Popular baby names in Illinois, 1975

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (3,208 babies) and Michael for boys (3,858). Social Security records list 147,931 babies born in Illinois in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1975

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: 57 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Maritza: 41 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Latanya: 64 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marisol: 63 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Araceli: 35 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Maribel: 54 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Esmeralda: 44 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Latoya: 117 babies, 2× the national rate
Tasha: 105 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Antoine: 110 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Marlon: 69 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Maurice: 144 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dion: 47 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,208	–	1
2	Amy	1,793	–	2
3	Michelle	1,357	–	6
4	Angela	1,180	↑2	5
5	Heather	1,135	–	3
6	Kimberly	1,123	↓2	7
7	Melissa	1,098	↑1	4
8	Lisa	1,012	↓1	8
9	Nicole	898	–	10
10	Elizabeth	740	↑3	15
11	Rebecca	736	↓1	11
12	Stephanie	705	–	9
13	Kelly	704	↑6	16
14	Julie	702	↓3	18
15	Sarah	692	↑3	17
16	Amanda	663	↑20	14
17	Christina	634	↑5	12
18	Dawn	628	↓1	23
19	Laura	625	↓4	20
20	Christine	588	↓4	22
21	Mary	578	↓7	19
22	Tiffany	514	↑12	37
23	Carrie	513	↑3	29
24	Jessica	505	–	13
25	Tracy	486	↓5	24
26	Karen	464	↓1	27
27	Maria	459	↓6	30
28	Rachel	438	↑3	26
29	Susan	430	↓6	32
30	Andrea	403	↑5	28
31	Patricia	389	↓2	36
32	Erin	379	↑9	38
33	Jill	367	↑5	46
34	Shannon	345	↓6	21
35	Stacy	343	↑5	34
36	Tina	340	↓9	35
37	Sandra	329	↓5	51
38	Megan	320	new	69
39	April	319	↑10	25
40	Lori	318	↓3	39
41	Cynthia	315	↓11	40
42	Stacey	312	↑5	44
43	Sara	301	↑2	54
44	Wendy	297	new	33
45	Tammy	293	↓12	31
46	Katherine	290	new	58
47	Tara	283	↑3	41
48	Kristen	282	↓6	60
49	Danielle	278	new	42
50	Denise	278	↓11	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	3,858	–	1
2	Jason	2,704	–	2
3	David	2,086	↑1	5
4	Christopher	2,063	↓1	3
5	James	1,958	–	4
6	Brian	1,859	–	8
7	John	1,784	–	7
8	Robert	1,738	–	6
9	Matthew	1,620	–	9
10	Daniel	1,378	–	11
11	William	1,219	–	10
12	Eric	1,215	↑2	13
13	Joseph	1,209	↓1	12
14	Anthony	1,064	↑7	21
15	Mark	1,048	↓2	19
16	Jeffrey	1,045	↓1	14
17	Scott	996	↓1	17
18	Timothy	984	↑2	22
19	Thomas	966	↓1	20
20	Steven	963	↓3	18
21	Ryan	941	↑2	23
22	Kevin	878	↓3	15
23	Richard	849	↓1	16
24	Joshua	776	↑5	26
25	Andrew	753	↓1	28
26	Jeremy	691	↑2	24
27	Chad	670	↓2	27
28	Charles	647	↓2	25
29	Paul	630	↓2	29
30	Aaron	574	–	32
31	Gregory	565	↑1	33
32	Patrick	526	↑6	39
33	Shawn	479	↓2	31
34	Kenneth	476	↓1	35
35	Adam	470	↑2	38
36	Todd	467	↑3	43
37	Jose	454	↓2	48
38	Jonathan	451	↑2	30
39	Benjamin	441	new	36
40	Edward	409	↓6	41
41	Sean	401	↓5	40
42	Peter	387	↑3	54
43	Donald	380	–	42
44	Stephen	370	↓3	34
45	Bradley	368	↑1	52
46	Ronald	355	↓2	46
47	Keith	350	↓5	49
48	Bryan	349	↑1	47
49	Justin	348	new	37
50	Nathan	331	new	45

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