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Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 176,894 Illinois births in 1949 across 1,436 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#88Terrence#181 nationally
#95Jill#152 nationally
#60Scott#99 nationally
#76Tom#114 nationally
#96Debra#134 nationally
#67Jerome#104 nationally
#98Janis#131 nationally
#46Lynn#74 nationally
#55Martin#83 nationally
#69Roberta#97 nationally
#94Wendy#122 nationally
#97Paulette#125 nationally

Girls

#1Linda4,997US #1
#2Mary3,728US #2
#3Patricia2,703US #3
#4Susan2,511US #5
#5Barbara2,404US #4
#6Kathleen1,932US #9
#7Nancy1,819US #7
#8Carol1,799US #8
#9Sandra1,791US #6
#10Sharon1,605US #10
#11Karen1,495US #11
#12Donna1,316US #12
#13Judith1,300US #16
#14Pamela1,214US #21
#15Deborah1,151US #15
#16Diane1,144US #19
#17Janet1,055US #23
#18Margaret1,011US #14
#19Janice905US #24
#20Christine871US #30
#21Cynthia826US #27
#22Joyce734US #26
#23Cheryl731US #28
#24Marilyn690US #33
#25Carolyn684US #17
#26Shirley671US #18
#27Brenda622US #13
#28Bonnie602US #35
#29Elizabeth560US #25
#30Judy547US #20
#31Catherine519US #37
#32Beverly515US #31
#33Betty501US #22
#34Gloria500US #29
#35Diana494US #48
#36Joan484US #36
#37Kathy469US #42
#38Gail452US #51
#39Jane447US #41
#40Jean437US #45
#41Peggy437US #38
#42Connie434US #43
#43Rita431US #54
#44Ruth431US #47
#45Kathryn413US #52
#46Lynn396US #74
#47Dorothy384US #32
#48Jacqueline383US #58
#49Ann375US #44
#50Rebecca372US #40
#51Phyllis370US #50
#52Paula359US #55
#53Marcia354US #78
#54Virginia347US #39
#55Vicki339US #70
#56Martha338US #34
#57Katherine333US #59
#58Darlene332US #75
#59Joanne322US #61
#60Helen308US #46
#61Marsha301US #79
#62Alice300US #53
#63Sheila296US #76
#64Jo294US #60
#65Frances293US #49
#66Theresa288US #63
#67Suzanne283US #62
#68Maureen282US #89
#69Roberta282US #97
#70Ellen280US #64
#71Elaine279US #57
#72Laura279US #65
#73Cathy276US #81
#74Rose270US #66
#75Rosemary265US #98
#76Sally265US #77
#77Sue258US #88
#78Constance250US #83
#79Lois243US #73
#80Victoria235US #96
#81Sherry231US #68
#82Jeanne226US #92
#83Valerie222US #108
#84Marie221US #67
#85Marlene217US #110
#86Eileen215US #95
#87Geraldine209US #90
#88Doris206US #69
#89Charlotte204US #71
#90Lynda203US #93
#91Anne195US #86
#92Charlene192US #100
#93Anita190US #99
#94Wendy185US #122
#95Jill174US #152
#96Debra173US #134
#97Paulette173US #125
#98Janis171US #131
#99Evelyn170US #80
#100Terry167US #115

Boys

#1Robert5,007US #2
#2James4,818US #1
#3John4,789US #3
#4Michael4,250US #5
#5William3,350US #4
#6Richard3,187US #7
#7David3,175US #6
#8Thomas2,960US #8
#9Charles1,923US #9
#10Ronald1,764US #11
#11Donald1,555US #13
#12Gary1,509US #12
#13Larry1,486US #10
#14Kenneth1,447US #15
#15Dennis1,379US #16
#16Joseph1,378US #14
#17Steven1,340US #20
#18Daniel1,193US #22
#19Paul1,176US #17
#20Edward1,161US #21
#21Stephen1,091US #19
#22George1,033US #18
#23Gregory990US #31
#24Mark888US #24
#25Terry798US #28
#26Lawrence782US #32
#27Roger726US #25
#28Bruce720US #26
#29Frank714US #27
#30Raymond640US #30
#31Gerald626US #33
#32Jerry606US #23
#33Patrick575US #39
#34Timothy564US #34
#35Wayne536US #35
#36Alan515US #45
#37Douglas514US #29
#38Anthony447US #36
#39Jeffrey433US #48
#40Peter428US #38
#41Carl424US #43
#42Dale403US #54
#43Jack387US #47
#44Philip386US #55
#45Walter379US #37
#46Arthur368US #44
#47Phillip336US #66
#48Ralph334US #50
#49Harold325US #42
#50Craig321US #77
#51Danny321US #40
#52Randall316US #79
#53Russell307US #69
#54Stanley303US #60
#55Martin301US #83
#56Glenn300US #61
#57Fred294US #72
#58Allen286US #71
#59Leonard279US #74
#60Scott269US #99
#61Henry265US #46
#62Eugene260US #58
#63Howard260US #63
#64Keith258US #85
#65Roy258US #51
#66Steve258US #68
#67Jerome255US #104
#68Harry242US #59
#69Albert236US #56
#70Brian236US #86
#71Frederick226US #70
#72Louis226US #64
#73Barry221US #73
#74Andrew212US #75
#75Mike209US #88
#76Tom209US #114
#77Samuel201US #62
#78Kevin200US #95
#79Theodore198US #100
#80Randy188US #92
#81Norman187US #90
#82Rodney187US #87
#83Lee184US #93
#84Melvin184US #82
#85Christopher182US #81
#86Joe176US #52
#87Willie165US #41
#88Terrence162US #181
#89Clifford161US #103
#90Marvin160US #89
#91Bill158US #106
#92Earl158US #91
#93Eric158US #105
#94Jim157US #108
#95Ernest156US #76
#96Bernard150US #111
#97Clarence150US #94
#98Francis150US #78
#99Darrell147US #117
#100Dan144US #125

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑25Rebecca#50
↑19Katherine#57
↑19Randall#52
↑17Vicki#55
↑15Brenda#27
↑15Victoria#80
↑15Samuel#77
↑14Deborah#15

Falling

↓24Jim#94
↓23Sue#77
↓19Bill#91
↓17Sherry#81
↓16Steve#66
↓16Mike#75
↓15Rose#74
↓11Connie#42

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.