Top 100 Illinois Boy Baby Names in 1959

// These were the most popular boy baby names in Illinois, in 1959.

The Most Popular Illinois Boy Baby Names in 1959


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Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Illinois was Michael. In total there were 116,302 boys born sharing 791 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1959 . 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 20 (4.9%)5,717
2John1 in 25 (4%)4,655
3James1 in 25 (4%)4,630
4David1 in 25 (4%)4,623
5Robert1 in 28 (3.6%)4,223
6Mark1 in 35 (2.9%)3,369
7William1 in 40 (2.5%)2,889
8Richard1 in 44 (2.3%)2,661
9Thomas1 in 44 (2.3%)2,629
10Steven1 in 51 (2%)2,297
11Kevin1 in 61 (1.6%)1,893
12Timothy1 in 63 (1.6%)1,832
13Daniel1 in 66 (1.5%)1,765
14Jeffrey1 in 68 (1.5%)1,709
15Joseph1 in 68 (1.5%)1,703
16Charles1 in 75 (1.3%)1,554
17Kenneth1 in 78 (1.3%)1,497
18Scott1 in 80 (1.3%)1,460
19Paul1 in 81 (1.2%)1,442
20Donald1 in 81 (1.2%)1,432
21Ronald1 in 83 (1.2%)1,407
22Gregory1 in 86 (1.2%)1,353
23Brian1 in 87 (1.2%)1,341
24Gary1 in 98 (1%)1,188
25Anthony1 in 101 (1%)1,150
26Edward1 in 113 (0.9%)1,029
27Larry1 in 119 (0.8%)974
28Dennis1 in 131 (0.8%)890
29Douglas1 in 141 (0.7%)825
30Stephen1 in 150 (0.7%)774
31Terry1 in 151 (0.7%)768
32George1 in 156 (0.6%)745
33Randy1 in 158 (0.6%)738
34Patrick1 in 158 (0.6%)736
35Christopher1 in 158 (0.6%)734
36Bruce1 in 174 (0.6%)670
37Steve1 in 174 (0.6%)669
38Keith1 in 174 (0.6%)669
39Peter1 in 175 (0.6%)665
40Mike1 in 183 (0.5%)637
41Frank1 in 184 (0.5%)632
42Craig1 in 191 (0.5%)609
43Raymond1 in 200 (0.5%)581
44Jerry1 in 217 (0.5%)536
45Eric1 in 221 (0.5%)527
46Alan1 in 224 (0.4%)519
47Jeff1 in 230 (0.4%)506
48Roger1 in 234 (0.4%)498
49Ricky1 in 236 (0.4%)492
50Jeffery1 in 237 (0.4%)490
51Dale1 in 239 (0.4%)487
52Lawrence1 in 248 (0.4%)469
53Randall1 in 265 (0.4%)439
54Carl1 in 267 (0.4%)436
55Russell1 in 284 (0.4%)410
56Jim1 in 284 (0.4%)409
57Tom1 in 287 (0.3%)405
58Matthew1 in 287 (0.3%)405
59Gerald1 in 297 (0.3%)392
60Andrew1 in 300 (0.3%)388
61Tim1 in 310 (0.3%)375
62Wayne1 in 311 (0.3%)374
63Phillip1 in 312 (0.3%)373
64Martin1 in 314 (0.3%)370
65Tony1 in 316 (0.3%)368
66Danny1 in 317 (0.3%)367
67Bill1 in 339 (0.3%)343
68Rodney1 in 339 (0.3%)343
69Rick1 in 342 (0.3%)340
70Philip1 in 347 (0.3%)335
71Joe1 in 359 (0.3%)324
72Bradley1 in 389 (0.3%)299
73Walter1 in 392 (0.3%)297
74Jack1 in 418 (0.2%)278
75Chris1 in 418 (0.2%)278
76Arthur1 in 424 (0.2%)274
77Glenn1 in 424 (0.2%)274
78Dean1 in 429 (0.2%)271
79Jay1 in 444 (0.2%)262
80Curtis1 in 446 (0.2%)261
81Darrell1 in 447 (0.2%)260
82Kurt1 in 460 (0.2%)253
83Ralph1 in 462 (0.2%)252
84Harold1 in 463 (0.2%)251
85Micheal1 in 463 (0.2%)251
86Dan1 in 465 (0.2%)250
87Roy1 in 467 (0.2%)249
88Greg1 in 471 (0.2%)247
89Louis1 in 485 (0.2%)240
90Todd1 in 485 (0.2%)240
91Victor1 in 491 (0.2%)237
92Eugene1 in 497 (0.2%)234
93Stanley1 in 499 (0.2%)233
94Dave1 in 506 (0.2%)230
95Allen1 in 519 (0.2%)224
96Howard1 in 524 (0.2%)222
97Jerome1 in 526 (0.2%)221
98Bryan1 in 536 (0.2%)217
99Leonard1 in 538 (0.2%)216
100Don1 in 549 (0.2%)212


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