Popular baby names in Illinois, 1969

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1969 were Lisa for girls (2,382 babies) and Michael for boys (4,761). Social Security records list 176,849 babies born in Illinois in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1969

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

Girls

Therese: 48 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Latanya: 47 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Latonya: 96 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Karyn: 50 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Antoine: 47 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Darnell: 59 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Andre: 218 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	2,382	–	1
2	Michelle	2,024	–	2
3	Jennifer	1,961	↑1	3
4	Kimberly	1,923	↓1	4
5	Julie	1,292	↑2	12
6	Laura	1,228	↓1	10
7	Amy	1,199	↑5	6
8	Mary	1,170	↓2	8
9	Angela	1,133	–	7
10	Christine	1,078	–	14
11	Susan	1,076	↓3	11
12	Dawn	982	↑1	21
13	Karen	967	↓2	13
14	Melissa	966	↑1	5
15	Kelly	898	↓1	15
16	Tracy	893	↑5	17
17	Elizabeth	863	↑1	16
18	Patricia	850	↓2	18
19	Tammy	809	↓2	9
20	Cynthia	756	–	23
21	Tina	721	↓2	22
22	Lori	662	↑4	20
23	Pamela	661	↓1	24
24	Sandra	646	↓1	25
25	Kathleen	624	↑2	42
26	Linda	596	↓1	33
27	Deborah	594	↓3	27
28	Stephanie	593	↑6	19
29	Denise	581	↓1	35
30	Rebecca	562	↑8	28
31	Sharon	537	–	36
32	Michele	533	↓3	30
33	Christina	526	↑10	37
34	Donna	517	↓4	26
35	Maria	517	↑4	40
36	Wendy	494	↑4	29
37	Debra	483	↓4	43
38	Cheryl	474	↓3	41
39	Nancy	471	↓3	45
40	Barbara	464	↓8	39
41	Heather	457	new	34
42	Nicole	455	new	47
43	Teresa	452	↓1	32
44	Jill	441	↓7	51
45	Diane	410	↓4	61
46	Theresa	406	–	49
47	Brenda	392	↓3	38
48	Ann	388	new	57
49	Gina	388	new	63
50	Rhonda	388	↓2	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	4,761	–	1
2	David	3,365	↑1	2
3	James	3,264	↑1	3
4	John	3,254	↓2	4
5	Robert	3,225	–	5
6	Brian	2,019	↑2	9
7	Mark	1,915	↓1	8
8	William	1,835	↓1	6
9	Thomas	1,720	↑2	13
10	Jeffrey	1,687	–	11
11	Christopher	1,684	↑5	7
12	Steven	1,682	↑1	14
13	Richard	1,672	↓4	10
14	Scott	1,647	–	12
15	Joseph	1,493	–	15
16	Daniel	1,463	↑1	18
17	Timothy	1,389	↓5	17
18	Kevin	1,331	–	16
19	Anthony	1,328	–	20
20	Eric	1,174	↑2	21
21	Paul	1,128	↓1	22
22	Charles	1,078	↑1	19
23	Matthew	1,022	↑2	24
24	Kenneth	1,015	↓3	23
25	Ronald	836	↓1	29
26	Gregory	822	↑1	26
27	Todd	821	↓1	28
28	Patrick	802	–	31
29	Edward	713	↑1	32
30	Jason	694	new	25
31	Donald	686	↓2	30
32	Stephen	657	↓1	27
33	Andrew	639	–	33
34	Douglas	638	↓2	34
35	Keith	586	↓1	36
36	Craig	505	↑3	39
37	Peter	503	↓2	43
38	Gary	465	↓2	35
39	Bradley	464	↑7	53
40	Sean	454	–	37
41	George	445	↓4	38
42	Larry	419	↑1	40
43	Frank	410	↓5	47
44	Dennis	391	↓2	44
45	Troy	390	–	42
46	Jeffery	387	↓5	48
47	Bryan	351	new	51
48	Raymond	351	↓1	50
49	Shawn	348	↓1	41
50	Jerry	327	↓6	45

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