Popular baby names in Illinois, 1970

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (2,729 babies) and Michael for boys (4,979). Social Security records list 184,504 babies born in Illinois in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1970

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

Girls

Latonia: 50 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Latanya: 61 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Latonya: 125 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Karyn: 48 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Antoine: 57 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Darnell: 62 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Maurice: 203 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lamont: 62 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,729	↑2	1
2	Kimberly	2,115	↑2	3
3	Lisa	2,075	↓2	2
4	Michelle	1,991	↓2	4
5	Amy	1,443	↑2	5
6	Angela	1,332	↑3	6
7	Julie	1,201	↓2	11
8	Laura	1,160	↓2	13
9	Tracy	1,128	↑7	10
10	Dawn	1,066	↑2	16
11	Mary	1,045	↓3	9
12	Christine	1,040	↓2	14
13	Melissa	1,005	↑1	7
14	Susan	913	↓3	15
15	Karen	905	↓2	12
16	Elizabeth	901	↑1	18
17	Kelly	876	↓2	20
18	Tammy	816	↑1	8
19	Patricia	778	↓1	24
20	Tina	742	↑1	21
21	Heather	733	↑20	19
22	Cynthia	709	↓2	25
23	Lori	701	↓1	23
24	Nicole	651	↑18	30
25	Stephanie	643	↑3	17
26	Sandra	634	↓2	27
27	Pamela	606	↓4	26
28	Deborah	560	↓1	33
29	Michele	545	↑3	31
30	Denise	541	↓1	36
31	Kathleen	527	↓6	45
32	Maria	521	↑3	39
33	Rebecca	515	↓3	29
34	Shannon	495	new	22
35	Linda	494	↓9	38
36	Christina	491	↓3	35
37	Wendy	483	↓1	28
38	Jill	475	↑6	52
39	Sharon	459	↓8	37
40	Donna	453	↓6	32
41	Andrea	450	new	43
42	Debra	447	↓5	47
43	Barbara	437	↓3	41
44	Nancy	430	↓5	50
45	Gina	425	↑4	61
46	Teresa	425	↓3	34
47	Theresa	399	↓1	53
48	Cheryl	395	↓10	44
49	Stacy	373	new	42
50	Brenda	369	↓3	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	4,979	–	1
2	David	3,247	–	3
3	John	3,200	↑1	4
4	Robert	3,177	↑1	5
5	James	3,136	↓2	2
6	Brian	2,014	–	8
7	Christopher	1,978	↑4	6
8	William	1,945	–	7
9	Mark	1,847	↓2	9
10	Jeffrey	1,783	–	11
11	Scott	1,736	↑3	12
12	Steven	1,700	–	15
13	Thomas	1,659	↓4	17
14	Richard	1,568	↓1	10
15	Joseph	1,553	–	16
16	Kevin	1,518	↑2	14
17	Daniel	1,480	↓1	19
18	Timothy	1,377	↓1	20
19	Anthony	1,362	–	22
20	Eric	1,335	–	18
21	Matthew	1,246	↑2	24
22	Jason	1,220	↑8	13
23	Paul	1,154	↓2	23
24	Charles	1,084	↓2	21
25	Kenneth	918	↓1	25
26	Todd	882	↑1	28
27	Gregory	836	↓1	26
28	Ronald	794	↓3	29
29	Patrick	754	↓1	33
30	Edward	711	↓1	31
31	Donald	705	–	30
32	Andrew	700	↑1	32
33	Stephen	633	↓1	27
34	Douglas	628	–	36
35	Keith	603	–	38
36	Peter	511	↑1	44
37	Sean	508	↑3	37
38	Bradley	507	↑1	47
39	Craig	487	↓3	39
40	Gary	452	↓2	35
41	George	446	–	40
42	Shawn	443	↑7	34
43	Frank	433	–	48
44	Jeffery	419	↑2	50
45	Larry	402	↓3	43
46	Aaron	392	new	52
47	Troy	385	↓2	41
48	Dennis	378	↓4	46
49	Jose	366	new	56
50	Jonathan	365	new	42

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