State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 160,768 Illinois births in 1946 across 1,342 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#89Terrence#190 nationally
#96Scott#155 nationally
#43Lynn#94 nationally
#80Randall#123 nationally
#86Allan#124 nationally
#50Tom#87 nationally
#77Jerome#114 nationally
#58Marcia#89 nationally
#68Marsha#98 nationally
#78Charlene#107 nationally
#83Marlene#112 nationally
#81Craig#108 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,493US #1
#2Patricia2,695US #3
#3Linda2,450US #2
#4Barbara2,441US #4
#5Carol2,317US #5
#6Sharon2,082US #9
#7Susan1,972US #8
#8Nancy1,898US #7
#9Sandra1,839US #6
#10Judith1,754US #10
#11Karen1,541US #15
#12Kathleen1,417US #16
#13Donna1,290US #13
#14Diane1,176US #19
#15Janet1,074US #21
#16Judy968US #11
#17Margaret867US #17
#18Janice836US #22
#19Joyce785US #20
#20Cheryl774US #27
#21Marilyn772US #29
#22Carolyn747US #12
#23Shirley720US #18
#24Pamela704US #34
#25Betty695US #14
#26Bonnie613US #33
#27Beverly589US #30
#28Joan560US #28
#29Diana516US #42
#30Gloria502US #26
#31Jean481US #37
#32Ruth479US #38
#33Phyllis471US #41
#34Dorothy467US #23
#35Elizabeth454US #25
#36Jane444US #35
#37Cynthia431US #46
#38Christine425US #50
#39Connie420US #45
#40Virginia397US #31
#41Gail358US #49
#42Rita358US #56
#43Lynn352US #94
#44Frances349US #39
#45Joanne341US #57
#46Jacqueline335US #62
#47Alice334US #44
#48Darlene333US #71
#49Sue327US #61
#50Suzanne323US #52
#51Ann318US #40
#52Brenda311US #24
#53Catherine309US #48
#54Carole305US #72
#55Martha305US #32
#56Rosemary305US #74
#57Helen300US #36
#58Marcia298US #89
#59Sally296US #67
#60Kathryn289US #63
#61Peggy289US #43
#62Rose287US #60
#63Elaine286US #47
#64Geraldine286US #66
#65Kathy286US #79
#66Ellen280US #58
#67Lois276US #55
#68Marsha271US #98
#69Roberta269US #86
#70Paula266US #69
#71Eileen259US #80
#72Marie256US #54
#73Laura254US #75
#74Sherry254US #73
#75Jeanne247US #83
#76Maureen246US #95
#77Jo245US #53
#78Charlene226US #107
#79Sheila225US #70
#80Anita218US #84
#81Charlotte218US #64
#82Joann217US #90
#83Marlene217US #112
#84Katherine213US #78
#85Constance207US #100
#86Vicki204US #108
#87Dianne203US #76
#88Doris198US #51
#89Arlene191US #113
#90Kay191US #101
#91Louise189US #91
#92Theresa182US #96
#93Anne174US #81
#94Norma173US #77
#95Evelyn171US #65
#96Marjorie169US #106
#97Deborah167US #119
#98Victoria167US #122
#99Rebecca163US #68
#100Loretta158US #111

Boys

#1Robert4,957US #2
#2James4,790US #1
#3John4,591US #3
#4Richard3,755US #5
#5William3,315US #4
#6Michael2,762US #7
#7Thomas2,619US #8
#8David2,428US #6
#9Ronald2,000US #10
#10Charles1,842US #9
#11Dennis1,633US #17
#12Donald1,563US #13
#13Gary1,485US #12
#14Larry1,428US #11
#15Kenneth1,418US #15
#16Joseph1,162US #14
#17Edward1,159US #19
#18Paul1,122US #18
#19George1,008US #16
#20Daniel913US #21
#21Terry823US #26
#22Roger766US #23
#23Jerry757US #20
#24Frank752US #22
#25Raymond685US #25
#26Stephen647US #24
#27Gerald640US #27
#28Lawrence605US #31
#29Steven591US #28
#30Wayne557US #29
#31Bruce535US #32
#32Alan500US #49
#33Gregory491US #56
#34Jack448US #35
#35Walter431US #30
#36Carl414US #39
#37Patrick398US #59
#38Fred389US #51
#39Anthony382US #44
#40Arthur380US #36
#41Peter368US #38
#42Harold366US #33
#43Ralph343US #48
#44Dale341US #62
#45Russell319US #66
#46Eugene313US #57
#47Douglas309US #34
#48Jim307US #73
#49Danny306US #46
#50Tom306US #87
#51Philip302US #61
#52Steve297US #69
#53Howard295US #55
#54Mark293US #58
#55Timothy293US #60
#56Leonard286US #67
#57Mike279US #64
#58Stanley268US #65
#59Allen267US #74
#60Bill258US #72
#61Henry256US #41
#62Harry249US #50
#63Phillip247US #83
#64Jeffrey246US #78
#65Roy239US #43
#66Louis236US #63
#67Barry231US #68
#68Norman224US #76
#69Glenn222US #81
#70Albert220US #52
#71Martin213US #92
#72Don210US #79
#73Joe210US #37
#74Frederick208US #75
#75Ronnie198US #54
#76Melvin197US #86
#77Jerome192US #114
#78Rodney189US #93
#79Brian185US #103
#80Randall185US #123
#81Craig181US #108
#82Andrew180US #84
#83Lee178US #91
#84Marvin177US #88
#85Theodore174US #101
#86Allan170US #124
#87Keith169US #96
#88Leroy163US #90
#89Terrence158US #190
#90Bernard157US #102
#91Earl157US #82
#92Bob155US #107
#93Dan152US #116
#94Ernest151US #71
#95Gene148US #98
#96Scott148US #155
#97Herbert142US #97
#98Jon142US #117
#99Warren140US #105
#100Jay129US #115

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑47Cynthia#37
↑29Gregory#33
↑25Sherry#74
↑19Ronnie#75
↑17Randall#80
↑16Danny#49
↑16Brian#79
↑15Craig#81

Falling

↓22Doris#88
↓21Earl#91
↓17Carole#54
↓16Helen#57
↓16Geraldine#64
↓16Arlene#89
↓15Loretta#100
↓15Leroy#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.