State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 106,001 Illinois births in 1937 across 1,090 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#89Pat#147 nationally
#84Charlene#141 nationally
#50Jerome#100 nationally
#60Rosemary#110 nationally
#44Judy#91 nationally
#64Tom#108 nationally
#86Ronnie#128 nationally
#35Diane#76 nationally
#72Karen#113 nationally
#57Patrick#94 nationally
#79Terry#113 nationally
#90Marcia#124 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,771US #1
#2Barbara2,170US #2
#3Patricia1,961US #3
#4Carol1,490US #6
#5Shirley1,291US #4
#6Nancy1,181US #7
#7Betty980US #5
#8Joan978US #9
#9Marilyn857US #13
#10Donna831US #21
#11Dorothy789US #8
#12Joyce731US #11
#13Margaret676US #10
#14Sandra650US #26
#15Beverly607US #14
#16Janet598US #18
#17Judith597US #34
#18Ruth575US #15
#19Phyllis538US #27
#20Helen492US #12
#21Dolores468US #37
#22Virginia467US #16
#23Marlene450US #40
#24Carolyn445US #20
#25Jean438US #23
#26Sharon429US #41
#27Janice425US #25
#28Lois423US #29
#29Arlene408US #60
#30Carole403US #56
#31Joanne374US #51
#32Frances371US #19
#33Alice369US #28
#34Doris367US #22
#35Diane363US #76
#36Elizabeth348US #17
#37Linda334US #49
#38Norma329US #33
#39Geraldine324US #44
#40Darlene317US #72
#41Elaine313US #45
#42Gloria299US #32
#43Rose286US #38
#44Judy284US #91
#45Joann270US #58
#46Jacqueline269US #70
#47Marie269US #35
#48Marjorie263US #57
#49Roberta263US #66
#50Rita260US #69
#51Ann251US #30
#52Evelyn241US #36
#53Delores237US #68
#54Kathleen236US #61
#55Loretta236US #63
#56Martha230US #24
#57Patsy230US #54
#58Kay226US #79
#59Peggy221US #31
#60Rosemary221US #110
#61Charlotte214US #67
#62Sally213US #59
#63Anna210US #39
#64Jane206US #42
#65Catherine203US #47
#66Yvonne202US #77
#67June200US #71
#68Eleanor195US #53
#69Bonnie190US #64
#70Susan184US #97
#71Louise182US #48
#72Karen181US #113
#73Sylvia176US #50
#74Wanda172US #55
#75Mildred167US #43
#76Lorraine166US #83
#77Eileen161US #107
#78Theresa160US #95
#79Jeanette158US #90
#80Sue156US #101
#81Irene155US #62
#82Anita151US #93
#83Audrey148US #85
#84Charlene147US #141
#85Gail143US #99
#86Wilma141US #80
#87Kathryn140US #108
#88Florence133US #81
#89Pat132US #147
#90Marcia130US #124
#91Josephine126US #82
#92Juanita124US #75
#93Lillian124US #84
#94Lucille123US #98
#95Anne121US #92
#96Ellen121US #102
#97Katherine121US #103
#98Connie116US #128
#99Grace115US #94
#100Annette113US #115

Boys

#1Robert3,952US #1
#2James2,961US #2
#3John2,882US #3
#4Richard2,388US #5
#5William2,220US #4
#6Donald2,041US #7
#7Ronald1,672US #11
#8Charles1,571US #6
#9Thomas1,224US #9
#10David1,211US #8
#11George981US #10
#12Kenneth948US #14
#13Edward918US #13
#14Joseph878US #12
#15Gerald704US #20
#16Larry668US #16
#17Paul655US #15
#18Raymond631US #19
#19Frank592US #18
#20Jerry549US #17
#21Michael535US #27
#22Jack522US #23
#23Harold447US #21
#24Roger428US #36
#25Walter417US #26
#26Carl399US #28
#27Fred366US #35
#28Wayne352US #44
#29Gary351US #29
#30Arthur348US #31
#31Lawrence341US #38
#32Ralph332US #34
#33Daniel329US #39
#34Eugene325US #33
#35Norman286US #43
#36Dale283US #59
#37Anthony281US #47
#38Louis271US #46
#39Henry259US #30
#40Don252US #51
#41Dennis247US #63
#42Howard243US #42
#43Albert237US #37
#44Harry226US #41
#45Peter219US #52
#46Roy219US #40
#47Melvin215US #50
#48Leonard214US #58
#49Marvin213US #49
#50Jerome208US #100
#51Philip208US #62
#52Stanley199US #57
#53Bruce195US #70
#54Joe195US #25
#55Earl193US #48
#56Bill191US #64
#57Patrick186US #94
#58Bernard184US #73
#59Russell184US #67
#60Francis182US #55
#61Leroy179US #56
#62Clarence175US #54
#63Gene171US #61
#64Tom168US #108
#65Bob158US #81
#66Ray158US #71
#67Phillip155US #98
#68Martin150US #87
#69Gordon144US #75
#70Billy142US #22
#71Herbert140US #65
#72Edwin137US #89
#73Allen134US #76
#74Alan133US #103
#75Theodore130US #86
#76Ernest129US #53
#77Jim128US #82
#78Glenn124US #88
#79Terry123US #113
#80Clifford118US #90
#81Frederick118US #68
#82Alfred115US #60
#83Lee111US #78
#84Vernon111US #96
#85Leo108US #97
#86Ronnie108US #128
#87Stephen105US #92
#88Warren104US #106
#89Andrew103US #79
#90Leon103US #85
#91Arnold101US #111
#92Floyd98US #80
#93Lloyd97US #91
#94Dean95US #127
#95Samuel89US #66
#96Jackie88US #107
#97Victor88US #117
#98Allan86US #124
#99Glen85US #122
#100Lester85US #116

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑31Linda#37
↑23Kay#58
↑21Judy#44
↑18Dennis#41
↑17Sue#80
↑17Anthony#37
↑17Patrick#57
↑15Terry#79

Falling

↓28Lorraine#76
↓28Audrey#83
↓15Jim#77
↓14Billy#70
↓13Josephine#91
↓13Warren#88
↓13Lloyd#93
↓13Allan#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.