Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1972
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 4,051 |
| 2 | Christopher | 2,442 |
| 2 | David | 2,442 |
| 4 | James | 2,403 |
| 5 | Brian | 2,248 |
| 6 | John | 2,235 |
| 7 | Robert | 2,143 |
| 8 | Jason | 1,935 |
| 9 | Daniel | 1,452 |
| 10 | William | 1,430 |
| 11 | Matthew | 1,354 |
| 12 | Eric | 1,327 |
| 13 | Scott | 1,314 |
| 14 | Mark | 1,310 |
| 15 | Joseph | 1,240 |
| 16 | Kevin | 1,200 |
| 17 | Jeffrey | 1,198 |
| 18 | Steven | 1,163 |
| 19 | Thomas | 1,159 |
| 20 | Richard | 1,150 |
| 21 | Timothy | 1,121 |
| 22 | Anthony | 1,103 |
| 23 | Charles | 777 |
| 24 | Paul | 769 |
| 25 | Chad | 710 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Gregory | 689 |
| 27 | Kenneth | 673 |
| 28 | Andrew | 589 |
| 29 | Todd | 575 |
| 30 | Shawn | 568 |
| 31 | Keith | 543 |
| 32 | Edward | 531 |
| 33 | Patrick | 520 |
| 34 | Ronald | 518 |
| 35 | Donald | 512 |
| 36 | Sean | 485 |
| 37 | Stephen | 437 |
| 38 | Craig | 418 |
| 39 | Peter | 406 |
| 40 | Aaron | 398 |
| 41 | Douglas | 396 |
| 42 | Ryan | 395 |
| 43 | George | 390 |
| 44 | Bradley | 377 |
| 45 | Jose | 372 |
| 46 | Jonathan | 370 |
| 47 | Bryan | 357 |
| 48 | Jeremy | 337 |
| 49 | Gary | 331 |
| 50 | Adam | 330 |
| 51 | Frank | 323 |
| 52 | Dennis | 316 |
| 53 | Larry | 314 |
| 54 | Troy | 286 |
| 55 | Jeffery | 281 |
| 56 | Jerry | 271 |
| 57 | Raymond | 269 |
| 58 | Marcus | 256 |
| 59 | Brandon | 241 |
| 60 | Brett | 240 |
| 61 | Shane | 232 |
| 62 | Joshua | 222 |
| 63 | Terry | 219 |
| 64 | Erik | 218 |
| 65 | Derrick | 216 |
| 66 | Antonio | 214 |
| 66 | Derek | 214 |
| 68 | Andre | 205 |
| 69 | Joel | 204 |
| 69 | Marc | 204 |
| 71 | Carl | 197 |
| 71 | Phillip | 197 |
| 73 | Nicholas | 196 |
| 74 | Maurice | 194 |
| 74 | Tony | 194 |
| 76 | Juan | 193 |
| 77 | Justin | 192 |
| 78 | Brent | 187 |
| 79 | Carlos | 186 |
| 80 | Jermaine | 185 |
| 81 | Rodney | 178 |
| 82 | Benjamin | 177 |
| 82 | Russell | 177 |
| 84 | Lawrence | 174 |
| 85 | Samuel | 168 |
| 85 | Willie | 168 |
| 87 | Curtis | 167 |
| 87 | Gerald | 167 |
| 89 | Corey | 166 |
| 90 | Roger | 161 |
| 91 | Nathan | 156 |
| 92 | Randy | 154 |
| 92 | Travis | 154 |
| 92 | Victor | 154 |
| 95 | Chris | 153 |
| 95 | Jamie | 153 |
| 95 | Micheal | 153 |
| 98 | Mario | 150 |
| 99 | Alan | 148 |
| 99 | Luis | 148 |