ryan	1,506	↑1	11
10	Andrew	1,477	↓5	7
11	James	1,354	–	8
12	Anthony	1,323	↑2	15
13	John	1,284	–	12
14	Kyle	1,258	↑2	18
15	Robert	1,239	↓3	13
16	Kevin	1,160	↓1	23
17	Justin	1,071	–	9
18	Jacob	1,070	↑10	20
19	Eric	1,004	↓1	24
20	Brandon	990	↓1	19
21	Zachary	987	↑6	22
22	William	980	↓2	16
23	Jonathan	958	↑2	17
24	Brian	941	↓3	27
25	Thomas	929	↓3	26
26	Steven	924	–	25
27	Alexander	915	↑2	28
28	Timothy	892	↓5	30
29	Tyler	808	↑5	21
30	Adam	797	↓6	32
31	Patrick	713	↓1	36
32	Aaron	631	↑1	34
33	Mark	601	↑4	47
34	Benjamin	589	↓3	33
35	Jordan	588	↑9	29
36	Sean	581	–	37
37	Jeremy	579	↓5	40
38	Cody	566	new	31
39	Jeffrey	536	↓1	43
40	Jose	532	↑1	41
41	Richard	519	↓6	35
42	Charles	509	↓3	38
43	Nathan	504	–	44
44	Samuel	477	↑6	45
45	Scott	466	↓3	53
46	Stephen	464	↓1	39
47	Jason	447	↓7	46
48	Paul	402	new	49
49	Alex	397	–	59
50	Kenneth	394	↓4	52

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