Popular baby names in Illinois, 1968

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1968 were Lisa for girls (2,579 babies) and Michael for boys (4,884). Social Security records list 174,953 babies born in Illinois in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1968

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: 54 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Therese: 62 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Darnell: 69 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Maurice: 163 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	2,579	–	1
2	Michelle	2,013	↑1	2
3	Kimberly	1,863	↓1	3
4	Jennifer	1,695	↑9	4
5	Laura	1,442	↑1	11
6	Mary	1,322	↓2	6
7	Julie	1,188	↑1	16
8	Susan	1,168	↓3	10
9	Angela	1,129	–	7
10	Christine	1,071	–	14
11	Karen	1,043	↓4	9
12	Amy	1,003	–	13
13	Dawn	1,000	↓2	21
14	Kelly	946	↑7	12
15	Melissa	923	↑10	5
16	Patricia	904	↓2	15
17	Tammy	882	–	8
18	Elizabeth	880	↓3	17
19	Tina	809	↑4	18
20	Cynthia	780	↓2	19
21	Tracy	775	↑8	25
22	Pamela	732	↓3	20
23	Sandra	710	↓7	26
24	Deborah	697	↓4	27
25	Linda	668	↑1	28
26	Lori	665	↓4	22
27	Kathleen	616	↑5	40
28	Denise	601	–	35
29	Michele	597	↑7	29
30	Donna	590	↓6	24
31	Sharon	576	↓4	32
32	Barbara	575	↓1	36
33	Debra	563	↓3	38
34	Stephanie	551	↑1	23
35	Cheryl	529	↓1	37
36	Nancy	514	↓3	39
37	Jill	502	↑6	46
38	Rebecca	499	↑6	33
39	Maria	493	↓2	41
40	Wendy	472	↑2	31
41	Diane	470	–	51
42	Teresa	462	↓3	30
43	Christina	444	↑7	44
44	Brenda	440	↓6	34
45	Jacqueline	433	↑3	50
46	Theresa	430	↓6	47
47	Carol	417	↑2	49
48	Rhonda	402	↓3	42
49	Catherine	401	new	56
50	Paula	385	new	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	4,884	–	1
2	John	3,465	–	3
3	David	3,454	–	2
4	James	3,380	–	4
5	Robert	3,207	–	5
6	Mark	2,084	–	7
7	William	1,857	–	6
8	Brian	1,786	↑3	10
9	Richard	1,769	–	8
10	Jeffrey	1,759	↑2	11
11	Thomas	1,689	↓3	12
12	Timothy	1,675	↓2	13
13	Steven	1,608	–	15
14	Scott	1,543	–	14
15	Joseph	1,473	↑2	16
16	Christopher	1,438	↑2	9
17	Daniel	1,422	↓2	18
18	Kevin	1,387	↓2	17
19	Anthony	1,302	–	21
20	Paul	1,202	–	19
21	Kenneth	1,055	–	23
22	Eric	1,037	↑1	22
23	Charles	983	↓1	20
24	Ronald	917	–	25
25	Matthew	898	↑2	24
26	Todd	856	↑4	28
27	Gregory	789	↓2	26
28	Patrick	784	↓2	30
29	Donald	759	↓1	29
30	Edward	733	↓1	31
31	Stephen	657	–	27
32	Douglas	642	↑1	33
33	Andrew	626	↑2	34
34	Keith	625	↓2	35
35	Peter	571	↑2	39
36	Gary	494	↓2	32
37	George	460	↓1	36
38	Frank	444	–	49
39	Craig	439	–	41
40	Sean	421	↑9	37
41	Jeffery	418	↓1	46
42	Dennis	393	↑1	45
43	Larry	392	↓1	38
44	Jerry	381	↑2	44
45	Troy	380	↑3	40
46	Bradley	376	↓1	57
47	Raymond	364	–	50
48	Shawn	347	new	43
49	Rodney	336	↓8	42
50	Terry	335	↓6	48

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