Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1968
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 4,884 |
| 2 | John | 3,465 |
| 3 | David | 3,454 |
| 4 | James | 3,380 |
| 5 | Robert | 3,207 |
| 6 | Mark | 2,084 |
| 7 | William | 1,857 |
| 8 | Brian | 1,786 |
| 9 | Richard | 1,769 |
| 10 | Jeffrey | 1,759 |
| 11 | Thomas | 1,689 |
| 12 | Timothy | 1,675 |
| 13 | Steven | 1,608 |
| 14 | Scott | 1,543 |
| 15 | Joseph | 1,473 |
| 16 | Christopher | 1,438 |
| 17 | Daniel | 1,422 |
| 18 | Kevin | 1,387 |
| 19 | Anthony | 1,302 |
| 20 | Paul | 1,202 |
| 21 | Kenneth | 1,055 |
| 22 | Eric | 1,037 |
| 23 | Charles | 983 |
| 24 | Ronald | 917 |
| 25 | Matthew | 898 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Todd | 856 |
| 27 | Gregory | 789 |
| 28 | Patrick | 784 |
| 29 | Donald | 759 |
| 30 | Edward | 733 |
| 31 | Stephen | 657 |
| 32 | Douglas | 642 |
| 33 | Andrew | 626 |
| 34 | Keith | 625 |
| 35 | Peter | 571 |
| 36 | Gary | 494 |
| 37 | George | 460 |
| 38 | Frank | 444 |
| 39 | Craig | 439 |
| 40 | Sean | 421 |
| 41 | Jeffery | 418 |
| 42 | Dennis | 393 |
| 43 | Larry | 392 |
| 44 | Jerry | 381 |
| 45 | Troy | 380 |
| 46 | Bradley | 376 |
| 47 | Raymond | 364 |
| 48 | Shawn | 347 |
| 49 | Rodney | 336 |
| 50 | Terry | 335 |
| 51 | Tony | 309 |
| 52 | Jason | 300 |
| 53 | Jose | 283 |
| 54 | Bryan | 280 |
| 55 | Lawrence | 275 |
| 56 | Carl | 273 |
| 57 | Phillip | 271 |
| 58 | Darren | 266 |
| 59 | Randy | 262 |
| 60 | Roger | 259 |
| 61 | Jonathan | 244 |
| 62 | Martin | 242 |
| 63 | Jon | 227 |
| 64 | Alan | 222 |
| 65 | Gerald | 221 |
| 65 | Russell | 221 |
| 67 | Vincent | 214 |
| 68 | Andre | 205 |
| 69 | Derrick | 202 |
| 69 | Joel | 202 |
| 71 | Bruce | 199 |
| 71 | Randall | 199 |
| 73 | Jay | 197 |
| 74 | Aaron | 196 |
| 75 | Curtis | 195 |
| 75 | Kurt | 195 |
| 77 | Mike | 192 |
| 78 | Chris | 191 |
| 79 | Jeff | 189 |
| 79 | Steve | 189 |
| 81 | Marc | 187 |
| 82 | Dean | 183 |
| 83 | Danny | 181 |
| 84 | Brett | 180 |
| 85 | Dale | 179 |
| 85 | Victor | 179 |
| 87 | Nicholas | 178 |
| 87 | Philip | 178 |
| 87 | Wayne | 178 |
| 90 | Glenn | 170 |
| 90 | Walter | 170 |
| 92 | Samuel | 169 |
| 93 | Darrell | 168 |
| 94 | Allen | 165 |
| 94 | Darryl | 165 |
| 96 | Maurice | 163 |
| 96 | Reginald | 163 |
| 96 | Ricky | 163 |
| 99 | Louis | 159 |
| 100 | Micheal | 155 |