Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1978
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,630 |
| 2 | Jason | 2,409 |
| 3 | Christopher | 2,027 |
| 4 | David | 1,985 |
| 5 | Matthew | 1,891 |
| 6 | James | 1,874 |
| 7 | Robert | 1,722 |
| 8 | Brian | 1,715 |
| 9 | John | 1,633 |
| 10 | Daniel | 1,463 |
| 11 | Joseph | 1,410 |
| 12 | Joshua | 1,288 |
| 13 | Timothy | 1,200 |
| 14 | Eric | 1,190 |
| 15 | Ryan | 1,165 |
| 16 | Kevin | 1,142 |
| 17 | William | 1,069 |
| 18 | Anthony | 1,028 |
| 19 | Jeffrey | 1,001 |
| 20 | Nicholas | 976 |
| 21 | Thomas | 908 |
| 22 | Andrew | 887 |
| 23 | Jeremy | 884 |
| 24 | Steven | 872 |
| 25 | Mark | 828 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Scott | 824 |
| 27 | Richard | 803 |
| 28 | Adam | 774 |
| 29 | Charles | 676 |
| 30 | Aaron | 610 |
| 31 | Paul | 586 |
| 32 | Justin | 572 |
| 33 | Patrick | 526 |
| 34 | Benjamin | 508 |
| 35 | Gregory | 505 |
| 36 | Jose | 486 |
| 37 | Jonathan | 478 |
| 38 | Chad | 477 |
| 39 | Kenneth | 473 |
| 40 | Nathan | 450 |
| 41 | Bradley | 420 |
| 42 | Peter | 403 |
| 43 | Stephen | 399 |
| 44 | Brandon | 387 |
| 45 | Edward | 374 |
| 45 | Sean | 374 |
| 47 | Todd | 368 |
| 48 | Shawn | 359 |
| 49 | Donald | 350 |
| 50 | Keith | 345 |
| 51 | Juan | 334 |
| 52 | Bryan | 321 |
| 53 | Shaun | 304 |
| 54 | Ronald | 295 |
| 55 | Jacob | 289 |
| 56 | Douglas | 288 |
| 57 | George | 281 |
| 58 | Craig | 258 |
| 59 | Antonio | 240 |
| 60 | Kyle | 236 |
| 61 | Corey | 234 |
| 62 | Erik | 233 |
| 62 | Phillip | 233 |
| 64 | Marcus | 226 |
| 65 | Frank | 211 |
| 66 | Larry | 210 |
| 67 | Raymond | 208 |
| 68 | Travis | 206 |
| 69 | Dennis | 205 |
| 69 | Philip | 205 |
| 71 | Samuel | 203 |
| 72 | Cory | 198 |
| 72 | Joel | 198 |
| 74 | Derek | 195 |
| 74 | Jeffery | 195 |
| 76 | Shane | 190 |
| 77 | Dustin | 189 |
| 77 | Gary | 189 |
| 79 | Carlos | 184 |
| 80 | Derrick | 181 |
| 81 | Luis | 179 |
| 82 | Jeremiah | 176 |
| 83 | Jesse | 168 |
| 84 | Terry | 165 |
| 85 | Zachary | 163 |
| 86 | Alexander | 161 |
| 87 | Victor | 160 |
| 88 | Andre | 153 |
| 88 | Vincent | 153 |
| 90 | Brent | 150 |
| 90 | Mario | 150 |
| 92 | Lawrence | 148 |
| 93 | Brett | 146 |
| 94 | Nathaniel | 145 |
| 95 | Marc | 142 |
| 95 | Ricardo | 142 |
| 97 | Jerry | 138 |
| 97 | Martin | 138 |
| 97 | Tony | 138 |
| 100 | Randy | 136 |
| 100 | Willie | 136 |