Popular baby names in Illinois, 1967

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1967 were Lisa for girls (2,769 babies) and Michael for boys (4,774). Social Security records list 178,021 babies born in Illinois in 1967 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1967

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

Girls

Lolita: 67 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Therese: 66 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Karyn: 62 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Latonya: 54 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Darnell: 55 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lamont: 48 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Terrence: 114 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1967

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Lisa	2,769	–	1
2	Kimberly	2,020	–	2
3	Michelle	1,813	↑1	3
4	Mary	1,439	↓1	4
5	Susan	1,395	↑1	5
6	Laura	1,264	↑1	15
7	Karen	1,207	↓2	6
8	Julie	1,195	–	16
9	Angela	1,097	↑3	7
10	Christine	1,097	↑1	14
11	Dawn	1,049	↑2	27
12	Amy	1,041	↑12	12
13	Jennifer	1,034	↓3	10
14	Patricia	1,015	↓5	11
15	Elizabeth	905	–	13
16	Sandra	871	↑3	20
17	Tammy	862	↑4	8
18	Cynthia	858	↓4	18
19	Pamela	817	↓1	17
20	Deborah	781	↓4	22
21	Kelly	778	↑6	23
22	Lori	776	–	24
23	Tina	765	–	21
24	Donna	743	↓4	19
25	Melissa	740	↑13	9
26	Linda	716	↓9	26
27	Sharon	695	↑2	30
28	Denise	682	↑3	34
29	Tracy	642	↓1	29
30	Debra	637	–	38
31	Barbara	636	↓5	33
32	Kathleen	618	↓7	40
33	Nancy	616	–	37
34	Cheryl	608	↓2	35
35	Stephanie	576	↑11	25
36	Michele	575	↑4	36
37	Maria	545	↑6	42
38	Brenda	520	↓4	31
39	Teresa	516	↓2	28
40	Theresa	513	↓4	43
41	Diane	494	↓6	44
42	Wendy	492	new	32
43	Jill	477	↓4	50
44	Rebecca	468	–	39
45	Rhonda	456	↑2	41
46	Gina	455	new	54
47	Margaret	432	↑3	58
48	Jacqueline	422	↓7	52
49	Carol	421	↓4	47
50	Christina	404	new	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Michael	4,774	–	1
2	John	3,613	–	4
3	David	3,537	–	2
4	James	3,492	–	3
5	Robert	3,184	–	5
6	Mark	2,161	–	7
7	William	1,888	–	6
8	Thomas	1,885	↑1	12
9	Richard	1,844	↑2	8
10	Timothy	1,828	↑2	11
11	Brian	1,820	↑2	10
12	Jeffrey	1,713	↓4	13
13	Steven	1,694	↓3	14
14	Scott	1,591	–	16
15	Daniel	1,518	↑1	19
16	Kevin	1,441	↑1	17
17	Joseph	1,410	↓2	15
18	Christopher	1,407	–	9
19	Anthony	1,346	–	21
20	Paul	1,269	–	18
21	Kenneth	1,144	–	22
22	Charles	1,028	–	20
23	Eric	999	↑1	23
24	Ronald	971	↓1	24
25	Gregory	863	–	25
26	Patrick	802	↑2	30
27	Matthew	799	↑6	28
28	Donald	787	↓2	27
29	Edward	784	–	31
30	Todd	764	↓3	29
31	Stephen	685	↓1	26
32	Keith	679	↓1	34
33	Douglas	625	↑1	33
34	Gary	572	↓2	32
35	Andrew	563	–	35
36	George	562	↑3	36
37	Peter	485	↓1	39
38	Frank	455	↑2	45
39	Craig	432	↑2	46
40	Jeffery	418	↓2	47
41	Rodney	418	↓4	37
42	Larry	417	↑2	38
43	Dennis	416	↓1	43
44	Terry	385	↓1	42
45	Bradley	382	↑2	66
46	Jerry	381	–	41
47	Raymond	363	↓2	48
48	Troy	341	new	40
49	Sean	330	new	44
50	Bryan	315	↓2	52

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