State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1936 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 102,888 Illinois births in 1936 across 1,078 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#49Diane#112 nationally
#96Lyle#159 nationally
#53Rosemary#111 nationally
#94Pat#152 nationally
#65Judy#118 nationally
#79Karen#132 nationally
#85Allan#138 nationally
#47Jerome#98 nationally
#88Marcia#138 nationally
#98Charlene#145 nationally
#70Tom#112 nationally
#99Jeanne#141 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,681US #1
#2Barbara1,948US #3
#3Shirley1,864US #2
#4Patricia1,810US #5
#5Carol1,273US #10
#6Nancy1,151US #8
#7Joan1,092US #7
#8Marilyn1,092US #13
#9Betty989US #4
#10Dorothy809US #6
#11Donna751US #22
#12Joyce738US #12
#13Margaret715US #9
#14Beverly604US #17
#15Helen549US #11
#16Phyllis531US #25
#17Ruth512US #16
#18Dolores495US #30
#19Virginia495US #14
#20Sandra485US #38
#21Janet463US #21
#22Lois457US #26
#23Arlene454US #54
#24Jean422US #20
#25Marlene418US #39
#26Doris406US #15
#27Geraldine402US #41
#28Joanne398US #48
#29Judith396US #43
#30Carolyn392US #23
#31Norma383US #29
#32Alice378US #27
#33Frances368US #19
#34Elizabeth338US #18
#35Elaine333US #50
#36Rose321US #37
#37Sharon320US #60
#38Gloria317US #32
#39Janice306US #31
#40Carole304US #73
#41Evelyn293US #34
#42Marie288US #33
#43Jacqueline276US #66
#44Ann274US #28
#45Roberta261US #64
#46Marjorie259US #49
#47Rita256US #69
#48Lorraine251US #76
#49Diane245US #112
#50Darlene243US #83
#51Delores241US #58
#52Joann233US #55
#53Rosemary231US #111
#54Loretta230US #70
#55Audrey224US #68
#56Martha221US #24
#57Patsy216US #52
#58Jane212US #42
#59June206US #62
#60Sally206US #59
#61Anna202US #36
#62Charlotte198US #61
#63Kathleen198US #67
#64Catherine195US #44
#65Judy195US #118
#66Eleanor191US #47
#67Mildred186US #40
#68Linda183US #97
#69Yvonne176US #81
#70Sylvia172US #53
#71Louise171US #46
#72Peggy171US #35
#73Susan169US #110
#74Irene162US #57
#75Bonnie161US #65
#76Wanda158US #56
#77Eileen157US #103
#78Josephine157US #77
#79Karen150US #132
#80Theresa149US #88
#81Kay143US #98
#82Florence142US #80
#83Wilma142US #78
#84Gail140US #101
#85Jo136US #72
#86Marion134US #93
#87Jeanette133US #94
#88Marcia129US #138
#89Grace128US #86
#90Kathryn128US #113
#91Lillian128US #79
#92Juanita127US #75
#93Anita124US #104
#94Pat124US #152
#95Marian122US #114
#96Lucille120US #92
#97Sue119US #109
#98Charlene118US #145
#99Jeanne117US #141
#100Ellen115US #99

Boys

#1Robert3,723US #1
#2John2,828US #3
#3James2,692US #2
#4Richard2,414US #5
#5Donald2,219US #7
#6William2,155US #4
#7Ronald1,647US #12
#8Charles1,541US #6
#9Thomas1,129US #8
#10George958US #9
#11Joseph950US #11
#12David919US #10
#13Edward901US #13
#14Kenneth876US #14
#15Frank637US #16
#16Gerald628US #19
#17Paul627US #15
#18Raymond622US #17
#19Jack538US #20
#20Jerry528US #18
#21Harold516US #21
#22Larry486US #25
#23Michael428US #33
#24Roger400US #35
#25Eugene398US #29
#26Fred377US #36
#27Walter366US #26
#28Carl365US #27
#29Arthur357US #30
#30Lawrence343US #37
#31Ralph328US #31
#32Wayne324US #45
#33Daniel315US #41
#34Norman274US #43
#35Henry260US #28
#36Howard256US #40
#37Gary253US #38
#38Harry250US #39
#39Dale245US #59
#40Albert242US #34
#41Peter235US #56
#42Leonard230US #54
#43Marvin224US #49
#44Don221US #51
#45Bill216US #61
#46Louis214US #44
#47Jerome213US #98
#48Joe201US #23
#49Roy196US #42
#50Russell196US #69
#51Gene195US #66
#52Stanley195US #58
#53Melvin194US #53
#54Anthony191US #48
#55Leroy187US #57
#56Billy183US #22
#57Bernard182US #68
#58Bruce182US #73
#59Dennis177US #74
#60Herbert175US #62
#61Earl174US #47
#62Jim174US #85
#63Philip167US #63
#64Bob159US #77
#65Francis158US #50
#66Clarence157US #52
#67Glenn151US #80
#68Phillip149US #102
#69Ray146US #65
#70Tom146US #112
#71Edwin139US #84
#72Theodore139US #87
#73Alfred131US #60
#74Patrick131US #100
#75Warren129US #95
#76Martin123US #92
#77Allen121US #81
#78Alan120US #108
#79Ernest120US #55
#80Lloyd114US #88
#81Frederick113US #70
#82Duane110US #110
#83Gordon109US #75
#84Lee104US #76
#85Allan101US #138
#86Arnold101US #111
#87Leo101US #94
#88Vernon98US #93
#89Franklin95US #64
#90Lester94US #115
#91Clifford93US #90
#92Leon91US #82
#93Vincent91US #109
#94Terry88US #126
#95Andrew86US #83
#96Lyle86US #159
#97Floyd85US #86
#98Maurice85US #137
#99Dick84US #141
#100Glen84US #119

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑22Susan#73
↑21Sharon#37
↑19Yvonne#69
↑17Sylvia#70
↑14Sandra#20
↑13Judy#65
↑13Gary#37
↑13Gene#51

Falling

↓19Marian#95
↓16Wilma#83
↓16Lucille#96
↓14Florence#82
↓14Charlene#98
↓12Rosemary#53
↓12Gordon#83
↓11Philip#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.