Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1963
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 5,181 |
| 2 | John | 4,492 |
| 3 | David | 4,264 |
| 4 | James | 4,048 |
| 5 | Robert | 3,966 |
| 6 | Mark | 2,958 |
| 7 | Thomas | 2,342 |
| 8 | William | 2,328 |
| 9 | Richard | 2,211 |
| 10 | Scott | 1,998 |
| 11 | Steven | 1,983 |
| 12 | Jeffrey | 1,972 |
| 13 | Kevin | 1,803 |
| 14 | Daniel | 1,789 |
| 15 | Joseph | 1,721 |
| 16 | Timothy | 1,720 |
| 17 | Brian | 1,565 |
| 18 | Paul | 1,444 |
| 19 | Kenneth | 1,422 |
| 20 | Gregory | 1,299 |
| 21 | Charles | 1,232 |
| 22 | Anthony | 1,224 |
| 23 | Ronald | 1,215 |
| 24 | Donald | 1,087 |
| 25 | Gary | 907 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Edward | 898 |
| 27 | Todd | 885 |
| 28 | Christopher | 856 |
| 29 | Patrick | 824 |
| 30 | Douglas | 802 |
| 31 | Eric | 748 |
| 32 | Keith | 715 |
| 33 | Stephen | 634 |
| 34 | Peter | 629 |
| 34 | Terry | 629 |
| 36 | Larry | 617 |
| 37 | George | 583 |
| 38 | Frank | 564 |
| 39 | Dennis | 545 |
| 40 | Andrew | 527 |
| 41 | Jeffery | 519 |
| 42 | Mike | 516 |
| 43 | Matthew | 489 |
| 44 | Jerry | 487 |
| 45 | Jeff | 486 |
| 46 | Bruce | 485 |
| 47 | Randy | 475 |
| 48 | Raymond | 463 |
| 49 | Carl | 439 |
| 50 | Steve | 436 |
| 51 | Craig | 430 |
| 52 | Roger | 426 |
| 53 | Bradley | 403 |
| 54 | Tony | 388 |
| 55 | Alan | 387 |
| 56 | Gerald | 380 |
| 57 | Lawrence | 376 |
| 58 | Martin | 370 |
| 59 | Phillip | 358 |
| 60 | Darryl | 346 |
| 61 | Tim | 343 |
| 62 | Vincent | 336 |
| 63 | Russell | 329 |
| 64 | Dale | 328 |
| 65 | Jim | 326 |
| 66 | Bryan | 310 |
| 67 | Chris | 303 |
| 68 | Glenn | 299 |
| 69 | Randall | 296 |
| 69 | Tom | 296 |
| 71 | Ricky | 290 |
| 72 | Danny | 284 |
| 73 | Philip | 280 |
| 74 | Rodney | 277 |
| 75 | Joe | 276 |
| 76 | Walter | 269 |
| 77 | Kurt | 256 |
| 78 | Wayne | 252 |
| 79 | Jay | 251 |
| 80 | Curtis | 249 |
| 81 | Troy | 248 |
| 82 | Andre | 243 |
| 82 | Victor | 243 |
| 84 | Dean | 240 |
| 85 | Roy | 224 |
| 86 | Barry | 220 |
| 86 | Dan | 220 |
| 86 | Greg | 220 |
| 89 | Bill | 219 |
| 90 | Jon | 217 |
| 91 | Dwayne | 209 |
| 91 | Jack | 209 |
| 93 | Rick | 207 |
| 94 | Arthur | 206 |
| 95 | Jerome | 200 |
| 96 | Allen | 199 |
| 97 | Harold | 198 |
| 98 | Micheal | 197 |
| 99 | Samuel | 194 |
| 100 | Jose | 189 |