Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1971
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 4,373 |
| 2 | James | 2,919 |
| 3 | David | 2,841 |
| 4 | John | 2,767 |
| 5 | Robert | 2,693 |
| 6 | Christopher | 2,298 |
| 7 | Brian | 2,072 |
| 8 | Scott | 1,810 |
| 9 | William | 1,760 |
| 10 | Jason | 1,564 |
| 11 | Mark | 1,508 |
| 12 | Jeffrey | 1,502 |
| 13 | Joseph | 1,462 |
| 14 | Eric | 1,410 |
| 15 | Thomas | 1,400 |
| 16 | Steven | 1,389 |
| 17 | Daniel | 1,381 |
| 18 | Richard | 1,374 |
| 19 | Matthew | 1,291 |
| 20 | Kevin | 1,232 |
| 21 | Timothy | 1,209 |
| 22 | Anthony | 1,182 |
| 23 | Charles | 970 |
| 24 | Paul | 925 |
| 25 | Kenneth | 839 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Todd | 740 |
| 27 | Gregory | 718 |
| 28 | Ronald | 675 |
| 29 | Andrew | 652 |
| 30 | Patrick | 650 |
| 31 | Chad | 640 |
| 32 | Edward | 633 |
| 33 | Donald | 620 |
| 34 | Keith | 596 |
| 34 | Shawn | 596 |
| 36 | Sean | 587 |
| 37 | Stephen | 504 |
| 38 | Douglas | 502 |
| 39 | Craig | 461 |
| 40 | Aaron | 445 |
| 41 | Peter | 444 |
| 42 | Bradley | 412 |
| 43 | George | 410 |
| 44 | Dennis | 399 |
| 45 | Gary | 377 |
| 45 | Jose | 377 |
| 47 | Larry | 370 |
| 48 | Jeffery | 355 |
| 49 | Frank | 350 |
| 50 | Jonathan | 346 |
| 51 | Jeremy | 337 |
| 52 | Troy | 332 |
| 53 | Raymond | 329 |
| 54 | Bryan | 325 |
| 55 | Adam | 297 |
| 56 | Ryan | 294 |
| 57 | Jerry | 285 |
| 58 | Marcus | 284 |
| 59 | Marc | 250 |
| 60 | Phillip | 247 |
| 61 | Terry | 245 |
| 62 | Derrick | 242 |
| 63 | Tony | 238 |
| 64 | Rodney | 235 |
| 65 | Andre | 229 |
| 66 | Shane | 228 |
| 67 | Antonio | 226 |
| 68 | Carl | 222 |
| 69 | Brett | 220 |
| 69 | Derek | 220 |
| 71 | Russell | 219 |
| 72 | Vincent | 214 |
| 73 | Maurice | 212 |
| 74 | Roger | 211 |
| 75 | Brent | 209 |
| 76 | Lawrence | 204 |
| 77 | Juan | 203 |
| 78 | Nicholas | 201 |
| 79 | Randy | 200 |
| 79 | Samuel | 200 |
| 81 | Erik | 198 |
| 82 | Joel | 197 |
| 83 | Corey | 193 |
| 84 | Carlos | 191 |
| 85 | Walter | 187 |
| 86 | Curtis | 185 |
| 87 | Benjamin | 183 |
| 88 | Joshua | 182 |
| 88 | Martin | 182 |
| 90 | Chris | 178 |
| 90 | Victor | 178 |
| 92 | Alan | 177 |
| 93 | Randall | 175 |
| 94 | Darren | 174 |
| 94 | Jon | 174 |
| 96 | Kurt | 172 |
| 97 | Willie | 170 |
| 98 | Gerald | 167 |
| 99 | Bruce | 166 |
| 100 | Micheal | 164 |
| 100 | Travis | 164 |