State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 106,254 Illinois births in 1919 across 1,201 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#79Laverne#198 nationally
#80Adeline#172 nationally
#93Marcella#171 nationally
#92Rosemary#166 nationally
#45Loretta#118 nationally
#88Emil#159 nationally
#78Jerome#134 nationally
#49Eileen#103 nationally
#81Jeanette#135 nationally
#84Tony#136 nationally
#37Genevieve#88 nationally
#14Lorraine#62 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,395US #1
#2Helen2,264US #2
#3Dorothy2,202US #3
#4Margaret1,339US #4
#5Ruth1,286US #5
#6Virginia1,186US #7
#7Mildred1,102US #6
#8Evelyn876US #11
#9Frances876US #9
#10Florence826US #14
#11Marie710US #12
#12Anna695US #10
#13Betty681US #15
#14Lorraine665US #62
#15Bernice660US #42
#16Irene651US #16
#17Alice637US #13
#18Lucille628US #27
#19Elizabeth624US #8
#20Lillian608US #17
#21Eleanor590US #30
#22Rose588US #19
#23Marjorie568US #33
#24Josephine541US #26
#25Jean521US #37
#26Catherine493US #23
#27Doris490US #18
#28Louise407US #20
#29Esther391US #38
#30Edna369US #22
#31Lois369US #40
#32Marion369US #44
#33June366US #64
#34Gertrude361US #39
#35Grace359US #34
#36Gladys347US #21
#37Genevieve342US #88
#38Ann331US #49
#39Ethel324US #28
#40Martha320US #25
#41Jane316US #53
#42Violet313US #74
#43Edith311US #29
#44Hazel301US #32
#45Loretta299US #118
#46Pauline294US #36
#47Anne285US #63
#48Geraldine283US #68
#49Eileen279US #103
#50Elsie277US #47
#51Stella276US #70
#52Shirley272US #89
#53Thelma269US #31
#54Charlotte268US #79
#55Kathryn268US #66
#56Clara260US #43
#57Vivian257US #72
#58Ruby249US #24
#59Marian248US #82
#60Maxine244US #85
#61Wilma243US #86
#62Rita241US #54
#63Julia239US #48
#64Katherine238US #51
#65Sophie228US #109
#66Barbara225US #60
#67Leona224US #90
#68Pearl223US #56
#69Emily222US #105
#70Vera218US #65
#71Norma212US #83
#72Agnes211US #50
#73Phyllis211US #84
#74Harriet201US #113
#75Beatrice194US #41
#76Dolores190US #124
#77Viola189US #58
#78Patricia182US #114
#79Laverne181US #198
#80Adeline177US #172
#81Jeanette177US #135
#82Sylvia177US #77
#83Emma174US #45
#84Wanda173US #128
#85Sarah163US #46
#86Ellen160US #92
#87Juanita159US #73
#88Bessie158US #59
#89Bertha155US #52
#90Elaine151US #136
#91Marguerite150US #96
#92Rosemary148US #166
#93Marcella146US #171
#94Ida145US #57
#95Jeanne143US #130
#96Mabel143US #78
#97Nellie141US #69
#98Jennie138US #93
#99Theresa137US #102
#100Blanche133US #97

Boys

#1John2,908US #1
#2Robert2,778US #4
#3William2,291US #2
#4James1,626US #3
#5Edward1,571US #8
#6Charles1,466US #5
#7George1,453US #6
#8Joseph1,381US #7
#9Frank1,049US #9
#10Raymond872US #14
#11Walter867US #11
#12Harold849US #13
#13Richard787US #12
#14Donald730US #17
#15Paul649US #15
#16Arthur608US #19
#17Thomas582US #10
#18Harry574US #20
#19Kenneth541US #26
#20Henry513US #16
#21Albert499US #18
#22Ralph477US #22
#23Stanley477US #37
#24Clarence407US #25
#25Eugene401US #33
#26Howard401US #24
#27Carl389US #29
#28Jack384US #21
#29Leonard382US #39
#30Louis356US #28
#31Chester330US #53
#32Earl328US #31
#33Roy322US #32
#34Fred321US #30
#35Bernard311US #45
#36Anthony309US #41
#37Lawrence309US #38
#38Elmer304US #44
#39Leo292US #49
#40Francis283US #34
#41Russell268US #50
#42Theodore264US #54
#43David254US #27
#44Herbert244US #40
#45Peter238US #57
#46Edwin236US #52
#47Ernest233US #36
#48Joe233US #35
#49Norman218US #48
#50Leroy217US #55
#51Melvin208US #56
#52Michael199US #46
#53Andrew196US #47
#54Lester194US #62
#55Vernon185US #65
#56Alfred179US #42
#57Victor178US #68
#58Clifford175US #60
#59Daniel170US #51
#60Gerald166US #70
#61Lloyd163US #58
#62Glenn161US #84
#63Herman155US #61
#64Ray153US #69
#65Wayne149US #90
#66Sam145US #75
#67Samuel145US #43
#68Warren142US #83
#69Floyd140US #59
#70Wilbur138US #98
#71Frederick135US #64
#72Marvin135US #63
#73Philip133US #71
#74Everett128US #93
#75Martin127US #81
#76Willard127US #87
#77Vincent123US #72
#78Jerome121US #134
#79Clyde118US #67
#80Steve118US #125
#81Dale116US #112
#82Marion114US #106
#83Glen109US #116
#84Tony107US #136
#85Alvin106US #76
#86Virgil106US #103
#87Lewis105US #74
#88Emil102US #159
#89Gordon102US #86
#90Irving101US #111
#91Harvey99US #85
#92Orville99US #133
#93Milton98US #73
#94Maurice95US #108
#95Max92US #110
#96Gilbert90US #102
#97Leslie89US #105
#98Edgar87US #89
#99Roger83US #124
#100Sidney83US #96

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑23Loretta#45
↑18Dolores#76
↑15Jerome#78
↑14Maxine#60
↑13Eileen#49
↑13Rita#62
↑13Norma#71
↑12Barbara#66

Falling

↓18Marguerite#91
↓17Harriet#74
↓15Mabel#96
↓14Martin#75
↓13Agnes#72
↓13Bertha#89
↓12Sylvia#82
↓12Wanda#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.