State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 106,642 Illinois births in 1931 across 1,147 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#78Laverne#176 nationally
#67Darlene#128 nationally
#84Jackie#142 nationally
#88Phillip#141 nationally
#38Rosemary#88 nationally
#50Marlene#95 nationally
#51Loretta#96 nationally
#82Dean#127 nationally
#33Arlene#77 nationally
#88Violet#132 nationally
#100Harriet#143 nationally
#63Jerome#103 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,119US #1
#2Betty1,900US #2
#3Barbara1,554US #4
#4Joan1,514US #5
#5Patricia1,425US #8
#6Dorothy1,420US #3
#7Shirley1,174US #9
#8Dolores1,114US #14
#9Marilyn970US #19
#10Helen897US #6
#11Margaret811US #7
#12Jean706US #13
#13Ruth702US #11
#14Lois700US #20
#15Virginia668US #12
#16Nancy660US #17
#17Doris651US #10
#18Norma608US #22
#19Phyllis536US #29
#20Gloria535US #23
#21Joyce519US #15
#22Donna491US #32
#23Alice489US #21
#24Lorraine471US #49
#25Evelyn445US #24
#26Rose437US #30
#27Frances431US #18
#28Carol430US #46
#29Geraldine428US #38
#30Beverly411US #31
#31Elizabeth389US #16
#32Anna383US #25
#33Arlene368US #77
#34Rita365US #48
#35Marjorie364US #34
#36Joanne354US #68
#37Marie351US #27
#38Rosemary343US #88
#39Elaine342US #72
#40Delores329US #58
#41June320US #44
#42Eleanor307US #40
#43Irene306US #37
#44Mildred298US #26
#45Florence282US #43
#46Catherine268US #36
#47Janet266US #45
#48Jacqueline257US #78
#49Jane254US #50
#50Marlene254US #95
#51Loretta252US #96
#52Ann251US #35
#53Martha251US #28
#54Audrey246US #64
#55Charlotte240US #75
#56Lillian240US #47
#57Wilma237US #69
#58Theresa230US #59
#59Wanda227US #54
#60Louise223US #33
#61Jeanne220US #98
#62Lucille213US #62
#63Marian210US #84
#64Carolyn206US #60
#65Joann206US #90
#66Marion206US #66
#67Darlene201US #128
#68Josephine198US #51
#69Juanita195US #57
#70Eileen194US #106
#71Vivian183US #82
#72Bernice174US #63
#73Esther174US #79
#74Peggy174US #42
#75Grace164US #70
#76Edna161US #52
#77Clara151US #61
#78Laverne149US #176
#79Edith146US #65
#80Pauline145US #56
#81Bonnie144US #73
#82Gladys142US #55
#83Jeanette142US #105
#84Patsy141US #83
#85Sally128US #97
#86Thelma128US #53
#87Elsie127US #86
#88Violet126US #132
#89Anne125US #80
#90Kathryn124US #108
#91Katherine123US #92
#92Roberta122US #121
#93Constance121US #118
#94Ellen120US #99
#95Vera117US #111
#96Janice112US #104
#97Anita111US #117
#98Kathleen111US #87
#99Ruby111US #39
#100Harriet110US #143

Boys

#1Robert4,231US #1
#2John3,045US #3
#3James2,664US #2
#4Richard2,441US #5
#5William2,430US #4
#6Donald2,423US #7
#7Charles1,536US #6
#8George1,132US #8
#9Edward1,033US #11
#10Joseph1,024US #9
#11Thomas990US #10
#12Kenneth765US #14
#13Jack708US #15
#14Raymond703US #17
#15Frank696US #16
#16Ronald686US #27
#17Harold656US #18
#18David654US #13
#19Paul640US #12
#20Eugene587US #21
#21Walter477US #20
#22Arthur461US #23
#23Gerald437US #26
#24Ralph427US #25
#25Carl369US #28
#26Wayne353US #58
#27Albert346US #24
#28Henry340US #22
#29Norman330US #36
#30Lawrence327US #38
#31Harry326US #30
#32Daniel305US #44
#33Howard298US #34
#34Louis298US #37
#35Fred296US #33
#36Leonard281US #48
#37Roger275US #53
#38Stanley260US #49
#39Roy259US #35
#40Jerry257US #43
#41Clarence252US #39
#42Earl251US #40
#43Herbert247US #41
#44Michael245US #55
#45Marvin241US #45
#46Billy238US #19
#47Anthony236US #46
#48Dale235US #62
#49Joe230US #29
#50Francis220US #42
#51Russell218US #63
#52Don216US #59
#53Peter216US #61
#54Bernard211US #54
#55Leroy208US #52
#56Edwin198US #67
#57Gene198US #64
#58Melvin197US #51
#59Bill180US #57
#60Glenn180US #72
#61Leo173US #69
#62Bob171US #78
#63Jerome160US #103
#64Philip155US #71
#65Ernest154US #47
#66Alfred151US #50
#67Allen147US #79
#68Clifford144US #75
#69Elmer143US #82
#70Martin141US #91
#71Theodore141US #70
#72Gordon138US #76
#73Lloyd138US #68
#74Floyd135US #66
#75Ray135US #60
#76Bobby125US #32
#77Andrew120US #65
#78Gilbert120US #92
#79Lester119US #96
#80Vernon117US #74
#81Victor117US #109
#82Dean114US #127
#83Bruce109US #101
#84Jackie109US #142
#85Sam108US #118
#86Warren108US #100
#87Larry107US #88
#88Phillip105US #141
#89Samuel104US #56
#90Tom104US #125
#91Frederick102US #73
#92Maurice101US #117
#93Patrick101US #111
#94Herman100US #83
#95Alvin99US #80
#96Arnold99US #98
#97Clyde94US #77
#98Vincent93US #86
#99Duane91US #104
#100Chester90US #106

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑40Arlene#33
↑22Wayne#26
↑16Joann#65
↑14Donna#22
↑14Jane#49
↑14Patsy#84
↑14Bruce#83
↑12Allen#67

Falling

↓17Bernard#54
↓17Frederick#91
↓16Josephine#68
↓15Alvin#95
↓14Gladys#82
↓14Sally#85
↓13Jeanette#83
↓13Arnold#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.