State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 115,085 Illinois births in 1930 across 1,185 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#95Norbertoutside the national top 200
#77Laverne#178 nationally
#75Darlene#141 nationally
#28Rosemary#82 nationally
#90Genevieve#143 nationally
#60Loretta#105 nationally
#65Eileen#110 nationally
#65Jerome#105 nationally
#90Dean#129 nationally
#82Violet#120 nationally
#81Joann#118 nationally
#70Jeanette#106 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,442US #1
#2Betty2,263US #2
#3Dorothy1,738US #3
#4Dolores1,461US #13
#5Patricia1,441US #7
#6Joan1,297US #8
#7Barbara1,287US #6
#8Shirley1,234US #11
#9Helen1,075US #4
#10Marilyn1,008US #22
#11Margaret897US #5
#12Lois844US #17
#13Ruth791US #10
#14Virginia777US #12
#15Jean753US #14
#16Doris752US #9
#17Norma700US #25
#18Phyllis625US #28
#19Lorraine608US #46
#20Nancy591US #24
#21Alice584US #20
#22Rose494US #29
#23Joyce487US #18
#24Frances479US #16
#25Evelyn476US #19
#26Gloria443US #30
#27Carol437US #54
#28Rosemary432US #82
#29Elizabeth427US #15
#30Anna425US #23
#31Geraldine425US #43
#32Marjorie424US #32
#33Marie412US #26
#34Beverly409US #34
#35Rita400US #42
#36Donna390US #37
#37Irene382US #33
#38Mildred369US #21
#39Elaine362US #69
#40June351US #47
#41Florence348US #38
#42Eleanor347US #39
#43Delores332US #66
#44Lillian313US #44
#45Catherine307US #35
#46Joanne288US #81
#47Martha283US #27
#48Theresa282US #50
#49Charlotte278US #75
#50Louise269US #31
#51Audrey268US #63
#52Josephine267US #49
#53Wanda266US #56
#54Marion263US #60
#55Wilma253US #68
#56Janet250US #53
#57Ann247US #41
#58Jacqueline244US #74
#59Lucille237US #59
#60Loretta236US #105
#61Marian233US #80
#62Bernice219US #58
#63Jane212US #55
#64Carolyn210US #72
#65Eileen202US #110
#66Jeanne200US #92
#67Grace198US #62
#68Gladys186US #48
#69Juanita178US #57
#70Jeanette176US #106
#71Sally172US #98
#72Clara169US #64
#73Arlene167US #103
#74Pauline167US #52
#75Darlene162US #141
#76Esther162US #77
#77Laverne160US #178
#78Edna159US #51
#79Vivian159US #91
#80Edith157US #61
#81Joann156US #118
#82Violet153US #120
#83Kathryn151US #101
#84Peggy147US #67
#85Bonnie146US #78
#86Vera146US #104
#87Katherine143US #85
#88Kathleen142US #84
#89Elsie141US #88
#90Genevieve141US #143
#91Roberta141US #125
#92Thelma141US #45
#93Ethel135US #65
#94Maxine135US #93
#95Ruby133US #36
#96Anne131US #83
#97Anita128US #115
#98Patsy122US #97
#99Sylvia120US #132
#100Beatrice116US #76

Boys

#1Robert4,673US #1
#2John3,178US #3
#3James2,732US #2
#4William2,727US #4
#5Donald2,503US #7
#6Richard2,454US #5
#7Charles1,736US #6
#8George1,311US #8
#9Joseph1,157US #9
#10Edward1,141US #10
#11Thomas934US #11
#12Frank845US #13
#13Raymond811US #16
#14Kenneth788US #17
#15Jack752US #14
#16Harold748US #18
#17Paul664US #12
#18David644US #15
#19Eugene638US #21
#20Ronald587US #37
#21Walter554US #19
#22Arthur519US #23
#23Ralph483US #25
#24Gerald442US #30
#25Howard430US #31
#26Henry416US #22
#27Carl412US #26
#28Harry410US #28
#29Albert406US #24
#30Lawrence370US #36
#31Louis363US #34
#32Norman346US #40
#33Fred336US #32
#34Earl333US #38
#35Leonard325US #45
#36Roy294US #33
#37Bernard293US #52
#38Stanley292US #49
#39Anthony278US #44
#40Billy275US #20
#41Daniel275US #47
#42Herbert270US #35
#43Jerry265US #51
#44Clarence263US #39
#45Michael260US #54
#46Dale252US #64
#47Roger252US #58
#48Wayne246US #65
#49Joe238US #27
#50Marvin235US #48
#51Francis231US #42
#52Melvin226US #50
#53Leroy223US #53
#54Peter220US #56
#55Alfred215US #46
#56Bill214US #59
#57Russell204US #60
#58Edwin194US #66
#59Theodore184US #67
#60Glenn178US #71
#61Bob177US #88
#62Don177US #68
#63Ernest177US #43
#64Gene168US #70
#65Jerome162US #105
#66Ray159US #57
#67Elmer157US #80
#68Leo155US #63
#69Bobby147US #41
#70Clifford147US #73
#71Gordon144US #77
#72Lloyd142US #69
#73Andrew139US #62
#74Frederick139US #74
#75Philip135US #75
#76Lester133US #95
#77Vernon133US #72
#78Warren133US #96
#79Allen129US #85
#80Alvin129US #79
#81Martin128US #83
#82Floyd127US #61
#83Arnold120US #98
#84Patrick120US #118
#85Victor120US #100
#86Herman118US #78
#87Gilbert117US #90
#88Chester115US #103
#89Clyde110US #76
#90Dean104US #129
#91Sam103US #110
#92Glen100US #114
#93Milton100US #93
#94Samuel100US #55
#95Norbert96
#96Vincent96US #84
#97Bruce95US #109
#98Harvey94US #92
#99Everett93US #134
#100Leon93US #81

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑20Jeanette#70
↑19Janet#56
↑19Carolyn#64
↑18Joann#81
↑16Sally#71
↑13Joanne#46
↑13Jerry#43
↑12Kathleen#88

Falling

↓19Thelma#92
↓18Chester#88
↓16Ethel#93
↓15Florence#41
↓14Ruby#95
↓13Leroy#53
↓12Laverne#77
↓11Marion#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.