State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 100,831 Illinois births in 1915 across 1,178 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#100Brunooutside the national top 200
#90Angeline#183 nationally
#86Adeline#167 nationally
#62Eileen#132 nationally
#73Lorraine#141 nationally
#89Wanda#154 nationally
#61Loretta#115 nationally
#86Emil#138 nationally
#68Estelle#117 nationally
#50Sophie#97 nationally
#81Dale#125 nationally
#33Genevieve#76 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,043US #1
#2Helen2,432US #2
#3Dorothy1,809US #3
#4Margaret1,401US #4
#5Ruth1,365US #5
#6Mildred1,131US #6
#7Marie857US #11
#8Anna853US #7
#9Florence849US #14
#10Virginia849US #12
#11Frances830US #9
#12Evelyn806US #10
#13Lillian689US #15
#14Elizabeth669US #8
#15Rose658US #16
#16Eleanor630US #28
#17Lucille626US #29
#18Alice615US #13
#19Irene613US #17
#20Josephine612US #22
#21Bernice597US #42
#22Catherine504US #19
#23Ann469US #43
#24Jean434US #48
#25Louise419US #18
#26Edna395US #20
#27Esther391US #33
#28Grace388US #27
#29Gladys384US #21
#30Anne381US #52
#31Gertrude381US #35
#32Martha337US #25
#33Genevieve334US #76
#34Marjorie334US #39
#35Edith333US #31
#36Pauline329US #32
#37Elsie327US #41
#38Marion324US #50
#39Hazel322US #26
#40Betty310US #53
#41Lois310US #47
#42Ethel305US #23
#43Clara303US #38
#44Doris298US #34
#45Agnes294US #45
#46Julia282US #44
#47Stella279US #64
#48Violet276US #82
#49Thelma269US #30
#50Sophie263US #97
#51Jane259US #69
#52Kathryn254US #60
#53Pearl244US #56
#54Leona242US #74
#55Katherine232US #49
#56Charlotte230US #81
#57Emily218US #99
#58Sylvia216US #67
#59Vera216US #65
#60Vivian207US #78
#61Loretta206US #115
#62Eileen204US #132
#63Wilma203US #80
#64Ruby200US #24
#65Mabel199US #62
#66Emma190US #40
#67June190US #96
#68Estelle185US #117
#69Marian181US #86
#70Bertha180US #46
#71Harriet175US #112
#72Marguerite175US #85
#73Lorraine173US #141
#74Rita173US #71
#75Beatrice169US #37
#76Viola166US #59
#77Phyllis165US #100
#78Ida162US #54
#79Barbara160US #83
#80Bessie160US #57
#81Nellie160US #63
#82Laura159US #61
#83Eva156US #55
#84Jennie156US #73
#85Blanche155US #87
#86Adeline154US #167
#87Juanita150US #92
#88Theresa150US #93
#89Wanda148US #154
#90Angeline143US #183
#91Geraldine142US #108
#92Alma138US #70
#93Myrtle136US #58
#94Maxine134US #98
#95Ellen130US #88
#96Lena126US #77
#97Olga126US #130
#98Velma126US #94
#99Norma119US #118
#100Mae118US #89

Boys

#1John3,066US #1
#2William2,190US #2
#3Robert1,924US #4
#4Joseph1,624US #5
#5James1,523US #3
#6Edward1,484US #8
#7Charles1,433US #7
#8George1,359US #6
#9Frank1,194US #9
#10Walter919US #11
#11Harold844US #12
#12Raymond764US #16
#13Paul685US #13
#14Harry605US #19
#15Arthur593US #18
#16Richard580US #15
#17Thomas578US #10
#18Henry565US #14
#19Stanley538US #34
#20Donald537US #20
#21Albert536US #17
#22Carl474US #22
#23Kenneth431US #28
#24Ralph427US #21
#25Louis415US #23
#26Clarence371US #24
#27Fred365US #26
#28Howard355US #25
#29Eugene332US #41
#30Francis322US #29
#31Anthony318US #36
#32Earl309US #33
#33Lawrence303US #37
#34Jack294US #27
#35Elmer289US #45
#36Leonard286US #44
#37Russell280US #51
#38Leo275US #47
#39Bernard268US #48
#40Roy268US #32
#41Chester262US #54
#42Herbert260US #40
#43Edwin245US #53
#44Peter240US #49
#45Michael231US #43
#46Norman225US #50
#47Joe211US #38
#48Lester209US #57
#49David208US #31
#50Theodore207US #64
#51Willard207US #58
#52Alfred201US #42
#53Ernest200US #35
#54Andrew185US #46
#55Clifford176US #61
#56Melvin176US #60
#57Daniel171US #55
#58Frederick170US #52
#59Samuel168US #39
#60Leroy167US #66
#61Sam164US #68
#62Victor162US #74
#63Martin161US #79
#64Herman155US #56
#65Vernon151US #80
#66Gerald148US #78
#67Floyd146US #59
#68Vincent144US #65
#69Wilbur142US #92
#70Steve141US #110
#71Philip139US #69
#72Ray136US #67
#73Lloyd135US #62
#74Maurice131US #101
#75Milton130US #73
#76Wayne128US #97
#77Glenn125US #87
#78Clyde124US #63
#79Arnold119US #91
#80Stephen118US #86
#81Dale116US #125
#82Alvin110US #81
#83Virgil110US #108
#84Warren109US #105
#85Max108US #102
#86Emil104US #138
#87Everett102US #89
#88Marvin102US #72
#89Alex99US #131
#90Tony99US #130
#91Gilbert98US #100
#92Irving96US #107
#93Rudolph95US #135
#94Alexander93US #103
#95Cecil91US #76
#96Julius90US #109
#97Mike90US #129
#98Orville89US #127
#99Jerome88US #140
#100Bruno87

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑25Eileen#62
↑23Willard#51
↑22Rita#74
↑22Phyllis#77
↑15Milton#75
↑14Pearl#53
↑14Leona#54
↑12Loretta#61

Falling

↓27Myrtle#93
↓19Everett#87
↓15Ruby#64
↓15Viola#76
↓15Mae#100
↓15Irving#92
↓14Theresa#88
↓13Ethel#42

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.