Top 100 Illinois Boy Baby Names in 1955

// These were the most popular boy baby names in Illinois, in 1955.

The Most Popular Illinois Boy Baby Names in 1955


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Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Illinois was Michael. In total there were 107,829 boys born sharing 721 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1955 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.


Rank Name How Unique? Total births this year
1Michael1 in 18 (5.5%)5,901
2John1 in 22 (4.5%)4,806
3James1 in 23 (4.4%)4,787
4David1 in 23 (4.4%)4,749
5Robert1 in 23 (4.4%)4,714
6William1 in 32 (3.1%)3,375
7Thomas1 in 35 (2.9%)3,094
8Richard1 in 36 (2.8%)2,995
9Mark1 in 39 (2.5%)2,743
10Steven1 in 43 (2.4%)2,537
11Gary1 in 59 (1.7%)1,842
12Daniel1 in 61 (1.6%)1,775
13Joseph1 in 63 (1.6%)1,712
14Charles1 in 64 (1.6%)1,680
15Donald1 in 69 (1.4%)1,557
16Ronald1 in 70 (1.4%)1,530
17Paul1 in 76 (1.3%)1,414
18Gregory1 in 77 (1.3%)1,400
19Jeffrey1 in 77 (1.3%)1,399
20Kenneth1 in 78 (1.3%)1,391
21Kevin1 in 88 (1.1%)1,226
22Timothy1 in 90 (1.1%)1,202
23Dennis1 in 94 (1.1%)1,147
24Edward1 in 96 (1%)1,126
25Larry1 in 101 (1%)1,071
26Stephen1 in 104 (1%)1,041
27George1 in 123 (0.8%)876
28Anthony1 in 126 (0.8%)853
29Bruce1 in 127 (0.8%)847
30Scott1 in 132 (0.8%)816
31Terry1 in 132 (0.8%)815
32Randy1 in 134 (0.7%)806
33Patrick1 in 145 (0.7%)745
34Douglas1 in 155 (0.6%)696
35Brian1 in 161 (0.6%)669
36Lawrence1 in 164 (0.6%)656
37Frank1 in 169 (0.6%)639
38Raymond1 in 169 (0.6%)638
39Peter1 in 171 (0.6%)629
40Keith1 in 176 (0.6%)614
41Roger1 in 177 (0.6%)608
42Alan1 in 198 (0.5%)545
43Jerry1 in 211 (0.5%)511
44Gerald1 in 239 (0.4%)452
45Craig1 in 242 (0.4%)446
46Carl1 in 242 (0.4%)446
47Dale1 in 250 (0.4%)431
48Wayne1 in 262 (0.4%)411
49Martin1 in 280 (0.4%)385
50Walter1 in 283 (0.4%)381
51Philip1 in 291 (0.3%)370
52Christopher1 in 293 (0.3%)368
53Randall1 in 298 (0.3%)362
54Jeffery1 in 301 (0.3%)358
55Ricky1 in 316 (0.3%)341
56Russell1 in 319 (0.3%)338
57Stanley1 in 325 (0.3%)332
58Andrew1 in 330 (0.3%)327
59Jack1 in 331 (0.3%)326
60Danny1 in 333 (0.3%)324
61Arthur1 in 337 (0.3%)320
62Phillip1 in 352 (0.3%)306
63Leonard1 in 356 (0.3%)303
64Glenn1 in 362 (0.3%)298
65Ralph1 in 382 (0.3%)282
66Rodney1 in 391 (0.3%)276
67Henry1 in 394 (0.3%)274
68Harold1 in 404 (0.2%)267
69Roy1 in 415 (0.2%)260
70Steve1 in 415 (0.2%)260
71Louis1 in 430 (0.2%)251
72Eugene1 in 438 (0.2%)246
73Eric1 in 438 (0.2%)246
74Barry1 in 440 (0.2%)245
75Jerome1 in 444 (0.2%)243
76Bradley1 in 451 (0.2%)239
77Micheal1 in 453 (0.2%)238
78Howard1 in 467 (0.2%)231
79Allen1 in 467 (0.2%)231
80Willie1 in 473 (0.2%)228
81Samuel1 in 477 (0.2%)226
82Frederick1 in 479 (0.2%)225
83Darrell1 in 481 (0.2%)224
84Curtis1 in 497 (0.2%)217
85Albert1 in 502 (0.2%)215
86Matthew1 in 506 (0.2%)213
87Rick1 in 513 (0.2%)210
88Dean1 in 529 (0.2%)204
89Jon1 in 536 (0.2%)201
90Kim1 in 539 (0.2%)200
91Fred1 in 571 (0.2%)189
92Theodore1 in 580 (0.2%)186
93Kurt1 in 586 (0.2%)184
94Lee1 in 586 (0.2%)184
95Melvin1 in 586 (0.2%)184
96Terrence1 in 623 (0.2%)173
97Victor1 in 627 (0.2%)172
98Harry1 in 631 (0.2%)171
99Jay1 in 638 (0.2%)169
100Joe1 in 657 (0.2%)164


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