Popular baby names in Illinois, 1964

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1964 were Lisa for girls (2,729 babies) and Michael for boys (5,137). Social Security records list 203,795 babies born in Illinois in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1964

Names given at least 15 times in Illinois that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Caryn: 59 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Karyn: 92 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Therese: 115 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jeanine: 85 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Darnell: 54 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Andre: 218 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Terrence: 138 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	2,729	–	1
2	Mary	2,556	–	2
3	Susan	2,052	–	3
4	Karen	1,755	–	4
5	Laura	1,590	↑1	14
6	Kimberly	1,539	↑3	6
7	Patricia	1,505	–	5
8	Linda	1,355	↓3	8
9	Julie	1,313	↑2	17
10	Donna	1,187	–	7
11	Cynthia	1,176	↑2	9
12	Pamela	1,112	↑3	11
13	Lori	1,070	↓5	15
14	Sandra	1,028	↓2	13
15	Deborah	1,024	↓1	12
16	Dawn	1,021	↑14	33
17	Christine	980	↑5	28
18	Elizabeth	974	↑6	16
19	Kathleen	947	↑1	30
20	Michelle	937	↑8	23
21	Nancy	931	↓4	26
22	Barbara	921	↓6	19
23	Tammy	921	↓5	10
24	Angela	917	↑9	22
25	Sharon	902	↓4	20
26	Debra	894	↓7	24
27	Denise	889	↓2	25
28	Diane	885	↓5	32
29	Cheryl	796	↓3	29
30	Brenda	769	↓3	18
31	Jennifer	764	↑8	31
32	Kelly	711	↑5	35
33	Tina	705	↑1	34
34	Carol	682	↓5	36
35	Teresa	672	↓4	21
36	Jacqueline	668	↑14	37
37	Robin	646	↑7	27
38	Kathy	611	↓6	39
39	Margaret	609	↓1	49
40	Theresa	591	↓4	38
41	Janet	590	↓6	48
42	Catherine	571	↑1	54
43	Amy	537	new	44
44	Maria	527	↓2	41
45	Kim	522	↑1	42
46	Tracy	503	new	40
47	Cindy	497	↓6	47
48	Jill	494	new	61
49	Rhonda	492	↓2	43
50	Sheila	473	↓5	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Michael	5,137	–	1
2	John	4,767	–	2
3	James	4,089	↑1	4
4	David	4,087	↓1	3
5	Robert	3,966	–	5
6	Mark	2,600	–	6
7	William	2,330	↑1	7
8	Thomas	2,163	↓1	9
9	Richard	2,160	–	8
10	Steven	1,972	↑1	12
11	Jeffrey	1,796	↑1	10
12	Scott	1,771	↓2	14
13	Timothy	1,751	↑3	15
14	Kevin	1,749	↓1	13
15	Daniel	1,720	↓1	19
16	Joseph	1,714	↓1	11
17	Paul	1,525	↑1	16
18	Brian	1,510	↓1	20
19	Kenneth	1,419	–	18
20	Charles	1,281	↑1	17
21	Anthony	1,280	↑1	21
22	Ronald	1,178	↑1	24
23	Gregory	1,120	↓3	22
24	Donald	989	–	25
25	Christopher	968	↑3	23
26	Edward	921	–	27
27	Patrick	890	↑2	30
28	Todd	879	↓1	28
29	Eric	837	↑2	32
30	Douglas	828	–	31
31	Gary	801	↓6	26
32	Keith	669	–	34
33	Stephen	664	–	29
34	Peter	626	–	39
35	Andrew	585	↑5	37
36	George	582	↑1	33
37	Larry	563	↓1	36
38	Matthew	561	↑5	43
39	Terry	546	↓4	35
40	Frank	526	↓2	41
41	Mike	524	↑1	47
42	Dennis	481	↓3	42
43	Raymond	466	↑5	44
44	Craig	461	new	48
45	Randy	461	↑2	38
46	Jeffery	457	↓5	45
47	Steve	435	↑3	51
48	Jerry	432	↓4	40
49	Jeff	410	↓4	52
50	Bruce	408	↓4	46

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