Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1979
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,720 |
| 2 | Jason | 2,415 |
| 3 | Christopher | 2,238 |
| 4 | David | 2,129 |
| 5 | Matthew | 1,835 |
| 6 | James | 1,828 |
| 7 | Robert | 1,733 |
| 8 | John | 1,701 |
| 9 | Brian | 1,676 |
| 10 | Daniel | 1,670 |
| 11 | Joseph | 1,605 |
| 12 | Joshua | 1,459 |
| 13 | Nicholas | 1,368 |
| 14 | Ryan | 1,275 |
| 15 | Eric | 1,235 |
| 16 | Timothy | 1,169 |
| 17 | William | 1,115 |
| 18 | Anthony | 1,063 |
| 19 | Kevin | 1,023 |
| 20 | Andrew | 1,017 |
| 21 | Adam | 960 |
| 22 | Jeffrey | 937 |
| 23 | Thomas | 927 |
| 24 | Scott | 879 |
| 25 | Steven | 846 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Jeremy | 835 |
| 27 | Richard | 810 |
| 28 | Mark | 752 |
| 29 | Justin | 712 |
| 30 | Charles | 695 |
| 31 | Aaron | 660 |
| 32 | Paul | 646 |
| 33 | Patrick | 582 |
| 34 | Jonathan | 547 |
| 35 | Benjamin | 536 |
| 36 | Jose | 530 |
| 37 | Nathan | 519 |
| 38 | Gregory | 510 |
| 39 | Kenneth | 492 |
| 40 | Brandon | 477 |
| 41 | Chad | 457 |
| 42 | Bradley | 436 |
| 43 | Peter | 398 |
| 44 | Edward | 381 |
| 45 | Sean | 380 |
| 46 | Stephen | 376 |
| 47 | Keith | 374 |
| 48 | Jacob | 368 |
| 49 | Shawn | 346 |
| 50 | Juan | 344 |
| 51 | Bryan | 343 |
| 52 | Travis | 332 |
| 53 | Todd | 318 |
| 54 | Donald | 316 |
| 55 | George | 299 |
| 56 | Douglas | 296 |
| 57 | Kyle | 293 |
| 58 | Erik | 290 |
| 59 | Ronald | 281 |
| 60 | Phillip | 278 |
| 61 | Corey | 258 |
| 62 | Antonio | 253 |
| 63 | Marcus | 243 |
| 64 | Frank | 240 |
| 65 | Shaun | 234 |
| 66 | Larry | 231 |
| 66 | Samuel | 231 |
| 68 | Derek | 224 |
| 69 | Jesse | 221 |
| 70 | Brett | 216 |
| 71 | Dennis | 215 |
| 72 | Raymond | 211 |
| 73 | Carlos | 210 |
| 73 | Craig | 210 |
| 73 | Zachary | 210 |
| 76 | Joel | 209 |
| 77 | Dustin | 206 |
| 78 | Shane | 205 |
| 79 | Luis | 196 |
| 80 | Curtis | 190 |
| 81 | Cory | 188 |
| 82 | Mario | 186 |
| 83 | Jeffery | 183 |
| 84 | Derrick | 182 |
| 85 | Alexander | 180 |
| 85 | Philip | 180 |
| 87 | Jared | 178 |
| 88 | Jeremiah | 177 |
| 89 | Nathaniel | 172 |
| 90 | Carl | 168 |
| 91 | Brent | 167 |
| 91 | Gary | 167 |
| 93 | Jerry | 164 |
| 94 | Jorge | 159 |
| 95 | Victor | 154 |
| 96 | Miguel | 148 |
| 97 | Maurice | 146 |
| 98 | Troy | 145 |
| 99 | Jesus | 144 |
| 100 | Randy | 143 |
| 100 | Terry | 143 |