Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1981
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,524 |
| 2 | Matthew | 2,294 |
| 3 | Christopher | 2,201 |
| 4 | David | 2,024 |
| 5 | Jason | 2,022 |
| 6 | James | 1,730 |
| 7 | Robert | 1,729 |
| 8 | Daniel | 1,699 |
| 9 | John | 1,663 |
| 10 | Joseph | 1,642 |
| 11 | Joshua | 1,624 |
| 12 | Brian | 1,536 |
| 13 | Ryan | 1,327 |
| 14 | Nicholas | 1,248 |
| 15 | Eric | 1,168 |
| 16 | Anthony | 1,154 |
| 17 | William | 1,147 |
| 18 | Justin | 1,128 |
| 19 | Andrew | 1,096 |
| 20 | Adam | 1,091 |
| 21 | Timothy | 1,068 |
| 22 | Kevin | 1,046 |
| 23 | Brandon | 940 |
| 23 | Jonathan | 940 |
| 25 | Steven | 900 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Thomas | 899 |
| 27 | Jeffrey | 889 |
| 28 | Mark | 820 |
| 29 | Jeremy | 813 |
| 30 | Richard | 776 |
| 31 | Aaron | 764 |
| 32 | Scott | 737 |
| 33 | Charles | 670 |
| 34 | Patrick | 632 |
| 35 | Paul | 597 |
| 36 | Benjamin | 580 |
| 37 | Nathan | 530 |
| 38 | Jose | 489 |
| 39 | Kenneth | 488 |
| 40 | Gregory | 463 |
| 41 | Jacob | 457 |
| 42 | Bradley | 446 |
| 43 | Sean | 426 |
| 44 | Stephen | 409 |
| 45 | Edward | 407 |
| 46 | Chad | 381 |
| 47 | Dustin | 377 |
| 47 | Kyle | 377 |
| 49 | Peter | 373 |
| 50 | Jesse | 342 |
| 51 | Juan | 337 |
| 52 | Ronald | 320 |
| 53 | Donald | 313 |
| 53 | Travis | 313 |
| 55 | Keith | 302 |
| 56 | Bryan | 299 |
| 57 | Marcus | 297 |
| 58 | Antonio | 287 |
| 59 | Derek | 283 |
| 60 | Shawn | 278 |
| 61 | Samuel | 268 |
| 62 | Erik | 263 |
| 63 | Douglas | 260 |
| 64 | George | 242 |
| 65 | Phillip | 237 |
| 66 | Zachary | 233 |
| 67 | Joel | 228 |
| 68 | Craig | 224 |
| 69 | Alexander | 220 |
| 70 | Corey | 218 |
| 71 | Lucas | 217 |
| 72 | Carlos | 214 |
| 73 | Brett | 213 |
| 74 | Jared | 211 |
| 75 | Luis | 206 |
| 76 | Victor | 202 |
| 77 | Dennis | 195 |
| 78 | Nathaniel | 189 |
| 79 | Frank | 187 |
| 79 | Todd | 187 |
| 81 | Larry | 182 |
| 82 | Gary | 181 |
| 83 | Raymond | 180 |
| 84 | Cory | 173 |
| 85 | Carl | 169 |
| 86 | Philip | 167 |
| 87 | Jeffery | 162 |
| 87 | Lawrence | 162 |
| 87 | Mario | 162 |
| 90 | Gabriel | 160 |
| 90 | Shaun | 160 |
| 92 | Luke | 159 |
| 93 | Derrick | 157 |
| 93 | Vincent | 157 |
| 95 | Jesus | 156 |
| 96 | Miguel | 155 |
| 97 | Curtis | 153 |
| 97 | Jeremiah | 153 |
| 97 | Jorge | 153 |
| 100 | Ricardo | 147 |