Popular baby names in Illinois, 1984

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1984 were Jennifer for girls (2,465 babies) and Michael for boys (3,606). Social Security records list 154,482 babies born in Illinois in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1984

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

Girls

Grisel: 48 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Latrice: 54 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Maritza: 44 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dominique: 141 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Colleen: 221 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Daisy: 113 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Patrice: 62 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tatiana: 38 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Maribel: 44 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tamika: 77 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Ryne: 51 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Pierre: 79 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Deandre: 65 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Demetrius: 66 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Darius: 62 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Angelo: 54 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Julius: 46 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,465	–	1
2	Jessica	1,794	–	2
3	Ashley	1,490	↑3	3
4	Amanda	1,477	↓1	4
5	Nicole	1,315	↓1	7
6	Sarah	1,258	↓1	5
7	Elizabeth	1,164	–	10
8	Melissa	1,067	–	8
9	Stephanie	1,059	–	6
10	Megan	902	↑2	11
11	Michelle	853	↓1	17
12	Heather	834	↑2	9
13	Amy	829	↓2	13
14	Rachel	796	↑3	15
15	Tiffany	796	↓2	14
16	Lauren	743	↑4	21
17	Laura	725	↑1	19
18	Erin	690	↓3	25
19	Kelly	686	↑4	27
20	Danielle	679	↑13	16
21	Kimberly	657	↓2	22
22	Christina	652	↓1	20
23	Rebecca	616	↓7	23
24	Emily	598	↑1	24
25	Katherine	598	↑1	30
26	Amber	585	↑2	18
27	Crystal	547	↓5	12
28	Lisa	541	↓4	29
29	Angela	537	↓2	26
30	Andrea	508	↑2	28
31	Jamie	506	↓2	31
32	Erica	459	↓2	34
33	Sara	446	↑1	32
34	Samantha	440	↑1	39
35	Lindsay	434	↑1	36
36	Mary	426	↓5	33
37	Lindsey	423	↑2	35
38	Kathryn	411	↓1	48
39	Christine	408	↑4	43
40	Kristen	390	–	38
41	Shannon	390	–	37
42	Kristin	385	↓4	47
43	Jacqueline	371	↑2	56
44	Brittany	362	new	41
45	Vanessa	360	↑3	45
46	Julie	358	↓2	52
47	Katie	342	↓1	44
48	Courtney	331	↓1	46
49	Alicia	308	new	40
50	Natalie	302	new	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Michael	3,606	–	1
2	Matthew	2,473	–	3
3	Christopher	2,452	–	2
4	Daniel	1,981	↑1	6
5	David	1,809	↓1	5
6	James	1,602	–	7
7	Ryan	1,567	↑4	12
8	Joshua	1,565	↑4	4
9	Robert	1,564	–	9
10	Joseph	1,521	↓3	10
11	John	1,465	↓1	8
12	Jason	1,435	↓4	11
13	Brian	1,351	–	17
14	Andrew	1,335	↑1	14
15	Adam	1,303	↓1	18
16	Nicholas	1,233	↑2	20
17	Anthony	1,175	↓1	21
18	Eric	1,136	↑1	22
19	Justin	1,081	↓2	13
20	Brandon	1,054	↑2	15
21	William	1,044	–	16
22	Steven	963	↑2	23
23	Kevin	933	↓3	24
24	Jonathan	931	↑1	19
25	Timothy	900	↓2	26
26	Thomas	876	–	25
27	Jeffrey	755	–	28
28	Kyle	744	↑1	34
29	Mark	703	↓1	32
30	Richard	663	↑2	27
31	Patrick	647	↓1	36
32	Jacob	622	↑4	37
33	Scott	620	–	39
34	Benjamin	591	–	30
35	Aaron	587	↓4	29
36	Charles	577	↓1	33
37	Jeremy	536	–	31
38	Paul	531	↑1	40
39	Nathan	523	↑1	38
40	Sean	490	↑3	43
41	Gregory	486	↓3	44
42	Stephen	479	↓1	35
43	Zachary	470	↑4	45
44	Jose	425	↓2	49
45	Kenneth	417	↓1	46
46	Dustin	398	↓1	41
47	Bryan	393	↑2	48
48	Bradley	388	↓2	53
49	Alexander	362	new	54
50	Tyler	360	new	47

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