State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 97,541 Illinois births in 1933 across 1,068 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#98Laverneoutside the national top 200
#82Pat#160 nationally
#64Diane#134 nationally
#91Charlene#156 nationally
#41Rosemary#102 nationally
#51Carole#107 nationally
#92Sandra#145 nationally
#54Jerome#105 nationally
#76Jackie#123 nationally
#73Judith#119 nationally
#52Darlene#96 nationally
#72Eileen#115 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,754US #1
#2Barbara1,720US #3
#3Patricia1,518US #6
#4Betty1,490US #2
#5Joan1,416US #5
#6Dorothy1,103US #4
#7Shirley1,011US #9
#8Marilyn929US #16
#9Nancy774US #11
#10Carol754US #20
#11Dolores740US #21
#12Margaret688US #7
#13Helen682US #8
#14Joyce682US #12
#15Jean648US #14
#16Doris596US #10
#17Lois593US #19
#18Phyllis575US #28
#19Donna547US #24
#20Ruth540US #13
#21Norma508US #23
#22Virginia503US #15
#23Alice428US #22
#24Beverly412US #26
#25Geraldine387US #42
#26Janet370US #25
#27Frances368US #18
#28Marlene347US #50
#29Rose347US #35
#30Elizabeth341US #17
#31Gloria339US #31
#32Arlene334US #74
#33Rita328US #53
#34Joanne321US #56
#35Anna311US #29
#36Marjorie304US #41
#37Evelyn302US #30
#38Lorraine301US #54
#39Delores297US #52
#40June292US #45
#41Rosemary279US #102
#42Elaine265US #61
#43Audrey263US #59
#44Ann262US #34
#45Marie256US #33
#46Eleanor252US #38
#47Carolyn251US #40
#48Irene251US #46
#49Jane245US #47
#50Mildred242US #32
#51Carole237US #107
#52Darlene225US #96
#53Loretta225US #87
#54Jacqueline221US #86
#55Catherine220US #44
#56Charlotte219US #79
#57Florence219US #49
#58Martha217US #27
#59Joann205US #72
#60Louise197US #39
#61Kathleen186US #77
#62Wanda186US #48
#63Peggy183US #36
#64Diane174US #134
#65Sally174US #76
#66Theresa172US #70
#67Wilma171US #66
#68Josephine169US #62
#69Grace168US #69
#70Marian166US #89
#71Juanita162US #63
#72Eileen157US #115
#73Judith157US #119
#74Marion157US #73
#75Lillian155US #51
#76Patsy152US #65
#77Lucille144US #78
#78Roberta141US #112
#79Jeanette137US #103
#80Vivian136US #98
#81Bernice135US #83
#82Pat135US #160
#83Constance133US #105
#84Jeanne132US #125
#85Esther130US #88
#86Sylvia130US #84
#87Bonnie129US #68
#88Pauline122US #64
#89Janice121US #81
#90Anne118US #85
#91Charlene118US #156
#92Sandra118US #145
#93Edna116US #55
#94Kathryn113US #108
#95Elsie111US #99
#96Jo108US #90
#97Edith104US #80
#98Laverne103
#99Ellen102US #104
#100Violet100US #136

Boys

#1Robert3,505US #1
#2John2,707US #3
#3James2,575US #2
#4Richard2,297US #5
#5Donald2,263US #7
#6William2,099US #4
#7Charles1,452US #6
#8Ronald1,185US #12
#9George995US #8
#10Thomas975US #10
#11Joseph858US #9
#12Edward842US #11
#13Kenneth733US #15
#14Jack647US #17
#15Frank636US #16
#16Raymond598US #19
#17Paul596US #14
#18Harold576US #18
#19David573US #13
#20Gerald558US #22
#21Eugene447US #23
#22Walter412US #21
#23Jerry397US #31
#24Arthur387US #25
#25Carl346US #28
#26Ralph346US #29
#27Wayne324US #52
#28Fred305US #34
#29Norman302US #37
#30Leonard295US #47
#31Henry291US #24
#32Albert274US #30
#33Roger274US #48
#34Howard267US #36
#35Lawrence267US #38
#36Harry265US #35
#37Daniel260US #42
#38Michael257US #53
#39Roy242US #39
#40Earl225US #41
#41Louis225US #40
#42Anthony224US #46
#43Don223US #54
#44Stanley222US #55
#45Dale220US #65
#46Bill215US #59
#47Marvin214US #44
#48Leroy213US #56
#49Clarence212US #43
#50Bernard211US #63
#51Peter204US #60
#52Joe195US #27
#53Herbert194US #49
#54Jerome188US #105
#55Bob187US #82
#56Larry187US #58
#57Francis185US #45
#58Franklin184US #33
#59Melvin182US #51
#60Billy181US #20
#61Russell181US #67
#62Gene172US #66
#63Martin158US #89
#64Ray156US #62
#65Gordon149US #71
#66Vernon137US #83
#67Theodore134US #68
#68Edwin133US #77
#69Patrick133US #110
#70Alfred130US #57
#71Philip127US #70
#72Glenn125US #74
#73Bruce124US #91
#74Ernest124US #50
#75Andrew123US #76
#76Jackie123US #123
#77Jim121US #98
#78Lloyd115US #73
#79Tom113US #117
#80Frederick112US #78
#81Floyd109US #69
#82Allen107US #84
#83Warren107US #99
#84Elmer106US #101
#85Samuel105US #61
#86Bobby101US #26
#87Alvin100US #88
#88Clifford100US #86
#89Lee100US #79
#90Leo100US #75
#91Gilbert98US #104
#92Vincent96US #94
#93Alan93US #122
#94Phillip93US #125
#95Dean90US #128
#96Glen88US #124
#97Leon88US #85
#98Duane87US #102
#99Lester85US #108
#100Sam84US #121

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑49Carole#51
↑23Judith#73
↑19Kathleen#61
↑15Irene#48
↑14Janet#26
↑14Darlene#52
↑13Marlene#28
↑13Andrew#75

Falling

↓21Leo#90
↓16Bonnie#87
↓15Edith#97
↓14Billy#60
↓14Ernest#74
↓14Elmer#84
↓13Bobby#86
↓12Marion#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.