Popular baby names in Illinois, 1983

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (2,546 babies) and Michael for boys (3,583). Social Security records list 154,550 babies born in Illinois in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1983

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: 63 babies, 4× the national rate
Maritza: 41 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Aisha: 41 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Liliana: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Colleen: 204 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Maureen: 80 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lakesha: 37 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Pierre: 71 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Deandre: 55 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Noel: 53 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Darnell: 69 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Darius: 51 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Angelo: 60 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,546	–	1
2	Jessica	1,820	–	2
3	Amanda	1,458	↑1	3
4	Nicole	1,382	↓1	7
5	Sarah	1,320	–	5
6	Ashley	1,265	↑28	4
7	Elizabeth	1,145	↓1	10
8	Melissa	1,118	↓1	6
9	Stephanie	1,046	↓1	8
10	Michelle	910	↓1	13
11	Amy	873	↓1	12
12	Megan	817	↑11	21
13	Tiffany	816	↓2	14
14	Heather	806	↑6	9
15	Erin	771	↓3	18
16	Rebecca	714	↓3	19
17	Rachel	702	↓1	20
18	Laura	699	↓3	23
19	Kimberly	692	↓5	15
20	Lauren	684	↑2	24
21	Christina	677	↑3	16
22	Crystal	654	↓1	11
23	Kelly	644	↓4	26
24	Lisa	622	↓7	27
25	Emily	617	↑5	25
26	Katherine	610	↑1	34
27	Angela	607	↓9	22
28	Amber	584	↓3	17
29	Jamie	561	↓3	28
30	Erica	555	↑5	33
31	Mary	523	↑1	32
32	Andrea	507	↓1	30
33	Danielle	483	↓5	29
34	Sara	481	↓5	31
35	Samantha	455	↑8	40
36	Lindsay	449	↑4	36
37	Kathryn	408	↑1	50
38	Kristin	405	↓5	42
39	Lindsey	400	↑3	35
40	Kristen	396	↓4	37
41	Shannon	374	↑3	38
42	Maria	370	↓3	43
43	Christine	361	↑4	47
44	Julie	359	↓7	46
45	Jacqueline	337	–	53
46	Katie	333	–	45
47	Courtney	322	↑2	44
48	Vanessa	316	new	49
49	April	300	↓8	39
50	Kathleen	298	new	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Michael	3,583	–	1
2	Matthew	2,477	↑1	3
3	Christopher	2,459	↓1	2
4	David	1,935	–	4
5	Daniel	1,813	↑1	8
6	James	1,666	↑1	6
7	Joseph	1,636	↑3	11
8	Jason	1,606	↓3	7
9	Robert	1,604	↓1	10
10	John	1,529	↓1	9
11	Ryan	1,490	↑2	13
12	Joshua	1,437	↓1	5
13	Brian	1,405	↓1	14
14	Adam	1,341	↑4	18
15	Andrew	1,289	–	15
16	Anthony	1,192	↑1	22
17	Justin	1,168	↓3	12
18	Nicholas	1,093	↑2	21
19	Eric	1,092	↓3	20
20	Kevin	1,033	↑2	25
21	William	992	↓2	16
22	Brandon	943	↑4	17
23	Timothy	938	↓2	26
24	Steven	928	↓1	23
25	Jonathan	913	↓1	19
26	Thomas	867	↓1	24
27	Jeffrey	803	–	28
28	Mark	758	–	31
29	Kyle	694	↑9	34
30	Patrick	668	↑2	37
31	Aaron	654	–	29
32	Richard	643	↓3	27
33	Scott	625	↓3	38
34	Benjamin	605	↑2	32
35	Charles	572	↓1	33
36	Jacob	570	↑4	36
37	Jeremy	565	↓4	30
38	Gregory	557	↑1	42
39	Paul	556	↓4	39
40	Nathan	488	↑2	40
41	Stephen	478	↑3	35
42	Jose	439	↓5	48
43	Sean	435	↑2	44
44	Kenneth	414	↓3	45
45	Dustin	399	↑1	43
46	Bradley	395	↓3	52
47	Zachary	366	new	50
48	Marcus	356	new	58
49	Bryan	355	new	47
50	Peter	342	↓3	59

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