State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 117,478 Illinois births in 1926 across 1,228 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#169 nationally
#49Loretta#126 nationally
#99Bette#166 nationally
#39Rosemary#95 nationally
#81Harriet#133 nationally
#93Delores#145 nationally
#67Carol#113 nationally
#82Genevieve#128 nationally
#91Jeanette#136 nationally
#97Patrick#141 nationally
#13Lorraine#53 nationally
#96Roberta#135 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,337US #1
#2Betty2,415US #3
#3Dorothy2,352US #2
#4Helen1,609US #4
#5Shirley1,164US #14
#6Margaret1,071US #5
#7Ruth1,059US #6
#8Virginia1,044US #8
#9Doris842US #7
#10Jean795US #12
#11Patricia778US #23
#12Dolores776US #49
#13Lorraine775US #53
#14Evelyn749US #13
#15Lois744US #19
#16Mildred690US #9
#17Barbara672US #16
#18Frances640US #10
#19Norma632US #29
#20Alice621US #17
#21Marjorie611US #22
#22Irene607US #21
#23Florence606US #26
#24Anna562US #15
#25Rose561US #25
#26Marie558US #18
#27Gloria541US #20
#28Marilyn538US #65
#29June522US #40
#30Phyllis492US #33
#31Eleanor490US #32
#32Elizabeth488US #11
#33Lillian463US #28
#34Joan415US #51
#35Elaine407US #68
#36Lucille390US #43
#37Catherine384US #31
#38Bernice381US #45
#39Rosemary367US #95
#40Josephine364US #37
#41Marion344US #47
#42Wanda332US #66
#43Geraldine316US #54
#44Rita315US #50
#45Louise309US #27
#46Martha304US #24
#47Wilma296US #67
#48Esther295US #62
#49Loretta294US #126
#50Marian292US #70
#51Ann287US #55
#52Beverly286US #74
#53Joyce284US #44
#54Grace274US #46
#55Audrey271US #60
#56Charlotte271US #78
#57Violet262US #94
#58Jeanne252US #88
#59Laverne248US #169
#60Juanita243US #52
#61Eileen238US #92
#62Pauline238US #39
#63Jane234US #56
#64Edna231US #38
#65Gladys231US #35
#66Ruby229US #30
#67Carol218US #113
#68Nancy212US #57
#69Gertrude211US #71
#70Theresa210US #64
#71Edith208US #42
#72Vivian207US #80
#73Elsie199US #69
#74Thelma197US #36
#75Ethel196US #41
#76Clara195US #61
#77Vera183US #84
#78Leona179US #112
#79Donna177US #90
#80Katherine176US #72
#81Harriet173US #133
#82Genevieve170US #128
#83Maxine166US #85
#84Kathryn165US #87
#85Agnes157US #77
#86Hazel155US #48
#87Anne154US #86
#88Arlene154US #108
#89Kathleen150US #83
#90Julia148US #75
#91Jeanette145US #136
#92Beatrice142US #58
#93Delores141US #145
#94Jacqueline139US #119
#95Sylvia138US #107
#96Roberta137US #135
#97Janet135US #110
#98Peggy135US #104
#99Bette133US #166
#100Emma128US #59

Boys

#1Robert4,496US #1
#2John3,384US #2
#3William2,983US #4
#4James2,398US #3
#5Richard1,947US #7
#6Charles1,652US #5
#7Donald1,624US #9
#8George1,563US #6
#9Edward1,478US #10
#10Joseph1,243US #8
#11Frank907US #12
#12Raymond887US #15
#13Thomas834US #11
#14Harold832US #14
#15Jack741US #16
#16Kenneth728US #18
#17Paul705US #13
#18Walter697US #17
#19Eugene656US #23
#20Arthur589US #20
#21Henry530US #19
#22Ralph527US #24
#23Harry505US #25
#24Albert487US #21
#25Leonard445US #38
#26Carl414US #26
#27David400US #22
#28Fred389US #31
#29Earl388US #32
#30Louis372US #30
#31Howard369US #27
#32Stanley342US #43
#33Clarence340US #29
#34Lawrence330US #36
#35Roy330US #34
#36Norman325US #39
#37Gerald301US #41
#38Francis299US #35
#39Anthony298US #42
#40Melvin287US #47
#41Bernard284US #49
#42Russell283US #52
#43Herbert276US #44
#44Daniel255US #46
#45Theodore247US #63
#46Edwin246US #55
#47Leroy246US #51
#48Ernest241US #37
#49Leo239US #54
#50Joe232US #33
#51Marvin224US #50
#52Glenn222US #75
#53Chester217US #79
#54Wayne204US #68
#55Ray201US #57
#56Elmer199US #61
#57Dale195US #84
#58Peter194US #58
#59Alfred188US #45
#60Billy187US #40
#61Michael181US #56
#62Floyd177US #53
#63Bill176US #74
#64Clifford174US #62
#65Vernon168US #66
#66Martin163US #80
#67Ronald163US #88
#68Lloyd157US #60
#69Warren155US #71
#70Gene154US #91
#71Don148US #96
#72Philip148US #70
#73Roger147US #89
#74Victor147US #94
#75Samuel144US #48
#76Bob143US #102
#77Lester142US #78
#78Gordon140US #76
#79Andrew139US #59
#80Frederick137US #64
#81Herman137US #69
#82Jerome134US #114
#83Sam128US #92
#84Vincent128US #77
#85Jerry127US #97
#86Alvin126US #72
#87Milton124US #83
#88Rudolph121US #111
#89Everett116US #119
#90Glen112US #121
#91Marion106US #113
#92Clyde105US #67
#93Leon99US #73
#94Maurice98US #110
#95Leslie97US #126
#96Virgil97US #118
#97Patrick96US #141
#98Calvin94US #65
#99Willard94US #100
#100Wilbur93US #122

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑27Ronald#67
↑22Joyce#53
↑21Joan#34
↑21Beverly#52
↑16Gene#70
↑12Carol#67
↑12Elsie#73
↑12Daniel#44

Falling

↓23Calvin#98
↓16Wilbur#100
↓15Vivian#72
↓15Genevieve#82
↓15Andrew#79
↓15Sam#83
↓13Michael#61
↓12Gladys#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.