Popular baby names in Illinois, 1980

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (2,958 babies) and Michael for boys (3,759). Social Security records list 163,698 babies born in Illinois in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1980

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: 76 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Shavon: 39 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Raven: 48 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Aisha: 69 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Araceli: 39 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Guadalupe: 64 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Yesenia: 55 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Colleen: 205 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Catrina: 44 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Maureen: 84 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Pierre: 49 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Deon: 45 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Darnell: 67 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Edgar: 103 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Antoine: 88 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marlon: 54 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Maurice: 151 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,958	–	1
2	Amanda	1,682	↑1	2
3	Melissa	1,522	↓1	4
4	Jessica	1,350	↑5	3
5	Sarah	1,350	↑1	5
6	Nicole	1,332	↓2	7
7	Elizabeth	1,193	↑1	9
8	Michelle	1,145	↓3	10
9	Amy	991	↓2	8
10	Tiffany	944	↑11	14
11	Angela	898	↓1	12
12	Kelly	879	–	19
13	Heather	871	↓2	6
14	Kimberly	847	–	11
15	Lisa	832	↓2	16
16	Stephanie	818	↑1	13
17	Christina	765	↓2	15
18	Laura	750	–	21
19	Erin	729	↑1	20
20	Rebecca	728	↓4	17
21	Mary	621	↑3	25
22	Jamie	606	↓3	24
23	Sara	595	↑9	27
24	Megan	593	↓2	30
25	Rachel	587	↑3	23
26	Julie	528	↓3	32
27	Crystal	506	↑3	18
28	Andrea	499	↓2	28
29	Katherine	488	↑2	35
30	Amber	480	↑4	22
31	Erica	479	↑2	34
32	Kristin	478	new	37
33	Danielle	470	↑3	33
34	Maria	458	↓5	36
35	Christine	429	↓10	41
36	Shannon	428	↓9	29
37	Emily	420	–	31
38	April	419	↓3	26
39	Lauren	380	new	38
40	Kathryn	359	–	50
41	Kristen	349	new	39
42	Carrie	343	↓4	46
43	Samantha	325	↑3	58
44	Kathleen	322	↑1	82
45	Jill	317	↓4	66
46	Monica	310	↓4	45
47	Patricia	310	↓8	51
48	Dawn	307	↓4	67
49	Katie	306	new	44
50	Tracy	280	↓7	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	3,759	–	1
2	Jason	2,358	–	3
3	Christopher	2,182	–	2
4	David	2,076	–	4
5	Matthew	2,040	–	6
6	James	1,912	–	5
7	Robert	1,717	–	9
8	Daniel	1,694	↑2	11
9	John	1,691	↓1	8
10	Joseph	1,683	↑1	10
11	Brian	1,594	↓2	12
12	Joshua	1,564	–	7
13	Ryan	1,301	↑1	15
14	Nicholas	1,283	↓1	17
15	Eric	1,277	–	16
16	Justin	1,211	↑13	13
17	Timothy	1,184	↓1	20
18	William	1,157	↓1	14
19	Anthony	1,110	↓1	24
20	Andrew	1,063	–	19
21	Adam	1,061	–	22
22	Thomas	1,006	↑1	25
23	Kevin	966	↓4	23
24	Steven	933	↑1	28
25	Jeremy	907	↑1	18
26	Jeffrey	898	↓4	27
27	Mark	802	↑1	30
28	Scott	793	↓4	33
29	Jonathan	765	↑5	21
30	Richard	721	↓3	26
31	Charles	711	↓1	29
32	Brandon	643	↑8	31
33	Aaron	637	↓2	34
34	Paul	633	↓2	35
35	Patrick	578	↓2	38
36	Benjamin	575	↓1	32
37	Jose	552	↓1	46
38	Nathan	531	↓1	36
39	Gregory	516	↓1	42
40	Chad	485	↑1	39
41	Kenneth	482	↓2	41
42	Bradley	466	–	51
43	Jacob	421	↑5	43
44	Stephen	419	↑2	40
45	Sean	398	–	48
46	Kyle	379	new	57
47	Peter	374	↓4	55
48	Edward	361	↓4	52
49	Dustin	352	new	44
50	Juan	345	–	59

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