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These are the most popular names given to baby boys in Illinois in 2006 followed by the number of occurrences. Click here for the Top Illinois Baby Names for Girls in 2006.

Source: Social Security Administration. Read about limitations of the data here.

1. Daniel - 981
2. Michael - 954
3. Jacob - 929
4. Alexander - 913
5. Joshua - 879
6. Anthony - 863
7. Matthew - 833
8. Joseph - 796
9. Andrew - 771
10. Ethan - 762
11. Ryan - 760
12. Nicholas - 731
13. Christopher - 730
14. David - 720
15. William - 691
16. Nathan - 680
17. John - 658
18. James - 618
19. Benjamin - 616
20. Jack - 605
21. Tyler - 605
22. Logan - 592
23. Noah - 575
24. Jonathan - 565
25. Angel - 537
26. Christian - 508
27. Kevin - 495
28. Dylan - 476
29. Samuel - 476
30. Brandon - 453
31. Aidan - 451
32. Aiden - 446
33. Zachary - 445
34. Gabriel - 434
35. Diego - 423
36. Jose - 417
37. Charles - 410
38. Evan - 410
39. Luke - 395
40. Elijah - 394
41. Lucas - 391
42. Julian - 387
43. Gavin - 370
44. Thomas - 368
45. Jackson - 360
46. Adrian - 359
47. Connor - 357
48. Mason - 357
49. Isaiah - 356
50. Justin - 351
51. Owen - 351
52. Brian - 350
53. Caleb - 346
54. Austin - 345
55. Robert - 329
56. Aaron - 327
57. Juan - 321
58. Isaac - 315
59. Luis - 311
60. Adam - 307
61. Alex - 305
62. Jeremiah - 304
63. Kyle - 304
64. Jayden - 298
65. Carter - 297
66. Jordan - 297
67. Sebastian - 295
68. Cameron - 289
69. Jesus - 276
70. Landon - 273
71. Nathaniel - 273
72. Sean - 273
73. Bryan - 265
74. Eric - 264
75. Carlos - 260
76. Miguel - 259
77. Jason - 258
78. Cole - 257
79. Ian - 254
80. Hunter - 249
81. Colin - 234
82. Alejandro - 232
83. Xavier - 232
84. Antonio - 229
85. Hayden - 221
86. Henry - 219
87. Liam - 213
88. Patrick - 213
89. Brayden - 212
90. Dominic - 212
91. Giovanni - 210
92. Tristan - 203
93. Alexis - 196
94. Chase - 194
95. Timothy - 191
96. Vincent - 190
97. Victor - 186
98. Oscar - 184
99. Jake - 178
100. Omar - 177
101. Wyatt - 177