Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1965
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 4,968 |
| 2 | John | 4,279 |
| 3 | James | 3,808 |
| 4 | David | 3,655 |
| 5 | Robert | 3,593 |
| 6 | Mark | 2,309 |
| 7 | William | 2,147 |
| 8 | Thomas | 2,041 |
| 9 | Richard | 2,005 |
| 10 | Steven | 1,878 |
| 11 | Jeffrey | 1,776 |
| 12 | Daniel | 1,713 |
| 13 | Timothy | 1,694 |
| 14 | Kevin | 1,634 |
| 15 | Brian | 1,613 |
| 16 | Joseph | 1,579 |
| 17 | Scott | 1,560 |
| 18 | Paul | 1,360 |
| 19 | Anthony | 1,298 |
| 20 | Kenneth | 1,271 |
| 21 | Christopher | 1,172 |
| 22 | Ronald | 1,143 |
| 23 | Charles | 1,107 |
| 24 | Eric | 1,059 |
| 25 | Gregory | 1,029 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Donald | 893 |
| 27 | Edward | 877 |
| 28 | Todd | 858 |
| 29 | Patrick | 751 |
| 30 | Gary | 749 |
| 31 | Douglas | 716 |
| 32 | Stephen | 625 |
| 33 | Keith | 605 |
| 34 | Matthew | 587 |
| 34 | Peter | 587 |
| 36 | Rodney | 572 |
| 37 | Andrew | 540 |
| 38 | George | 511 |
| 39 | Dennis | 475 |
| 40 | Frank | 474 |
| 41 | Larry | 471 |
| 42 | Jeffery | 465 |
| 43 | Raymond | 453 |
| 44 | Craig | 450 |
| 45 | Jerry | 437 |
| 46 | Terry | 422 |
| 47 | Bradley | 403 |
| 48 | Randy | 397 |
| 49 | Mike | 395 |
| 50 | Roger | 373 |
| 51 | Bruce | 365 |
| 52 | Alan | 355 |
| 53 | Carl | 333 |
| 54 | Tony | 326 |
| 55 | Steve | 325 |
| 56 | Darren | 324 |
| 57 | Martin | 320 |
| 58 | Jeff | 316 |
| 59 | Lawrence | 314 |
| 60 | Gerald | 299 |
| 61 | Russell | 298 |
| 62 | Darryl | 296 |
| 63 | Bryan | 283 |
| 64 | Phillip | 281 |
| 65 | Chris | 266 |
| 66 | Danny | 258 |
| 67 | Troy | 254 |
| 68 | Dale | 252 |
| 69 | Tim | 250 |
| 70 | Vincent | 248 |
| 71 | Philip | 245 |
| 72 | Randall | 242 |
| 73 | Kurt | 232 |
| 74 | Curtis | 230 |
| 75 | Derrick | 229 |
| 75 | Jon | 229 |
| 77 | Dean | 227 |
| 78 | Victor | 226 |
| 79 | Walter | 223 |
| 80 | Glenn | 219 |
| 81 | Ricky | 217 |
| 82 | Darrin | 216 |
| 83 | Joe | 215 |
| 84 | Wayne | 214 |
| 85 | Shawn | 211 |
| 86 | Sean | 208 |
| 87 | Jim | 206 |
| 88 | Jose | 203 |
| 89 | Jonathan | 194 |
| 89 | Tom | 194 |
| 91 | Allen | 192 |
| 92 | Arthur | 189 |
| 92 | Jay | 189 |
| 94 | Andre | 181 |
| 95 | Dwayne | 177 |
| 96 | Samuel | 175 |
| 97 | Greg | 173 |
| 97 | Louis | 173 |
| 99 | Billy | 170 |
| 100 | Henry | 169 |