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Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 143,059 Illinois births in 1943 across 1,309 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#68Lynn#134 nationally
#60Jerome#109 nationally
#73Charlene#121 nationally
#88Kathy#136 nationally
#61Marlene#104 nationally
#89Marsha#132 nationally
#93Allan#136 nationally
#50Arlene#90 nationally
#98Maryann#135 nationally
#73Keith#108 nationally
#53Tom#87 nationally
#86Brian#120 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,353US #1
#2Barbara2,507US #2
#3Patricia2,428US #3
#4Carol2,208US #5
#5Sharon2,120US #8
#6Judith2,030US #7
#7Sandra1,875US #6
#8Linda1,840US #4
#9Nancy1,609US #9
#10Karen1,520US #15
#11Donna1,156US #17
#12Judy1,063US #13
#13Susan1,040US #18
#14Diane1,016US #24
#15Janet971US #20
#16Joyce940US #16
#17Carolyn923US #11
#18Kathleen865US #22
#19Margaret841US #14
#20Marilyn826US #27
#21Joan734US #21
#22Shirley719US #12
#23Betty704US #10
#24Janice657US #26
#25Bonnie638US #34
#26Dorothy618US #19
#27Beverly588US #32
#28Ruth506US #33
#29Carole486US #42
#30Virginia479US #25
#31Phyllis468US #39
#32Gloria445US #30
#33Jean409US #36
#34Elizabeth407US #23
#35Pamela374US #54
#36Rita372US #52
#37Frances357US #31
#38Joanne355US #49
#39Helen348US #28
#40Darlene346US #73
#41Geraldine334US #51
#42Alice327US #38
#43Lois318US #43
#44Diana306US #62
#45Jacqueline303US #65
#46Roberta298US #66
#47Martha297US #29
#48Gail296US #55
#49Ann290US #37
#50Arlene286US #90
#51Jane285US #44
#52Joann276US #60
#53Elaine270US #46
#54Sue258US #72
#55Sally255US #57
#56Connie249US #59
#57Peggy249US #41
#58Catherine244US #48
#59Marie243US #45
#60Doris242US #40
#61Marlene241US #104
#62Eileen240US #68
#63Rose239US #50
#64Dolores238US #74
#65Kay235US #81
#66Charlotte234US #47
#67Marcia231US #96
#68Lynn228US #134
#69Rosemary221US #97
#70Kathryn218US #75
#71Brenda215US #35
#72Marjorie205US #79
#73Charlene202US #121
#74Norma199US #58
#75Cheryl197US #102
#76Christine195US #84
#77Sheila194US #92
#78Suzanne188US #86
#79Anita185US #98
#80Maureen181US #105
#81Constance180US #109
#82Katherine178US #78
#83Ellen172US #67
#84Evelyn171US #53
#85Loretta169US #89
#86Cynthia163US #101
#87Delores156US #99
#88Kathy154US #136
#89Marsha154US #132
#90Anna152US #64
#91Paula152US #93
#92Louise149US #70
#93Jo148US #63
#94June144US #111
#95Anne143US #80
#96Dianne142US #88
#97Lorraine141US #94
#98Maryann141US #135
#99Jeanette138US #110
#100Theresa138US #100

Boys

#1Robert4,544US #2
#2James4,390US #1
#3John4,025US #3
#4Richard3,080US #5
#5William3,044US #4
#6Thomas2,192US #8
#7Ronald2,190US #9
#8David1,937US #6
#9Charles1,766US #7
#10Michael1,714US #10
#11Donald1,550US #11
#12Larry1,460US #12
#13Kenneth1,282US #15
#14Dennis1,222US #20
#15Joseph1,191US #13
#16Edward1,082US #18
#17George1,063US #14
#18Gary1,040US #16
#19Paul880US #19
#20Jerry859US #17
#21Gerald828US #23
#22Frank704US #21
#23Raymond691US #22
#24Roger671US #24
#25Daniel653US #25
#26Terry553US #49
#27Lawrence522US #32
#28Carl449US #33
#29Harold446US #27
#30Jack435US #34
#31Wayne424US #41
#32Stephen406US #29
#33Walter394US #26
#34Bruce378US #51
#35Arthur376US #30
#36Fred375US #45
#37Anthony372US #44
#38Peter349US #39
#39Eugene342US #47
#40Douglas325US #28
#41Patrick309US #69
#42Ralph308US #40
#43Leonard298US #55
#44Dale297US #59
#45Howard297US #48
#46Henry294US #31
#47Alan279US #67
#48Philip275US #57
#49Jim272US #75
#50Stanley269US #54
#51Albert267US #43
#52Louis265US #53
#53Tom265US #87
#54Steven258US #58
#55Bill256US #65
#56Roy256US #38
#57Russell253US #73
#58Harry251US #50
#59Norman244US #56
#60Jerome224US #109
#61Allen220US #76
#62Phillip216US #81
#63Don209US #72
#64Earl209US #60
#65Joe205US #35
#66Martin196US #83
#67Melvin191US #63
#68Barry190US #82
#69Marvin182US #66
#70Bernard181US #92
#71Leroy175US #74
#72Ronnie172US #71
#73Keith170US #108
#74Frederick168US #70
#75Glenn163US #85
#76Gene159US #89
#77Andrew157US #79
#78Mike156US #90
#79Timothy154US #99
#80Steve153US #93
#81Ernest151US #61
#82Theodore149US #96
#83Bob145US #110
#84Danny144US #88
#85Warren144US #102
#86Brian140US #120
#87Clarence140US #68
#88Herbert140US #86
#89Jeffrey138US #116
#90Gordon137US #98
#91Lee137US #91
#92Alfred135US #78
#93Allan135US #136
#94Samuel135US #62
#95Ray133US #84
#96Francis128US #64
#97Edwin126US #107
#98Jon125US #127
#99Leon120US #103
#100Victor116US #97

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑47Pamela#35
↑19Ernest#81
↑18Constance#81
↑15Katherine#82
↑14Keith#73
↑13Mike#78
↑13Timothy#79
↑12Eileen#62

Falling

↓31Francis#96
↓16Loretta#85
↓16Ray#95
↓15Elaine#53
↓15Louise#92
↓14Herbert#88
↓14Victor#100
↓13Dolores#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.