State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 112,568 Illinois births in 1920 across 1,208 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#76Laverne#188 nationally
#85Adeline#176 nationally
#90Marcella#161 nationally
#96Emil#167 nationally
#86Lyle#151 nationally
#56Loretta#120 nationally
#83Rosemary#141 nationally
#73Sophie#129 nationally
#94Delbert#150 nationally
#16Lorraine#70 nationally
#34Genevieve#86 nationally
#88Edmund#138 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,472US #1
#2Dorothy2,561US #2
#3Helen2,332US #3
#4Margaret1,469US #4
#5Ruth1,465US #5
#6Virginia1,186US #7
#7Mildred1,094US #6
#8Betty939US #11
#9Evelyn911US #12
#10Frances871US #9
#11Florence796US #16
#12Marie745US #13
#13Anna707US #10
#14Lillian644US #18
#15Marjorie644US #24
#16Lorraine643US #70
#17Elizabeth642US #8
#18Irene627US #17
#19Alice614US #15
#20Eleanor613US #25
#21Bernice610US #40
#22Lucille606US #29
#23Jean602US #33
#24Rose596US #20
#25Doris554US #14
#26Josephine517US #28
#27Shirley512US #56
#28June490US #53
#29Lois476US #38
#30Catherine470US #21
#31Marion405US #43
#32Gladys386US #22
#33Esther379US #39
#34Genevieve357US #86
#35Martha355US #23
#36Grace353US #37
#37Louise345US #19
#38Edna340US #27
#39Edith330US #32
#40Gertrude330US #42
#41Ann315US #49
#42Jane311US #48
#43Pauline305US #36
#44Anne303US #65
#45Ethel303US #30
#46Charlotte295US #79
#47Marian291US #73
#48Geraldine284US #60
#49Violet284US #77
#50Elsie281US #51
#51Ruby279US #26
#52Eileen267US #100
#53Kathryn265US #67
#54Wilma263US #78
#55Clara259US #44
#56Loretta257US #120
#57Norma257US #69
#58Pearl256US #62
#59Phyllis256US #72
#60Rita255US #52
#61Vivian253US #64
#62Stella249US #82
#63Katherine248US #45
#64Thelma238US #31
#65Elaine236US #107
#66Hazel234US #34
#67Barbara230US #47
#68Dolores227US #110
#69Harriet222US #112
#70Julia222US #55
#71Agnes219US #54
#72Sylvia214US #85
#73Sophie208US #129
#74Leona206US #89
#75Vera204US #75
#76Laverne201US #188
#77Emily198US #119
#78Maxine194US #81
#79Wanda192US #117
#80Patricia190US #104
#81Beatrice189US #41
#82Juanita186US #61
#83Rosemary186US #141
#84Jeanette185US #126
#85Adeline182US #176
#86Viola181US #59
#87Eva171US #58
#88Marguerite168US #93
#89Emma164US #46
#90Marcella164US #161
#91Myrtle164US #68
#92Ellen160US #92
#93Jeanne158US #114
#94Kathleen151US #91
#95Theresa148US #108
#96Bertha144US #57
#97Ida144US #66
#98Blanche143US #102
#99Janet142US #124
#100Mabel140US #83

Boys

#1Robert3,373US #3
#2John3,036US #1
#3William2,591US #2
#4James1,914US #4
#5Charles1,667US #5
#6Edward1,665US #8
#7George1,503US #6
#8Joseph1,422US #7
#9Frank1,038US #9
#10Richard1,022US #10
#11Harold947US #12
#12Raymond908US #15
#13Walter906US #13
#14Donald804US #16
#15Thomas723US #11
#16Arthur646US #18
#17Paul625US #14
#18Harry582US #21
#19Kenneth571US #23
#20Henry544US #17
#21Albert509US #19
#22Jack500US #20
#23Ralph495US #22
#24Eugene465US #30
#25Carl440US #27
#26Stanley427US #40
#27Howard422US #24
#28Leonard400US #38
#29Louis400US #28
#30Clarence399US #26
#31Fred394US #33
#32Earl381US #31
#33Roy374US #32
#34Chester367US #55
#35Lawrence356US #36
#36Warren349US #39
#37Elmer326US #45
#38Russell307US #51
#39Edwin298US #53
#40Francis297US #34
#41Bernard294US #46
#42David292US #25
#43Anthony291US #43
#44Herbert287US #41
#45Leo283US #48
#46Norman255US #47
#47Melvin242US #54
#48Leroy239US #56
#49Peter238US #57
#50Joe236US #35
#51Alfred223US #42
#52Theodore220US #63
#53Ernest216US #37
#54Michael210US #50
#55Vernon206US #65
#56Andrew200US #49
#57Clifford199US #59
#58Gerald199US #64
#59Lester199US #69
#60Marvin184US #62
#61Floyd168US #61
#62Ray163US #67
#63Daniel162US #52
#64Wayne160US #86
#65Glenn159US #80
#66Lloyd159US #58
#67Frederick154US #60
#68Alvin153US #76
#69Herman148US #66
#70Victor147US #81
#71Martin144US #78
#72Wilbur143US #98
#73Samuel141US #44
#74Dale140US #105
#75Willard138US #88
#76Vincent135US #73
#77Philip134US #71
#78Sam131US #84
#79Milton123US #74
#80Clyde122US #68
#81Everett121US #95
#82Virgil121US #101
#83Jerome118US #126
#84Gordon113US #85
#85Steve113US #127
#86Lyle112US #151
#87Maurice109US #102
#88Edmund104US #138
#89Gilbert103US #97
#90Leslie100US #110
#91Marion99US #109
#92Glen98US #122
#93Irving97US #116
#94Delbert93US #150
#95Max92US #112
#96Emil91US #167
#97Cecil89US #77
#98Harvey89US #87
#99Stephen88US #96
#100Tony87US #136

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑32Warren#36
↑25Shirley#27
↑25Elaine#65
↑17Alvin#68
↑14Norma#57
↑14Phyllis#59
↑14Milton#79
↑12Marian#47

Falling

↓22Hazel#66
↓18Maxine#78
↓16Tony#100
↓13Victor#70
↓12Sam#78
↓11Loretta#56
↓11Stella#62
↓11Thelma#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.