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Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 144,408 Illinois births in 1942 across 1,306 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#78Lynn#149 nationally
#84Pat#144 nationally
#100Joy#154 nationally
#44Tom#89 nationally
#60Jerome#104 nationally
#75Charlene#117 nationally
#44Arlene#83 nationally
#40Darlene#78 nationally
#87Keith#123 nationally
#90Allan#124 nationally
#52Marlene#84 nationally
#60Rosemary#92 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,205US #1
#2Barbara2,643US #2
#3Patricia2,593US #3
#4Carol2,291US #5
#5Judith2,228US #7
#6Sharon2,016US #11
#7Sandra1,918US #6
#8Linda1,562US #4
#9Nancy1,559US #8
#10Karen1,484US #16
#11Donna1,097US #20
#12Judy1,048US #15
#13Joyce1,041US #13
#14Janet1,017US #19
#15Carolyn983US #10
#16Susan915US #21
#17Diane912US #28
#18Marilyn807US #27
#19Joan796US #18
#20Shirley790US #12
#21Kathleen746US #24
#22Margaret744US #14
#23Betty736US #9
#24Carole678US #35
#25Bonnie659US #34
#26Janice614US #25
#27Dorothy609US #17
#28Beverly604US #32
#29Virginia525US #23
#30Phyllis522US #37
#31Ruth513US #33
#32Gloria476US #31
#33Jean469US #36
#34Joanne422US #48
#35Helen403US #26
#36Elizabeth372US #22
#37Lois366US #44
#38Elaine357US #45
#39Frances341US #30
#40Darlene340US #78
#41Roberta338US #66
#42Geraldine336US #47
#43Alice330US #39
#44Arlene329US #83
#45Ann325US #38
#46Joann319US #58
#47Rita313US #55
#48Martha302US #29
#49Jacqueline293US #69
#50Sally290US #56
#51Dolores287US #63
#52Marlene284US #84
#53Diana269US #68
#54Jane265US #46
#55Rose264US #50
#56Doris261US #41
#57Marie261US #43
#58Kay256US #75
#59Gail245US #60
#60Rosemary240US #92
#61Sue233US #73
#62Catherine231US #49
#63Kathryn228US #82
#64Charlotte227US #51
#65Sheila227US #94
#66Connie224US #70
#67Marjorie224US #74
#68Peggy221US #42
#69Loretta220US #79
#70Brenda217US #40
#71Ellen216US #64
#72Norma213US #52
#73Maureen209US #102
#74Eileen207US #88
#75Charlene197US #117
#76Evelyn197US #53
#77Louise194US #61
#78Lynn194US #149
#79Marcia190US #105
#80Christine187US #96
#81Jo181US #65
#82Pamela176US #106
#83Suzanne173US #103
#84Pat170US #144
#85Anita167US #93
#86June162US #107
#87Cynthia161US #101
#88Delores158US #86
#89Dianne155US #109
#90Wanda153US #54
#91Jeanette151US #104
#92Lorraine149US #91
#93Juanita147US #90
#94Jeanne145US #119
#95Anna144US #59
#96Josephine143US #100
#97Katherine143US #81
#98Theresa139US #98
#99Constance137US #116
#100Joy134US #154

Boys

#1Robert4,587US #2
#2James4,296US #1
#3John3,948US #3
#4William3,148US #4
#5Richard2,966US #5
#6Ronald2,300US #9
#7Thomas2,068US #8
#8David1,992US #6
#9Charles1,804US #7
#10Donald1,601US #10
#11Michael1,599US #13
#12Larry1,421US #12
#13Kenneth1,360US #15
#14Edward1,176US #17
#15Dennis1,175US #20
#16Joseph1,147US #11
#17George1,141US #14
#18Gary1,028US #18
#19Jerry940US #16
#20Gerald899US #22
#21Paul869US #19
#22Frank807US #21
#23Roger669US #25
#24Raymond650US #24
#25Lawrence591US #30
#26Daniel580US #28
#27Jack467US #34
#28Stephen462US #32
#29Terry457US #52
#30Harold455US #27
#31Wayne451US #41
#32Walter444US #26
#33Arthur435US #29
#34Carl430US #36
#35Fred430US #46
#36Peter396US #39
#37Douglas384US #23
#38Ralph367US #38
#39Bruce366US #50
#40Anthony365US #44
#41Eugene338US #45
#42Patrick317US #64
#43Howard316US #49
#44Tom295US #89
#45Dale281US #63
#46Leonard281US #57
#47Louis276US #51
#48Norman276US #53
#49Stanley274US #56
#50Jim272US #74
#51Harry271US #48
#52Alan266US #81
#53Russell266US #70
#54Henry262US #31
#55Philip256US #54
#56Phillip247US #77
#57Bill243US #65
#58Steven241US #75
#59Roy233US #42
#60Jerome231US #104
#61Albert224US #40
#62Allen223US #71
#63Don219US #72
#64Martin209US #85
#65Francis202US #58
#66Barry201US #79
#67Earl201US #62
#68Marvin200US #66
#69Joe197US #33
#70Melvin196US #60
#71Glenn195US #88
#72Theodore184US #91
#73Bernard176US #90
#74Herbert171US #83
#75Steve169US #102
#76Frederick168US #68
#77Ronnie165US #78
#78Leroy163US #69
#79Ray162US #84
#80Bob160US #110
#81Gene160US #82
#82Lee156US #87
#83Andrew153US #80
#84Jeffrey151US #116
#85Clarence146US #67
#86Victor145US #99
#87Keith140US #123
#88Warren139US #97
#89Gordon135US #92
#90Allan134US #124
#91Mike133US #106
#92Timothy133US #108
#93Billy132US #35
#94Edwin132US #105
#95Samuel132US #59
#96Alfred128US #76
#97Jon128US #125
#98Leon127US #93
#99Vincent126US #101
#100Ernest122US #61

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑34Douglas#37
↑20Maureen#73
↑17Steve#75
↑16Kathryn#63
↑16Lynn#78
↑16Jeffrey#84
↑14Diana#53
↑14Francis#65

Falling

↓21Constance#99
↓20Albert#61
↓16Marcia#79
↓16Delores#88
↓13Norma#72
↓13Wanda#90
↓12Joe#69
↓12Leroy#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.