Popular baby names in Illinois, 1982

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (2,763 babies) and Michael for boys (3,546). Social Security records list 158,284 babies born in Illinois in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1982

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: 58 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tamika: 112 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Aisha: 50 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Liliana: 38 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dominique: 41 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Deandre: 61 babies, 4× the national rate
Pierre: 54 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Darius: 62 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Antoine: 76 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Darnell: 55 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Julius: 55 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,763	–	1
2	Jessica	1,808	–	2
3	Nicole	1,492	↑3	6
4	Amanda	1,489	↓1	3
5	Sarah	1,406	↓1	4
6	Elizabeth	1,211	↑1	8
7	Melissa	1,191	↓2	5
8	Stephanie	1,012	↑2	7
9	Michelle	1,004	↓1	11
10	Amy	965	↓1	10
11	Tiffany	891	–	13
12	Erin	778	↑4	20
13	Rebecca	752	↓1	15
14	Kimberly	738	–	14
15	Laura	735	↑3	22
16	Rachel	725	↑5	21
17	Lisa	716	↓2	23
18	Angela	679	↓5	16
19	Kelly	675	–	25
20	Heather	668	↓3	12
21	Crystal	647	↑5	9
22	Lauren	592	↑15	26
23	Megan	586	↑5	34
24	Christina	585	↓4	19
25	Amber	574	↑2	18
26	Jamie	566	↓1	29
27	Katherine	564	↑3	36
28	Danielle	556	↑6	31
29	Sara	545	↓6	28
30	Emily	544	↑2	24
31	Andrea	542	↓2	27
32	Mary	519	↓10	30
33	Kristin	504	↓9	37
34	Ashley	489	new	17
35	Erica	474	↓2	35
36	Kristen	449	–	33
37	Julie	442	↓6	41
38	Kathryn	427	↑3	48
39	Maria	398	↓4	42
40	Lindsay	390	new	39
41	April	388	↓1	32
42	Lindsey	387	new	40
43	Samantha	370	–	44
44	Shannon	368	↓5	38
45	Jacqueline	362	↑2	54
46	Katie	362	↓1	45
47	Christine	347	↓9	46
48	Natalie	327	↓2	51
49	Courtney	297	–	43
50	Carrie	292	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Michael	3,546	–	1
2	Christopher	2,563	↑1	2
3	Matthew	2,317	↓1	3
4	David	1,960	–	5
5	Jason	1,905	–	4
6	Daniel	1,769	↑2	10
7	James	1,739	↓1	6
8	Robert	1,696	↓1	9
9	John	1,677	–	8
10	Joseph	1,621	–	11
11	Joshua	1,541	–	7
12	Brian	1,482	–	14
13	Ryan	1,326	–	13
14	Justin	1,214	↑4	12
15	Andrew	1,194	↑4	17
16	Eric	1,162	↓1	20
17	Anthony	1,129	↓1	21
18	Adam	1,126	↑2	19
19	William	1,101	↓2	15
20	Nicholas	1,089	↓6	22
21	Timothy	977	–	24
22	Kevin	963	–	25
23	Steven	940	↑2	26
24	Jonathan	937	–	16
25	Thomas	879	↑1	23
26	Brandon	862	↓3	18
27	Jeffrey	855	–	29
28	Mark	761	–	32
29	Richard	751	↑1	27
30	Scott	721	↑2	34
31	Aaron	713	–	30
32	Patrick	648	↑2	37
33	Jeremy	643	↓4	28
34	Charles	622	↓1	31
35	Paul	613	–	35
36	Benjamin	560	–	33
37	Jose	524	↑1	46
38	Kyle	499	↑10	47
39	Gregory	496	↑1	40
40	Jacob	493	↑1	41
41	Kenneth	488	↓2	45
42	Nathan	487	↓5	36
43	Bradley	425	↓1	51
44	Stephen	419	–	38
45	Sean	418	↓2	44
46	Dustin	402	↑1	42
47	Peter	367	↑2	57
48	Edward	356	↓3	53
49	Keith	324	new	59
50	Chad	321	↓4	48

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