Popular baby names in Illinois, 1971

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (3,302 babies) and Michael for boys (4,373). Social Security records list 173,714 babies born in Illinois in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1971

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

Girls

Latrice: 63 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Latanya: 81 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tasha: 140 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Latonia: 42 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Latonya: 138 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Maribel: 66 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kenya: 43 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Latasha: 48 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Antoine: 56 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Maurice: 212 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Darnell: 55 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Demetrius: 56 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,302	–	1
2	Michelle	1,974	↑2	2
3	Lisa	1,836	–	3
4	Kimberly	1,793	↓2	4
5	Amy	1,468	–	5
6	Angela	1,395	–	6
7	Julie	1,046	–	10
8	Melissa	988	↑5	7
9	Laura	970	↓1	16
10	Dawn	960	–	14
11	Mary	883	–	9
12	Tracy	870	↓3	13
13	Christine	857	↓1	18
14	Elizabeth	820	↑2	19
15	Tammy	773	↑3	8
16	Susan	768	↓2	17
17	Kelly	747	–	22
18	Karen	723	↓3	15
19	Tina	692	↑1	20
20	Heather	670	↑1	12
21	Stephanie	647	↑4	11
22	Cynthia	639	–	24
23	Rebecca	638	↑10	23
24	Nicole	607	–	27
25	Patricia	585	↓6	26
26	Lori	553	↓3	25
27	Christina	533	↑9	30
28	Maria	502	↑4	37
29	Denise	497	↑1	36
30	Sandra	487	↓4	31
31	Kathleen	473	–	53
32	Pamela	457	↓5	28
33	Wendy	449	↑4	29
34	Deborah	444	↓6	33
35	Shannon	444	↓1	21
36	Andrea	436	↑5	35
37	Stacy	434	↑12	32
38	Carrie	430	new	55
39	Michele	429	↓10	39
40	Sharon	423	↓1	40
41	Linda	410	↓6	42
42	Donna	387	↓2	38
43	Stacey	381	new	41
44	Cheryl	380	↑4	50
45	Gina	372	–	69
46	Jill	369	↓8	59
47	Barbara	362	↓4	47
48	Nancy	359	↓4	52
49	Teresa	359	↓3	34
50	Sarah	338	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	4,373	–	1
2	James	2,919	↑3	2
3	David	2,841	↓1	3
4	John	2,767	↓1	4
5	Robert	2,693	↓1	5
6	Christopher	2,298	↑1	6
7	Brian	2,072	↓1	9
8	Scott	1,810	↑3	10
9	William	1,760	↓1	7
10	Jason	1,564	↑12	8
11	Mark	1,508	↓2	13
12	Jeffrey	1,502	↓2	12
13	Joseph	1,462	↑2	15
14	Eric	1,410	↑6	18
15	Thomas	1,400	↓2	17
16	Steven	1,389	↓4	16
17	Daniel	1,381	–	20
18	Richard	1,374	↓4	11
19	Matthew	1,291	↑2	19
20	Kevin	1,232	↓4	14
21	Timothy	1,209	↓3	21
22	Anthony	1,182	↓3	23
23	Charles	970	↑1	22
24	Paul	925	↓1	24
25	Kenneth	839	–	25
26	Todd	740	–	30
27	Gregory	718	–	26
28	Ronald	675	–	31
29	Andrew	652	↑3	33
30	Patrick	650	↓1	35
31	Chad	640	new	29
32	Edward	633	↓2	32
33	Donald	620	↓2	34
34	Keith	596	↑1	37
35	Shawn	596	↑7	28
36	Sean	587	↑1	36
37	Stephen	504	↓4	27
38	Douglas	502	↓4	39
39	Craig	461	–	43
40	Aaron	445	↑6	41
41	Peter	444	↓5	47
42	Bradley	412	↓4	58
43	George	410	↓2	42
44	Dennis	399	↑4	49
45	Gary	377	↓5	38
46	Jose	377	↑3	55
47	Larry	370	↓2	44
48	Jeffery	355	↓4	53
49	Frank	350	↓6	54
50	Jonathan	346	–	40

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