Popular Illinois Boy Baby Names From 1981

The Most Popular Illinois Boy Baby Names in 1981

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1981.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Illinois was Michael. In total there were 84,605 boys born sharing 1,007 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1981 . 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 24 (4.2%)	3,523
2	Matthew	1 in 37 (2.7%)	2,294
3	Christopher	1 in 38 (2.6%)	2,201
4	David	1 in 42 (2.4%)	2,021
5	Jason	1 in 42 (2.4%)	2,016
6	James	1 in 49 (2%)	1,732
7	Robert	1 in 49 (2%)	1,727
8	Daniel	1 in 50 (2%)	1,699
9	John	1 in 51 (2%)	1,662
10	Joseph	1 in 52 (1.9%)	1,642
11	Joshua	1 in 52 (1.9%)	1,623
12	Brian	1 in 55 (1.8%)	1,535
13	Ryan	1 in 64 (1.6%)	1,326
14	Nicholas	1 in 68 (1.5%)	1,248
15	Eric	1 in 73 (1.4%)	1,166
16	Anthony	1 in 73 (1.4%)	1,156
17	William	1 in 74 (1.4%)	1,148
18	Justin	1 in 75 (1.3%)	1,130
19	Andrew	1 in 77 (1.3%)	1,092
20	Adam	1 in 78 (1.3%)	1,090
21	Timothy	1 in 79 (1.3%)	1,069
22	Kevin	1 in 81 (1.2%)	1,047
23	Brandon	1 in 90 (1.1%)	940
24	Jonathan	1 in 90 (1.1%)	940
25	Steven	1 in 94 (1.1%)	902
26	Thomas	1 in 94 (1.1%)	900
27	Jeffrey	1 in 95 (1%)	888
28	Mark	1 in 103 (1%)	820
29	Jeremy	1 in 104 (1%)	813
30	Richard	1 in 109 (0.9%)	776
31	Aaron	1 in 111 (0.9%)	760
32	Scott	1 in 115 (0.9%)	737
33	Charles	1 in 126 (0.8%)	669
34	Patrick	1 in 134 (0.7%)	633
35	Paul	1 in 142 (0.7%)	597
36	Benjamin	1 in 146 (0.7%)	580
37	Nathan	1 in 159 (0.6%)	531
38	Jose	1 in 173 (0.6%)	489
39	Kenneth	1 in 173 (0.6%)	488
40	Gregory	1 in 183 (0.5%)	463
41	Jacob	1 in 186 (0.5%)	455
42	Bradley	1 in 190 (0.5%)	446
43	Sean	1 in 199 (0.5%)	425
44	Stephen	1 in 207 (0.5%)	408
45	Edward	1 in 208 (0.5%)	407
46	Chad	1 in 222 (0.5%)	381
47	Dustin	1 in 224 (0.4%)	377
48	Kyle	1 in 224 (0.4%)	377
49	Peter	1 in 227 (0.4%)	373
50	Jesse	1 in 247 (0.4%)	343
51	Juan	1 in 252 (0.4%)	336
52	Ronald	1 in 263 (0.4%)	322
53	Donald	1 in 270 (0.4%)	313
54	Travis	1 in 270 (0.4%)	313
55	Keith	1 in 278 (0.4%)	304
56	Bryan	1 in 282 (0.4%)	300
57	Marcus	1 in 285 (0.4%)	297
58	Antonio	1 in 295 (0.3%)	287
59	Derek	1 in 298 (0.3%)	284
60	Shawn	1 in 305 (0.3%)	277
61	Samuel	1 in 317 (0.3%)	267
62	Erik	1 in 322 (0.3%)	263
63	Douglas	1 in 325 (0.3%)	260
64	George	1 in 350 (0.3%)	242
65	Phillip	1 in 357 (0.3%)	237
66	Zachary	1 in 363 (0.3%)	233
67	Joel	1 in 369 (0.3%)	229
68	Craig	1 in 378 (0.3%)	224
69	Alexander	1 in 386 (0.3%)	219
70	Corey	1 in 388 (0.3%)	218
71	Lucas	1 in 390 (0.3%)	217
72	Brett	1 in 397 (0.3%)	213
73	Carlos	1 in 397 (0.3%)	213
74	Jared	1 in 401 (0.2%)	211
75	Luis	1 in 411 (0.2%)	206
76	Victor	1 in 421 (0.2%)	201
77	Dennis	1 in 434 (0.2%)	195
78	Nathaniel	1 in 450 (0.2%)	188
79	Todd	1 in 452 (0.2%)	187
80	Frank	1 in 455 (0.2%)	186
81	Larry	1 in 465 (0.2%)	182
82	Gary	1 in 467 (0.2%)	181
83	Raymond	1 in 470 (0.2%)	180
84	Cory	1 in 486 (0.2%)	174
85	Carl	1 in 501 (0.2%)	169
86	Philip	1 in 507 (0.2%)	167
87	Lawrence	1 in 522 (0.2%)	162
88	Mario	1 in 522 (0.2%)	162
89	Jeffery	1 in 525 (0.2%)	161
90	Gabriel	1 in 529 (0.2%)	160
91	Luke	1 in 529 (0.2%)	160
92	Shaun	1 in 529 (0.2%)	160
93	Vincent	1 in 539 (0.2%)	157
94	Derrick	1 in 542 (0.2%)	156
95	Jesus	1 in 546 (0.2%)	155
96	Miguel	1 in 546 (0.2%)	155
97	Curtis	1 in 553 (0.2%)	153
98	Jeremiah	1 in 553 (0.2%)	153
99	Jorge	1 in 557 (0.2%)	152
100	Ricardo	1 in 572 (0.2%)	148