The Most Popular Illinois Boy Baby Names in 1978
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| Rank | Name | How Unique? | Total births this year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 1 in 22 (4.6%) | 3,629 |
| 2 | Jason | 1 in 33 (3%) | 2,410 |
| 3 | Christopher | 1 in 39 (2.6%) | 2,028 |
| 4 | David | 1 in 40 (2.5%) | 1,987 |
| 5 | Matthew | 1 in 42 (2.4%) | 1,893 |
| 6 | James | 1 in 42 (2.4%) | 1,875 |
| 7 | Robert | 1 in 46 (2.2%) | 1,721 |
| 8 | Brian | 1 in 46 (2.2%) | 1,715 |
| 9 | John | 1 in 49 (2.1%) | 1,635 |
| 10 | Daniel | 1 in 54 (1.8%) | 1,461 |
| 11 | Joseph | 1 in 56 (1.8%) | 1,412 |
| 12 | Joshua | 1 in 62 (1.6%) | 1,288 |
| 13 | Timothy | 1 in 66 (1.5%) | 1,199 |
| 14 | Eric | 1 in 67 (1.5%) | 1,191 |
| 15 | Ryan | 1 in 68 (1.5%) | 1,160 |
| 16 | Kevin | 1 in 70 (1.4%) | 1,141 |
| 17 | William | 1 in 75 (1.3%) | 1,064 |
| 18 | Anthony | 1 in 77 (1.3%) | 1,028 |
| 19 | Jeffrey | 1 in 79 (1.3%) | 1,001 |
| 20 | Nicholas | 1 in 81 (1.2%) | 975 |
| 21 | Thomas | 1 in 87 (1.1%) | 908 |
| 22 | Andrew | 1 in 89 (1.1%) | 887 |
| 23 | Jeremy | 1 in 90 (1.1%) | 884 |
| 24 | Steven | 1 in 91 (1.1%) | 871 |
| 25 | Mark | 1 in 96 (1%) | 828 |
| 26 | Scott | 1 in 96 (1%) | 825 |
| 27 | Richard | 1 in 99 (1%) | 802 |
| 28 | Adam | 1 in 102 (1%) | 775 |
| 29 | Charles | 1 in 118 (0.9%) | 675 |
| 30 | Aaron | 1 in 130 (0.8%) | 612 |
| 31 | Paul | 1 in 136 (0.7%) | 585 |
| 32 | Justin | 1 in 139 (0.7%) | 573 |
| 33 | Patrick | 1 in 151 (0.7%) | 526 |
| 34 | Benjamin | 1 in 157 (0.6%) | 507 |
| 35 | Gregory | 1 in 157 (0.6%) | 504 |
| 36 | Jose | 1 in 164 (0.6%) | 485 |
| 37 | Jonathan | 1 in 166 (0.6%) | 478 |
| 38 | Chad | 1 in 167 (0.6%) | 476 |
| 39 | Kenneth | 1 in 168 (0.6%) | 473 |
| 40 | Nathan | 1 in 176 (0.6%) | 450 |
| 41 | Bradley | 1 in 189 (0.5%) | 420 |
| 42 | Peter | 1 in 197 (0.5%) | 402 |
| 43 | Stephen | 1 in 199 (0.5%) | 399 |
| 44 | Brandon | 1 in 205 (0.5%) | 387 |
| 45 | Sean | 1 in 212 (0.5%) | 375 |
| 46 | Edward | 1 in 212 (0.5%) | 374 |
| 47 | Todd | 1 in 216 (0.5%) | 368 |
| 48 | Shawn | 1 in 221 (0.5%) | 359 |
| 49 | Donald | 1 in 227 (0.4%) | 350 |
| 50 | Keith | 1 in 230 (0.4%) | 345 |
| 51 | Juan | 1 in 238 (0.4%) | 333 |
| 52 | Bryan | 1 in 247 (0.4%) | 321 |
| 53 | Shaun | 1 in 261 (0.4%) | 304 |
| 54 | Ronald | 1 in 269 (0.4%) | 295 |
| 55 | Jacob | 1 in 275 (0.4%) | 289 |
| 56 | Douglas | 1 in 276 (0.4%) | 288 |
| 57 | George | 1 in 283 (0.4%) | 280 |
| 58 | Craig | 1 in 308 (0.3%) | 258 |
| 59 | Antonio | 1 in 331 (0.3%) | 240 |
| 60 | Corey | 1 in 338 (0.3%) | 235 |
| 61 | Kyle | 1 in 339 (0.3%) | 234 |
| 62 | Phillip | 1 in 341 (0.3%) | 233 |
| 63 | Erik | 1 in 341 (0.3%) | 233 |
| 64 | Marcus | 1 in 353 (0.3%) | 225 |
| 65 | Frank | 1 in 376 (0.3%) | 211 |
| 66 | Larry | 1 in 378 (0.3%) | 210 |
| 67 | Raymond | 1 in 383 (0.3%) | 207 |
| 68 | Travis | 1 in 385 (0.3%) | 206 |
| 69 | Philip | 1 in 387 (0.3%) | 205 |
| 70 | Samuel | 1 in 389 (0.3%) | 204 |
| 71 | Dennis | 1 in 389 (0.3%) | 204 |
| 72 | Cory | 1 in 401 (0.2%) | 198 |
| 73 | Joel | 1 in 401 (0.2%) | 198 |
| 74 | Jeffery | 1 in 407 (0.2%) | 195 |
| 75 | Derek | 1 in 409 (0.2%) | 194 |
| 76 | Shane | 1 in 418 (0.2%) | 190 |
| 77 | Gary | 1 in 420 (0.2%) | 189 |
| 78 | Dustin | 1 in 420 (0.2%) | 189 |
| 79 | Carlos | 1 in 431 (0.2%) | 184 |
| 80 | Derrick | 1 in 438 (0.2%) | 181 |
| 81 | Luis | 1 in 443 (0.2%) | 179 |
| 82 | Jeremiah | 1 in 448 (0.2%) | 177 |
| 83 | Jesse | 1 in 472 (0.2%) | 168 |
| 84 | Terry | 1 in 481 (0.2%) | 165 |
| 85 | Zachary | 1 in 487 (0.2%) | 163 |
| 86 | Alexander | 1 in 493 (0.2%) | 161 |
| 87 | Victor | 1 in 499 (0.2%) | 159 |
| 88 | Andre | 1 in 519 (0.2%) | 153 |
| 89 | Vincent | 1 in 519 (0.2%) | 153 |
| 90 | Brent | 1 in 529 (0.2%) | 150 |
| 91 | Mario | 1 in 529 (0.2%) | 150 |
| 92 | Lawrence | 1 in 536 (0.2%) | 148 |
| 93 | Brett | 1 in 544 (0.2%) | 146 |
| 94 | Nathaniel | 1 in 547 (0.2%) | 145 |
| 95 | Marc | 1 in 559 (0.2%) | 142 |
| 96 | Ricardo | 1 in 563 (0.2%) | 141 |
| 97 | Jerry | 1 in 571 (0.2%) | 139 |
| 98 | Martin | 1 in 575 (0.2%) | 138 |
| 99 | Tony | 1 in 579 (0.2%) | 137 |
| 100 | Willie | 1 in 584 (0.2%) | 136 |





