Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1974
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,602 |
| 2 | Jason | 2,635 |
| 3 | Christopher | 2,405 |
| 4 | David | 2,184 |
| 5 | James | 2,173 |
| 6 | Brian | 2,048 |
| 7 | John | 1,926 |
| 8 | Robert | 1,846 |
| 9 | Matthew | 1,553 |
| 10 | Daniel | 1,407 |
| 11 | William | 1,313 |
| 12 | Joseph | 1,192 |
| 13 | Mark | 1,187 |
| 14 | Eric | 1,162 |
| 15 | Jeffrey | 1,076 |
| 16 | Scott | 1,032 |
| 17 | Steven | 1,001 |
| 18 | Thomas | 986 |
| 19 | Kevin | 984 |
| 20 | Timothy | 982 |
| 21 | Anthony | 957 |
| 22 | Richard | 916 |
| 23 | Ryan | 715 |
| 24 | Andrew | 705 |
| 25 | Chad | 682 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Charles | 679 |
| 27 | Paul | 650 |
| 28 | Jeremy | 643 |
| 29 | Joshua | 600 |
| 30 | Aaron | 571 |
| 31 | Shawn | 553 |
| 32 | Gregory | 527 |
| 33 | Kenneth | 523 |
| 34 | Edward | 494 |
| 35 | Jose | 472 |
| 36 | Sean | 453 |
| 37 | Adam | 447 |
| 38 | Patrick | 443 |
| 38 | Todd | 443 |
| 40 | Jonathan | 430 |
| 41 | Stephen | 421 |
| 42 | Keith | 414 |
| 43 | Donald | 404 |
| 44 | Ronald | 388 |
| 45 | Peter | 364 |
| 46 | Bradley | 345 |
| 47 | George | 344 |
| 48 | Douglas | 336 |
| 49 | Bryan | 323 |
| 50 | Craig | 314 |
| 51 | Larry | 301 |
| 52 | Justin | 295 |
| 53 | Frank | 288 |
| 54 | Benjamin | 286 |
| 55 | Nathan | 263 |
| 56 | Gary | 261 |
| 57 | Brandon | 257 |
| 58 | Shane | 251 |
| 59 | Juan | 250 |
| 60 | Dennis | 247 |
| 61 | Marcus | 243 |
| 62 | Raymond | 242 |
| 63 | Jerry | 229 |
| 64 | Jeffery | 226 |
| 65 | Antonio | 221 |
| 65 | Phillip | 221 |
| 67 | Nicholas | 217 |
| 68 | Erik | 209 |
| 69 | Derek | 205 |
| 69 | Joel | 205 |
| 71 | Troy | 201 |
| 72 | Carlos | 200 |
| 73 | Rodney | 198 |
| 74 | Terry | 197 |
| 75 | Brent | 185 |
| 76 | Samuel | 181 |
| 76 | Travis | 181 |
| 78 | Corey | 175 |
| 79 | Derrick | 170 |
| 80 | Andre | 169 |
| 80 | Jamie | 169 |
| 82 | Jesse | 168 |
| 83 | Brett | 166 |
| 84 | Tony | 163 |
| 85 | Victor | 162 |
| 86 | Lawrence | 157 |
| 87 | Mario | 154 |
| 88 | Micheal | 152 |
| 88 | Philip | 152 |
| 90 | Randy | 151 |
| 91 | Maurice | 148 |
| 92 | Jon | 146 |
| 93 | Luis | 145 |
| 93 | Marc | 145 |
| 93 | Vincent | 145 |
| 96 | Willie | 143 |
| 97 | Brad | 142 |
| 98 | Martin | 139 |
| 99 | Carl | 136 |
| 100 | Jesus | 131 |