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Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 181,379 Illinois births in 1947 across 1,432 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#84Terrence#188 nationally
#96Jill#156 nationally
#86Scott#139 nationally
#72Jerome#110 nationally
#88Jon#123 nationally
#41Lynn#75 nationally
#59Craig#93 nationally
#98Allan#132 nationally
#65Maureen#98 nationally
#51Marcia#81 nationally
#60Martin#90 nationally
#73Carole#102 nationally

Girls

#1Linda5,285US #1
#2Mary3,940US #2
#3Patricia3,009US #3
#4Barbara2,798US #4
#5Carol2,287US #6
#6Susan2,128US #8
#7Nancy2,103US #7
#8Sandra1,952US #5
#9Sharon1,922US #9
#10Kathleen1,643US #11
#11Donna1,546US #10
#12Judith1,528US #12
#13Karen1,514US #13
#14Diane1,238US #18
#15Janet1,072US #23
#16Margaret1,001US #16
#17Cheryl965US #24
#18Judy949US #14
#19Pamela936US #28
#20Janice889US #22
#21Marilyn833US #29
#22Joyce829US #20
#23Carolyn795US #15
#24Cynthia735US #33
#25Shirley670US #19
#26Bonnie645US #35
#27Betty636US #17
#28Christine603US #45
#29Joan589US #30
#30Beverly578US #31
#31Gloria550US #27
#32Connie535US #43
#33Jean521US #40
#34Jane512US #36
#35Diana510US #48
#36Dorothy490US #26
#37Elizabeth480US #25
#38Virginia477US #34
#39Phyllis471US #37
#40Peggy466US #42
#41Lynn465US #75
#42Ruth455US #44
#43Catherine432US #46
#44Ann404US #41
#45Brenda403US #21
#46Gail392US #49
#47Kathy380US #64
#48Joanne372US #56
#49Rita369US #60
#50Alice366US #47
#51Marcia366US #81
#52Darlene361US #71
#53Sue358US #69
#54Jacqueline355US #59
#55Rosemary354US #80
#56Martha353US #32
#57Suzanne352US #53
#58Helen339US #38
#59Elaine338US #50
#60Paula336US #54
#61Marsha321US #88
#62Kathryn318US #55
#63Sally318US #70
#64Deborah313US #62
#65Maureen309US #98
#66Rose305US #65
#67Jo304US #51
#68Frances303US #39
#69Laura302US #74
#70Roberta302US #90
#71Ellen287US #61
#72Lois271US #63
#73Carole270US #102
#74Sherry269US #67
#75Sheila267US #73
#76Geraldine258US #78
#77Vicki253US #101
#78Katherine246US #76
#79Marie245US #57
#80Janis241US #108
#81Constance240US #100
#82Charlene229US #105
#83Anita225US #94
#84Eileen224US #91
#85Jeanne220US #86
#86Charlotte219US #68
#87Rebecca218US #52
#88Theresa218US #85
#89Marlene211US #114
#90Joann200US #89
#91Lynda200US #77
#92Doris199US #58
#93Kay199US #104
#94Cathy190US #119
#95Arlene188US #118
#96Jill182US #156
#97Evelyn179US #72
#98Dianne178US #83
#99Dolores173US #111
#100Gayle171US #127

Boys

#1James5,349US #1
#2Robert5,332US #2
#3John5,152US #3
#4William3,679US #4
#5Richard3,535US #5
#6Michael3,431US #7
#7David3,072US #6
#8Thomas2,929US #8
#9Ronald2,204US #11
#10Charles1,890US #9
#11Larry1,747US #10
#12Donald1,649US #13
#13Gary1,638US #12
#14Dennis1,564US #17
#15Kenneth1,522US #15
#16Joseph1,458US #14
#17Paul1,229US #18
#18Edward1,220US #19
#19George1,200US #16
#20Terry974US #26
#21Daniel956US #22
#22Steven914US #24
#23Stephen846US #21
#24Gregory803US #33
#25Frank786US #23
#26Roger786US #25
#27Jerry775US #20
#28Raymond746US #27
#29Gerald715US #28
#30Lawrence704US #32
#31Bruce659US #29
#32Wayne616US #30
#33Alan589US #45
#34Patrick474US #53
#35Anthony471US #41
#36Jack462US #37
#37Peter445US #36
#38Carl440US #40
#39Mark431US #47
#40Walter428US #34
#41Philip425US #57
#42Douglas418US #31
#43Timothy415US #52
#44Arthur407US #38
#45Dale395US #63
#46Ralph377US #50
#47Fred375US #56
#48Harold365US #35
#49Jeffrey360US #66
#50Eugene340US #59
#51Steve339US #58
#52Russell332US #69
#53Glenn317US #70
#54Danny314US #39
#55Mike313US #65
#56Leonard310US #71
#57Phillip308US #74
#58Howard303US #62
#59Craig299US #93
#60Martin299US #90
#61Albert295US #55
#62Roy295US #48
#63Allen294US #73
#64Stanley288US #67
#65Louis286US #64
#66Tom284US #87
#67Henry274US #46
#68Bill269US #76
#69Harry259US #54
#70Jim256US #77
#71Keith249US #91
#72Jerome244US #110
#73Barry235US #68
#74Joe225US #43
#75Norman213US #81
#76Lee208US #92
#77Brian205US #95
#78Randall202US #106
#79Earl201US #83
#80Andrew195US #82
#81Bernard192US #100
#82Don187US #86
#83Frederick185US #78
#84Terrence180US #188
#85Theodore178US #102
#86Scott175US #139
#87Rodney171US #94
#88Jon169US #123
#89Marvin169US #89
#90Samuel167US #72
#91Bob165US #115
#92Melvin164US #85
#93Dan161US #109
#94Ronnie159US #61
#95Clarence152US #88
#96Ernest149US #75
#97Gene145US #103
#98Allan144US #132
#99Leroy143US #98
#100Randy143US #116

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑33Deborah#64
↑22Craig#59
↑21Peggy#40
↑18Kathy#47
↑16Glenn#53
↑16Keith#71
↑15Mark#39
↑15Jeffrey#49

Falling

↓24Frances#68
↓22Jim#70
↓19Carole#73
↓19Ronnie#94
↓16Tom#66
↓16Melvin#92
↓13Eileen#84
↓12Geraldine#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.