State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 118,142 Illinois births in 1927 across 1,219 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#58Laverne#166 nationally
#94Edmund#160 nationally
#63Loretta#127 nationally
#73Genevieve#126 nationally
#36Rosemary#86 nationally
#78Delores#128 nationally
#90Patrick#140 nationally
#86Harriet#132 nationally
#91Dean#133 nationally
#77Jacqueline#115 nationally
#93Jeanette#131 nationally
#75Jerome#111 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,574US #1
#2Betty2,358US #3
#3Dorothy2,157US #2
#4Helen1,403US #4
#5Shirley1,355US #9
#6Margaret1,126US #5
#7Ruth1,035US #6
#8Virginia982US #8
#9Dolores938US #34
#10Patricia882US #18
#11Lois865US #19
#12Doris812US #7
#13Jean808US #14
#14Barbara767US #10
#15Lorraine763US #44
#16Marilyn716US #46
#17Evelyn708US #15
#18Norma660US #26
#19Frances593US #12
#20Alice585US #17
#21Irene541US #21
#22Mildred539US #11
#23Rose534US #23
#24Marie526US #20
#25Marjorie521US #25
#26Joan515US #41
#27Anna505US #16
#28Gloria505US #22
#29Phyllis502US #29
#30June490US #43
#31Elizabeth464US #13
#32Florence455US #28
#33Lillian454US #32
#34Elaine424US #69
#35Eleanor415US #33
#36Rosemary376US #86
#37Catherine374US #31
#38Lucille362US #45
#39Rita355US #54
#40Geraldine343US #58
#41Josephine342US #39
#42Marion341US #51
#43Bernice339US #49
#44Beverly326US #57
#45Joyce318US #35
#46Louise306US #27
#47Martha305US #24
#48Wilma287US #68
#49Esther286US #65
#50Charlotte278US #75
#51Ann277US #59
#52Marian274US #74
#53Wanda273US #66
#54Theresa266US #52
#55Jane262US #60
#56Jeanne262US #85
#57Eileen259US #91
#58Laverne257US #166
#59Nancy257US #56
#60Donna253US #70
#61Grace249US #50
#62Audrey245US #62
#63Loretta234US #127
#64Vivian234US #77
#65Juanita231US #55
#66Gladys222US #37
#67Pauline221US #42
#68Edith218US #48
#69Ruby210US #30
#70Ethel209US #47
#71Carol207US #106
#72Violet203US #103
#73Genevieve196US #126
#74Gertrude193US #78
#75Edna190US #40
#76Clara174US #63
#77Jacqueline174US #115
#78Delores173US #128
#79Katherine173US #73
#80Thelma170US #38
#81Elsie168US #72
#82Kathryn165US #90
#83Arlene160US #108
#84Janet160US #111
#85Hazel159US #53
#86Harriet157US #132
#87Vera151US #89
#88Sylvia150US #116
#89Agnes148US #81
#90Roberta148US #122
#91Maxine147US #87
#92Julia146US #76
#93Jeanette145US #131
#94Emma141US #64
#95Ellen140US #93
#96Pearl138US #102
#97Leona136US #121
#98Anne132US #92
#99Carolyn130US #99
#100Kathleen129US #83

Boys

#1Robert4,535US #1
#2John3,331US #2
#3William2,999US #4
#4James2,484US #3
#5Richard2,131US #6
#6Donald1,895US #8
#7Charles1,765US #5
#8George1,521US #7
#9Edward1,433US #10
#10Joseph1,224US #9
#11Frank965US #12
#12Thomas921US #11
#13Raymond916US #15
#14Harold868US #14
#15Kenneth793US #18
#16Paul761US #13
#17Jack743US #16
#18Walter739US #17
#19Eugene644US #20
#20Arthur551US #22
#21Ralph531US #24
#22Harry496US #25
#23Henry463US #19
#24Carl447US #26
#25David446US #21
#26Leonard437US #40
#27Albert433US #23
#28Howard408US #28
#29Louis382US #29
#30Norman376US #39
#31Fred371US #35
#32Stanley359US #44
#33Earl353US #33
#34Gerald340US #38
#35Clarence335US #32
#36Lawrence334US #37
#37Roy310US #34
#38Anthony293US #43
#39Bernard276US #50
#40Ronald275US #63
#41Leroy271US #51
#42Daniel270US #46
#43Marvin269US #47
#44Billy266US #31
#45Francis261US #36
#46Melvin255US #48
#47Russell254US #54
#48Joe253US #30
#49Herbert248US #42
#50Edwin245US #57
#51Peter235US #59
#52Elmer225US #61
#53Wayne221US #67
#54Michael214US #52
#55Theodore211US #62
#56Chester210US #85
#57Bill208US #69
#58Alfred207US #45
#59Glenn207US #76
#60Gene205US #72
#61Ernest203US #41
#62Leo195US #55
#63Lloyd189US #58
#64Clifford182US #65
#65Dale179US #81
#66Floyd178US #53
#67Andrew175US #56
#68Frederick165US #64
#69Vernon164US #71
#70Ray160US #60
#71Warren155US #79
#72Don154US #90
#73Lester154US #83
#74Martin152US #87
#75Jerome151US #111
#76Philip150US #75
#77Jerry142US #93
#78Roger142US #84
#79Samuel140US #49
#80Bob137US #100
#81Gordon135US #74
#82Herman132US #70
#83Alvin131US #66
#84Vincent130US #77
#85Arnold121US #97
#86Gilbert120US #99
#87Clyde119US #68
#88Victor116US #98
#89Allen113US #95
#90Patrick105US #140
#91Dean104US #133
#92Leon104US #78
#93Glen101US #115
#94Edmund100US #160
#95Milton97US #88
#96Willard97US #106
#97Sam95US #102
#98Everett94US #120
#99Harvey91US #94
#100Rudolph91US #110

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑27Ronald#40
↑19Donna#60
↑17Jacqueline#77
↑16Theresa#54
↑16Billy#44
↑15Delores#78
↑13Janet#84
↑12Marilyn#16

Falling

↓19Leona#97
↓15Violet#72
↓15Ray#70
↓14Loretta#63
↓14Victor#88
↓14Sam#97
↓13Ernest#61
↓13Leo#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.