State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 121,923 Illinois births in 1924 across 1,253 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#52Laverne#169 nationally
#100Norbertoutside the national top 200
#95Adeline#191 nationally
#89Marcella#164 nationally
#50Loretta#124 nationally
#40Marilyn#101 nationally
#48Rosemary#106 nationally
#51Genevieve#107 nationally
#93Edmund#148 nationally
#96Bette#151 nationally
#98Jacqueline#148 nationally
#79Harriet#128 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,554US #1
#2Dorothy2,673US #2
#3Betty2,275US #4
#4Helen1,836US #3
#5Margaret1,258US #5
#6Ruth1,252US #6
#7Virginia1,248US #7
#8Shirley1,006US #19
#9Evelyn849US #12
#10Lorraine846US #52
#11Mildred843US #8
#12Frances791US #10
#13Doris777US #9
#14Jean741US #16
#15Florence739US #20
#16Marie689US #14
#17Lois682US #22
#18Marjorie676US #17
#19Irene669US #18
#20Alice638US #15
#21Anna607US #13
#22Lillian597US #23
#23Elizabeth584US #11
#24Eleanor572US #29
#25June561US #45
#26Rose558US #25
#27Patricia546US #35
#28Dolores537US #75
#29Norma483US #40
#30Bernice471US #47
#31Lucille471US #37
#32Catherine468US #27
#33Barbara465US #28
#34Elaine447US #73
#35Josephine414US #34
#36Marion413US #46
#37Gloria381US #41
#38Phyllis380US #44
#39Martha372US #21
#40Marilyn359US #101
#41Louise343US #24
#42Rita330US #49
#43Ann327US #55
#44Marian327US #64
#45Geraldine325US #58
#46Grace325US #43
#47Esther317US #51
#48Rosemary315US #106
#49Edna312US #31
#50Loretta309US #124
#51Genevieve297US #107
#52Laverne292US #169
#53Wanda291US #74
#54Charlotte287US #80
#55Gladys285US #30
#56Eileen280US #93
#57Edith279US #36
#58Wilma265US #67
#59Joan260US #95
#60Violet260US #88
#61Vivian249US #71
#62Jane246US #53
#63Ruby246US #26
#64Pauline242US #38
#65Jeanne236US #90
#66Juanita236US #48
#67Gertrude234US #60
#68Kathryn233US #81
#69Thelma226US #33
#70Ethel224US #39
#71Clara220US #56
#72Anne215US #79
#73Maxine215US #77
#74Hazel208US #42
#75Audrey201US #84
#76Elsie194US #61
#77Pearl191US #78
#78Katherine189US #59
#79Harriet182US #128
#80Nancy182US #69
#81Vera182US #85
#82Leona174US #103
#83Agnes171US #63
#84Carol168US #132
#85Jeanette168US #134
#86Viola166US #82
#87Beatrice164US #50
#88Beverly164US #121
#89Marcella162US #164
#90Emma159US #57
#91Stella156US #105
#92Theresa156US #96
#93Julia155US #62
#94Joyce153US #83
#95Adeline150US #191
#96Bette149US #151
#97Sylvia148US #104
#98Jacqueline146US #148
#99Kathleen145US #76
#100Roberta142US #147

Boys

#1Robert4,513US #1
#2John3,447US #2
#3William3,026US #3
#4James2,299US #4
#5Charles1,775US #5
#6George1,674US #6
#7Edward1,652US #9
#8Richard1,577US #8
#9Joseph1,390US #7
#10Donald1,359US #10
#11Frank1,036US #12
#12Raymond973US #15
#13Harold930US #13
#14Thomas879US #11
#15Walter797US #16
#16Paul757US #14
#17Kenneth752US #19
#18Arthur696US #20
#19Eugene619US #25
#20Jack617US #17
#21Harry615US #22
#22Henry590US #18
#23Ralph560US #23
#24Albert547US #21
#25Leonard497US #38
#26Carl445US #27
#27Howard443US #26
#28Louis427US #28
#29Clarence408US #29
#30David402US #24
#31Earl387US #33
#32Roy378US #31
#33Lawrence376US #36
#34Fred370US #32
#35Stanley368US #40
#36Anthony343US #39
#37Norman337US #42
#38Edwin320US #55
#39Francis313US #34
#40Bernard297US #46
#41Russell291US #52
#42Chester290US #67
#43Elmer290US #57
#44Gerald279US #49
#45Warren276US #58
#46Leroy272US #53
#47Herbert265US #41
#48Leo260US #51
#49Daniel245US #47
#50Melvin245US #48
#51Ernest233US #37
#52Joe230US #35
#53Peter229US #59
#54Theodore227US #65
#55Wayne222US #74
#56Dale218US #84
#57Michael216US #54
#58Marvin214US #50
#59Alfred211US #43
#60Vernon208US #68
#61Glenn206US #79
#62Lester195US #72
#63Lloyd191US #61
#64Clifford189US #64
#65Andrew176US #56
#66Ray174US #60
#67Frederick165US #62
#68Calvin161US #44
#69Samuel158US #45
#70Martin156US #82
#71Philip153US #71
#72Floyd144US #66
#73Roger142US #93
#74Vincent136US #78
#75Gordon135US #75
#76Jerome134US #114
#77Maurice133US #102
#78Billy132US #63
#79Clyde130US #69
#80Herman129US #70
#81Sam124US #91
#82Wilbur121US #106
#83Jerry119US #123
#84Alvin117US #73
#85Victor117US #90
#86Bill114US #92
#87Gilbert111US #100
#88Harvey110US #88
#89Leslie110US #107
#90Milton110US #81
#91Gene105US #135
#92Steve105US #139
#93Edmund104US #148
#94Virgil104US #111
#95Don103US #125
#96Everett103US #104
#97Dean102US #144
#98Bruce98US #133
#99Glen98US #118
#100Norbert97

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑28Joan#59
↑23Gloria#37
↑20Billy#78
↑16Carol#84
↑12Clyde#79
↑11Roger#73
↑10Nancy#80
↑10Leroy#46

Falling

↓16Virgil#94
↓13Julia#93
↓12Gladys#55
↓12Victor#85
↓11Warren#45
↓10Leona#82
↓10Kathleen#99
↓10Marvin#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.