State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 102,217 Illinois births in 1932 across 1,120 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#98Laverne#199 nationally
#74Diane#142 nationally
#42Rosemary#100 nationally
#66Darlene#122 nationally
#100Carole#151 nationally
#82Jackie#130 nationally
#96Judith#144 nationally
#34Arlene#80 nationally
#61Jerome#107 nationally
#49Loretta#89 nationally
#76Tom#116 nationally
#94Phillip#134 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,905US #1
#2Barbara1,731US #3
#3Betty1,582US #2
#4Joan1,577US #5
#5Patricia1,523US #6
#6Dorothy1,295US #4
#7Shirley1,051US #9
#8Marilyn1,018US #16
#9Dolores910US #18
#10Helen773US #8
#11Nancy739US #13
#12Margaret736US #7
#13Lois657US #20
#14Jean644US #15
#15Joyce641US #12
#16Ruth605US #11
#17Doris603US #10
#18Carol599US #32
#19Norma591US #22
#20Virginia586US #14
#21Donna577US #29
#22Phyllis565US #30
#23Gloria472US #25
#24Geraldine467US #42
#25Beverly443US #28
#26Alice425US #21
#27Frances401US #19
#28Evelyn389US #23
#29Rose379US #33
#30Anna354US #24
#31Elizabeth353US #17
#32Joanne339US #62
#33Marjorie339US #37
#34Arlene334US #80
#35Rita329US #53
#36Marie327US #31
#37Lorraine321US #55
#38Delores316US #56
#39June308US #44
#40Janet302US #35
#41Marlene294US #78
#42Rosemary288US #100
#43Elaine276US #68
#44Mildred272US #26
#45Ann268US #34
#46Audrey265US #61
#47Martha248US #27
#48Catherine244US #39
#49Loretta238US #89
#50Eleanor236US #45
#51Charlotte228US #74
#52Florence227US #47
#53Carolyn222US #46
#54Jane221US #49
#55Theresa221US #60
#56Joann212US #79
#57Jacqueline209US #85
#58Wanda202US #52
#59Louise200US #36
#60Wilma200US #65
#61Josephine195US #57
#62Marion195US #73
#63Irene193US #43
#64Marian188US #86
#65Peggy188US #40
#66Darlene178US #122
#67Juanita178US #58
#68Grace176US #72
#69Lillian171US #48
#70Lucille170US #63
#71Bonnie161US #64
#72Clara158US #70
#73Esther155US #82
#74Diane154US #142
#75Sally154US #84
#76Bernice153US #71
#77Eileen153US #114
#78Patsy152US #77
#79Anita144US #116
#80Kathleen144US #83
#81Constance141US #99
#82Edith140US #69
#83Jeanette136US #106
#84Roberta135US #109
#85Vivian135US #90
#86Gladys130US #54
#87Jeanne130US #112
#88Edna128US #50
#89Anne126US #81
#90Pauline126US #59
#91Ruby124US #38
#92Janice123US #94
#93Sylvia122US #96
#94Katherine120US #95
#95Ellen119US #104
#96Judith119US #144
#97Kathryn114US #107
#98Laverne109US #199
#99Thelma108US #51
#100Carole107US #151

Boys

#1Robert3,832US #1
#2John2,758US #3
#3James2,471US #2
#4Donald2,422US #7
#5William2,351US #4
#6Richard2,304US #5
#7Charles1,646US #6
#8George1,085US #8
#9Ronald1,073US #16
#10Edward1,044US #11
#11Joseph983US #9
#12Thomas913US #10
#13Kenneth765US #14
#14Paul681US #13
#15Raymond669US #19
#16Frank643US #15
#17Jack631US #17
#18David608US #12
#19Harold588US #18
#20Gerald536US #24
#21Eugene485US #22
#22Walter464US #21
#23Arthur390US #25
#24Carl357US #28
#25Ralph352US #27
#26Norman333US #37
#27Fred332US #33
#28Harry326US #32
#29Henry320US #23
#30Lawrence320US #35
#31Albert306US #26
#32Jerry305US #34
#33Wayne297US #57
#34Daniel293US #42
#35Roger287US #50
#36Howard283US #36
#37Leonard279US #48
#38Louis268US #39
#39Michael266US #54
#40Dale241US #61
#41Don236US #55
#42Earl231US #41
#43Clarence228US #40
#44Marvin227US #46
#45Anthony224US #45
#46Billy223US #20
#47Stanley217US #52
#48Peter216US #62
#49Roy215US #38
#50Bernard203US #60
#51Herbert203US #44
#52Leroy203US #53
#53Russell198US #63
#54Gene197US #64
#55Joe197US #29
#56Bill195US #58
#57Melvin189US #51
#58Bob178US #79
#59Francis174US #43
#60Ernest170US #47
#61Jerome168US #107
#62Ray158US #59
#63Larry154US #65
#64Edwin153US #72
#65Theodore149US #67
#66Gordon145US #81
#67Lloyd145US #71
#68Glenn140US #77
#69Leo139US #74
#70Elmer137US #94
#71Martin135US #88
#72Alfred132US #49
#73Bobby129US #30
#74Bruce129US #98
#75Philip129US #70
#76Tom128US #116
#77Clifford121US #84
#78Vernon118US #78
#79Patrick117US #114
#80Frederick114US #73
#81Alvin113US #87
#82Jackie113US #130
#83Jim113US #104
#84Allen112US #80
#85Arnold111US #100
#86Dean111US #123
#87Floyd111US #68
#88Andrew109US #69
#89Warren107US #102
#90Samuel104US #56
#91Alan100US #127
#92Dennis97US #121
#93Lester97US #101
#94Phillip94US #134
#95Gilbert93US #97
#96Sam91US #120
#97Vincent89US #93
#98Glen86US #118
#99Harvey85US #95
#100Leon85US #83

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑24Larry#63
↑18Anita#79
↑18Kathleen#80
↑14Tom#76
↑14Patrick#79
↑14Alvin#81
↑13Ray#62
↑12Constance#81

Falling

↓26Jeanne#87
↓20Irene#63
↓20Laverne#98
↓17Allen#84
↓17Gilbert#95
↓14Vivian#85
↓14Lester#93
↓13Lorraine#37

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.