State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 171,759 Illinois births in 1948 across 1,410 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#79Terrence#177 nationally
#73Scott#122 nationally
#41Lynn#80 nationally
#74Jerome#110 nationally
#99Allan#132 nationally
#71Roberta#101 nationally
#53Craig#82 nationally
#92Janis#121 nationally
#51Marcia#79 nationally
#61Martin#88 nationally
#62Keith#89 nationally
#71Randall#98 nationally

Girls

#1Linda5,170US #1
#2Mary3,646US #2
#3Barbara2,683US #3
#4Patricia2,607US #4
#5Susan2,377US #5
#6Carol1,907US #8
#7Nancy1,878US #7
#8Sandra1,721US #6
#9Sharon1,690US #9
#10Kathleen1,639US #10
#11Karen1,529US #12
#12Donna1,396US #11
#13Judith1,324US #15
#14Diane1,160US #19
#15Pamela1,133US #22
#16Janet1,028US #24
#17Margaret980US #13
#18Janice858US #23
#19Cheryl785US #25
#20Cynthia784US #27
#21Joyce729US #21
#22Judy720US #16
#23Christine668US #35
#24Marilyn660US #33
#25Carolyn656US #14
#26Shirley628US #20
#27Betty594US #18
#28Bonnie590US #34
#29Deborah578US #30
#30Beverly560US #31
#31Connie519US #43
#32Joan494US #37
#33Diana485US #48
#34Elizabeth485US #26
#35Peggy460US #38
#36Catherine452US #41
#37Jean448US #47
#38Ruth445US #45
#39Gloria442US #28
#40Jane439US #39
#41Lynn437US #80
#42Brenda417US #17
#43Dorothy400US #29
#44Kathy396US #55
#45Phyllis396US #46
#46Gail382US #51
#47Paula382US #52
#48Rita374US #59
#49Ann371US #44
#50Joanne371US #65
#51Marcia370US #79
#52Kathryn366US #54
#53Jacqueline365US #58
#54Sue329US #78
#55Virginia328US #36
#56Martha327US #32
#57Darlene324US #77
#58Frances320US #42
#59Rose310US #62
#60Marsha307US #76
#61Helen306US #40
#62Maureen300US #88
#63Alice293US #49
#64Sherry293US #61
#65Sally289US #72
#66Ellen275US #67
#67Elaine273US #53
#68Jo273US #56
#69Laura269US #73
#70Theresa266US #63
#71Roberta261US #101
#72Vicki260US #81
#73Rosemary259US #90
#74Suzanne259US #66
#75Rebecca258US #50
#76Katherine245US #68
#77Sheila245US #71
#78Lois240US #70
#79Constance232US #93
#80Marie230US #60
#81Jeanne221US #95
#82Cathy213US #104
#83Charlene213US #105
#84Geraldine212US #83
#85Lynda203US #84
#86Charlotte197US #69
#87Doris197US #64
#88Carole196US #106
#89Marlene196US #109
#90Anita188US #102
#91Eileen187US #91
#92Janis185US #121
#93Joann185US #94
#94Julie184US #117
#95Victoria183US #108
#96Dianne172US #86
#97Norma170US #103
#98Teresa164US #82
#99Paulette163US #123
#100Evelyn162US #74

Boys

#1Robert4,960US #2
#2James4,870US #1
#3John4,760US #3
#4Michael3,621US #6
#5William3,278US #4
#6Richard3,119US #7
#7David2,897US #5
#8Thomas2,762US #8
#9Ronald2,023US #10
#10Charles1,883US #9
#11Larry1,635US #11
#12Donald1,517US #14
#13Gary1,454US #12
#14Joseph1,416US #13
#15Kenneth1,379US #15
#16Dennis1,364US #17
#17Edward1,164US #19
#18Paul1,154US #18
#19Daniel1,100US #22
#20Steven1,044US #23
#21George999US #16
#22Stephen955US #20
#23Terry906US #26
#24Gregory779US #32
#25Lawrence706US #31
#26Jerry693US #21
#27Frank690US #25
#28Bruce670US #28
#29Roger666US #24
#30Gerald658US #30
#31Raymond619US #27
#32Mark614US #29
#33Patrick568US #48
#34Wayne516US #34
#35Alan509US #46
#36Timothy487US #38
#37Anthony469US #41
#38Carl437US #42
#39Dale423US #56
#40Walter414US #35
#41Jack412US #43
#42Jeffrey396US #58
#43Douglas392US #33
#44Peter392US #37
#45Philip392US #54
#46Arthur381US #44
#47Ralph356US #51
#48Harold345US #36
#49Danny331US #39
#50Steve327US #60
#51Fred296US #66
#52Stanley296US #65
#53Craig295US #82
#54Eugene294US #61
#55Phillip293US #69
#56Henry285US #45
#57Roy283US #49
#58Leonard281US #71
#59Mike280US #68
#60Russell275US #67
#61Martin274US #88
#62Keith273US #89
#63Harry263US #57
#64Louis255US #64
#65Allen252US #72
#66Albert250US #55
#67Howard248US #63
#68Tom243US #94
#69Glenn239US #73
#70Jim238US #86
#71Randall238US #98
#72Bill221US #84
#73Scott220US #122
#74Jerome205US #110
#75Frederick200US #75
#76Barry197US #74
#77Norman197US #85
#78Lee196US #93
#79Terrence191US #177
#80Melvin180US #81
#81Andrew179US #77
#82Brian178US #95
#83Rodney178US #92
#84Earl177US #83
#85Joe174US #47
#86Ronnie171US #59
#87Theodore165US #104
#88Bernard163US #107
#89Ernest162US #76
#90Randy161US #99
#91Don160US #91
#92Samuel158US #70
#93Francis155US #80
#94Marvin149US #90
#95Willie147US #40
#96Dan145US #113
#97Christopher144US #102
#98Ray144US #100
#99Allan143US #132
#100Clarence135US #87

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑35Deborah#29
↑18Theresa#70
↑13Paula#47
↑13Scott#73
↑12Rebecca#75
↑12Cathy#82
↑12Stanley#52
↑12Melvin#80

Falling

↓18Rosemary#73
↓17Virginia#55
↓17Suzanne#74
↓16Glenn#69
↓15Carole#88
↓13Alice#63
↓12Janis#92
↓11Joe#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.