Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	3,678
2	Jason	2,716
3	Christopher	2,008
4	David	1,965
5	Brian	1,915
6	James	1,870
7	John	1,831
8	Robert	1,785
9	Matthew	1,733
10	Daniel	1,393
11	Joseph	1,345
12	Eric	1,267
13	William	1,139
14	Anthony	1,101
15	Ryan	1,040
16	Timothy	1,000
17	Jeremy	958
18	Kevin	956
19	Jeffrey	944
20	Steven	942
21	Thomas	934
22	Scott	927
23	Mark	889
24	Joshua	839
25	Richard	795

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Andrew	765
27	Aaron	654
28	Chad	652
29	Paul	639
30	Charles	637
31	Adam	593
32	Gregory	524
33	Shawn	473
34	Patrick	471
35	Benjamin	469
36	Jose	448
37	Kenneth	447
38	Edward	446
39	Todd	433
40	Jonathan	431
41	Nathan	428
42	Sean	414
43	Bradley	400
44	Stephen	396
45	Justin	394
46	Keith	391
47	Peter	356
48	Ronald	338
49	Bryan	334
49	Donald	334
51	Brandon	326
52	Douglas	325
53	Juan	308
54	George	285
55	Craig	274
56	Antonio	270
57	Marcus	261
58	Travis	242
59	Corey	239
59	Shane	239
61	Frank	237
62	Dennis	235
63	Jacob	230
64	Nicholas	229
65	Larry	225
66	Kyle	216
67	Gary	213
68	Phillip	212
69	Samuel	203
70	Carlos	198
71	Jerry	197
72	Joel	194
73	Raymond	193
74	Jesse	189
75	Jeffery	187
76	Jamie	186
77	Brent	175
78	Cory	168
78	Derek	168
80	Derrick	167
80	Troy	167
82	Brett	166
83	Mario	164
83	Terry	164
85	Andre	161
86	Erik	160
86	Marc	160
88	Carl	158
88	Philip	158
88	Tony	158
91	Curtis	151
92	Luis	144
92	Micheal	144
92	Victor	144
92	Willie	144
96	Martin	142
97	Lawrence	140
98	Maurice	136
99	Jeremiah	135
100	Dustin	133