Popular baby names in Illinois, 1992

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1992 were Jessica for girls (1,794 babies) and Michael for boys (2,864). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 161,500 babies born in Illinois in 1992 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1992

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

Girls

Marquita: 68 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Lisette: 40 babies, 4× the national rate
Tierra: 81 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kierra: 61 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Paris: 47 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Yesenia: 150 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Colleen: 145 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Diamond: 110 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Tiara: 100 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Maritza: 51 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Paris: 51 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cortez: 50 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Darnell: 62 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Deandre: 107 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kendall: 81 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jermaine: 68 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lamar: 50 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Maurice: 113 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Demetrius: 97 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Denzel: 74 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1992

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Jessica	1,794	–	2
2	Ashley	1,718	–	1
3	Samantha	1,157	–	6
4	Sarah	1,079	↑1	5
5	Brittany	1,053	↓1	4
6	Emily	1,049	↑3	7
7	Amanda	1,032	↓1	3
8	Elizabeth	1,031	–	9
9	Stephanie	969	↓2	8
10	Jennifer	900	–	11
11	Megan	865	–	10
12	Lauren	838	–	12
13	Nicole	831	–	14
14	Rachel	789	–	16
15	Taylor	701	↑10	17
16	Danielle	686	↑1	18
17	Jasmine	664	↓2	28
18	Rebecca	621	↑1	20
19	Michelle	593	↓1	25
20	Melissa	592	↓4	24
21	Kayla	550	↓1	13
22	Kelsey	541	–	23
23	Alexandra	522	↑5	29
24	Katherine	520	↓3	27
25	Amber	509	↓1	19
26	Alyssa	485	↓3	30
27	Victoria	475	↑6	22
28	Courtney	474	↓2	21
29	Hannah	457	↑2	26
30	Chelsea	450	↑16	15
31	Kelly	444	↓1	47
32	Sara	402	↑4	37
33	Mary	395	↓1	36
34	Christina	394	↓5	33
35	Andrea	393	↑2	39
36	Tiffany	384	↓1	32
37	Allison	375	↑2	48
38	Alexis	373	↑4	40
39	Laura	365	↓12	38
40	Kaitlyn	364	new	42
41	Erin	347	↓1	46
42	Heather	339	↓8	31
43	Anna	332	↓2	49
44	Kimberly	330	↓6	35
45	Erica	328	↑2	44
46	Brianna	326	new	43
47	Amy	325	↓4	51
48	Kathryn	324	–	60
49	Maria	314	new	45
50	Shelby	307	new	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Michael	2,864	–	1
2	Matthew	1,881	–	3
3	Daniel	1,623	↑1	7
4	Christopher	1,557	↓1	2
5	Nicholas	1,516	↑2	12
6	Joseph	1,414	–	11
7	Andrew	1,367	↑3	5
8	Ryan	1,339	–	13
9	Joshua	1,338	↓4	4
10	Brandon	1,288	↑8	6
11	David	1,267	↓2	10
12	Jacob	1,231	↑3	15
13	James	1,211	↓2	9
14	John	1,211	↓2	14
15	Anthony	1,209	↓2	19
16	Tyler	1,154	↑6	8
17	Kevin	1,153	–	25
18	Alexander	1,087	↑2	23
19	Zachary	1,086	–	16
20	Kyle	1,078	↓4	22
21	Robert	1,072	↓7	17
22	Eric	905	↓1	26
23	William	903	–	20
24	Jonathan	845	–	21
25	Thomas	774	↑1	27
26	Justin	768	↓1	18
27	Brian	767	–	31
28	Cody	749	↑2	24
29	Steven	710	↓1	29
30	Timothy	684	↓1	34
31	Adam	681	↑2	36
32	Patrick	671	↓1	39
33	Aaron	608	↑1	30
34	Benjamin	603	↑1	33
35	Jordan	550	↓3	32
36	Sean	537	↑1	42
37	Jose	522	↓1	37
38	Dylan	519	new	28
39	Samuel	496	↑4	40
40	Richard	485	↓2	41
41	Christian	484	↑4	35
42	Jeremy	484	↓1	47
43	Nathan	470	↓3	44
44	Charles	462	↓5	43
45	Austin	460	new	38
46	Mark	449	↓4	49
47	Alex	426	–	54
48	Jason	410	↓2	46
49	Scott	368	–	61
50	Jeffrey	366	↓6	51

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