Popular Illinois Boy Baby Names From 1972

The Most Popular Illinois Boy Baby Names in 1972

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1972.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Illinois was Michael. In total there were 82,767 boys born sharing 923 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1972 . 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 20 (4.9%)	4,054
2	David	1 in 34 (3%)	2,445
3	Christopher	1 in 34 (3%)	2,443
4	James	1 in 34 (2.9%)	2,404
5	Brian	1 in 37 (2.7%)	2,248
6	John	1 in 37 (2.7%)	2,238
7	Robert	1 in 39 (2.6%)	2,148
8	Jason	1 in 43 (2.3%)	1,934
9	Daniel	1 in 57 (1.8%)	1,452
10	William	1 in 58 (1.7%)	1,429
11	Matthew	1 in 61 (1.6%)	1,356
12	Eric	1 in 62 (1.6%)	1,325
13	Scott	1 in 63 (1.6%)	1,313
14	Mark	1 in 63 (1.6%)	1,309
15	Joseph	1 in 67 (1.5%)	1,239
16	Kevin	1 in 69 (1.5%)	1,203
17	Jeffrey	1 in 69 (1.4%)	1,199
18	Steven	1 in 71 (1.4%)	1,164
19	Thomas	1 in 71 (1.4%)	1,158
20	Richard	1 in 72 (1.4%)	1,151
21	Timothy	1 in 74 (1.4%)	1,120
22	Anthony	1 in 75 (1.3%)	1,105
23	Charles	1 in 106 (0.9%)	778
24	Paul	1 in 107 (0.9%)	772
25	Chad	1 in 117 (0.9%)	710
26	Gregory	1 in 120 (0.8%)	688
27	Kenneth	1 in 123 (0.8%)	672
28	Andrew	1 in 140 (0.7%)	590
29	Todd	1 in 144 (0.7%)	576
30	Shawn	1 in 145 (0.7%)	569
31	Keith	1 in 152 (0.7%)	543
32	Edward	1 in 156 (0.6%)	530
33	Patrick	1 in 159 (0.6%)	521
34	Ronald	1 in 160 (0.6%)	517
35	Donald	1 in 161 (0.6%)	513
36	Sean	1 in 170 (0.6%)	487
37	Stephen	1 in 189 (0.5%)	437
38	Craig	1 in 199 (0.5%)	416
39	Peter	1 in 204 (0.5%)	406
40	Aaron	1 in 207 (0.5%)	399
41	Douglas	1 in 209 (0.5%)	396
42	Ryan	1 in 209 (0.5%)	396
43	George	1 in 213 (0.5%)	388
44	Bradley	1 in 219 (0.5%)	378
45	Jose	1 in 222 (0.4%)	372
46	Jonathan	1 in 224 (0.4%)	369
47	Bryan	1 in 231 (0.4%)	358
48	Jeremy	1 in 246 (0.4%)	337
49	Gary	1 in 250 (0.4%)	331
50	Adam	1 in 251 (0.4%)	330
51	Frank	1 in 255 (0.4%)	325
52	Dennis	1 in 263 (0.4%)	315
53	Larry	1 in 264 (0.4%)	314
54	Troy	1 in 288 (0.3%)	287
55	Jeffery	1 in 297 (0.3%)	279
56	Jerry	1 in 305 (0.3%)	271
57	Raymond	1 in 308 (0.3%)	269
58	Marcus	1 in 323 (0.3%)	256
59	Brandon	1 in 343 (0.3%)	241
60	Brett	1 in 345 (0.3%)	240
61	Shane	1 in 355 (0.3%)	233
62	Joshua	1 in 375 (0.3%)	221
63	Terry	1 in 378 (0.3%)	219
64	Erik	1 in 380 (0.3%)	218
65	Derrick	1 in 383 (0.3%)	216
66	Derek	1 in 387 (0.3%)	214
67	Antonio	1 in 390 (0.3%)	212
68	Andre	1 in 404 (0.2%)	205
69	Joel	1 in 406 (0.2%)	204
70	Marc	1 in 406 (0.2%)	204
71	Carl	1 in 418 (0.2%)	198
72	Phillip	1 in 420 (0.2%)	197
73	Nicholas	1 in 422 (0.2%)	196
74	Maurice	1 in 427 (0.2%)	194
75	Juan	1 in 429 (0.2%)	193
76	Tony	1 in 429 (0.2%)	193
77	Justin	1 in 431 (0.2%)	192
78	Brent	1 in 443 (0.2%)	187
79	Jermaine	1 in 445 (0.2%)	186
80	Carlos	1 in 450 (0.2%)	184
81	Rodney	1 in 465 (0.2%)	178
82	Benjamin	1 in 465 (0.2%)	178
83	Russell	1 in 468 (0.2%)	177
84	Lawrence	1 in 473 (0.2%)	175
85	Gerald	1 in 493 (0.2%)	168
86	Samuel	1 in 493 (0.2%)	168
87	Willie	1 in 493 (0.2%)	168
88	Curtis	1 in 496 (0.2%)	167
89	Corey	1 in 499 (0.2%)	166
90	Roger	1 in 508 (0.2%)	163
91	Nathan	1 in 527 (0.2%)	157
92	Randy	1 in 534 (0.2%)	155
93	Travis	1 in 537 (0.2%)	154
94	Victor	1 in 537 (0.2%)	154
95	Micheal	1 in 541 (0.2%)	153
96	Jamie	1 in 541 (0.2%)	153
97	Chris	1 in 541 (0.2%)	153
98	Mario	1 in 552 (0.2%)	150
99	Alan	1 in 559 (0.2%)	148
100	Luis	1 in 563 (0.2%)	147