State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 50,617 Illinois births in 1912 across 837 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#83Adeline#172 nationally
#94Wanda#181 nationally
#91August#171 nationally
#89Jeanette#166 nationally
#99Fern#167 nationally
#80Emil#146 nationally
#58Sophie#117 nationally
#88Rudolph#141 nationally
#55Emily#105 nationally
#63Harriet#113 nationally
#78Steve#123 nationally
#48Genevieve#92 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,594US #1
#2Helen1,307US #2
#3Dorothy957US #3
#4Margaret795US #4
#5Mildred655US #6
#6Ruth633US #5
#7Marie548US #10
#8Anna480US #7
#9Florence431US #12
#10Evelyn424US #13
#11Frances420US #9
#12Elizabeth410US #8
#13Rose408US #15
#14Alice371US #11
#15Lillian357US #14
#16Bernice345US #51
#17Irene337US #22
#18Josephine313US #28
#19Virginia310US #20
#20Lucille306US #32
#21Edna287US #16
#22Catherine278US #21
#23Louise263US #17
#24Eleanor259US #39
#25Ann257US #47
#26Hazel240US #25
#27Gertrude224US #30
#28Grace223US #24
#29Ethel220US #18
#30Gladys217US #19
#31Esther213US #33
#32Edith205US #31
#33Clara197US #34
#34Elsie194US #42
#35Anne189US #58
#36Marion187US #55
#37Jean182US #64
#38Marjorie178US #56
#39Agnes177US #40
#40Martha169US #29
#41Pauline168US #38
#42Mabel163US #46
#43Ruby163US #23
#44Pearl153US #54
#45Thelma153US #26
#46Stella150US #73
#47Violet140US #83
#48Genevieve137US #92
#49Betty135US #66
#50Lois134US #63
#51Julia133US #44
#52Katherine133US #53
#53Sylvia132US #77
#54Bertha131US #36
#55Emily129US #105
#56Viola128US #52
#57Marian125US #93
#58Sophie121US #117
#59Vera120US #68
#60Kathryn118US #71
#61Emma116US #35
#62Doris113US #48
#63Harriet113US #113
#64Jane111US #89
#65Leona110US #76
#66Eva109US #49
#67Myrtle108US #50
#68Bessie107US #43
#69Mae107US #74
#70Beatrice104US #37
#71Theresa103US #97
#72Vivian102US #84
#73Charlotte99US #91
#74Blanche96US #75
#75Marguerite95US #79
#76Loretta94US #119
#77Ida92US #45
#78Estelle90US #111
#79Velma90US #88
#80Laura89US #57
#81Geraldine84US #122
#82Alma80US #62
#83Adeline79US #172
#84Sarah79US #41
#85Opal78US #85
#86Wilma78US #99
#87Minnie77US #60
#88Beulah76US #80
#89Jeanette76US #166
#90Jennie76US #81
#91Barbara72US #102
#92Lena71US #72
#93Maxine69US #134
#94Wanda68US #181
#95Jessie67US #65
#96Ella66US #69
#97Ellen66US #86
#98Verna66US #126
#99Fern65US #167
#100Caroline64US #139

Boys

#1John1,538US #1
#2William1,039US #2
#3Joseph848US #5
#4Robert715US #4
#5Charles711US #7
#6Edward709US #8
#7James679US #3
#8George677US #6
#9Frank645US #9
#10Walter465US #11
#11Harold441US #13
#12Raymond376US #18
#13Paul339US #14
#14Harry324US #16
#15Arthur323US #15
#16Henry291US #12
#17Thomas281US #10
#18Albert270US #17
#19Stanley245US #43
#20Richard239US #19
#21Carl234US #24
#22Clarence225US #21
#23Fred211US #26
#24Ralph203US #23
#25Donald198US #27
#26Louis197US #20
#27Kenneth196US #33
#28Howard179US #25
#29Elmer159US #47
#30Russell151US #56
#31Anthony149US #37
#32Earl146US #34
#33Jack146US #28
#34Roy145US #31
#35Lawrence142US #38
#36Francis138US #35
#37Michael134US #42
#38Herbert132US #39
#39Peter132US #48
#40Leonard129US #45
#41Leo128US #49
#42Alfred122US #40
#43David117US #29
#44Bernard116US #60
#45Eugene115US #41
#46Edwin105US #54
#47Ernest105US #32
#48Daniel102US #53
#49Theodore101US #52
#50Andrew100US #44
#51Joe98US #36
#52Samuel93US #30
#53Chester92US #55
#54Herman89US #50
#55Lester88US #58
#56Lloyd82US #70
#57Melvin82US #71
#58Glenn80US #84
#59Milton80US #64
#60Sam80US #63
#61Frederick79US #51
#62Maurice79US #95
#63Philip79US #69
#64Wilbur78US #92
#65Leroy76US #66
#66Martin75US #75
#67Floyd73US #59
#68Clyde71US #65
#69Gerald69US #87
#70Victor69US #81
#71Willard69US #105
#72Clifford68US #62
#73Norman65US #61
#74Ray62US #77
#75Virgil61US #111
#76Vincent60US #72
#77Everett59US #96
#78Steve59US #123
#79Vernon59US #90
#80Emil58US #146
#81Woodrow58US #46
#82Max55US #101
#83Sidney55US #80
#84Irving54US #94
#85Julius53US #100
#86Leslie52US #108
#87Oscar52US #73
#88Rudolph52US #141
#89Stephen51US #88
#90Gilbert50US #115
#91August48US #171
#92Warren48US #107
#93Cecil46US #76
#94Orville46US #136
#95Wayne46US #118
#96Arnold45US #99
#97Alvin44US #86
#98Lewis44US #68
#99Benjamin43US #67
#100Gordon43US #93

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑29Lloyd#56
↑22Everett#77
↑20Herman#54
↑17Sophie#58
↑17Velma#79
↑16Marian#57
↑16Willard#71
↑15Jean#37

Falling

↓25Gilbert#90
↓25Cecil#93
↓24Jessie#95
↓21Myrtle#67
↓20Stephen#89
↓18Martin#66
↓15Clyde#68
↓14Wayne#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.