State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 116,601 Illinois births in 1918 across 1,241 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#82Laverne#199 nationally
#99Brunooutside the national top 200
#80Adeline#169 nationally
#92Lottie#162 nationally
#93Marcella#163 nationally
#95Emil#154 nationally
#72Wanda#128 nationally
#90Lyle#145 nationally
#100Elaine#152 nationally
#58Sophie#108 nationally
#57Harriet#106 nationally
#62Eileen#110 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,381US #1
#2Helen2,653US #2
#3Dorothy2,373US #3
#4Ruth1,523US #5
#5Margaret1,480US #4
#6Virginia1,239US #7
#7Mildred1,144US #6
#8Frances1,032US #8
#9Florence952US #14
#10Marie912US #12
#11Evelyn899US #11
#12Anna815US #10
#13Irene802US #16
#14Josephine723US #24
#15Lucille720US #29
#16Bernice710US #41
#17Elizabeth706US #9
#18Eleanor705US #26
#19Lillian678US #15
#20Alice667US #13
#21Rose642US #17
#22Betty641US #21
#23Lorraine621US #69
#24Jean610US #37
#25Marjorie581US #34
#26Catherine527US #20
#27Doris471US #19
#28Ann462US #44
#29Grace447US #31
#30Marion430US #45
#31Lois422US #42
#32Esther417US #38
#33Edna398US #23
#34June387US #66
#35Louise386US #18
#36Gladys379US #22
#37Genevieve376US #81
#38Gertrude376US #39
#39Ethel369US #28
#40Martha365US #25
#41Anne358US #54
#42Pauline350US #35
#43Jane344US #53
#44Hazel325US #33
#45Edith311US #30
#46Charlotte297US #78
#47Stella292US #67
#48Violet283US #83
#49Clara282US #43
#50Vivian277US #72
#51Geraldine275US #77
#52Shirley275US #97
#53Ruby268US #27
#54Elsie267US #49
#55Julia266US #48
#56Kathryn262US #63
#57Harriet261US #106
#58Sophie261US #108
#59Agnes260US #47
#60Marian260US #76
#61Katherine257US #50
#62Eileen250US #110
#63Thelma250US #32
#64Emily249US #105
#65Wilma248US #82
#66Phyllis241US #80
#67Pearl239US #56
#68Loretta238US #116
#69Vera238US #68
#70Sylvia236US #71
#71Leona234US #79
#72Wanda225US #128
#73Marguerite224US #86
#74Maxine222US #87
#75Rita213US #58
#76Bertha212US #51
#77Viola210US #59
#78Barbara207US #60
#79Emma204US #46
#80Adeline200US #169
#81Mabel197US #74
#82Laverne190US #199
#83Beatrice184US #40
#84Norma183US #98
#85Jeanette180US #131
#86Juanita179US #85
#87Ida176US #57
#88Myrtle165US #62
#89Blanche163US #96
#90Eva162US #55
#91Jeanne161US #126
#92Lottie159US #162
#93Marcella157US #163
#94Dolores156US #127
#95Laura150US #64
#96Bessie147US #61
#97Jennie147US #91
#98Estelle144US #139
#99Theresa142US #101
#100Elaine140US #152

Boys

#1John3,392US #1
#2Robert2,830US #4
#3William2,412US #2
#4James1,795US #3
#5George1,700US #6
#6Edward1,693US #8
#7Joseph1,657US #7
#8Charles1,625US #5
#9Frank1,229US #9
#10Walter1,035US #11
#11Raymond975US #15
#12Harold949US #13
#13Richard839US #12
#14Paul721US #14
#15Thomas706US #10
#16Donald700US #18
#17Arthur673US #17
#18Harry672US #20
#19Henry600US #16
#20Albert552US #19
#21Stanley535US #36
#22Ralph533US #22
#23Kenneth502US #27
#24Carl455US #25
#25Howard445US #26
#26Jack434US #21
#27Eugene428US #35
#28Louis424US #24
#29Clarence407US #23
#30Chester380US #54
#31Earl378US #31
#32Leonard377US #41
#33Elmer360US #44
#34Roy356US #32
#35Fred342US #33
#36Anthony337US #39
#37Lawrence320US #38
#38Russell315US #50
#39Bernard312US #47
#40Herbert312US #40
#41Leo308US #48
#42Francis305US #30
#43David298US #28
#44Peter284US #53
#45Edwin264US #55
#46Theodore261US #64
#47Joe247US #34
#48Norman247US #49
#49Michael243US #45
#50Ernest236US #37
#51Leroy233US #57
#52Melvin224US #56
#53Alfred223US #42
#54Lester219US #62
#55Vernon215US #66
#56Daniel202US #52
#57Ray197US #69
#58Clifford196US #60
#59Andrew193US #46
#60Victor193US #63
#61Martin183US #81
#62Gerald173US #72
#63Floyd172US #61
#64Glenn171US #84
#65Lloyd171US #51
#66Vincent168US #73
#67Wilbur166US #97
#68Herman164US #65
#69Wayne163US #91
#70Frederick158US #59
#71Warren155US #90
#72Samuel154US #43
#73Steve153US #109
#74Everett149US #93
#75Sam148US #75
#76Marvin146US #68
#77Willard141US #83
#78Philip137US #71
#79Dale130US #111
#80Alvin124US #80
#81Milton118US #76
#82Clyde117US #67
#83Irving114US #108
#84Virgil114US #99
#85Leslie111US #102
#86Maurice111US #103
#87Benjamin110US #79
#88Mike106US #127
#89Lewis105US #74
#90Lyle105US #145
#91Arnold103US #92
#92Harvey103US #88
#93Jerome103US #136
#94Tony103US #135
#95Emil102US #154
#96Alex100US #131
#97Gilbert99US #105
#98Max98US #106
#99Bruno97
#100Orville97US #134

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑38Shirley#52
↑25Lorraine#23
↑24Vivian#50
↑23Ray#57
↑16Geraldine#51
↑15Irving#83
↑13Ida#87
↑12Harriet#57

Falling

↓23Theresa#99
↓18Estelle#98
↓13Philip#78
↓12Sam#75
↓12Orville#100
↓11Anne#41
↓11Marian#60
↓11Leona#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.