Top 100 Illinois Boy Baby Names in 1979

// These were the most popular boy baby names in Illinois, in 1979.

The Most Popular Illinois Boy Baby Names in 1979


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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
1Michael1 in 23 (4.4%)3,719
2Jason1 in 35 (2.9%)2,415
3Christopher1 in 37 (2.7%)2,238
4David1 in 39 (2.5%)2,131
5Matthew1 in 46 (2.2%)1,838
6James1 in 46 (2.2%)1,828
7Robert1 in 48 (2.1%)1,732
8John1 in 49 (2%)1,701
9Brian1 in 50 (2%)1,676
10Daniel1 in 50 (2%)1,669
11Joseph1 in 52 (1.9%)1,604
12Joshua1 in 57 (1.7%)1,459
13Nicholas1 in 61 (1.6%)1,367
14Ryan1 in 66 (1.5%)1,276
15Eric1 in 68 (1.5%)1,233
16Timothy1 in 72 (1.4%)1,169
17William1 in 75 (1.3%)1,117
18Anthony1 in 79 (1.3%)1,064
19Kevin1 in 82 (1.2%)1,023
20Andrew1 in 82 (1.2%)1,018
21Adam1 in 87 (1.1%)961
22Jeffrey1 in 89 (1.1%)938
23Thomas1 in 90 (1.1%)927
24Scott1 in 95 (1%)879
25Steven1 in 99 (1%)847
26Jeremy1 in 100 (1%)834
27Richard1 in 103 (1%)810
28Mark1 in 112 (0.9%)751
29Justin1 in 118 (0.8%)711
30Charles1 in 120 (0.8%)696
31Aaron1 in 127 (0.8%)658
32Paul1 in 130 (0.8%)646
33Patrick1 in 144 (0.7%)580
34Jonathan1 in 153 (0.7%)546
35Benjamin1 in 156 (0.6%)536
36Jose1 in 159 (0.6%)527
37Nathan1 in 161 (0.6%)520
38Gregory1 in 164 (0.6%)511
39Kenneth1 in 170 (0.6%)492
40Brandon1 in 175 (0.6%)478
41Chad1 in 183 (0.5%)457
42Bradley1 in 192 (0.5%)436
43Peter1 in 210 (0.5%)398
44Sean1 in 220 (0.5%)381
45Edward1 in 220 (0.5%)380
46Stephen1 in 223 (0.4%)376
47Keith1 in 224 (0.4%)374
48Jacob1 in 228 (0.4%)368
49Shawn1 in 242 (0.4%)346
50Juan1 in 243 (0.4%)344
51Bryan1 in 244 (0.4%)343
52Travis1 in 252 (0.4%)332
53Todd1 in 262 (0.4%)320
54Donald1 in 265 (0.4%)316
55Douglas1 in 283 (0.4%)296
56George1 in 284 (0.4%)295
57Kyle1 in 287 (0.3%)292
58Erik1 in 289 (0.3%)290
59Ronald1 in 298 (0.3%)281
60Phillip1 in 301 (0.3%)278
61Corey1 in 326 (0.3%)257
62Antonio1 in 335 (0.3%)250
63Marcus1 in 345 (0.3%)243
64Frank1 in 348 (0.3%)241
65Shaun1 in 358 (0.3%)234
66Larry1 in 363 (0.3%)231
67Samuel1 in 364 (0.3%)230
68Derek1 in 376 (0.3%)223
69Jesse1 in 377 (0.3%)222
70Brett1 in 388 (0.3%)216
71Dennis1 in 391 (0.3%)214
72Raymond1 in 397 (0.3%)211
73Carlos1 in 399 (0.3%)210
74Craig1 in 399 (0.3%)210
75Joel1 in 399 (0.3%)210
76Zachary1 in 399 (0.3%)210
77Dustin1 in 407 (0.2%)206
78Shane1 in 413 (0.2%)203
79Luis1 in 425 (0.2%)197
80Curtis1 in 441 (0.2%)190
81Cory1 in 446 (0.2%)188
82Mario1 in 448 (0.2%)187
83Jeffery1 in 458 (0.2%)183
84Derrick1 in 460 (0.2%)182
85Philip1 in 465 (0.2%)180
86Alexander1 in 468 (0.2%)179
87Jared1 in 473 (0.2%)177
88Jeremiah1 in 473 (0.2%)177
89Nathaniel1 in 487 (0.2%)172
90Carl1 in 499 (0.2%)168
91Brent1 in 502 (0.2%)167
92Gary1 in 502 (0.2%)167
93Jerry1 in 511 (0.2%)164
94Jorge1 in 527 (0.2%)159
95Victor1 in 537 (0.2%)156
96Miguel1 in 566 (0.2%)148
97Maurice1 in 574 (0.2%)146
98Troy1 in 578 (0.2%)145
99Jesus1 in 582 (0.2%)144
100Terry1 in 582 (0.2%)144


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