Popular baby names in Illinois, 1976

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (3,228 babies) and Michael for boys (3,678). Social Security records list 148,332 babies born in Illinois in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1976

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: 47 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Maritza: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Luciana: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Esmeralda: 49 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Latanya: 45 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Antoine: 105 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Terrell: 53 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Darnell: 49 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Maurice: 136 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,228	–	1
2	Amy	1,681	–	2
3	Michelle	1,201	–	6
4	Melissa	1,155	↑3	3
5	Heather	1,140	–	4
6	Angela	1,082	↓2	5
7	Kimberly	1,049	↓1	7
8	Lisa	978	–	9
9	Nicole	966	–	13
10	Elizabeth	843	–	16
11	Sarah	778	↑4	15
12	Rebecca	764	↓1	12
13	Amanda	758	↑3	10
14	Jessica	725	↑10	8
15	Jamie	704	new	18
16	Laura	699	↑3	20
17	Julie	696	↓3	21
18	Kelly	664	↓5	19
19	Christina	657	↓2	14
20	Stephanie	645	↓8	11
21	Shannon	582	↑13	17
22	Mary	503	↓1	22
23	Carrie	495	–	28
24	Christine	493	↓4	26
25	Tiffany	492	↓3	32
26	Maria	487	↑1	34
27	Erin	482	↑5	24
28	Tracy	466	↓3	37
29	Dawn	448	↓11	35
30	Sara	444	↑13	27
31	Jaime	429	new	29
32	Rachel	417	↓4	23
33	Karen	391	↓7	31
34	Andrea	383	↓4	25
35	Susan	363	↓6	40
36	Jill	348	↓3	52
37	Megan	341	↑1	62
38	Danielle	339	↑11	33
39	Patricia	336	↓8	43
40	Cynthia	326	↑1	44
41	Katherine	314	↑5	57
42	Stacy	311	↓7	38
43	April	301	↓4	30
44	Tina	299	↓8	48
45	Sandra	298	↓8	59
46	Lori	272	↓6	47
47	Stacey	266	↓5	51
48	Erica	265	new	54
49	Brandy	263	new	55
50	Crystal	261	new	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	3,678	–	1
2	Jason	2,716	–	2
3	Christopher	2,008	↑1	3
4	David	1,965	↓1	4
5	Brian	1,915	↑1	8
6	James	1,870	↓1	5
7	John	1,831	–	6
8	Robert	1,785	–	7
9	Matthew	1,733	–	9
10	Daniel	1,393	–	10
11	Joseph	1,345	↑2	12
12	Eric	1,267	–	13
13	William	1,139	↓2	11
14	Anthony	1,101	–	22
15	Ryan	1,040	↑6	16
16	Timothy	1,000	↑2	21
17	Jeremy	958	↑9	14
18	Kevin	956	↑4	15
19	Jeffrey	944	↓3	17
20	Steven	942	–	20
21	Thomas	934	↓2	23
22	Scott	927	↓5	24
23	Mark	889	↓8	25
24	Joshua	839	–	18
25	Richard	795	↓2	19
26	Andrew	765	↓1	27
27	Aaron	654	↑3	30
28	Chad	652	↓1	29
29	Paul	639	–	28
30	Charles	637	↓2	26
31	Adam	593	↑4	36
32	Gregory	524	↓1	35
33	Shawn	473	–	34
34	Patrick	471	↓2	41
35	Benjamin	469	↑4	32
36	Jose	448	↑1	44
37	Kenneth	447	↓3	38
38	Edward	446	↑2	45
39	Todd	433	↓3	50
40	Jonathan	431	↓2	31
41	Nathan	428	↑9	39
42	Sean	414	↓1	42
43	Bradley	400	↑2	51
44	Stephen	396	–	37
45	Justin	394	↑4	33
46	Keith	391	↑1	48
47	Peter	356	↓5	54
48	Ronald	338	↓2	49
49	Bryan	334	↓1	43
50	Donald	334	↓7	47

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