State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 114,941 Illinois births in 1928 across 1,211 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#62Laverne#165 nationally
#99Darlene#176 nationally
#59Loretta#123 nationally
#86Joanne#142 nationally
#34Rosemary#88 nationally
#87Harriet#133 nationally
#83Jeanette#126 nationally
#68Jerome#110 nationally
#92Patrick#132 nationally
#63Eileen#102 nationally
#95Genevieve#134 nationally
#75Violet#113 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,416US #1
#2Betty2,316US #2
#3Dorothy2,014US #3
#4Dolores1,355US #20
#5Helen1,281US #4
#6Shirley1,272US #10
#7Patricia1,060US #11
#8Margaret984US #5
#9Barbara956US #8
#10Ruth943US #6
#11Doris871US #7
#12Virginia852US #9
#13Lois793US #18
#14Lorraine783US #39
#15Jean719US #12
#16Marilyn710US #38
#17Norma697US #23
#18Joan635US #27
#19Rose554US #24
#20Evelyn546US #17
#21Phyllis542US #26
#22Alice529US #19
#23Anna519US #16
#24Mildred507US #15
#25Frances504US #13
#26Gloria487US #25
#27Marjorie482US #29
#28Florence455US #32
#29Marie452US #21
#30Irene436US #28
#31Elizabeth427US #14
#32June417US #44
#33Eleanor390US #36
#34Rosemary386US #88
#35Elaine382US #68
#36Beverly379US #46
#37Geraldine373US #50
#38Lillian356US #35
#39Marion342US #47
#40Rita341US #57
#41Joyce338US #30
#42Nancy328US #43
#43Catherine322US #33
#44Audrey318US #60
#45Martha304US #22
#46Josephine301US #42
#47Lucille295US #51
#48Donna293US #61
#49Bernice292US #53
#50Marian283US #71
#51Carol282US #77
#52Wilma272US #69
#53Louise270US #31
#54Theresa268US #49
#55Charlotte266US #72
#56Wanda263US #63
#57Delores261US #94
#58Grace258US #52
#59Loretta257US #123
#60Jeanne249US #90
#61Ann225US #54
#62Laverne225US #165
#63Eileen224US #102
#64Jane223US #62
#65Juanita223US #58
#66Esther220US #66
#67Gladys219US #41
#68Vivian207US #78
#69Jacqueline199US #97
#70Pauline196US #48
#71Edna195US #45
#72Thelma181US #40
#73Edith173US #56
#74Clara171US #65
#75Violet170US #113
#76Ethel169US #55
#77Katherine164US #75
#78Ruby163US #34
#79Kathleen162US #82
#80Kathryn162US #99
#81Elsie160US #73
#82Maxine158US #84
#83Jeanette157US #126
#84Vera156US #92
#85Carolyn154US #91
#86Joanne145US #142
#87Harriet144US #133
#88Arlene143US #106
#89Gertrude142US #86
#90Janet142US #95
#91Leona141US #122
#92Peggy141US #76
#93Sylvia141US #119
#94Ramona140US #117
#95Genevieve136US #134
#96Bonnie133US #89
#97Anne130US #93
#98Roberta126US #127
#99Darlene121US #176
#100Ellen121US #98

Boys

#1Robert4,458US #1
#2John3,290US #2
#3William2,785US #4
#4James2,379US #3
#5Richard2,272US #6
#6Donald2,128US #7
#7Charles1,653US #5
#8George1,381US #8
#9Edward1,323US #10
#10Joseph1,233US #9
#11Frank889US #12
#12Thomas855US #11
#13Raymond850US #16
#14Kenneth838US #17
#15Harold835US #14
#16Jack745US #15
#17Eugene717US #20
#18Paul687US #13
#19Walter658US #18
#20Arthur539US #22
#21Ralph528US #24
#22Harry477US #26
#23David467US #19
#24Albert446US #23
#25Henry435US #21
#26Carl382US #28
#27Fred380US #36
#28Howard376US #31
#29Leonard373US #42
#30Ronald367US #50
#31Norman366US #39
#32Herbert363US #25
#33Lawrence362US #38
#34Louis359US #32
#35Earl334US #37
#36Roy327US #34
#37Clarence324US #35
#38Gerald301US #41
#39Bernard300US #49
#40Marvin277US #46
#41Billy274US #27
#42Joe267US #30
#43Anthony266US #44
#44Melvin260US #48
#45Francis253US #40
#46Russell252US #55
#47Peter250US #56
#48Michael249US #53
#49Daniel242US #47
#50Alfred239US #33
#51Leroy239US #51
#52Stanley239US #45
#53Ernest230US #43
#54Edwin228US #58
#55Wayne227US #69
#56Dale223US #75
#57Roger217US #71
#58Gene211US #62
#59Theodore203US #66
#60Elmer195US #63
#61Bill190US #64
#62Martin187US #83
#63Glenn185US #76
#64Leo184US #61
#65Floyd172US #54
#66Bob171US #95
#67Lloyd170US #59
#68Jerome168US #110
#69Jerry168US #79
#70Don164US #84
#71Ray164US #57
#72Clifford155US #68
#73Chester152US #88
#74Andrew151US #60
#75Warren149US #85
#76Vernon148US #70
#77Philip142US #73
#78Lester140US #89
#79Samuel140US #52
#80Alvin136US #72
#81Frederick122US #67
#82Vincent121US #82
#83Victor115US #99
#84Bobby114US #65
#85Gilbert114US #96
#86Gordon114US #77
#87Allen109US #93
#88Arnold107US #98
#89Glen107US #115
#90Herman106US #78
#91Everett104US #123
#92Patrick103US #132
#93Sam103US #109
#94Lee99US #87
#95Maurice94US #119
#96Milton93US #92
#97Harvey92US #90
#98Leslie91US #128
#99Leon89US #81
#100Clyde87US #74

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑21Delores#57
↑21Kathleen#79
↑21Roger#57
↑20Carol#51
↑18Audrey#44
↑17Nancy#42
↑17Herbert#32
↑14Carolyn#85

Falling

↓22Genevieve#95
↓20Stanley#52
↓17Esther#66
↓17Chester#73
↓15Gertrude#89
↓13Frederick#81
↓13Clyde#100
↓10Ann#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.