State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 125,039 Illinois births in 1941 across 1,181 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#94Lynn#171 nationally
#66Charlene#125 nationally
#82Pat#134 nationally
#53Jerome#101 nationally
#99Maryann#147 nationally
#63Marcia#105 nationally
#94Allan#135 nationally
#81Eileen#121 nationally
#38Arlene#77 nationally
#90Jon#128 nationally
#51Tom#88 nationally
#73Sheila#110 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,798US #1
#2Barbara2,327US #2
#3Patricia2,250US #3
#4Judith2,138US #6
#5Carol1,877US #4
#6Sandra1,522US #9
#7Sharon1,468US #15
#8Nancy1,335US #8
#9Linda1,196US #5
#10Karen1,097US #19
#11Judy1,015US #16
#12Joyce985US #13
#13Donna883US #20
#14Janet871US #18
#15Carolyn847US #11
#16Joan788US #17
#17Marilyn778US #30
#18Shirley671US #10
#19Janice665US #22
#20Margaret664US #12
#21Betty652US #7
#22Diane642US #40
#23Susan620US #27
#24Dorothy603US #14
#25Bonnie572US #33
#26Beverly569US #29
#27Ruth535US #28
#28Kathleen506US #36
#29Virginia494US #23
#30Phyllis482US #35
#31Gloria444US #26
#32Jean417US #32
#33Elizabeth407US #21
#34Helen391US #24
#35Carole383US #48
#36Geraldine351US #45
#37Frances346US #31
#38Arlene340US #77
#39Joanne337US #54
#40Alice325US #34
#41Lois316US #43
#42Ann308US #37
#43Dolores302US #57
#44Elaine297US #44
#45Darlene295US #76
#46Rita280US #63
#47Doris278US #38
#48Marie278US #42
#49Joann270US #58
#50Roberta268US #72
#51Rose265US #49
#52Martha262US #25
#53Marlene257US #83
#54Jane243US #46
#55Gail240US #68
#56Jacqueline235US #73
#57Charlotte231US #55
#58Kay229US #70
#59Norma229US #47
#60Sally223US #61
#61Catherine215US #51
#62Peggy215US #39
#63Marcia212US #105
#64Sue212US #75
#65Connie201US #79
#66Charlene200US #125
#67Diana200US #100
#68Loretta199US #81
#69Rosemary198US #94
#70Brenda193US #41
#71Ellen186US #67
#72Delores184US #80
#73Sheila178US #110
#74Evelyn175US #50
#75Christine169US #101
#76Marjorie169US #71
#77Wanda169US #53
#78Constance167US #114
#79Kathryn166US #87
#80Suzanne166US #97
#81Eileen163US #121
#82Pat163US #134
#83June162US #90
#84Anita158US #91
#85Jeanette155US #98
#86Anna153US #56
#87Jo153US #66
#88Lorraine152US #93
#89Louise152US #62
#90Cynthia150US #112
#91Eleanor145US #78
#92Irene141US #74
#93Maureen139US #129
#94Lynn138US #171
#95Sylvia136US #65
#96Josephine135US #92
#97Annette132US #128
#98Katherine132US #85
#99Maryann130US #147
#100Patsy127US #52

Boys

#1Robert3,988US #2
#2James3,646US #1
#3John3,430US #3
#4William2,714US #4
#5Richard2,649US #5
#6Ronald1,983US #9
#7Thomas1,777US #8
#8Charles1,733US #6
#9David1,709US #7
#10Donald1,457US #10
#11Larry1,397US #11
#12Michael1,197US #16
#13Kenneth1,175US #15
#14Joseph1,046US #12
#15George1,005US #13
#16Edward943US #17
#17Jerry932US #14
#18Gerald846US #20
#19Gary822US #19
#20Dennis817US #23
#21Paul811US #18
#22Frank698US #21
#23Raymond611US #22
#24Roger520US #25
#25Daniel476US #31
#26Lawrence450US #34
#27Harold434US #24
#28Jack428US #32
#29Wayne418US #37
#30Carl401US #29
#31Walter392US #26
#32Fred361US #43
#33Arthur360US #33
#34Stephen336US #41
#35Ralph323US #38
#36Eugene322US #42
#37Terry322US #64
#38Anthony314US #46
#39Peter284US #44
#40Dale277US #59
#41Albert273US #40
#42Howard271US #47
#43Bruce259US #51
#44Leonard258US #54
#45Norman258US #49
#46Henry257US #28
#47Philip254US #52
#48Patrick246US #70
#49Roy239US #39
#50Bill236US #68
#51Tom232US #88
#52Harry231US #48
#53Jerome231US #101
#54Stanley223US #57
#55Jim217US #80
#56Louis216US #50
#57Joe204US #30
#58Alan203US #84
#59Russell203US #75
#60Don201US #66
#61Phillip199US #77
#62Allen185US #73
#63Earl179US #58
#64Melvin179US #56
#65Steven177US #90
#66Leroy176US #67
#67Marvin175US #63
#68Theodore170US #95
#69Martin163US #85
#70Ronnie163US #79
#71Douglas161US #53
#72Bernard156US #87
#73Frederick149US #69
#74Gene148US #72
#75Clarence143US #62
#76Barry140US #91
#77Glenn139US #86
#78Andrew138US #82
#79Francis138US #60
#80Gordon136US #92
#81Herbert136US #76
#82Bob135US #103
#83Edwin135US #97
#84Keith134US #119
#85Clifford132US #94
#86Lee132US #81
#87Mike131US #111
#88Ray130US #83
#89Billy127US #27
#90Jon127US #128
#91Warren123US #105
#92Steve119US #112
#93Samuel118US #65
#94Allan117US #135
#95Lloyd115US #96
#96Leon113US #93
#97Ernest109US #61
#98Alfred108US #74
#99Darrell105US #130
#100Jeffrey100US #134

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑24Christine#75
↑20Charlene#66
↑19Barry#76
↑17Stephen#34
↑15Sheila#73
↑14Sue#64
↑13Rita#46
↑13Diana#67

Falling

↓16Rosemary#69
↓16Jeanette#85
↓16Anna#86
↓16Ray#88
↓15Louise#89
↓15Ernest#97
↓12Evelyn#74
↓12Billy#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.