Popular baby names in Illinois, 1972

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (3,701 babies) and Michael for boys (4,051). Social Security records list 157,329 babies born in Illinois in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1972

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: 64 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tasha: 181 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Maribel: 73 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Latanya: 69 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Yesenia: 62 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Latonia: 43 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Latonya: 130 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Luz: 44 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Marisol: 67 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lashawn: 47 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Anton: 50 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Antoine: 91 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Darnell: 69 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Maurice: 194 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Demond: 45 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lamont: 109 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Nick: 57 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,701	–	1
2	Michelle	1,736	–	2
3	Lisa	1,546	–	3
4	Amy	1,507	↑1	5
5	Kimberly	1,455	↓1	4
6	Angela	1,202	–	6
7	Julie	993	–	12
8	Melissa	984	–	7
9	Nicole	956	↑15	10
10	Laura	832	↓1	17
11	Christine	779	↑2	16
12	Dawn	749	↓2	20
13	Heather	739	↑7	9
14	Stephanie	710	↑7	8
15	Tracy	709	↓3	19
16	Mary	692	↓5	13
17	Elizabeth	661	↓3	15
18	Rebecca	655	↑5	14
19	Susan	620	↓3	24
20	Tammy	618	↓5	11
21	Kelly	615	↓4	23
22	Tina	615	↓3	18
23	Karen	608	↓5	21
24	Christina	527	↑3	26
25	Cynthia	525	↓3	25
26	Patricia	502	↓1	27
27	Maria	492	↑1	32
28	Lori	465	↓2	28
29	Sandra	457	↑1	31
30	Shannon	442	↑5	22
31	Andrea	437	↑5	30
32	Denise	437	↓3	35
33	Michele	413	↑6	36
34	Kathleen	379	↓3	57
35	Wendy	374	↓2	29
36	Stacy	369	↑1	33
37	Carrie	362	↑1	53
38	Tara	351	new	38
39	Sarah	344	↑11	49
40	Deborah	337	↓6	43
41	Pamela	335	↓9	34
42	Stacey	327	↑1	41
43	Jill	319	↑3	62
44	Tonya	310	new	37
45	Gina	309	–	78
46	Sharon	305	↓6	50
47	Teresa	302	↑2	39
48	Theresa	291	new	68
49	Monica	286	new	47
50	Katherine	283	new	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	4,051	–	1
2	Christopher	2,442	↑4	2
3	David	2,442	–	4
4	James	2,403	↓2	3
5	Brian	2,248	↑2	8
6	John	2,235	↓2	5
7	Robert	2,143	↓2	6
8	Jason	1,935	↑2	7
9	Daniel	1,452	↑8	15
10	William	1,430	↓1	9
11	Matthew	1,354	↑8	10
12	Eric	1,327	↑2	16
13	Scott	1,314	↓5	11
14	Mark	1,310	↓3	18
15	Joseph	1,240	↓2	12
16	Kevin	1,200	↑4	13
17	Jeffrey	1,198	↓5	17
18	Steven	1,163	↓2	19
19	Thomas	1,159	↓4	20
20	Richard	1,150	↓2	14
21	Timothy	1,121	–	21
22	Anthony	1,103	–	22
23	Charles	777	–	23
24	Paul	769	–	24
25	Chad	710	↑6	25
26	Gregory	689	↑1	26
27	Kenneth	673	↓2	27
28	Andrew	589	↑1	30
29	Todd	575	↓3	31
30	Shawn	568	↑5	28
31	Keith	543	↑3	38
32	Edward	531	–	34
33	Patrick	520	↓3	35
34	Ronald	518	↓6	32
35	Donald	512	↓2	36
36	Sean	485	–	33
37	Stephen	437	–	29
38	Craig	418	↑1	46
39	Peter	406	↑2	48
40	Aaron	398	–	40
41	Douglas	396	↓3	43
42	Ryan	395	new	39
43	George	390	–	44
44	Bradley	377	↓2	61
45	Jose	372	↑1	50
46	Jonathan	370	↑4	37
47	Bryan	357	new	45
48	Jeremy	337	new	42
49	Gary	331	↓4	41
50	Adam	330	new	51

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