State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 74,292 Illinois births in 1914 across 993 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#78Adeline#166 nationally
#82Wanda#164 nationally
#76Lorraine#152 nationally
#87Eileen#159 nationally
#80Dale#142 nationally
#71June#132 nationally
#81Tony#138 nationally
#91Caroline#148 nationally
#93Jeanette#150 nationally
#50Sophie#100 nationally
#62Harriet#111 nationally
#73Loretta#122 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,332US #1
#2Helen1,835US #2
#3Dorothy1,349US #3
#4Margaret993US #4
#5Ruth965US #5
#6Mildred859US #7
#7Marie712US #10
#8Anna675US #6
#9Evelyn632US #11
#10Frances616US #9
#11Florence584US #13
#12Virginia550US #14
#13Rose519US #15
#14Elizabeth518US #8
#15Lillian499US #16
#16Irene482US #22
#17Eleanor475US #28
#18Alice473US #12
#19Bernice470US #43
#20Lucille433US #30
#21Catherine416US #18
#22Josephine412US #23
#23Ann389US #40
#24Louise310US #17
#25Jean308US #54
#26Edna293US #19
#27Gladys293US #20
#28Grace285US #25
#29Ethel283US #21
#30Gertrude276US #32
#31Anne271US #53
#32Martha262US #27
#33Genevieve260US #76
#34Hazel259US #29
#35Esther254US #35
#36Marjorie253US #45
#37Edith247US #31
#38Clara240US #37
#39Lois237US #51
#40Betty227US #62
#41Elsie221US #46
#42Stella221US #65
#43Marion220US #50
#44Julia212US #42
#45Pauline211US #34
#46Violet205US #83
#47Doris202US #36
#48Jane201US #71
#49Ruby193US #24
#50Sophie192US #100
#51Kathryn184US #63
#52Katherine180US #48
#53Agnes175US #44
#54Charlotte175US #88
#55Thelma167US #26
#56Sylvia165US #70
#57Emily162US #98
#58Vera161US #68
#59Mabel160US #58
#60Vivian157US #81
#61Viola153US #57
#62Harriet149US #111
#63Marian146US #90
#64Bertha143US #41
#65Estelle143US #112
#66Myrtle140US #60
#67Pearl138US #56
#68Leona136US #79
#69Wilma134US #95
#70Emma133US #39
#71June131US #132
#72Beatrice130US #38
#73Loretta127US #122
#74Theresa126US #93
#75Eva124US #52
#76Lorraine123US #152
#77Laura121US #59
#78Adeline120US #166
#79Blanche118US #80
#80Nellie115US #61
#81Marguerite114US #84
#82Wanda111US #164
#83Barbara110US #82
#84Ida107US #49
#85Mae106US #85
#86Opal105US #89
#87Eileen104US #159
#88Juanita104US #94
#89Jennie102US #77
#90Sarah101US #47
#91Caroline100US #148
#92Bessie98US #55
#93Jeanette98US #150
#94Velma97US #92
#95Lena96US #75
#96Rita95US #87
#97Alma94US #69
#98Geraldine94US #123
#99Phyllis93US #113
#100Ellen91US #86

Boys

#1John2,242US #1
#2William1,557US #2
#3Robert1,328US #4
#4Joseph1,298US #5
#5Edward1,142US #8
#6George1,100US #6
#7James1,081US #3
#8Charles1,055US #7
#9Frank892US #9
#10Walter715US #10
#11Harold595US #14
#12Raymond581US #16
#13Paul469US #13
#14Harry442US #19
#15Thomas441US #11
#16Arthur439US #18
#17Richard412US #17
#18Albert409US #15
#19Henry409US #12
#20Stanley402US #39
#21Louis398US #20
#22Carl359US #24
#23Donald339US #23
#24Ralph304US #21
#25Clarence297US #22
#26Kenneth284US #30
#27Howard273US #26
#28Fred263US #28
#29Anthony249US #37
#30Lawrence233US #35
#31Roy232US #32
#32Michael230US #40
#33Earl228US #33
#34Eugene224US #43
#35Elmer222US #46
#36Leonard217US #45
#37Jack214US #27
#38Russell213US #49
#39Francis212US #31
#40Herbert212US #42
#41Peter210US #48
#42Leo201US #47
#43Chester194US #56
#44David187US #29
#45Bernard174US #50
#46Joe173US #34
#47Andrew164US #44
#48Samuel158US #36
#49Lester157US #57
#50Edwin156US #53
#51Alfred154US #41
#52Theodore152US #64
#53Martin149US #73
#54Norman148US #54
#55Ernest145US #38
#56Melvin143US #59
#57Vincent139US #61
#58Frederick133US #52
#59Herman132US #51
#60Wilbur124US #96
#61Victor121US #76
#62Floyd117US #58
#63Leroy117US #60
#64Sam117US #67
#65Clifford115US #62
#66Daniel114US #55
#67Steve112US #112
#68Everett105US #90
#69Glenn105US #91
#70Philip104US #68
#71Lloyd103US #66
#72Ray102US #74
#73Vernon102US #83
#74Willard102US #92
#75Wayne100US #111
#76Gerald95US #81
#77Irving93US #100
#78Alvin91US #78
#79Maurice90US #94
#80Dale87US #142
#81Tony87US #138
#82Virgil86US #107
#83Clyde85US #63
#84Marvin85US #75
#85Gilbert83US #104
#86Max83US #99
#87Ben78US #110
#88Stephen77US #80
#89Leslie74US #103
#90Milton74US #69
#91Arnold73US #97
#92Jerome73US #136
#93Gordon72US #88
#94Emil71US #143
#95Sidney69US #89
#96Nicholas68US #102
#97Lewis67US #72
#98Mike67US #129
#99Roger65US #126
#100Alexander64US #98

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑24Victor#61
↑21Estelle#65
↑19Martin#53
↑14Violet#46
↑13Sylvia#56
↑13Joe#46
↑12Marian#63
↑12Lorraine#76

Falling

↓26Milton#90
↓20Emma#70
↓17Leona#68
↓15Clyde#83
↓13Pearl#67
↓12Thelma#55
↓11Blanche#79
↓10Esther#35

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.