State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 108,269 Illinois births in 1917 across 1,191 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#97Brunooutside the national top 200
#78Adeline#163 nationally
#48Lorraine#116 nationally
#81Wanda#140 nationally
#98Lottie#153 nationally
#53Eileen#106 nationally
#80Estelle#129 nationally
#84Jerome#133 nationally
#66Loretta#114 nationally
#84Jeanette#132 nationally
#88Orville#134 nationally
#86Tony#131 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,474US #1
#2Helen2,629US #2
#3Dorothy2,227US #3
#4Ruth1,440US #5
#5Margaret1,416US #4
#6Mildred1,107US #6
#7Virginia1,055US #10
#8Evelyn931US #11
#9Marie883US #12
#10Florence853US #14
#11Frances824US #9
#12Anna804US #7
#13Irene748US #17
#14Lillian724US #15
#15Rose689US #16
#16Eleanor687US #26
#17Elizabeth674US #8
#18Bernice646US #42
#19Alice640US #13
#20Lucille627US #29
#21Josephine624US #21
#22Ann504US #44
#23Marjorie503US #36
#24Jean502US #40
#25Catherine485US #18
#26Betty479US #34
#27Esther427US #38
#28Louise419US #19
#29Marion411US #45
#30Anne407US #53
#31Grace402US #30
#32Martha402US #22
#33Doris390US #25
#34Edna382US #20
#35Lois375US #43
#36Ethel364US #24
#37Genevieve360US #77
#38Edith357US #28
#39Gertrude352US #37
#40Gladys335US #23
#41Hazel334US #31
#42Pauline327US #33
#43June317US #73
#44Stella316US #62
#45Charlotte313US #76
#46Jane312US #55
#47Elsie306US #50
#48Lorraine303US #116
#49Marian287US #74
#50Violet286US #84
#51Clara284US #41
#52Agnes276US #48
#53Eileen276US #106
#54Julia265US #47
#55Thelma264US #32
#56Katherine262US #49
#57Ruby257US #27
#58Kathryn254US #60
#59Sophie246US #100
#60Leona241US #80
#61Pearl240US #57
#62Wilma232US #82
#63Emily231US #103
#64Vera230US #66
#65Phyllis228US #92
#66Loretta226US #114
#67Geraldine225US #89
#68Sylvia215US #69
#69Harriet214US #104
#70Barbara213US #67
#71Maxine213US #93
#72Marguerite206US #78
#73Viola202US #59
#74Vivian198US #79
#75Rita192US #63
#76Theresa192US #97
#77Beatrice191US #39
#78Adeline188US #163
#79Myrtle185US #58
#80Estelle178US #129
#81Wanda177US #140
#82Mabel173US #68
#83Bertha171US #51
#84Jeanette171US #132
#85Emma167US #46
#86Eva167US #54
#87Jennie167US #81
#88Laura166US #65
#89Juanita165US #87
#90Shirley165US #123
#91Ellen157US #90
#92Blanche143US #91
#93Norma143US #108
#94Dolores142US #139
#95Sarah142US #52
#96Alma140US #71
#97Olga139US #131
#98Lottie136US #153
#99Bessie135US #61
#100Ida134US #56

Boys

#1John3,146US #1
#2William2,342US #2
#3Robert2,329US #4
#4Edward1,622US #8
#5James1,572US #3
#6Joseph1,562US #5
#7Charles1,520US #7
#8George1,468US #6
#9Frank1,157US #9
#10Walter985US #11
#11Harold858US #12
#12Raymond858US #16
#13Richard706US #14
#14Arthur623US #17
#15Paul623US #13
#16Henry597US #15
#17Thomas593US #10
#18Harry589US #19
#19Donald580US #20
#20Stanley521US #34
#21Albert514US #18
#22Carl471US #24
#23Kenneth467US #27
#24Ralph459US #21
#25Louis439US #23
#26Howard411US #26
#27Clarence396US #25
#28Jack374US #22
#29Eugene366US #39
#30Fred359US #29
#31Earl348US #32
#32Leonard346US #41
#33Francis345US #30
#34Roy342US #33
#35Chester326US #56
#36Lawrence323US #36
#37Elmer313US #45
#38Anthony310US #38
#39David288US #28
#40Leo287US #47
#41Russell275US #52
#42Bernard269US #49
#43Herbert266US #40
#44Joe262US #35
#45Peter251US #50
#46Michael250US #44
#47Theodore245US #63
#48Norman243US #46
#49Edwin239US #55
#50Alfred226US #43
#51Lester224US #61
#52Melvin224US #57
#53Andrew212US #48
#54Ernest195US #37
#55Lloyd190US #53
#56Vernon183US #71
#57Leroy176US #60
#58Gerald172US #69
#59Frederick168US #51
#60Clifford167US #59
#61Martin166US #77
#62Daniel165US #54
#63Sam164US #72
#64Floyd158US #62
#65Philip157US #66
#66Victor157US #78
#67Wilbur157US #92
#68Glenn149US #86
#69Vincent146US #65
#70Wayne144US #96
#71Herman141US #58
#72Marvin140US #68
#73Steve138US #112
#74Clyde136US #64
#75Willard136US #80
#76Samuel130US #42
#77Everett127US #94
#78Virgil127US #103
#79Milton126US #75
#80Ray122US #74
#81Maurice118US #101
#82Arnold116US #91
#83Warren116US #93
#84Jerome112US #133
#85Dale107US #120
#86Tony107US #131
#87Alvin105US #81
#88Orville104US #134
#89Benjamin103US #76
#90Harvey103US #90
#91Gilbert102US #105
#92Emil101US #137
#93Gordon99US #84
#94Leslie99US #107
#95Mike99US #126
#96Marion97US #108
#97Bruno94
#98Irving91US #106
#99Lewis86US #70
#100Roger86US #119

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑15Sam#63
↑14Theresa#76
↑14Arnold#82
↑12Jeanette#84
↑11Betty#26
↑11Gerald#58
↑11Clyde#74
↑10Phyllis#65

Falling

↓21Emil#92
↓16Eva#86
↓16Bessie#99
↓16Ida#100
↓16Irving#98
↓13Glenn#68
↓13Herman#71
↓13Willard#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.