Popular Illinois Boy Baby Names From 1979

The Most Popular Illinois Boy Baby Names in 1979

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1979.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Illinois was Michael. In total there were 83,756 boys born sharing 1,006 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1979 . 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 23 (4.4%)	3,719
2	Jason	1 in 35 (2.9%)	2,415
3	Christopher	1 in 37 (2.7%)	2,238
4	David	1 in 39 (2.5%)	2,131
5	Matthew	1 in 46 (2.2%)	1,838
6	James	1 in 46 (2.2%)	1,828
7	Robert	1 in 48 (2.1%)	1,732
8	John	1 in 49 (2%)	1,701
9	Brian	1 in 50 (2%)	1,676
10	Daniel	1 in 50 (2%)	1,669
11	Joseph	1 in 52 (1.9%)	1,604
12	Joshua	1 in 57 (1.7%)	1,459
13	Nicholas	1 in 61 (1.6%)	1,367
14	Ryan	1 in 66 (1.5%)	1,276
15	Eric	1 in 68 (1.5%)	1,233
16	Timothy	1 in 72 (1.4%)	1,169
17	William	1 in 75 (1.3%)	1,117
18	Anthony	1 in 79 (1.3%)	1,064
19	Kevin	1 in 82 (1.2%)	1,023
20	Andrew	1 in 82 (1.2%)	1,018
21	Adam	1 in 87 (1.1%)	961
22	Jeffrey	1 in 89 (1.1%)	938
23	Thomas	1 in 90 (1.1%)	927
24	Scott	1 in 95 (1%)	879
25	Steven	1 in 99 (1%)	847
26	Jeremy	1 in 100 (1%)	834
27	Richard	1 in 103 (1%)	810
28	Mark	1 in 112 (0.9%)	751
29	Justin	1 in 118 (0.8%)	711
30	Charles	1 in 120 (0.8%)	696
31	Aaron	1 in 127 (0.8%)	658
32	Paul	1 in 130 (0.8%)	646
33	Patrick	1 in 144 (0.7%)	580
34	Jonathan	1 in 153 (0.7%)	546
35	Benjamin	1 in 156 (0.6%)	536
36	Jose	1 in 159 (0.6%)	527
37	Nathan	1 in 161 (0.6%)	520
38	Gregory	1 in 164 (0.6%)	511
39	Kenneth	1 in 170 (0.6%)	492
40	Brandon	1 in 175 (0.6%)	478
41	Chad	1 in 183 (0.5%)	457
42	Bradley	1 in 192 (0.5%)	436
43	Peter	1 in 210 (0.5%)	398
44	Sean	1 in 220 (0.5%)	381
45	Edward	1 in 220 (0.5%)	380
46	Stephen	1 in 223 (0.4%)	376
47	Keith	1 in 224 (0.4%)	374
48	Jacob	1 in 228 (0.4%)	368
49	Shawn	1 in 242 (0.4%)	346
50	Juan	1 in 243 (0.4%)	344
51	Bryan	1 in 244 (0.4%)	343
52	Travis	1 in 252 (0.4%)	332
53	Todd	1 in 262 (0.4%)	320
54	Donald	1 in 265 (0.4%)	316
55	Douglas	1 in 283 (0.4%)	296
56	George	1 in 284 (0.4%)	295
57	Kyle	1 in 287 (0.3%)	292
58	Erik	1 in 289 (0.3%)	290
59	Ronald	1 in 298 (0.3%)	281
60	Phillip	1 in 301 (0.3%)	278
61	Corey	1 in 326 (0.3%)	257
62	Antonio	1 in 335 (0.3%)	250
63	Marcus	1 in 345 (0.3%)	243
64	Frank	1 in 348 (0.3%)	241
65	Shaun	1 in 358 (0.3%)	234
66	Larry	1 in 363 (0.3%)	231
67	Samuel	1 in 364 (0.3%)	230
68	Derek	1 in 376 (0.3%)	223
69	Jesse	1 in 377 (0.3%)	222
70	Brett	1 in 388 (0.3%)	216
71	Dennis	1 in 391 (0.3%)	214
72	Raymond	1 in 397 (0.3%)	211
73	Carlos	1 in 399 (0.3%)	210
74	Craig	1 in 399 (0.3%)	210
75	Joel	1 in 399 (0.3%)	210
76	Zachary	1 in 399 (0.3%)	210
77	Dustin	1 in 407 (0.2%)	206
78	Shane	1 in 413 (0.2%)	203
79	Luis	1 in 425 (0.2%)	197
80	Curtis	1 in 441 (0.2%)	190
81	Cory	1 in 446 (0.2%)	188
82	Mario	1 in 448 (0.2%)	187
83	Jeffery	1 in 458 (0.2%)	183
84	Derrick	1 in 460 (0.2%)	182
85	Philip	1 in 465 (0.2%)	180
86	Alexander	1 in 468 (0.2%)	179
87	Jared	1 in 473 (0.2%)	177
88	Jeremiah	1 in 473 (0.2%)	177
89	Nathaniel	1 in 487 (0.2%)	172
90	Carl	1 in 499 (0.2%)	168
91	Brent	1 in 502 (0.2%)	167
92	Gary	1 in 502 (0.2%)	167
93	Jerry	1 in 511 (0.2%)	164
94	Jorge	1 in 527 (0.2%)	159
95	Victor	1 in 537 (0.2%)	156
96	Miguel	1 in 566 (0.2%)	148
97	Maurice	1 in 574 (0.2%)	146
98	Troy	1 in 578 (0.2%)	145
99	Jesus	1 in 582 (0.2%)	144
100	Terry	1 in 582 (0.2%)	144