Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1973

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	3,849
2	Christopher	2,247
2	James	2,247
4	Jason	2,238
5	Brian	2,162
6	David	2,081
7	John	2,025
8	Robert	2,024
9	Daniel	1,476
10	Matthew	1,393
11	William	1,334
12	Eric	1,209
13	Joseph	1,169
14	Mark	1,167
15	Jeffrey	1,112
16	Scott	1,053
17	Steven	1,019
18	Thomas	1,013
19	Anthony	1,008
19	Timothy	1,008
21	Kevin	1,003
22	Richard	989
23	Chad	736
24	Charles	719
25	Andrew	663

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	657
27	Kenneth	625
28	Gregory	590
29	Shawn	520
30	Sean	509
31	Aaron	502
32	Patrick	495
33	Todd	493
34	Ryan	483
35	Ronald	462
36	Edward	452
37	Donald	445
38	Keith	436
39	Stephen	415
40	Jeremy	413
41	Jonathan	408
42	Peter	406
43	Adam	400
44	Douglas	387
45	Joshua	374
46	Jose	373
47	Craig	342
48	Bradley	339
49	Bryan	336
50	George	316
51	Frank	307
52	Larry	301
53	Dennis	282
54	Shane	273
55	Gary	251
56	Jeffery	248
57	Justin	244
58	Troy	239
59	Marcus	235
60	Juan	230
61	Antonio	227
62	Raymond	225
63	Brett	223
64	Terry	222
65	Benjamin	218
66	Erik	214
67	Marc	207
68	Derek	205
69	Joel	204
70	Brandon	198
71	Carlos	197
71	Phillip	197
73	Andre	194
74	Nicholas	192
75	Jerry	191
76	Samuel	189
77	Brent	188
78	Nathan	186
79	Derrick	180
79	Travis	180
81	Corey	174
82	Carl	166
83	Jermaine	165
83	Lawrence	165
83	Martin	165
83	Willie	165
87	Tony	163
88	Rodney	161
88	Vincent	161
90	Maurice	158
91	Jamie	156
92	Philip	155
93	Curtis	154
94	Randy	150
95	Mario	144
96	Roger	142
96	Walter	142
98	Micheal	140
98	Victor	140
100	Russell	137