Popular baby names in Illinois, 1974

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (3,571 babies) and Michael for boys (3,602). Social Security records list 148,003 babies born in Illinois in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1974

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: 73 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Latasha: 157 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tasha: 171 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Esmeralda: 44 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Latoya: 104 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Maribel: 55 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Latanya: 49 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Ladonna: 35 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Marisol: 52 babies, 2× the national rate
Georgia: 35 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Antoine: 80 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Darnell: 49 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Demond: 48 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Maurice: 148 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Dion: 42 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,571	–	1
2	Amy	1,693	↑1	2
3	Michelle	1,530	↓1	3
4	Kimberly	1,287	–	6
5	Heather	1,128	↑3	4
6	Angela	1,116	–	5
7	Lisa	1,073	↓2	8
8	Melissa	992	↓1	7
9	Nicole	842	↑1	11
10	Rebecca	789	↑1	10
11	Julie	787	↓2	14
12	Stephanie	675	↑2	9
13	Elizabeth	665	–	12
14	Mary	629	↑2	13
15	Laura	627	↓3	21
16	Christine	622	↓1	19
17	Dawn	611	–	22
18	Sarah	585	↑10	20
19	Kelly	581	↓1	15
20	Tracy	555	–	23
21	Maria	534	↑2	31
22	Christina	511	↓3	16
23	Susan	453	↓2	27
24	Jessica	450	↑18	17
25	Karen	447	↓1	26
26	Carrie	444	↑5	42
27	Tina	443	↓1	25
28	Shannon	438	↑5	18
29	Patricia	429	↓7	29
30	Cynthia	406	↓5	33
31	Rachel	385	↑12	36
32	Sandra	378	↑2	44
33	Tammy	376	↓6	24
34	Tiffany	371	↑13	41
35	Andrea	369	↓3	35
36	Amanda	361	new	34
37	Lori	350	↓7	30
38	Jill	347	↑1	58
39	Denise	340	↓10	53
40	Stacy	324	↓3	38
41	Erin	323	new	47
42	Kristen	321	new	45
43	Kathleen	300	↓5	76
44	Michele	297	↑1	50
45	Sara	297	new	61
46	Tanya	293	↓6	46
47	Stacey	290	↓12	48
48	Tonya	287	↓7	37
49	April	282	↓1	28
50	Tara	276	↓14	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	3,602	–	1
2	Jason	2,635	↑2	2
3	Christopher	2,405	↓1	3
4	David	2,184	↑2	4
5	James	2,173	↓2	5
6	Brian	2,048	↓1	8
7	John	1,926	–	6
8	Robert	1,846	–	7
9	Matthew	1,553	↑1	9
10	Daniel	1,407	↓1	11
11	William	1,313	–	10
12	Joseph	1,192	↑1	12
13	Mark	1,187	↑1	16
14	Eric	1,162	↓2	13
15	Jeffrey	1,076	–	15
16	Scott	1,032	–	18
17	Steven	1,001	–	19
18	Thomas	986	–	20
19	Kevin	984	↑2	14
20	Timothy	982	–	22
21	Anthony	957	↓2	21
22	Richard	916	–	17
23	Ryan	715	↑11	25
24	Andrew	705	↑1	28
25	Chad	682	↓2	26
26	Charles	679	↓2	23
27	Paul	650	↓1	27
28	Jeremy	643	↑12	24
29	Joshua	600	↑16	29
30	Aaron	571	↑1	32
31	Shawn	553	↓2	30
32	Gregory	527	↓4	31
33	Kenneth	523	↓6	34
34	Edward	494	↑2	40
35	Jose	472	↑11	47
36	Sean	453	↓6	37
37	Adam	447	↑6	36
38	Patrick	443	↓6	38
39	Todd	443	↓6	39
40	Jonathan	430	↑1	33
41	Stephen	421	↓2	35
42	Keith	414	↓4	44
43	Donald	404	↓6	41
44	Ronald	388	↓9	42
45	Peter	364	↓3	50
46	Bradley	345	↑2	58
47	George	344	↑3	49
48	Douglas	336	↓4	53
49	Bryan	323	–	45
50	Craig	314	↓3	57

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