Popular baby names in Illinois, 1977

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (3,197 babies) and Michael for boys (3,802). Social Security records list 153,689 babies born in Illinois in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1977

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: 54 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Latanya: 57 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Silvia: 38 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Edith: 39 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Guadalupe: 59 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Maricela: 48 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Aisha: 163 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Latasha: 155 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Maribel: 50 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Maureen: 80 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Antoine: 102 babies, 3× the national rate
Darnell: 53 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Terrell: 59 babies, 2× the national rate
Levar: 53 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,197	–	1
2	Amy	1,361	–	3
3	Melissa	1,267	↑1	2
4	Michelle	1,159	↓1	7
5	Heather	1,116	–	5
6	Kelly	1,114	↑12	10
7	Nicole	1,069	↑2	15
8	Jessica	1,066	↑6	4
9	Angela	1,055	↓3	6
10	Sarah	1,028	↑1	11
11	Elizabeth	1,014	↓1	13
12	Kimberly	976	↓5	8
13	Lisa	899	↓5	12
14	Amanda	837	↓1	9
15	Jamie	737	–	18
16	Rebecca	718	↓4	17
17	Christina	694	↑2	16
18	Laura	660	↓2	20
19	Stephanie	647	↑1	14
20	Julie	634	↓3	22
21	Erin	549	↑6	23
22	Mary	547	–	21
23	Carrie	533	–	28
24	Sara	522	↑6	27
25	Shannon	508	↓4	19
26	Christine	488	↓2	30
27	Rachel	488	↑5	26
28	Andrea	458	↑6	24
29	Maria	450	↓3	36
30	Dawn	442	↓1	43
31	Tiffany	415	↓6	34
32	Katherine	399	↑9	44
33	Jill	392	↑3	41
34	Megan	392	↑3	54
35	Erica	386	↑13	38
36	Karen	384	↓3	32
37	Tracy	368	↓9	50
38	Danielle	360	–	31
39	Patricia	349	–	47
40	Crystal	326	↑10	25
41	Emily	323	new	37
42	Susan	323	↓7	45
43	Jaime	316	↓12	46
44	Stacy	309	↓2	42
45	April	306	↓2	29
46	Tara	300	new	35
47	Cynthia	286	↓7	48
48	Kathleen	280	new	80
49	Monica	269	new	39
50	Tina	265	↓6	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	3,802	–	1
2	Jason	2,930	–	2
3	David	2,095	↑1	4
4	James	2,094	↑2	5
5	Brian	2,048	–	8
6	Christopher	2,022	↓3	3
7	Matthew	1,776	↑2	9
8	Robert	1,742	–	6
9	John	1,694	↓2	7
10	Daniel	1,430	–	11
11	Joseph	1,378	–	10
12	Eric	1,250	–	17
13	Ryan	1,244	↑2	16
14	Kevin	1,209	↑4	13
15	Joshua	1,198	↑9	14
16	William	1,130	↓3	12
17	Anthony	1,087	↓3	21
18	Timothy	1,085	↓2	18
19	Jeremy	988	↓2	15
20	Jeffrey	968	↓1	19
21	Steven	955	↓1	23
22	Andrew	924	↑4	24
23	Thomas	914	↓2	22
24	Mark	898	↓1	25
25	Scott	825	↓3	27
26	Richard	813	↓1	20
27	Charles	677	↑3	26
28	Chad	615	–	34
29	Paul	597	–	31
30	Adam	596	↑1	33
31	Aaron	566	↓4	32
32	Justin	554	↑13	30
33	Benjamin	532	↑2	29
34	Gregory	529	↓2	35
35	Jonathan	483	↑5	28
36	Kenneth	479	↑1	39
37	Shawn	462	↓4	37
38	Patrick	459	↓4	40
39	Jose	450	↓3	45
40	Bradley	449	↑3	49
41	Nathan	447	–	36
42	Sean	417	–	43
43	Edward	415	↓5	47
44	Nicholas	403	new	51
45	Todd	396	↓6	50
46	Peter	388	↑1	55
47	Stephen	386	↓3	38
48	Keith	372	↓2	48
49	Bryan	367	–	42
50	Brandon	336	new	41

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