State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1911 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,487 Illinois births in 1911 across 610 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#98Angelineoutside the national top 200
#89Fern#172 nationally
#97Adeline#176 nationally
#86Tony#162 nationally
#94Jeanette#169 nationally
#83Edmund#142 nationally
#77Steve#133 nationally
#96Otto#150 nationally
#59Glenn#111 nationally
#75Sophie#125 nationally
#44Genevieve#93 nationally
#66Harriet#115 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,207US #1
#2Helen950US #2
#3Dorothy590US #4
#4Margaret527US #3
#5Ruth474US #5
#6Mildred453US #8
#7Marie382US #9
#8Anna361US #6
#9Frances322US #10
#10Florence303US #12
#11Evelyn284US #16
#12Lillian279US #13
#13Elizabeth274US #7
#14Rose271US #14
#15Alice254US #11
#16Irene243US #21
#17Bernice232US #51
#18Lucille224US #32
#19Josephine203US #29
#20Virginia202US #26
#21Edna197US #17
#22Catherine195US #20
#23Gladys183US #18
#24Hazel182US #25
#25Ann174US #53
#26Eleanor173US #49
#27Gertrude173US #30
#28Grace173US #23
#29Ethel164US #15
#30Louise164US #19
#31Esther155US #34
#32Clara151US #33
#33Edith139US #31
#34Martha137US #28
#35Marjorie133US #59
#36Marion124US #58
#37Elsie122US #41
#38Agnes121US #39
#39Thelma119US #27
#40Pauline116US #38
#41Anne111US #64
#42Stella111US #72
#43Mabel106US #43
#44Genevieve104US #93
#45Ruby103US #22
#46Myrtle100US #50
#47Julia98US #44
#48Vera96US #67
#49Betty95US #69
#50Pearl94US #48
#51Violet92US #83
#52Jean91US #74
#53Kathryn91US #73
#54Lois90US #68
#55Viola90US #47
#56Emma89US #35
#57Sylvia88US #82
#58Leona85US #76
#59Beatrice84US #37
#60Eva82US #46
#61Blanche81US #75
#62Emily78US #103
#63Katherine78US #55
#64Mae78US #71
#65Doris74US #56
#66Harriet70US #115
#67Bessie68US #40
#68Vivian68US #80
#69Bertha66US #36
#70Charlotte65US #95
#71Jessie65US #66
#72Estelle64US #106
#73Marian63US #105
#74Marguerite62US #87
#75Sophie62US #125
#76Jane61US #98
#77Beulah60US #79
#78Ida60US #45
#79Lena60US #70
#80Nellie60US #54
#81Wilma60US #102
#82Theresa59US #100
#83Ella56US #63
#84Ellen56US #84
#85Loretta55US #118
#86Laura54US #57
#87Sarah54US #42
#88Juanita53US #107
#89Fern52US #172
#90Geraldine52US #134
#91Irma52US #137
#92Jennie49US #85
#93Alma48US #62
#94Jeanette47US #169
#95Minnie47US #52
#96Velma45US #90
#97Adeline44US #176
#98Angeline44
#99Verna44US #132
#100Caroline43US #146

Boys

#1John679US #1
#2William471US #2
#3James342US #3
#4Joseph335US #6
#5George328US #4
#6Charles302US #7
#7Edward292US #9
#8Robert288US #5
#9Frank249US #8
#10Harold184US #16
#11Walter175US #12
#12Harry166US #13
#13Raymond135US #19
#14Thomas130US #10
#15Henry128US #11
#16Arthur126US #18
#17Paul121US #17
#18Carl118US #26
#19Albert115US #15
#20Stanley102US #44
#21Ralph98US #24
#22Richard94US #20
#23Louis93US #21
#24Fred90US #22
#25Anthony85US #35
#26Clarence75US #23
#27Kenneth75US #40
#28Donald73US #36
#29Earl71US #34
#30Howard68US #28
#31Jack67US #25
#32Michael67US #38
#33Herbert64US #41
#34Russell64US #55
#35Leo63US #51
#36Roy61US #31
#37David59US #27
#38Francis59US #33
#39Peter57US #50
#40Bernard56US #54
#41Elmer56US #48
#42Eugene54US #43
#43Alfred52US #39
#44Edwin52US #60
#45Lawrence52US #37
#46Joe51US #29
#47Leonard48US #46
#48Martin48US #75
#49Sam47US #47
#50Ernest45US #32
#51Chester43US #58
#52Andrew39US #42
#53Clyde39US #61
#54Lester39US #65
#55Samuel39US #30
#56Frederick37US #52
#57Floyd34US #57
#58Daniel31US #53
#59Glenn31US #111
#60Maurice31US #99
#61Theodore31US #56
#62Gerald30US #88
#63Victor30US #81
#64Leroy29US #59
#65Gilbert27US #103
#66Norman27US #63
#67Ray27US #71
#68Cecil26US #76
#69Stephen26US #84
#70Ben25US #86
#71Milton25US #70
#72Virgil25US #107
#73Claude24US #87
#74Herman24US #49
#75Oscar24US #68
#76Philip24US #69
#77Steve24US #133
#78Wilbur24US #101
#79Clifford23US #62
#80Vincent23US #80
#81Wayne23US #126
#82Morris22US #85
#83Edmund21US #142
#84Leslie21US #117
#85Lloyd21US #74
#86Tony21US #162
#87Willard21US #114
#88Marvin20US #82
#89Mike20US #138
#90Alvin19US #89
#91Irving19US #93
#92Lee19US #67
#93Lewis19US #66
#94Marion19US #110
#95Patrick19US #128
#96Otto18US #150
#97Alexander17US #94
#98Edgar17US #83
#99Everett17US #102
#100Gordon17US #97

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑37Victor#63
↑32Vera#48
↑25Jessie#71
↑25Gilbert#65
↑23Leona#58
↑23Martin#48
↑23Frederick#56
↑19Lois#54

Falling

↓38Lloyd#85
↓36Everett#99
↓28Patrick#95
↓27Clifford#79
↓24Minnie#95
↓24Lee#92
↓23Nellie#80
↓22Laura#86

Every state

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