State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 113,886 Illinois births in 1922 across 1,210 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#68Laverne#181 nationally
#90Adeline#193 nationally
#91Nick#178 nationally
#92Emil#173 nationally
#80Marcella#155 nationally
#57Loretta#125 nationally
#40Dolores#104 nationally
#82Marilyn#145 nationally
#43Elaine#102 nationally
#61Rosemary#120 nationally
#95Edmund#153 nationally
#65Jerome#121 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,519US #1
#2Dorothy2,503US #2
#3Helen1,975US #3
#4Betty1,486US #6
#5Margaret1,353US #4
#6Virginia1,342US #7
#7Ruth1,315US #5
#8Mildred904US #8
#9Evelyn820US #13
#10Lorraine815US #56
#11Marjorie812US #16
#12Frances749US #10
#13Florence716US #18
#14Marie697US #14
#15Doris695US #11
#16Irene674US #17
#17Shirley660US #39
#18Elizabeth633US #9
#19Jean619US #20
#20Anna615US #12
#21Lillian594US #19
#22Eleanor564US #28
#23Alice560US #15
#24Bernice529US #41
#25Lucille522US #33
#26Rose509US #23
#27Lois499US #35
#28June494US #45
#29Josephine491US #27
#30Catherine424US #24
#31Marion369US #42
#32Martha364US #21
#33Norma356US #46
#34Grace344US #38
#35Phyllis340US #53
#36Ann335US #49
#37Marian329US #67
#38Louise324US #22
#39Barbara320US #40
#40Dolores320US #104
#41Geraldine312US #58
#42Patricia307US #69
#43Elaine303US #102
#44Genevieve301US #98
#45Edna294US #29
#46Rita290US #52
#47Esther289US #44
#48Eileen286US #96
#49Wanda286US #92
#50Edith283US #34
#51Ethel280US #32
#52Gertrude280US #48
#53Gladys273US #25
#54Charlotte271US #76
#55Jane270US #55
#56Anne265US #66
#57Loretta257US #125
#58Pauline253US #36
#59Gloria251US #61
#60Vivian246US #74
#61Rosemary245US #120
#62Hazel243US #37
#63Kathryn235US #73
#64Wilma235US #77
#65Katherine229US #54
#66Violet228US #86
#67Clara226US #47
#68Laverne211US #181
#69Pearl211US #71
#70Ruby210US #26
#71Elsie205US #59
#72Jeanne202US #97
#73Julia202US #60
#74Thelma201US #31
#75Juanita197US #57
#76Maxine192US #82
#77Stella192US #88
#78Jeanette191US #128
#79Agnes186US #62
#80Marcella184US #155
#81Harriet180US #117
#82Marilyn178US #145
#83Leona172US #101
#84Sylvia167US #94
#85Beatrice165US #43
#86Viola165US #72
#87Vera164US #79
#88Audrey162US #89
#89Emily160US #121
#90Adeline159US #193
#91Muriel153US #112
#92Kathleen152US #80
#93Ellen151US #95
#94Nancy151US #78
#95Laura148US #68
#96Marguerite147US #106
#97Joan143US #127
#98Eva142US #64
#99Sophie142US #153
#100Theresa141US #109

Boys

#1Robert3,879US #2
#2John3,281US #1
#3William2,771US #3
#4James2,081US #4
#5Edward1,615US #8
#6George1,592US #6
#7Charles1,563US #5
#8Joseph1,444US #7
#9Richard1,245US #9
#10Donald1,094US #12
#11Frank1,002US #10
#12Harold939US #13
#13Raymond933US #16
#14Walter830US #15
#15Thomas734US #11
#16Paul702US #14
#17Arthur682US #19
#18Kenneth671US #21
#19Harry596US #22
#20Jack589US #18
#21Henry576US #17
#22Ralph551US #23
#23Eugene527US #25
#24Albert498US #20
#25Howard458US #26
#26Louis441US #27
#27Leonard409US #38
#28Carl380US #30
#29Fred377US #33
#30Clarence374US #29
#31Stanley361US #41
#32Earl353US #31
#33Lawrence348US #36
#34Francis330US #34
#35Roy327US #32
#36David312US #24
#37Anthony308US #39
#38Bernard300US #46
#39Edwin286US #52
#40Warren284US #45
#41Chester279US #64
#42Elmer277US #54
#43Norman269US #44
#44Russell267US #49
#45Joe262US #35
#46Leo247US #51
#47Herbert236US #40
#48Leroy236US #55
#49Melvin236US #50
#50Peter236US #57
#51Wayne235US #78
#52Theodore221US #62
#53Alfred216US #42
#54Marvin215US #56
#55Ernest213US #37
#56Gerald210US #58
#57Daniel204US #47
#58Michael203US #48
#59Ray189US #65
#60Dale185US #89
#61Glenn185US #79
#62Philip172US #70
#63Lester170US #69
#64Vernon169US #68
#65Jerome166US #121
#66Andrew165US #53
#67Floyd163US #61
#68Clifford158US #63
#69Frederick157US #60
#70Herman151US #66
#71Lloyd151US #59
#72Martin148US #80
#73Victor148US #86
#74Sam140US #84
#75Willard136US #91
#76Alvin135US #73
#77Samuel132US #43
#78Gilbert124US #100
#79Roger124US #96
#80Wilbur123US #102
#81Vincent122US #71
#82Everett112US #98
#83Virgil111US #99
#84Gordon110US #76
#85Milton110US #74
#86Clyde109US #67
#87Marion108US #107
#88Steve105US #130
#89Maurice103US #103
#90Lyle101US #146
#91Nick95US #178
#92Emil93US #173
#93Harvey93US #88
#94Irving93US #124
#95Edmund92US #153
#96Stephen89US #101
#97Leslie87US #114
#98Allen86US #95
#99Lee86US #83
#100Tony85US #137

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑21Patricia#42
↑16Wanda#49
↑16Philip#62
↑14Dolores#40
↑14Marcella#80
↑12Laverne#68
↑12Wayne#51
↑12Gilbert#78

Falling

↓16Warren#40
↓14Sophie#99
↓13Gladys#53
↓13Lloyd#71
↓12Eva#98
↓11Hazel#62
↓11Violet#66
↓11Vernon#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.