Popular Illinois Boy Baby Names From 1978

The Most Popular Illinois Boy Baby Names in 1978

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1978.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Illinois was Michael. In total there were 79,365 boys born sharing 996 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1978 . 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 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