State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,377 Illinois births in 1913 across 915 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#81Adeline#173 nationally
#97Eileen#184 nationally
#94Wanda#168 nationally
#88Lorraine#160 nationally
#58Sophie#113 nationally
#71Harriet#125 nationally
#89Emil#143 nationally
#87Rudolph#139 nationally
#91Jerome#141 nationally
#70Loretta#118 nationally
#99Otto#146 nationally
#39Genevieve#84 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,956US #1
#2Helen1,591US #2
#3Dorothy1,183US #3
#4Margaret936US #4
#5Ruth774US #5
#6Mildred707US #6
#7Marie639US #10
#8Frances542US #9
#9Florence517US #13
#10Anna505US #7
#11Evelyn483US #12
#12Rose456US #14
#13Irene429US #21
#14Virginia426US #15
#15Lillian422US #16
#16Alice420US #11
#17Elizabeth409US #8
#18Josephine403US #24
#19Bernice380US #45
#20Lucille377US #31
#21Eleanor322US #34
#22Catherine317US #22
#23Ann285US #46
#24Louise279US #17
#25Esther274US #32
#26Edna271US #18
#27Ethel260US #20
#28Gladys260US #19
#29Anne239US #57
#30Grace239US #25
#31Gertrude235US #33
#32Jean232US #60
#33Hazel218US #27
#34Marjorie215US #48
#35Edith214US #29
#36Elsie210US #40
#37Martha204US #28
#38Julia200US #42
#39Genevieve194US #84
#40Clara191US #36
#41Marion190US #51
#42Betty182US #67
#43Thelma179US #26
#44Agnes176US #41
#45Ruby176US #23
#46Stella176US #69
#47Pauline170US #35
#48Lois167US #59
#49Kathryn164US #66
#50Emma162US #38
#51Leona154US #74
#52Doris150US #44
#53Katherine143US #54
#54Pearl143US #55
#55Jane141US #81
#56Emily140US #99
#57Mabel140US #56
#58Sophie136US #113
#59Charlotte135US #87
#60Violet134US #82
#61Vivian133US #83
#62Vera130US #68
#63Bertha127US #39
#64Beatrice125US #37
#65Viola124US #52
#66Eva122US #50
#67Wilma120US #92
#68Blanche118US #76
#69Sylvia118US #72
#70Loretta116US #118
#71Harriet114US #125
#72Myrtle112US #53
#73Marguerite107US #78
#74Laura105US #62
#75Marian104US #93
#76Beulah103US #85
#77Mae103US #79
#78Opal103US #86
#79Ida101US #49
#80Jennie100US #80
#81Adeline99US #173
#82Nellie98US #58
#83Sarah98US #43
#84Juanita97US #95
#85Theresa97US #97
#86Estelle93US #112
#87Velma90US #89
#88Lorraine89US #160
#89Bessie87US #47
#90Jessie87US #61
#91Maxine86US #119
#92Alma82US #64
#93Barbara82US #94
#94Wanda81US #168
#95Lena79US #73
#96Phyllis78US #122
#97Eileen76US #184
#98Geraldine76US #121
#99Ellen75US #88
#100Verna75US #126

Boys

#1John1,798US #1
#2William1,275US #2
#3Joseph1,062US #5
#4Robert988US #4
#5Edward891US #8
#6George884US #6
#7James849US #3
#8Charles826US #7
#9Frank704US #9
#10Walter555US #11
#11Harold552US #13
#12Raymond456US #18
#13Paul381US #14
#14Arthur380US #17
#15Thomas380US #10
#16Albert370US #16
#17Harry365US #15
#18Henry348US #12
#19Richard335US #19
#20Stanley320US #41
#21Carl293US #23
#22Donald286US #25
#23Louis285US #20
#24Ralph259US #22
#25Clarence257US #21
#26Kenneth247US #33
#27Fred241US #27
#28Elmer219US #45
#29Howard211US #26
#30Lawrence203US #35
#31Anthony202US #38
#32Roy202US #32
#33Michael197US #40
#34Eugene193US #43
#35Francis191US #30
#36Jack186US #28
#37Earl180US #31
#38Russell176US #50
#39Peter162US #51
#40Bernard161US #52
#41David156US #29
#42Leonard151US #46
#43Herbert147US #39
#44Leo142US #48
#45Ernest135US #34
#46Edwin133US #55
#47Lester133US #59
#48Theodore131US #60
#49Alfred128US #42
#50Herman126US #53
#51Chester120US #56
#52Samuel116US #36
#53Melvin111US #61
#54Andrew107US #47
#55Frederick102US #49
#56Wilbur102US #91
#57Floyd101US #58
#58Norman101US #57
#59Joe99US #37
#60Daniel98US #54
#61Sam94US #65
#62Philip93US #69
#63Glenn92US #85
#64Milton92US #71
#65Willard87US #99
#66Vincent86US #66
#67Woodrow86US #44
#68Clyde85US #64
#69Gerald85US #84
#70Lloyd85US #67
#71Everett84US #97
#72Martin83US #75
#73Leroy82US #63
#74Ray78US #73
#75Maurice77US #95
#76Alvin76US #82
#77Clifford75US #68
#78Irving72US #104
#79Leslie71US #105
#80Gilbert70US #103
#81Virgil70US #107
#82Arnold69US #92
#83Wayne69US #113
#84Vernon65US #83
#85Victor65US #80
#86Edmund64US #131
#87Rudolph64US #139
#88Stephen64US #86
#89Emil62US #143
#90Benjamin59US #70
#91Jerome59US #141
#92Alexander58US #98
#93Glen58US #129
#94Gordon58US #94
#95Morris57US #89
#96Lee56US #78
#97Sidney56US #90
#98Harvey55US #93
#99Otto55US #146
#100Marion54US #111

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑21Alvin#76
↑19Wilma#67
↑15Norman#58
↑14Leona#51
↑14Charlotte#59
↑14Woodrow#67
↑14Arnold#82
↑13Julia#38

Falling

↓21Bessie#89
↓18Marian#75
↓17Geraldine#98
↓16Sylvia#69
↓15Mabel#57
↓15Victor#85
↓14Theresa#85
↓14Lloyd#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.