State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 129,914 Illinois births in 1944 across 1,224 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#54Jerome#117 nationally
#95Gregory#152 nationally
#61Lynn#116 nationally
#59Charlene#109 nationally
#100Allan#141 nationally
#40Darlene#76 nationally
#70Marlene#106 nationally
#92Andrea#128 nationally
#56Marcia#89 nationally
#67Rosemary#99 nationally
#77Bob#109 nationally
#57Tom#87 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,109US #1
#2Barbara2,177US #2
#3Patricia2,103US #4
#4Carol2,005US #5
#5Sharon1,735US #8
#6Linda1,692US #3
#7Judith1,635US #9
#8Sandra1,535US #6
#9Nancy1,366US #7
#10Karen1,353US #16
#11Susan1,159US #13
#12Donna1,136US #17
#13Kathleen930US #20
#14Judy908US #12
#15Janet855US #21
#16Diane843US #24
#17Joyce813US #18
#18Carolyn781US #11
#19Margaret731US #14
#20Marilyn701US #27
#21Shirley662US #15
#22Betty653US #10
#23Joan606US #22
#24Bonnie599US #34
#25Janice558US #28
#26Cheryl518US #36
#27Pamela489US #44
#28Ruth488US #32
#29Beverly480US #35
#30Dorothy455US #19
#31Virginia436US #26
#32Carole434US #43
#33Phyllis419US #40
#34Gloria395US #25
#35Jean390US #37
#36Elizabeth374US #23
#37Helen347US #31
#38Frances328US #33
#39Ann317US #39
#40Darlene314US #76
#41Alice313US #38
#42Jane307US #41
#43Joanne294US #55
#44Rita294US #54
#45Jacqueline286US #64
#46Martha280US #29
#47Roberta278US #70
#48Geraldine273US #53
#49Catherine272US #49
#50Gail266US #56
#51Elaine265US #46
#52Lois264US #47
#53Connie259US #51
#54Diana248US #60
#55Sally248US #59
#56Marcia239US #89
#57Brenda234US #30
#58Sue231US #62
#59Charlene228US #109
#60Christine225US #75
#61Lynn223US #116
#62Rose219US #52
#63Joann216US #65
#64Kay213US #88
#65Kathryn212US #68
#66Peggy208US #45
#67Rosemary205US #99
#68Eileen198US #73
#69Doris195US #42
#70Marlene191US #106
#71Suzanne189US #78
#72Charlotte187US #50
#73Arlene182US #101
#74Dolores182US #92
#75Marie182US #48
#76Ellen178US #63
#77Paula177US #82
#78Sheila176US #103
#79Maureen175US #107
#80Jo170US #61
#81Norma169US #66
#82Loretta167US #98
#83Kathy165US #110
#84Katherine164US #77
#85Marjorie164US #85
#86Evelyn160US #57
#87Sherry160US #100
#88Anita155US #95
#89Marsha155US #111
#90Louise151US #69
#91Dianne149US #90
#92Andrea148US #128
#93Jeanne146US #108
#94Constance145US #104
#95Lorraine139US #93
#96Theresa138US #96
#97Cynthia130US #105
#98Anna129US #74
#99Wanda126US #58
#100June124US #121

Boys

#1Robert4,150US #2
#2James4,073US #1
#3John3,746US #3
#4Richard2,863US #5
#5William2,742US #4
#6Thomas2,015US #8
#7David1,938US #6
#8Michael1,867US #9
#9Ronald1,733US #10
#10Charles1,588US #7
#11Donald1,389US #11
#12Larry1,196US #12
#13Kenneth1,169US #16
#14Dennis1,145US #20
#15Gary1,067US #15
#16Joseph1,024US #13
#17George1,012US #14
#18Edward956US #18
#19Paul841US #17
#20Gerald727US #24
#21Jerry682US #19
#22Raymond659US #22
#23Frank640US #21
#24Roger640US #23
#25Daniel619US #25
#26Terry485US #43
#27Lawrence470US #32
#28Stephen451US #28
#29Wayne444US #37
#30Harold400US #27
#31Jack381US #30
#32Steven363US #52
#33Carl362US #36
#34Walter360US #26
#35Anthony337US #46
#36Alan333US #55
#37Arthur322US #29
#38Bruce322US #51
#39Fred314US #47
#40Peter308US #40
#41Ralph303US #42
#42Patrick289US #64
#43Eugene277US #48
#44Leonard277US #56
#45Dale267US #61
#46Howard255US #53
#47Douglas245US #34
#48Harry242US #49
#49Jim240US #68
#50Russell240US #63
#51Philip227US #60
#52Norman221US #58
#53Henry220US #35
#54Jerome213US #117
#55Stanley210US #57
#56Louis209US #54
#57Tom209US #87
#58Roy206US #39
#59Bill202US #66
#60Phillip199US #83
#61Joe198US #33
#62Allen186US #77
#63Albert185US #44
#64Martin182US #91
#65Mike176US #80
#66Glenn174US #88
#67Bernard173US #94
#68Marvin172US #75
#69Melvin171US #67
#70Theodore170US #96
#71Frederick169US #73
#72Earl168US #65
#73Steve167US #89
#74Don164US #72
#75Keith162US #104
#76Danny154US #76
#77Bob153US #109
#78Timothy153US #92
#79Clarence147US #74
#80Jeffrey147US #101
#81Ronnie144US #69
#82Leroy143US #78
#83Barry141US #84
#84Lee141US #85
#85Francis140US #71
#86Mark133US #93
#87Gene132US #95
#88Herbert130US #90
#89Victor130US #107
#90Ernest129US #59
#91Ray125US #86
#92Warren125US #100
#93Andrew124US #81
#94Samuel124US #62
#95Gregory117US #152
#96Billy115US #38
#97Brian113US #116
#98Edwin107US #106
#99Alfred105US #82
#100Allan105US #141

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑49Cheryl#26
↑22Steven#32
↑16Christine#60
↑14Brenda#57
↑14Charlene#59
↑14Paula#77
↑13Jo#80
↑13Mike#65

Falling

↓23Arlene#73
↓16Marie#75
↓16Andrew#93
↓15Barry#83
↓13Marjorie#85
↓13Constance#94
↓12Albert#63
↓11Joann#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.