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Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 102,365 Illinois births in 1935 across 1,113 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#78Judy#143 nationally
#84Charlene#146 nationally
#48Diane#109 nationally
#92Pat#150 nationally
#41Rosemary#97 nationally
#47Carole#93 nationally
#49Darlene#91 nationally
#54Jerome#96 nationally
#58Sharon#96 nationally
#96Jeanne#133 nationally
#23Arlene#59 nationally
#74Tom#110 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,568US #1
#2Shirley2,458US #2
#3Barbara1,942US #3
#4Patricia1,615US #5
#5Joan1,312US #7
#6Betty1,135US #4
#7Carol1,060US #11
#8Marilyn994US #14
#9Nancy983US #9
#10Dorothy958US #6
#11Joyce729US #12
#12Donna701US #23
#13Margaret696US #8
#14Dolores642US #26
#15Helen568US #10
#16Phyllis566US #27
#17Virginia533US #16
#18Lois519US #21
#19Jean517US #18
#20Doris504US #13
#21Beverly485US #20
#22Ruth480US #15
#23Arlene437US #59
#24Norma430US #29
#25Marlene427US #39
#26Alice424US #25
#27Janet395US #22
#28Geraldine363US #40
#29Joanne360US #44
#30Frances346US #19
#31Evelyn326US #31
#32Gloria326US #32
#33Carolyn322US #28
#34Sandra322US #50
#35Elizabeth316US #17
#36Elaine315US #51
#37Judith312US #54
#38Rose304US #37
#39Ann300US #30
#40Rita286US #63
#41Rosemary274US #97
#42Joann258US #53
#43Delores253US #57
#44Loretta253US #69
#45Marie252US #33
#46Lorraine251US #68
#47Carole248US #93
#48Diane245US #109
#49Darlene244US #91
#50Janice242US #47
#51Martha239US #24
#52Audrey238US #64
#53Jacqueline238US #79
#54Marjorie231US #46
#55June227US #55
#56Jane224US #43
#57Roberta223US #77
#58Sharon221US #96
#59Anna220US #34
#60Eleanor217US #48
#61Charlotte210US #65
#62Kathleen210US #71
#63Catherine206US #42
#64Sally197US #58
#65Mildred191US #35
#66Louise187US #45
#67Wilma183US #70
#68Florence182US #74
#69Patsy181US #56
#70Irene180US #52
#71Theresa177US #86
#72Bonnie176US #62
#73Josephine169US #75
#74Eileen164US #108
#75Wanda161US #49
#76Marian155US #105
#77Peggy146US #36
#78Judy141US #143
#79Grace138US #83
#80Lucille137US #85
#81Marion136US #88
#82Lillian134US #66
#83Jo132US #73
#84Charlene131US #146
#85Juanita130US #72
#86Kathryn129US #111
#87Sylvia127US #60
#88Yvonne127US #98
#89Esther126US #94
#90Anita124US #119
#91Jeanette124US #104
#92Pat123US #150
#93Ellen120US #95
#94Gail116US #127
#95Susan115US #126
#96Jeanne114US #133
#97Vivian114US #112
#98Clara111US #81
#99Anne108US #84
#100Sue107US #115

Boys

#1Robert3,591US #1
#2John2,783US #3
#3James2,775US #2
#4Richard2,570US #5
#5Donald2,276US #7
#6William2,213US #4
#7Charles1,575US #6
#8Ronald1,528US #12
#9Thomas1,084US #9
#10Joseph961US #10
#11George931US #8
#12Edward859US #13
#13Kenneth855US #15
#14David807US #11
#15Frank672US #16
#16Paul656US #14
#17Jack593US #18
#18Gerald592US #21
#19Raymond573US #17
#20Harold534US #20
#21Jerry465US #22
#22Walter432US #23
#23Eugene410US #26
#24Carl396US #28
#25Roger383US #36
#26Arthur374US #29
#27Ralph354US #32
#28Fred347US #34
#29Larry343US #33
#30Lawrence332US #35
#31Michael320US #41
#32Wayne299US #49
#33Norman292US #38
#34Albert276US #31
#35Henry276US #27
#36Daniel271US #43
#37Don266US #51
#38Harry252US #37
#39Howard252US #39
#40Leonard249US #54
#41Louis233US #42
#42Joe227US #25
#43Marvin222US #45
#44Anthony218US #52
#45Bill214US #60
#46Peter214US #59
#47Bernard213US #67
#48Dale213US #61
#49Leroy207US #50
#50Gary206US #44
#51Melvin206US #57
#52Philip205US #65
#53Roy201US #40
#54Jerome198US #96
#55Stanley195US #56
#56Billy187US #19
#57Earl186US #46
#58Bruce179US #77
#59Francis174US #53
#60Bob173US #81
#61Herbert172US #58
#62Russell170US #68
#63Clarence162US #48
#64Gene159US #66
#65Dennis153US #72
#66Ray153US #64
#67Jim147US #90
#68Theodore142US #79
#69Alfred140US #63
#70Edwin139US #89
#71Gordon137US #70
#72Ernest133US #55
#73Martin131US #93
#74Tom128US #110
#75Glenn126US #78
#76Phillip122US #107
#77Allen118US #83
#78Frederick116US #73
#79Warren114US #97
#80Jackie112US #102
#81Patrick112US #112
#82Leo109US #92
#83Lee106US #80
#84Arnold105US #103
#85Clifford104US #88
#86Duane104US #105
#87Lloyd102US #84
#88Vincent97US #106
#89Andrew96US #85
#90Vernon96US #94
#91Alan95US #122
#92Floyd94US #76
#93Bobby92US #24
#94Keith92US #125
#95Leon90US #86
#96Dean89US #120
#97Stephen87US #113
#98Franklin86US #71
#99Samuel86US #62
#100Alvin85US #91

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑34Sharon#58
↑26Sandra#34
↑24Janice#50
↑20Judith#37
↑19Jackie#80
↑17Gary#50
↑14Joe#42
↑14Alfred#69

Falling

↓27Franklin#98
↓16Marjorie#54
↓16Vivian#97
↓16Earl#57
↓15Anna#59
↓15Patrick#81
↓12Anne#99
↓12Alvin#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.