State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 116,474 Illinois births in 1923 across 1,220 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#59Laverne#172 nationally
#92Adeline#195 nationally
#95Emil#175 nationally
#48Loretta#124 nationally
#45Marilyn#118 nationally
#86Marcella#158 nationally
#91Sophie#159 nationally
#85Edmund#143 nationally
#93Bette#148 nationally
#56Rosemary#110 nationally
#30Dolores#83 nationally
#79Jeanette#131 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,607US #1
#2Dorothy2,557US #2
#3Betty1,897US #5
#4Helen1,862US #3
#5Margaret1,386US #4
#6Ruth1,261US #6
#7Virginia1,207US #7
#8Evelyn844US #12
#9Mildred839US #8
#10Lorraine814US #57
#11Shirley794US #26
#12Florence741US #18
#13Frances735US #10
#14Marjorie727US #16
#15Doris694US #11
#16Irene669US #17
#17Anna624US #13
#18Jean611US #19
#19Marie603US #14
#20Lois598US #27
#21Elizabeth594US #9
#22Alice570US #15
#23Lillian568US #20
#24June566US #42
#25Eleanor538US #28
#26Rose497US #23
#27Lucille495US #35
#28Bernice480US #43
#29Josephine458US #30
#30Dolores444US #83
#31Catherine412US #24
#32Norma385US #41
#33Marion375US #44
#34Patricia372US #56
#35Barbara360US #33
#36Elaine350US #87
#37Louise341US #22
#38Martha335US #21
#39Phyllis334US #45
#40Geraldine333US #58
#41Ann325US #52
#42Rita318US #50
#43Gladys311US #29
#44Marian311US #65
#45Marilyn310US #118
#46Grace307US #39
#47Genevieve302US #97
#48Loretta295US #124
#49Edith286US #36
#50Esther284US #47
#51Eileen283US #95
#52Wanda281US #80
#53Charlotte277US #77
#54Jane267US #55
#55Wilma267US #74
#56Rosemary265US #110
#57Edna261US #32
#58Violet260US #86
#59Laverne257US #172
#60Gloria255US #48
#61Ethel253US #38
#62Ruby250US #25
#63Jeanne248US #90
#64Clara247US #49
#65Vivian245US #69
#66Gertrude243US #59
#67Pauline242US #37
#68Juanita236US #51
#69Kathryn225US #72
#70Thelma221US #31
#71Elsie220US #61
#72Leona213US #100
#73Hazel211US #40
#74Anne205US #71
#75Agnes197US #63
#76Katherine195US #60
#77Audrey194US #85
#78Maxine190US #76
#79Jeanette187US #131
#80Julia187US #62
#81Harriet186US #122
#82Pearl182US #78
#83Vera181US #82
#84Stella180US #96
#85Beatrice160US #46
#86Marcella160US #158
#87Joan159US #117
#88Emily158US #128
#89Kathleen158US #70
#90Nancy158US #75
#91Sophie156US #159
#92Adeline153US #195
#93Bette151US #148
#94Emma151US #53
#95Viola149US #79
#96Eva148US #66
#97Beverly147US #144
#98Muriel144US #114
#99Sylvia143US #98
#100Carol137US #139

Boys

#1Robert4,162US #2
#2John3,347US #1
#3William3,008US #3
#4James2,225US #4
#5Charles1,686US #5
#6George1,649US #6
#7Edward1,616US #8
#8Joseph1,393US #7
#9Richard1,348US #9
#10Donald1,195US #10
#11Frank1,021US #11
#12Raymond939US #15
#13Harold920US #13
#14Paul811US #14
#15Walter808US #16
#16Thomas752US #12
#17Kenneth689US #21
#18Arthur651US #19
#19Eugene617US #25
#20Jack596US #17
#21Harry540US #22
#22Ralph529US #23
#23Henry527US #18
#24Albert524US #20
#25Howard457US #26
#26Leonard439US #37
#27Carl397US #28
#28Stanley396US #41
#29Clarence393US #29
#30Louis392US #27
#31Lawrence387US #36
#32Earl379US #31
#33David363US #24
#34Warren346US #43
#35Roy332US #32
#36Fred325US #33
#37Chester323US #63
#38Francis315US #34
#39Anthony305US #39
#40Edwin297US #56
#41Bernard293US #46
#42Norman282US #44
#43Russell268US #52
#44Leo260US #49
#45Elmer256US #57
#46Joe255US #35
#47Melvin255US #48
#48Marvin248US #51
#49Gerald246US #54
#50Peter245US #58
#51Alfred235US #42
#52Herbert231US #40
#53Wayne225US #75
#54Michael212US #50
#55Daniel211US #47
#56Leroy210US #55
#57Ray197US #61
#58Ernest194US #38
#59Vernon193US #67
#60Theodore190US #62
#61Glenn186US #84
#62Frederick180US #60
#63Andrew179US #53
#64Dale176US #90
#65Floyd174US #64
#66Martin172US #80
#67Lloyd169US #59
#68Clifford157US #65
#69Lester150US #71
#70Gordon149US #76
#71Herman147US #66
#72Sam146US #89
#73Victor140US #88
#74Philip135US #70
#75Vincent134US #72
#76Maurice133US #101
#77Samuel129US #45
#78Virgil123US #100
#79Jerome122US #118
#80Wallace122US #69
#81Willard122US #92
#82Wilbur118US #105
#83Alvin117US #73
#84Roger116US #95
#85Edmund115US #143
#86Lewis113US #74
#87Everett110US #99
#88Leon110US #77
#89Marion110US #106
#90Steve110US #133
#91Clyde109US #68
#92Milton108US #81
#93Leslie107US #112
#94Arnold103US #93
#95Emil102US #175
#96Glen100US #121
#97Jesse96US #83
#98Billy94US #78
#99Rudolph94US #128
#100Orville93US #152

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑37Marilyn#45
↑14Gordon#70
↑13Maurice#76
↑11Leona#72
↑11Audrey#77
↑10Dolores#30
↑10Gladys#43
↑10Joan#87

Falling

↓18Anne#74
↓15Sylvia#99
↓14Gertrude#66
↓14Jerome#79
↓13Pearl#82
↓12Grace#46
↓12Edna#57
↓12Philip#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.