State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 107,622 Illinois births in 1916 across 1,194 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#87Brunooutside the national top 200
#97Angeline#189 nationally
#86Adeline#166 nationally
#57Lorraine#128 nationally
#71Emil#140 nationally
#74Wanda#138 nationally
#55Eileen#118 nationally
#76Tony#132 nationally
#51Sophie#101 nationally
#64Loretta#113 nationally
#90Jerome#138 nationally
#94Rudolph#137 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,287US #1
#2Helen2,578US #2
#3Dorothy2,107US #3
#4Margaret1,493US #4
#5Ruth1,478US #5
#6Mildred1,167US #6
#7Frances975US #9
#8Virginia964US #10
#9Marie941US #12
#10Florence908US #14
#11Evelyn896US #11
#12Anna841US #7
#13Lillian762US #16
#14Irene735US #17
#15Elizabeth700US #8
#16Rose696US #15
#17Bernice664US #42
#18Lucille653US #30
#19Eleanor629US #27
#20Josephine626US #21
#21Alice610US #13
#22Catherine509US #20
#23Ann459US #40
#24Jean456US #45
#25Grace449US #26
#26Marjorie431US #37
#27Louise404US #18
#28Edna402US #19
#29Martha400US #24
#30Anne390US #53
#31Esther390US #34
#32Gertrude390US #35
#33Marion390US #47
#34Gladys370US #22
#35Edith365US #28
#36Ethel358US #25
#37Betty357US #44
#38Doris357US #32
#39Stella350US #63
#40Genevieve339US #76
#41Lois327US #43
#42Hazel322US #31
#43Elsie310US #48
#44Jane310US #62
#45Pauline308US #33
#46Clara294US #39
#47Charlotte285US #80
#48June283US #86
#49Agnes279US #50
#50Violet279US #83
#51Sophie274US #101
#52Julia268US #46
#53Katherine265US #51
#54Marian258US #72
#55Eileen249US #118
#56Kathryn248US #60
#57Lorraine248US #128
#58Emily247US #100
#59Thelma246US #29
#60Sylvia244US #69
#61Pearl239US #57
#62Ruby234US #23
#63Wilma230US #82
#64Loretta225US #113
#65Vera218US #66
#66Harriet214US #106
#67Beatrice207US #38
#68Leona206US #75
#69Rita206US #67
#70Eva203US #55
#71Vivian203US #77
#72Bertha201US #49
#73Geraldine198US #94
#74Wanda197US #138
#75Phyllis194US #95
#76Marguerite193US #78
#77Emma192US #41
#78Maxine191US #96
#79Viola189US #59
#80Barbara186US #74
#81Estelle185US #122
#82Mabel181US #65
#83Bessie180US #56
#84Ida174US #54
#85Myrtle174US #58
#86Adeline173US #166
#87Jennie166US #79
#88Laura166US #64
#89Nellie158US #61
#90Theresa155US #98
#91Blanche153US #89
#92Ellen153US #87
#93Juanita148US #90
#94Sarah147US #52
#95Beulah144US #97
#96Jeanette142US #135
#97Angeline139US #189
#98Alma138US #70
#99Jessie136US #68
#100Lottie134US #143

Boys

#1John3,095US #1
#2William2,354US #2
#3Robert2,120US #4
#4Joseph1,655US #5
#5Edward1,631US #8
#6James1,542US #3
#7George1,472US #7
#8Charles1,441US #6
#9Frank1,181US #9
#10Walter1,014US #11
#11Harold870US #13
#12Raymond831US #16
#13Paul702US #12
#14Richard670US #15
#15Harry621US #19
#16Arthur616US #18
#17Donald599US #20
#18Thomas591US #10
#19Henry574US #14
#20Albert568US #17
#21Stanley541US #34
#22Carl487US #23
#23Ralph485US #21
#24Kenneth467US #27
#25Louis451US #22
#26Howard392US #25
#27Fred390US #29
#28Earl352US #32
#29Anthony347US #37
#30Francis346US #31
#31Clarence345US #24
#32Eugene329US #39
#33Roy327US #33
#34Lawrence323US #38
#35Leonard318US #42
#36Elmer309US #45
#37Jack300US #26
#38Russell293US #51
#39Chester282US #54
#40Bernard270US #49
#41Herbert264US #40
#42Peter253US #50
#43Leo252US #47
#44Michael250US #44
#45Edwin246US #53
#46Alfred234US #43
#47David233US #28
#48Melvin232US #57
#49Theodore231US #65
#50Joe227US #35
#51Norman216US #48
#52Lester205US #59
#53Ernest202US #36
#54Andrew196US #46
#55Glenn184US #84
#56Leroy177US #63
#57Frederick174US #52
#58Herman174US #56
#59Vernon167US #75
#60Lloyd166US #58
#61Daniel165US #55
#62Willard165US #69
#63Samuel163US #41
#64Clifford152US #61
#65Floyd152US #60
#66Martin151US #81
#67Victor151US #78
#68Wayne150US #98
#69Gerald147US #76
#70Steve142US #108
#71Emil140US #140
#72Wilbur138US #94
#73Everett136US #91
#74Philip134US #70
#75Ray133US #73
#76Tony133US #132
#77Vincent131US #67
#78Sam130US #74
#79Virgil124US #104
#80Marvin123US #66
#81Alvin120US #82
#82Irving120US #109
#83Stephen118US #87
#84Warren116US #102
#85Clyde113US #62
#86Maurice113US #100
#87Bruno110
#88Milton108US #72
#89Dale106US #121
#90Jerome106US #138
#91Lewis104US #71
#92Orville104US #131
#93Gilbert101US #106
#94Rudolph100US #137
#95Max99US #105
#96Arnold95US #89
#97Edmund93US #134
#98Gordon93US #90
#99Mike92US #125
#100Harvey91US #92

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑22Glenn#55
↑19June#48
↑18Geraldine#73
↑16Lorraine#57
↑16Maxine#78
↑15Marian#54
↑15Wanda#74
↑15Emil#71

Falling

↓17Mabel#82
↓17Sam#78
↓17Arnold#96
↓14Leona#68
↓13Estelle#81
↓13Milton#88
↓12Maurice#86
↓11Vivian#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.