Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1977
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,802 |
| 2 | Jason | 2,930 |
| 3 | David | 2,095 |
| 4 | James | 2,094 |
| 5 | Brian | 2,048 |
| 6 | Christopher | 2,022 |
| 7 | Matthew | 1,776 |
| 8 | Robert | 1,742 |
| 9 | John | 1,694 |
| 10 | Daniel | 1,430 |
| 11 | Joseph | 1,378 |
| 12 | Eric | 1,250 |
| 13 | Ryan | 1,244 |
| 14 | Kevin | 1,209 |
| 15 | Joshua | 1,198 |
| 16 | William | 1,130 |
| 17 | Anthony | 1,087 |
| 18 | Timothy | 1,085 |
| 19 | Jeremy | 988 |
| 20 | Jeffrey | 968 |
| 21 | Steven | 955 |
| 22 | Andrew | 924 |
| 23 | Thomas | 914 |
| 24 | Mark | 898 |
| 25 | Scott | 825 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Richard | 813 |
| 27 | Charles | 677 |
| 28 | Chad | 615 |
| 29 | Paul | 597 |
| 30 | Adam | 596 |
| 31 | Aaron | 566 |
| 32 | Justin | 554 |
| 33 | Benjamin | 532 |
| 34 | Gregory | 529 |
| 35 | Jonathan | 483 |
| 36 | Kenneth | 479 |
| 37 | Shawn | 462 |
| 38 | Patrick | 459 |
| 39 | Jose | 450 |
| 40 | Bradley | 449 |
| 41 | Nathan | 447 |
| 42 | Sean | 417 |
| 43 | Edward | 415 |
| 44 | Nicholas | 403 |
| 45 | Todd | 396 |
| 46 | Peter | 388 |
| 47 | Stephen | 386 |
| 48 | Keith | 372 |
| 49 | Bryan | 367 |
| 50 | Brandon | 336 |
| 51 | Ronald | 315 |
| 52 | Jacob | 311 |
| 53 | Donald | 309 |
| 54 | Douglas | 304 |
| 55 | George | 301 |
| 56 | Corey | 300 |
| 57 | Juan | 270 |
| 58 | Antonio | 260 |
| 59 | Marcus | 251 |
| 60 | Larry | 242 |
| 61 | Frank | 240 |
| 62 | Cory | 239 |
| 62 | Travis | 239 |
| 64 | Craig | 235 |
| 65 | Raymond | 232 |
| 66 | Dennis | 219 |
| 66 | Samuel | 219 |
| 68 | Shane | 218 |
| 69 | Phillip | 216 |
| 70 | Joel | 201 |
| 71 | Carlos | 200 |
| 72 | Derrick | 196 |
| 73 | Gary | 193 |
| 74 | Jesse | 190 |
| 75 | Jeremiah | 189 |
| 76 | Derek | 182 |
| 76 | Wesley | 182 |
| 78 | Jeffery | 181 |
| 79 | Erik | 178 |
| 80 | Brent | 176 |
| 81 | Carl | 169 |
| 81 | Tony | 169 |
| 83 | Kyle | 168 |
| 84 | Jerry | 165 |
| 84 | Terry | 165 |
| 86 | Martin | 163 |
| 87 | Luis | 162 |
| 88 | Philip | 160 |
| 89 | Brett | 157 |
| 90 | Alexander | 152 |
| 90 | Dustin | 152 |
| 92 | Troy | 151 |
| 93 | Nathaniel | 149 |
| 93 | Victor | 149 |
| 95 | Shaun | 148 |
| 96 | Jesus | 147 |
| 96 | Vincent | 147 |
| 98 | Gabriel | 146 |
| 99 | Curtis | 141 |
| 100 | Marc | 140 |