Popular baby names in Illinois, 1973

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (3,502 babies) and Michael for boys (3,849). Social Security records list 148,249 babies born in Illinois in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1973

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: 46 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Latasha: 137 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tasha: 142 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marisol: 58 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Latonya: 122 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Ericka: 72 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Karyn: 39 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Anton: 43 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Antoine: 81 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dorian: 46 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Terrell: 47 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Demond: 47 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dion: 47 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Maurice: 158 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Darnell: 52 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Nick: 58 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Terrence: 118 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,502	–	1
2	Michelle	1,629	–	3
3	Amy	1,441	↑1	2
4	Kimberly	1,367	↑1	4
5	Lisa	1,219	↓2	5
6	Angela	1,044	–	7
7	Melissa	936	↑1	6
8	Heather	929	↑5	8
9	Julie	885	↓2	12
10	Nicole	807	↓1	11
11	Rebecca	736	↑7	10
12	Laura	697	↓2	19
13	Elizabeth	691	↑4	13
14	Stephanie	685	–	9
15	Christine	645	↓4	17
16	Mary	637	–	14
17	Dawn	632	↓5	21
18	Kelly	597	↑3	18
19	Christina	577	↑5	16
20	Tracy	562	↓5	20
21	Susan	544	↓2	25
22	Patricia	514	↑4	27
23	Maria	510	↑4	31
24	Karen	504	↓1	23
25	Cynthia	476	–	26
26	Tina	457	↓4	24
27	Tammy	442	↓7	15
28	Sarah	415	↑11	35
29	Denise	389	↑3	38
30	Lori	379	↓2	28
31	Carrie	378	↑6	46
32	Andrea	375	↓1	30
33	Shannon	353	↓3	22
34	Sandra	350	↓5	39
35	Stacey	348	↑7	41
36	Tara	335	↑2	37
37	Stacy	331	↓1	32
38	Kathleen	309	↓4	68
39	Jill	305	↑4	62
40	Tanya	305	new	50
41	Tonya	298	↑3	36
42	Jessica	295	new	34
43	Rachel	290	new	42
44	Monica	289	↑5	40
45	Michele	280	↓12	44
46	Wendy	279	↓11	29
47	Tiffany	272	new	52
48	April	269	new	33
49	Katherine	268	↑1	64
50	Theresa	266	↓2	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	3,849	–	1
2	Christopher	2,247	–	2
3	James	2,247	↑1	4
4	Jason	2,238	↑4	3
5	Brian	2,162	–	8
6	David	2,081	↓3	5
7	John	2,025	↓1	6
8	Robert	2,024	↓1	7
9	Daniel	1,476	–	11
10	Matthew	1,393	↑1	10
11	William	1,334	↓1	9
12	Eric	1,209	–	13
13	Joseph	1,169	↑2	12
14	Mark	1,167	–	15
15	Jeffrey	1,112	↑2	17
16	Scott	1,053	↓3	18
17	Steven	1,019	↑1	20
18	Thomas	1,013	↑1	19
19	Anthony	1,008	↑3	21
20	Timothy	1,008	↑1	22
21	Kevin	1,003	↓5	14
22	Richard	989	↓2	16
23	Chad	736	↑2	25
24	Charles	719	↓1	23
25	Andrew	663	↑3	29
26	Paul	657	↓2	24
27	Kenneth	625	–	28
28	Gregory	590	↓2	26
29	Shawn	520	↑1	27
30	Sean	509	↑6	36
31	Aaron	502	↑9	34
32	Patrick	495	↑1	37
33	Todd	493	↓4	35
34	Ryan	483	↑8	30
35	Ronald	462	↓1	40
36	Edward	452	↓4	39
37	Donald	445	↓2	38
38	Keith	436	↓7	41
39	Stephen	415	↓2	32
40	Jeremy	413	↑8	33
41	Jonathan	408	↑5	31
42	Peter	406	↓3	52
43	Adam	400	↑7	45
44	Douglas	387	↓3	47
45	Joshua	374	new	42
46	Jose	373	↓1	49
47	Craig	342	↓9	48
48	Bradley	339	↓4	62
49	Bryan	336	↓2	43
50	George	316	↓7	46

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