Popular baby names in Illinois, 1981

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (2,843 babies) and Michael for boys (3,524). Social Security records list 159,783 babies born in Illinois in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1981

Names given at least 15 times in Illinois that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Evita: 38 babies, 4× the national rate
Latrice: 66 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ladonna: 47 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Araceli: 47 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Latanya: 38 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Aisha: 61 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Liliana: 48 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tamika: 115 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Yesenia: 50 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Pierre: 43 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Darius: 63 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Terrell: 62 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Terrence: 106 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Antoine: 71 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Demetrius: 70 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Darnell: 49 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,843	–	1
2	Jessica	1,651	↑2	2
3	Amanda	1,574	↓1	3
4	Sarah	1,540	↑1	4
5	Melissa	1,355	↓2	5
6	Nicole	1,311	–	7
7	Elizabeth	1,202	–	9
8	Michelle	1,024	–	11
9	Amy	994	–	6
10	Stephanie	959	↑6	8
11	Tiffany	912	↓1	14
12	Rebecca	874	↑8	12
13	Angela	784	↓2	15
14	Kimberly	766	–	13
15	Lisa	766	–	18
16	Erin	753	↑3	19
17	Heather	748	↓4	10
18	Laura	727	–	21
19	Kelly	697	↓7	23
20	Christina	629	↓3	17
21	Rachel	601	↑4	22
22	Mary	598	↓1	27
23	Sara	595	–	26
24	Kristin	587	↑8	31
25	Jamie	571	↓3	28
26	Crystal	567	↑1	16
27	Amber	563	↑3	20
28	Megan	561	↓4	33
29	Andrea	559	↓1	24
30	Katherine	506	↓1	39
31	Julie	503	↓5	37
32	Emily	484	↑5	29
33	Erica	474	↓2	36
34	Danielle	469	↓1	30
35	Maria	437	↓1	40
36	Kristen	415	↑5	38
37	Lauren	402	↑2	35
38	Christine	399	↓3	42
39	Shannon	399	↓3	32
40	April	383	↓2	25
41	Kathryn	383	↓1	48
42	Latoya	335	new	69
43	Samantha	333	–	51
44	Kathleen	332	–	82
45	Katie	331	↑4	44
46	Natalie	314	new	60
47	Jacqueline	294	new	67
48	Brooke	288	new	52
49	Courtney	287	new	43
50	Patricia	286	↓3	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	3,524	–	1
2	Matthew	2,294	↑3	3
3	Christopher	2,201	–	2
4	David	2,024	–	5
5	Jason	2,022	↓3	4
6	James	1,730	–	7
7	Robert	1,729	–	9
8	Daniel	1,699	–	10
9	John	1,663	–	8
10	Joseph	1,642	–	11
11	Joshua	1,624	↑1	6
12	Brian	1,536	↓1	14
13	Ryan	1,327	–	13
14	Nicholas	1,248	–	21
15	Eric	1,168	–	17
16	Anthony	1,154	↑3	23
17	William	1,147	↑1	15
18	Justin	1,128	↓2	12
19	Andrew	1,096	↑1	18
20	Adam	1,091	↑1	20
21	Timothy	1,068	↓4	24
22	Kevin	1,046	↑1	25
23	Brandon	940	↑9	19
24	Jonathan	940	↑5	16
25	Steven	900	↓1	28
26	Thomas	899	↓4	26
27	Jeffrey	889	↓1	29
28	Mark	820	↓1	33
29	Jeremy	813	↓4	22
30	Richard	776	–	27
31	Aaron	764	↑2	30
32	Scott	737	↓4	34
33	Charles	670	↓2	31
34	Patrick	632	↑1	38
35	Paul	597	↓1	35
36	Benjamin	580	–	32
37	Nathan	530	↑1	36
38	Jose	489	↓1	45
39	Kenneth	488	↑2	41
40	Gregory	463	↓1	46
41	Jacob	457	↑2	43
42	Bradley	446	–	50
43	Sean	426	↑2	44
44	Stephen	409	–	39
45	Edward	407	↑3	51
46	Chad	381	↓6	47
47	Dustin	377	↑2	42
48	Kyle	377	↓2	52
49	Peter	373	↓2	55
50	Jesse	342	new	37

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