Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1980
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,759 |
| 2 | Jason | 2,358 |
| 3 | Christopher | 2,182 |
| 4 | David | 2,076 |
| 5 | Matthew | 2,040 |
| 6 | James | 1,912 |
| 7 | Robert | 1,717 |
| 8 | Daniel | 1,694 |
| 9 | John | 1,691 |
| 10 | Joseph | 1,683 |
| 11 | Brian | 1,594 |
| 12 | Joshua | 1,564 |
| 13 | Ryan | 1,301 |
| 14 | Nicholas | 1,283 |
| 15 | Eric | 1,277 |
| 16 | Justin | 1,211 |
| 17 | Timothy | 1,184 |
| 18 | William | 1,157 |
| 19 | Anthony | 1,110 |
| 20 | Andrew | 1,063 |
| 21 | Adam | 1,061 |
| 22 | Thomas | 1,006 |
| 23 | Kevin | 966 |
| 24 | Steven | 933 |
| 25 | Jeremy | 907 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Jeffrey | 898 |
| 27 | Mark | 802 |
| 28 | Scott | 793 |
| 29 | Jonathan | 765 |
| 30 | Richard | 721 |
| 31 | Charles | 711 |
| 32 | Brandon | 643 |
| 33 | Aaron | 637 |
| 34 | Paul | 633 |
| 35 | Patrick | 578 |
| 36 | Benjamin | 575 |
| 37 | Jose | 552 |
| 38 | Nathan | 531 |
| 39 | Gregory | 516 |
| 40 | Chad | 485 |
| 41 | Kenneth | 482 |
| 42 | Bradley | 466 |
| 43 | Jacob | 421 |
| 44 | Stephen | 419 |
| 45 | Sean | 398 |
| 46 | Kyle | 379 |
| 47 | Peter | 374 |
| 48 | Edward | 361 |
| 49 | Dustin | 352 |
| 50 | Juan | 345 |
| 51 | Donald | 340 |
| 52 | Travis | 335 |
| 53 | Bryan | 330 |
| 54 | Derek | 328 |
| 55 | Keith | 324 |
| 56 | Shawn | 311 |
| 57 | Erik | 306 |
| 58 | Ronald | 301 |
| 59 | Douglas | 286 |
| 60 | Antonio | 282 |
| 61 | George | 273 |
| 62 | Marcus | 258 |
| 63 | Phillip | 257 |
| 64 | Todd | 246 |
| 65 | Raymond | 244 |
| 66 | Samuel | 237 |
| 67 | Larry | 235 |
| 68 | Jesse | 232 |
| 69 | Carlos | 231 |
| 70 | Philip | 229 |
| 71 | Corey | 228 |
| 72 | Luis | 221 |
| 73 | Zachary | 219 |
| 74 | Craig | 215 |
| 75 | Joel | 200 |
| 76 | Frank | 199 |
| 77 | Dennis | 198 |
| 78 | Mario | 197 |
| 79 | Shaun | 195 |
| 80 | Derrick | 192 |
| 80 | Gary | 192 |
| 82 | Jared | 190 |
| 83 | Carl | 188 |
| 84 | Brent | 186 |
| 84 | Cory | 186 |
| 86 | Brett | 181 |
| 86 | Shane | 181 |
| 88 | Curtis | 179 |
| 88 | Lucas | 179 |
| 88 | Miguel | 179 |
| 91 | Alexander | 178 |
| 92 | Jeffery | 166 |
| 92 | Jesus | 166 |
| 94 | Randy | 165 |
| 95 | Andre | 163 |
| 96 | Luke | 161 |
| 96 | Vincent | 161 |
| 98 | Nathaniel | 160 |
| 99 | Jeremiah | 159 |
| 100 | Ricardo | 156 |
| 100 | Terry | 156 |