Popular baby names in Illinois, 1991

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1991 were Jessica for girls (2,026 babies) and Michael for boys (3,158). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 165,030 babies born in Illinois in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1991

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

Girls

Nora: 65 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Paris: 53 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Maureen: 46 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Colleen: 159 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Yesenia: 158 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Maritza: 58 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tatiana: 73 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tierra: 66 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Carina: 45 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Dominique: 204 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Paris: 47 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Pierre: 52 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Deangelo: 56 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Deandre: 128 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Darnell: 62 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kendall: 84 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Darius: 200 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Denzel: 66 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dante: 59 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Jessica	2,026	–	2
2	Ashley	1,869	–	1
3	Samantha	1,272	↑2	5
4	Brittany	1,267	↓1	3
5	Sarah	1,194	↑2	6
6	Amanda	1,154	↓2	4
7	Stephanie	1,132	↓1	7
8	Elizabeth	1,119	–	9
9	Emily	1,049	↑3	10
10	Jennifer	1,021	↓1	8
11	Megan	927	↑2	11
12	Lauren	867	↓2	13
13	Nicole	854	↓2	15
14	Rachel	782	↑1	14
15	Jasmine	691	↑1	24
16	Melissa	686	↑1	20
17	Danielle	681	↑2	17
18	Michelle	663	↓4	22
19	Rebecca	662	↓1	21
20	Kayla	629	↑2	12
21	Katherine	616	↓1	25
22	Kelsey	584	↑6	26
23	Alyssa	534	↑1	30
24	Amber	522	↓1	16
25	Taylor	496	↑18	32
26	Courtney	494	↓5	19
27	Laura	467	↓2	35
28	Alexandra	459	↑7	36
29	Christina	452	↓3	31
30	Kelly	449	↓1	42
31	Hannah	439	–	29
32	Mary	439	↑5	38
33	Victoria	439	↑13	28
34	Heather	437	↓7	23
35	Tiffany	410	↓5	27
36	Sara	403	↑3	37
37	Andrea	382	↓3	39
38	Kimberly	377	↓6	34
39	Allison	376	↑1	50
40	Erin	371	↓4	44
41	Anna	365	–	46
42	Alexis	361	new	47
43	Amy	361	↓10	43
44	Jacqueline	336	↑4	70
45	Caitlin	331	↓3	55
46	Chelsea	329	new	18
47	Erica	326	↓9	40
48	Kathryn	324	↓4	57
49	Kristen	320	↓4	48
50	Crystal	317	new	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Michael	3,158	–	1
2	Matthew	2,111	–	3
3	Christopher	1,924	–	2
4	Daniel	1,717	–	6
5	Joshua	1,571	↑1	4
6	Joseph	1,532	↑2	9
7	Nicholas	1,454	–	12
8	Ryan	1,422	↑1	11
9	David	1,417	↓4	8
10	Andrew	1,415	–	5
11	James	1,313	–	7
12	John	1,277	↑1	10
13	Anthony	1,245	↓1	18
14	Robert	1,232	↑1	13
15	Jacob	1,221	↑3	17
16	Kyle	1,183	↓2	21
17	Kevin	1,153	↓1	23
18	Brandon	1,104	↑2	15
19	Zachary	1,042	↑2	22
20	Alexander	998	↑7	26
21	Eric	991	↓2	25
22	Tyler	970	↑7	16
23	William	961	↓1	19
24	Jonathan	956	↓1	20
25	Justin	910	↓8	14
26	Thomas	866	↓1	28
27	Brian	837	↓3	30
28	Steven	787	↓2	27
29	Timothy	786	↓1	32
30	Cody	736	↑8	24
31	Patrick	666	–	35
32	Jordan	626	↑3	29
33	Adam	622	↓3	36
34	Aaron	605	↓2	31
35	Benjamin	584	↓1	33
36	Jose	583	↑4	37
37	Sean	533	↓1	40
38	Richard	523	↑3	34
39	Charles	517	↑3	38
40	Nathan	517	↑3	42
41	Jeremy	516	↓4	43
42	Mark	514	↓9	47
43	Samuel	508	↑1	39
44	Jeffrey	472	↓5	45
45	Christian	390	new	48
46	Jason	379	↑1	49
47	Alex	365	↑2	63
48	Stephen	362	↓2	41
49	Scott	360	↓4	57
50	Kenneth	349	–	54

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