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Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 126,850 Illinois births in 1945 across 1,198 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#92Lynne#153 nationally
#47Lynn#102 nationally
#69Jerome#122 nationally
#97Randall#149 nationally
#72Charlene#114 nationally
#75Marsha#113 nationally
#96Craig#134 nationally
#99Allan#137 nationally
#55Tom#89 nationally
#62Gregory#96 nationally
#77Bob#107 nationally
#98Dan#127 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,930US #1
#2Patricia2,109US #4
#3Barbara2,062US #3
#4Carol1,964US #5
#5Linda1,848US #2
#6Sharon1,574US #8
#7Judith1,479US #9
#8Sandra1,450US #6
#9Nancy1,341US #7
#10Karen1,267US #16
#11Susan1,262US #10
#12Donna1,059US #17
#13Kathleen990US #19
#14Diane929US #22
#15Janet852US #20
#16Judy801US #13
#17Margaret756US #15
#18Joyce730US #18
#19Marilyn676US #27
#20Carolyn647US #12
#21Shirley603US #14
#22Janice599US #24
#23Betty579US #11
#24Joan550US #25
#25Cheryl535US #32
#26Dorothy467US #21
#27Bonnie465US #35
#28Gloria453US #23
#29Beverly451US #37
#30Ruth437US #33
#31Jean409US #38
#32Virginia406US #28
#33Pamela405US #42
#34Diana378US #43
#35Jane359US #36
#36Elizabeth349US #26
#37Carole333US #51
#38Phyllis322US #40
#39Connie316US #47
#40Joanne313US #53
#41Helen307US #31
#42Ann299US #39
#43Rita287US #59
#44Frances286US #34
#45Jacqueline284US #63
#46Alice268US #41
#47Lynn268US #102
#48Geraldine262US #56
#49Elaine259US #44
#50Christine257US #62
#51Martha257US #30
#52Darlene253US #71
#53Gail251US #52
#54Rosemary244US #79
#55Catherine240US #50
#56Lois235US #48
#57Kathryn234US #65
#58Brenda233US #29
#59Roberta230US #75
#60Sue229US #66
#61Peggy218US #45
#62Suzanne217US #68
#63Sally213US #64
#64Paula211US #67
#65Rose210US #54
#66Doris204US #46
#67Eileen201US #70
#68Ellen197US #61
#69Charlotte196US #55
#70Sheila196US #89
#71Marcia194US #88
#72Charlene191US #114
#73Arlene182US #99
#74Jo182US #60
#75Marsha182US #113
#76Kathy181US #101
#77Joann176US #80
#78Jeanne175US #98
#79Maureen173US #105
#80Marie171US #49
#81Laura168US #77
#82Kay167US #91
#83Constance165US #109
#84Cynthia165US #90
#85Loretta165US #107
#86Marlene165US #110
#87Dianne162US #72
#88Norma159US #74
#89Evelyn156US #57
#90Victoria156US #106
#91Dolores150US #103
#92Lynne148US #153
#93Anita146US #100
#94Vicki144US #117
#95Louise143US #78
#96Marjorie143US #94
#97Katherine138US #82
#98Andrea137US #126
#99Sherry136US #104
#100Lorraine129US #87

Boys

#1Robert4,121US #2
#2James3,912US #1
#3John3,856US #3
#4Richard2,718US #5
#5William2,625US #4
#6Thomas2,042US #8
#7Michael1,939US #9
#8David1,818US #6
#9Charles1,488US #7
#10Ronald1,485US #10
#11Donald1,253US #12
#12Larry1,184US #11
#13Gary1,165US #13
#14Kenneth1,130US #16
#15Dennis1,077US #19
#16Joseph1,035US #14
#17George922US #15
#18Edward906US #18
#19Paul904US #17
#20Roger649US #22
#21Daniel646US #24
#22Jerry626US #20
#23Gerald583US #25
#24Frank580US #21
#25Raymond537US #23
#26Lawrence499US #30
#27Terry491US #33
#28Stephen469US #26
#29Wayne441US #35
#30Alan438US #52
#31Steven411US #43
#32Jack353US #32
#33Walter349US #27
#34Harold344US #28
#35Arthur332US #34
#36Bruce320US #48
#37Peter319US #38
#38Ralph307US #44
#39Carl305US #39
#40Fred305US #51
#41Anthony279US #46
#42Eugene266US #50
#43Patrick265US #63
#44Douglas261US #29
#45Dale255US #61
#46Philip255US #58
#47Henry236US #37
#48Howard229US #54
#49Russell229US #64
#50Harry228US #47
#51Jim227US #68
#52Leonard224US #57
#53Roy222US #40
#54Bill221US #66
#55Tom220US #89
#56Albert215US #49
#57Mike213US #69
#58Stanley212US #59
#59Mark211US #72
#60Phillip209US #85
#61Timothy208US #70
#62Gregory207US #96
#63Allen200US #74
#64Louis195US #55
#65Danny192US #56
#66Steve192US #79
#67Don187US #73
#68Martin181US #90
#69Jerome174US #122
#70Earl172US #71
#71Norman171US #65
#72Barry168US #84
#73Leroy167US #83
#74Joe164US #36
#75Glenn163US #93
#76Melvin159US #78
#77Bob156US #107
#78Jeffrey156US #91
#79Bernard151US #98
#80Andrew141US #86
#81Keith139US #108
#82Lee139US #87
#83Theodore139US #101
#84Frederick138US #77
#85Marvin136US #80
#86Gene131US #100
#87Warren127US #106
#88Samuel126US #62
#89Ernest125US #60
#90Victor124US #95
#91Clifford123US #99
#92Jon123US #112
#93Francis122US #76
#94Ronnie120US #67
#95Brian118US #113
#96Craig117US #134
#97Randall117US #149
#98Dan114US #127
#99Allan112US #137
#100Billy112US #42

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑33Gregory#62
↑27Mark#59
↑20Diana#34
↑17Timothy#61
↑15Jeanne#78
↑14Connie#39
↑14Lynn#47
↑14Marsha#75

Falling

↓19Norman#71
↓18Kay#82
↓17Dolores#91
↓17Marvin#85
↓16Marlene#86
↓15Marcia#71
↓15Jerome#69
↓14Joann#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.