Popular Illinois Boy Baby Names From 1961

The Most Popular Illinois Boy Baby Names in 1961

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1961.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Illinois was Michael. In total there were 113,765 boys born sharing 821 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1961 . 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
1	Michael	1 in 21 (4.8%)	5,409
2	John	1 in 24 (4.2%)	4,771
3	David	1 in 24 (4.2%)	4,725
4	James	1 in 26 (3.8%)	4,350
5	Robert	1 in 27 (3.6%)	4,141
6	Mark	1 in 32 (3.1%)	3,525
7	William	1 in 44 (2.3%)	2,602
8	Thomas	1 in 46 (2.2%)	2,480
9	Steven	1 in 51 (2%)	2,232
10	Richard	1 in 52 (1.9%)	2,196
11	Jeffrey	1 in 60 (1.7%)	1,910
12	Kevin	1 in 61 (1.6%)	1,865
13	Daniel	1 in 62 (1.6%)	1,826
14	Timothy	1 in 66 (1.5%)	1,717
15	Joseph	1 in 67 (1.5%)	1,698
16	Scott	1 in 73 (1.4%)	1,553
17	Brian	1 in 76 (1.3%)	1,490
18	Charles	1 in 78 (1.3%)	1,467
19	Kenneth	1 in 78 (1.3%)	1,464
20	Gregory	1 in 85 (1.2%)	1,334
21	Paul	1 in 86 (1.2%)	1,321
22	Ronald	1 in 90 (1.1%)	1,261
23	Anthony	1 in 91 (1.1%)	1,247
24	Donald	1 in 91 (1.1%)	1,244
25	Gary	1 in 102 (1%)	1,111
26	Edward	1 in 119 (0.8%)	953
27	Douglas	1 in 134 (0.7%)	851
28	Christopher	1 in 134 (0.7%)	849
29	Patrick	1 in 154 (0.6%)	737
30	Larry	1 in 156 (0.6%)	730
31	Keith	1 in 159 (0.6%)	715
32	Mike	1 in 161 (0.6%)	708
33	Stephen	1 in 165 (0.6%)	690
34	Dennis	1 in 168 (0.6%)	678
35	George	1 in 170 (0.6%)	669
36	Eric	1 in 180 (0.6%)	632
37	Peter	1 in 183 (0.5%)	621
38	Randy	1 in 183 (0.5%)	620
39	Terry	1 in 185 (0.5%)	614
40	Frank	1 in 186 (0.5%)	612
41	Steve	1 in 186 (0.5%)	611
42	Craig	1 in 190 (0.5%)	599
43	Jeffery	1 in 199 (0.5%)	572
44	Bruce	1 in 200 (0.5%)	569
45	Raymond	1 in 205 (0.5%)	556
46	Jeff	1 in 205 (0.5%)	554
47	Todd	1 in 211 (0.5%)	538
48	Roger	1 in 220 (0.5%)	517
49	Alan	1 in 230 (0.4%)	494
50	Jerry	1 in 231 (0.4%)	492
51	Andrew	1 in 247 (0.4%)	460
52	Tony	1 in 265 (0.4%)	429
53	Dale	1 in 265 (0.4%)	429
54	Carl	1 in 270 (0.4%)	421
55	Lawrence	1 in 273 (0.4%)	416
56	Martin	1 in 290 (0.3%)	392
57	Ricky	1 in 291 (0.3%)	391
58	Matthew	1 in 292 (0.3%)	390
59	Randall	1 in 294 (0.3%)	387
60	Jim	1 in 303 (0.3%)	376
61	Phillip	1 in 307 (0.3%)	371
62	Tim	1 in 311 (0.3%)	366
63	Tom	1 in 311 (0.3%)	366
64	Darryl	1 in 312 (0.3%)	365
65	Russell	1 in 315 (0.3%)	361
66	Bradley	1 in 318 (0.3%)	358
67	Danny	1 in 320 (0.3%)	356
68	Gerald	1 in 320 (0.3%)	356
69	Glenn	1 in 331 (0.3%)	344
70	Wayne	1 in 338 (0.3%)	337
71	Chris	1 in 343 (0.3%)	332
72	Joe	1 in 351 (0.3%)	324
73	Greg	1 in 353 (0.3%)	322
74	Rodney	1 in 375 (0.3%)	303
75	Dean	1 in 399 (0.3%)	285
76	Kurt	1 in 402 (0.2%)	283
77	Bill	1 in 403 (0.2%)	282
78	Philip	1 in 411 (0.2%)	277
79	Bryan	1 in 415 (0.2%)	274
80	Curtis	1 in 429 (0.2%)	265
81	Walter	1 in 429 (0.2%)	265
82	Roy	1 in 446 (0.2%)	255
83	Rick	1 in 451 (0.2%)	252
84	Dwayne	1 in 457 (0.2%)	249
85	Jay	1 in 466 (0.2%)	244
86	Allen	1 in 466 (0.2%)	244
87	Barry	1 in 468 (0.2%)	243
88	Jack	1 in 476 (0.2%)	239
89	Victor	1 in 478 (0.2%)	238
90	Micheal	1 in 484 (0.2%)	235
91	Jon	1 in 488 (0.2%)	233
92	Vincent	1 in 490 (0.2%)	232
93	Arthur	1 in 501 (0.2%)	227
94	Stanley	1 in 512 (0.2%)	222
95	Dan	1 in 519 (0.2%)	219
96	Jose	1 in 539 (0.2%)	211
97	Dave	1 in 550 (0.2%)	207
98	Louis	1 in 550 (0.2%)	207
99	Harold	1 in 558 (0.2%)	204
100	Brad	1 in 575 (0.2%)	198