Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1975

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	3,858
2	Jason	2,704
3	David	2,086
4	Christopher	2,063
5	James	1,958
6	Brian	1,859
7	John	1,784
8	Robert	1,738
9	Matthew	1,620
10	Daniel	1,378
11	William	1,219
12	Eric	1,215
13	Joseph	1,209
14	Anthony	1,064
15	Mark	1,048
16	Jeffrey	1,045
17	Scott	996
18	Timothy	984
19	Thomas	966
20	Steven	963
21	Ryan	941
22	Kevin	878
23	Richard	849
24	Joshua	776
25	Andrew	753

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeremy	691
27	Chad	670
28	Charles	647
29	Paul	630
30	Aaron	574
31	Gregory	565
32	Patrick	526
33	Shawn	479
34	Kenneth	476
35	Adam	470
36	Todd	467
37	Jose	454
38	Jonathan	451
39	Benjamin	441
40	Edward	409
41	Sean	401
42	Peter	387
43	Donald	380
44	Stephen	370
45	Bradley	368
46	Ronald	355
47	Keith	350
48	Bryan	349
49	Justin	348
50	Nathan	331
51	Juan	308
52	Douglas	291
53	George	290
54	Brandon	287
55	Larry	274
56	Antonio	265
57	Craig	262
58	Shane	254
59	Raymond	253
60	Marcus	247
61	Frank	240
61	Gary	240
63	Nicholas	238
63	Samuel	238
65	Jeffery	233
66	Dennis	225
67	Terry	224
68	Phillip	220
69	Corey	215
70	Travis	208
71	Joel	206
72	Carlos	203
73	Erik	198
74	Brent	194
75	Jerry	193
76	Derek	188
77	Derrick	185
78	Brett	184
79	Troy	179
80	Jamie	178
81	Victor	168
82	Luis	166
83	Andre	165
84	Marc	162
85	Mario	161
86	Alexander	160
86	Jacob	160
88	Tony	158
89	Kyle	157
90	Randy	156
91	Willie	155
92	Philip	154
93	Jesse	149
94	Rodney	146
95	Micheal	145
96	Maurice	144
97	Lawrence	140
97	Martin	140
99	Carl	137
99	Russell	137