State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 119,150 Illinois births in 1925 across 1,243 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#170 nationally
#44Loretta#122 nationally
#92Lyle#154 nationally
#93Bette#155 nationally
#43Rosemary#103 nationally
#82Jeanette#137 nationally
#78Harriet#131 nationally
#100Edmund#152 nationally
#96Roberta#147 nationally
#34Marilyn#83 nationally
#67Genevieve#113 nationally
#19Dolores#64 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,497US #1
#2Dorothy2,417US #2
#3Betty2,308US #3
#4Helen1,763US #4
#5Margaret1,191US #5
#6Virginia1,170US #7
#7Ruth1,161US #6
#8Shirley1,113US #17
#9Lorraine800US #51
#10Evelyn799US #12
#11Doris791US #8
#12Mildred743US #9
#13Jean735US #14
#14Lois708US #18
#15Frances679US #11
#16Alice672US #15
#17Patricia651US #28
#18Marjorie624US #21
#19Dolores595US #64
#20Anna585US #13
#21Florence576US #24
#22Irene570US #19
#23June570US #39
#24Norma566US #34
#25Gloria564US #20
#26Marie560US #16
#27Elizabeth556US #10
#28Barbara523US #22
#29Eleanor519US #31
#30Rose491US #26
#31Lillian484US #25
#32Bernice446US #46
#33Phyllis428US #40
#34Marilyn420US #83
#35Lucille412US #41
#36Elaine397US #73
#37Catherine385US #29
#38Josephine381US #36
#39Rita366US #48
#40Marion362US #47
#41Martha358US #23
#42Geraldine340US #54
#43Rosemary339US #103
#44Loretta318US #122
#45Grace316US #44
#46Louise316US #27
#47Ann314US #52
#48Wilma310US #62
#49Charlotte307US #77
#50Marian297US #67
#51Wanda295US #72
#52Laverne290US #170
#53Gladys287US #33
#54Esther282US #56
#55Joan279US #66
#56Jane270US #53
#57Vivian248US #76
#58Pauline246US #38
#59Eileen239US #96
#60Jeanne236US #89
#61Edith231US #42
#62Violet228US #92
#63Edna222US #37
#64Juanita220US #49
#65Ruby214US #30
#66Audrey207US #78
#67Genevieve201US #113
#68Gertrude201US #70
#69Nancy194US #60
#70Theresa191US #80
#71Maxine190US #79
#72Clara189US #55
#73Beverly188US #105
#74Ethel188US #43
#75Joyce188US #59
#76Vera186US #86
#77Katherine183US #61
#78Harriet182US #131
#79Carol180US #119
#80Thelma178US #35
#81Hazel177US #45
#82Jeanette175US #137
#83Kathryn173US #88
#84Anne169US #85
#85Elsie167US #63
#86Pearl162US #90
#87Leona161US #108
#88Ellen152US #101
#89Beatrice149US #50
#90Bertha149US #74
#91Julia149US #65
#92Jacqueline148US #135
#93Bette146US #155
#94Agnes145US #69
#95Kathleen145US #81
#96Roberta141US #147
#97Janet140US #111
#98Eva139US #71
#99Peggy139US #117
#100Sarah139US #58

Boys

#1Robert4,648US #1
#2John3,412US #2
#3William3,105US #3
#4James2,429US #4
#5Richard1,783US #8
#6Charles1,736US #5
#7Edward1,566US #9
#8George1,528US #6
#9Donald1,417US #10
#10Joseph1,343US #7
#11Frank1,005US #12
#12Raymond915US #15
#13Harold901US #14
#14Thomas850US #11
#15Paul780US #13
#16Walter766US #16
#17Jack726US #17
#18Kenneth723US #19
#19Arthur694US #20
#20Eugene584US #24
#21Harry575US #23
#22Ralph566US #25
#23Albert548US #21
#24Henry518US #18
#25Leonard451US #38
#26Howard427US #26
#27Louis427US #29
#28Carl410US #28
#29Clarence394US #30
#30David392US #22
#31Fred383US #33
#32Earl382US #31
#33Lawrence379US #36
#34Stanley357US #40
#35Norman324US #41
#36Roy314US #32
#37Gerald303US #45
#38Edwin293US #57
#39Francis292US #35
#40Anthony290US #39
#41Bernard284US #48
#42Herbert274US #42
#43Russell268US #53
#44Chester266US #73
#45Melvin247US #50
#46Theodore244US #63
#47Leroy241US #52
#48Michael238US #55
#49Peter232US #60
#50Leo230US #54
#51Marvin226US #51
#52Glenn225US #77
#53Elmer224US #61
#54Ernest223US #37
#55Joe223US #34
#56Daniel219US #44
#57Wayne217US #74
#58Alfred207US #43
#59Clifford178US #59
#60Lloyd178US #62
#61Dale177US #86
#62Warren176US #66
#63Ray175US #64
#64Andrew167US #56
#65Floyd167US #58
#66Lester161US #81
#67Martin160US #83
#68Sam160US #91
#69Billy159US #49
#70Bill157US #84
#71Roger155US #90
#72Vincent155US #71
#73Samuel153US #46
#74Vernon153US #67
#75Calvin152US #47
#76Jerome150US #113
#77Herman148US #69
#78Philip148US #75
#79Gordon140US #72
#80Frederick138US #65
#81Everett136US #108
#82Alvin132US #70
#83Victor124US #89
#84Wilbur124US #110
#85Glen122US #117
#86Gene119US #112
#87Clyde115US #68
#88Harvey111US #88
#89Jerry111US #107
#90Leon111US #76
#91Lee110US #82
#92Lyle107US #154
#93Maurice105US #111
#94Ronald104US #104
#95Leslie102US #119
#96Willard102US #97
#97Allen101US #94
#98Virgil100US #120
#99Milton99US #80
#100Edmund98US #152

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑22Theresa#70
↑19Joyce#75
↑16Bill#70
↑15Beverly#73
↑15Everett#81
↑14Glen#85
↑13Sam#68
↑12Gloria#25

Falling

↓17Warren#62
↓16Genevieve#67
↓16Maurice#93
↓15Kathryn#83
↓14Edna#63
↓14Vernon#74
↓13Frederick#80
↓12Anne#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.