Most popular girls’ 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	Lisa	2,579
2	Michelle	2,013
3	Kimberly	1,863
4	Jennifer	1,695
5	Laura	1,442
6	Mary	1,322
7	Julie	1,188
8	Susan	1,168
9	Angela	1,129
10	Christine	1,071
11	Karen	1,043
12	Amy	1,003
13	Dawn	1,000
14	Kelly	946
15	Melissa	923
16	Patricia	904
17	Tammy	882
18	Elizabeth	880
19	Tina	809
20	Cynthia	780
21	Tracy	775
22	Pamela	732
23	Sandra	710
24	Deborah	697
25	Linda	668

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lori	665
27	Kathleen	616
28	Denise	601
29	Michele	597
30	Donna	590
31	Sharon	576
32	Barbara	575
33	Debra	563
34	Stephanie	551
35	Cheryl	529
36	Nancy	514
37	Jill	502
38	Rebecca	499
39	Maria	493
40	Wendy	472
41	Diane	470
42	Teresa	462
43	Christina	444
44	Brenda	440
45	Jacqueline	433
46	Theresa	430
47	Carol	417
48	Rhonda	402
49	Catherine	401
50	Paula	385
51	Andrea	379
52	Ann	375
53	Gina	371
54	Robin	370
55	Margaret	362
56	Renee	341
57	Sheila	340
58	Victoria	337
59	Beth	331
60	Sherry	330
61	Carolyn	325
62	Janet	316
63	Katherine	298
64	Heather	296
65	Valerie	295
66	Diana	289
66	Yolanda	289
68	Stacey	287
69	Tracey	285
70	Carrie	280
71	Cindy	275
72	Kim	270
72	Suzanne	270
74	Tonya	267
75	Lynn	266
76	Tamara	265
77	Monica	259
78	Kathy	258
79	Sarah	257
80	Anne	251
81	Dana	249
82	Kathryn	248
83	Colleen	247
84	Stacy	239
85	Kristin	234
86	Jodi	231
86	Kristine	231
88	Leslie	229
89	Shannon	223
90	Annette	222
91	Deanna	220
92	Julia	203
93	Sherri	198
94	Laurie	193
95	Regina	192
96	April	189
97	Carla	185
97	Heidi	185
99	Vicki	181
100	Rachel	179