State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 100,363 Illinois births in 1934 across 1,065 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#50Diane#124 nationally
#91Pat#162 nationally
#90Charlene#151 nationally
#51Rosemary#111 nationally
#92Sharon#150 nationally
#37Carole#89 nationally
#94Kay#143 nationally
#61Jerome#107 nationally
#47Darlene#90 nationally
#66Patrick#109 nationally
#70Phillip#113 nationally
#89Jeanne#131 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,670US #1
#2Barbara1,903US #3
#3Patricia1,556US #6
#4Shirley1,448US #4
#5Joan1,385US #7
#6Betty1,306US #2
#7Dorothy1,058US #5
#8Marilyn964US #17
#9Carol944US #14
#10Nancy870US #10
#11Margaret703US #8
#12Donna694US #23
#13Dolores693US #26
#14Joyce672US #12
#15Helen587US #9
#16Jean572US #16
#17Phyllis570US #28
#18Lois545US #20
#19Doris540US #11
#20Beverly514US #22
#21Virginia509US #15
#22Ruth503US #13
#23Norma462US #24
#24Arlene455US #53
#25Alice431US #25
#26Janet396US #21
#27Joanne387US #45
#28Geraldine383US #43
#29Frances363US #19
#30Gloria351US #30
#31Elizabeth344US #18
#32Rose326US #37
#33Evelyn322US #29
#34Carolyn311US #33
#35Joann301US #50
#36Marlene301US #57
#37Carole297US #89
#38Marjorie297US #41
#39Elaine292US #54
#40Lorraine289US #56
#41Marie278US #34
#42Delores276US #51
#43Ann266US #32
#44Anna266US #31
#45Rita265US #63
#46Audrey263US #69
#47Darlene258US #90
#48June258US #46
#49Loretta246US #83
#50Diane245US #124
#51Rosemary241US #111
#52Charlotte231US #72
#53Martha231US #27
#54Eleanor225US #44
#55Jacqueline214US #80
#56Jane214US #48
#57Judith212US #94
#58Louise212US #40
#59Catherine211US #42
#60Sandra208US #93
#61Florence203US #61
#62Theresa200US #77
#63Mildred197US #35
#64Sally197US #62
#65Josephine195US #60
#66Irene188US #49
#67Peggy188US #36
#68Bonnie176US #58
#69Roberta176US #104
#70Kathleen175US #74
#71Patsy175US #59
#72Wanda173US #47
#73Wilma170US #73
#74Janice169US #68
#75Lillian168US #52
#76Sylvia167US #70
#77Eileen164US #109
#78Marion163US #86
#79Juanita156US #64
#80Marian146US #97
#81Vivian144US #98
#82Esther140US #91
#83Grace140US #79
#84Jo140US #75
#85Jeanette137US #106
#86Lucille136US #84
#87Anne134US #88
#88Bernice123US #82
#89Jeanne119US #131
#90Charlene116US #151
#91Pat114US #162
#92Sharon113US #150
#93Constance112US #117
#94Kay112US #143
#95Ethel110US #78
#96Pauline110US #71
#97Kathryn107US #108
#98Susan106US #138
#99Ruby104US #39
#100Edna102US #55

Boys

#1Robert3,571US #1
#2John2,746US #3
#3James2,657US #2
#4Richard2,486US #5
#5Donald2,439US #6
#6William2,048US #4
#7Charles1,511US #7
#8Ronald1,396US #11
#9George999US #8
#10Thomas969US #9
#11Edward901US #13
#12Joseph890US #10
#13Kenneth767US #15
#14David743US #12
#15Jack688US #17
#16Paul623US #14
#17Frank618US #16
#18Raymond599US #19
#19Gerald536US #22
#20Harold517US #18
#21Walter455US #21
#22Eugene419US #24
#23Ralph406US #31
#24Jerry388US #25
#25Carl373US #28
#26Arthur359US #29
#27Fred355US #33
#28Roger345US #39
#29Norman321US #38
#30Wayne317US #48
#31Howard311US #37
#32Lawrence310US #34
#33Larry283US #43
#34Daniel274US #42
#35Michael265US #47
#36Leonard264US #53
#37Don260US #50
#38Henry260US #27
#39Albert257US #32
#40Harry256US #36
#41Earl236US #41
#42Roy236US #35
#43Louis235US #40
#44Anthony222US #52
#45Marvin222US #44
#46Bill213US #59
#47Leroy209US #54
#48Bernard208US #65
#49Dale206US #62
#50Stanley206US #58
#51Melvin197US #55
#52Billy185US #20
#53Gene185US #67
#54Peter184US #61
#55Russell183US #70
#56Joe181US #26
#57Herbert179US #57
#58Bruce174US #78
#59Bob171US #75
#60Philip171US #69
#61Jerome164US #107
#62Gordon163US #71
#63Francis162US #49
#64Clarence159US #45
#65Jim153US #90
#66Patrick152US #109
#67Gary145US #60
#68Ernest143US #51
#69Edwin141US #80
#70Phillip136US #113
#71Franklin133US #46
#72Martin132US #91
#73Ray130US #63
#74Tom130US #112
#75Warren125US #96
#76Lloyd121US #82
#77Theodore120US #74
#78Dennis119US #95
#79Leo119US #86
#80Andrew116US #76
#81Frederick116US #77
#82Glenn116US #81
#83Alfred113US #64
#84Allen112US #88
#85Arnold110US #105
#86Floyd109US #73
#87Alan102US #124
#88Alvin102US #93
#89Clifford101US #85
#90Vernon100US #89
#91Lester95US #110
#92Bobby94US #23
#93Elmer94US #108
#94Lee93US #79
#95Dean87US #118
#96Duane86US #104
#97Vincent84US #101
#98Herman83US #97
#99Jackie83US #114
#100Samuel82US #66

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑32Sandra#60
↑24Joann#35
↑24Phillip#70
↑23Larry#33
↑19Bonnie#68
↑16Judith#57
↑15Janice#74
↑15Bruce#58

Falling

↓24Vernon#90
↓23Jackie#99
↓18Irene#66
↓15Clarence#64
↓15Samuel#100
↓14Grace#83
↓13Mildred#63
↓13Franklin#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.