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Top names in Illinois

Name: Top baby names in Illinois, 1910
Creator: Social Security Administration

The names most likely to appear on 1910 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,651 Illinois births in 1910 across 597 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Illinois more than they say America.

#77Antonoutside the national top 200
#66Emil#161 nationally
#84Adeline#172 nationally
#94Fern#174 nationally
#94Phillip#174 nationally
#100Jeanette#179 nationally
#74Tony#151 nationally
#61Sophie#133 nationally
#58Harriet#126 nationally
#87Otto#155 nationally
#93Norma#159 nationally
#73Steve#136 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,076US #1
#2Helen917US #2
#3Dorothy553US #4
#4Margaret501US #3
#5Mildred426US #8
#6Ruth423US #5
#7Marie374US #9
#8Anna370US #6
#9Florence308US #12
#10Frances287US #11
#11Lillian268US #14
#12Rose268US #16
#13Elizabeth259US #7
#14Evelyn259US #17
#15Irene231US #21
#16Bernice213US #58
#17Alice212US #10
#18Gertrude190US #26
#19Catherine184US #22
#20Josephine184US #30
#21Hazel183US #24
#22Gladys182US #15
#23Ann181US #52
#24Ethel174US #13
#25Edna171US #18
#26Grace171US #23
#27Eleanor169US #55
#28Lucille168US #31
#29Virginia155US #29
#30Edith145US #35
#31Louise140US #20
#32Agnes133US #41
#33Elsie126US #44
#34Pauline125US #42
#35Esther123US #38
#36Mabel122US #46
#37Clara118US #32
#38Jean118US #77
#39Martha118US #28
#40Thelma110US #25
#41Marion104US #59
#42Anne102US #67
#43Viola102US #48
#44Betty101US #69
#45Violet101US #89
#46Myrtle99US #43
#47Marjorie98US #68
#48Bertha97US #33
#49Pearl92US #39
#50Katherine91US #57
#51Eva90US #45
#52Julia90US #49
#53Ruby90US #27
#54Stella89US #72
#55Emma88US #34
#56Genevieve86US #98
#57Nellie81US #51
#58Harriet79US #126
#59Sylvia76US #92
#60Opal75US #87
#61Sophie75US #133
#62Mae72US #65
#63Bessie70US #37
#64Laura70US #53
#65Beatrice68US #36
#66Doris68US #64
#67Ida68US #47
#68Kathryn68US #80
#69Emily67US #110
#70Jane67US #116
#71Minnie67US #50
#72Charlotte65US #99
#73Lois64US #76
#74Theresa63US #96
#75Blanche60US #74
#76Estelle60US #112
#77Marian60US #106
#78Alma59US #61
#79Marguerite59US #84
#80Vera59US #71
#81Leona58US #79
#82Wilma58US #119
#83Vivian56US #107
#84Adeline54US #172
#85Ella54US #62
#86Jennie54US #81
#87Ellen53US #88
#88Lena53US #66
#89Velma53US #90
#90Beulah52US #82
#91Sarah49US #40
#92Loretta48US #124
#93Norma45US #159
#94Fern44US #174
#95Geraldine44US #148
#96Jessie43US #63
#97Victoria42US #142
#98Juanita41US #115
#99Caroline38US #146
#100Jeanette38US #179

Boys

#1John644US #1
#2William422US #3
#3Joseph364US #6
#4James329US #2
#5George278US #5
#6Charles270US #7
#7Robert261US #4
#8Edward258US #9
#9Frank236US #8
#10Walter173US #13
#11Harold167US #18
#12Arthur133US #17
#13Thomas131US #12
#14Harry123US #16
#15Albert117US #14
#16Raymond116US #19
#17Paul112US #15
#18Henry111US #10
#19Clarence105US #20
#20Louis95US #24
#21Stanley92US #47
#22Richard91US #21
#23Ralph76US #28
#24Howard72US #27
#25Jack72US #23
#26Carl68US #26
#27Fred67US #22
#28Earl63US #33
#29Kenneth63US #43
#30Leo63US #51
#31Michael63US #45
#32Lawrence60US #35
#33Anthony59US #37
#34Donald59US #44
#35Roy59US #29
#36Peter58US #56
#37Joe54US #25
#38Francis53US #36
#39Leonard49US #46
#40Bernard48US #62
#41Elmer46US #48
#42Russell43US #58
#43Andrew41US #42
#44Eugene40US #39
#45David38US #30
#46Herbert38US #41
#47Lloyd38US #67
#48Ray38US #68
#49Theodore38US #54
#50Alfred34US #38
#51Stephen34US #96
#52Clifford33US #66
#53Lester33US #64
#54Daniel32US #53
#55Edwin32US #71
#56Samuel32US #32
#57Leroy31US #50
#58Norman31US #63
#59Sam31US #40
#60Chester29US #61
#61Herman28US #52
#62Ernest27US #31
#63Everett27US #88
#64Floyd27US #55
#65Glenn27US #97
#66Emil26US #161
#67Patrick26US #129
#68Lee24US #49
#69Wilbur24US #104
#70Julius23US #95
#71Martin23US #86
#72Milton23US #76
#73Steve23US #136
#74Tony23US #151
#75Vincent23US #99
#76Virgil23US #111
#77Anton22
#78Maurice22US #110
#79Frederick21US #69
#80Orville21US #142
#81Gerald20US #105
#82Marvin20US #84
#83Oliver20US #103
#84Rudolph20US #147
#85Cecil19US #77
#86Oscar19US #73
#87Otto19US #155
#88Philip19US #83
#89Wayne19US #141
#90Gilbert18US #116
#91Alvin17US #85
#92Vernon17US #94
#93Jerry16US #131
#94Phillip16US #174
#95Willard16US #121
#96Benjamin15US #70
#97Edgar15US #80
#98Leslie15US #102
#99Melvin15US #75
#100Victor15US #90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880.