State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 189,255 Illinois births in 1951 across 1,465 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#193 nationally
#95Rick#143 nationally
#89Jill#130 nationally
#49Martin#81 nationally
#71Jerome#103 nationally
#42Lynn#72 nationally
#41Scott#68 nationally
#84Wendy#110 nationally
#92Marlene#118 nationally
#99Gayle#124 nationally

Girls

#1Linda4,089US #1
#2Mary3,779US #2
#3Patricia3,266US #3
#4Susan2,721US #6
#5Barbara2,382US #5
#6Deborah2,077US #4
#7Nancy2,049US #7
#8Kathleen1,916US #10
#9Karen1,864US #8
#10Carol1,653US #11
#11Sandra1,524US #9
#12Sharon1,459US #13
#13Pamela1,390US #16
#14Donna1,378US #12
#15Diane1,298US #15
#16Janet1,211US #19
#17Judith1,088US #25
#18Debra1,073US #18
#19Christine1,058US #24
#20Cynthia1,038US #20
#21Margaret1,027US #17
#22Janice1,022US #21
#23Cheryl744US #30
#24Brenda725US #14
#25Joyce725US #28
#26Elizabeth678US #23
#27Gail662US #36
#28Catherine640US #34
#29Carolyn597US #22
#30Marilyn570US #41
#31Judy550US #26
#32Kathy546US #35
#33Shirley535US #27
#34Bonnie534US #37
#35Beverly526US #33
#36Kathryn523US #45
#37Joan503US #39
#38Jean492US #49
#39Peggy487US #40
#40Denise480US #48
#41Connie475US #44
#42Lynn472US #72
#43Rebecca466US #32
#44Gloria453US #31
#45Jane449US #43
#46Paula440US #51
#47Betty436US #29
#48Diana434US #50
#49Vicki433US #58
#50Jacqueline424US #56
#51Laura414US #60
#52Ann413US #46
#53Ruth413US #53
#54Marcia396US #74
#55Rita393US #61
#56Martha366US #38
#57Theresa365US #64
#58Katherine360US #55
#59Phyllis358US #57
#60Marsha346US #76
#61Cathy339US #71
#62Ellen329US #68
#63Sheila327US #69
#64Victoria324US #81
#65Darlene318US #79
#66Sally315US #77
#67Dorothy313US #42
#68Jo309US #67
#69Virginia307US #47
#70Roberta301US #92
#71Rose294US #65
#72Joanne289US #73
#73Helen284US #54
#74Sherry284US #70
#75Alice279US #62
#76Constance279US #86
#77Maureen267US #93
#78Suzanne244US #83
#79Frances243US #59
#80Valerie243US #100
#81Julie240US #99
#82Anne239US #82
#83Eileen238US #95
#84Wendy231US #110
#85Elaine230US #66
#86Marie228US #78
#87Lois218US #85
#88Vickie216US #87
#89Jill215US #130
#90Sue207US #106
#91Jeanne205US #98
#92Marlene202US #118
#93Rosemary199US #109
#94Anita196US #96
#95Doris195US #80
#96Teresa194US #63
#97Charlotte190US #84
#98Joann190US #104
#99Gayle188US #124
#100Terry187US #115

Boys

#1Robert5,049US #2
#2Michael4,973US #4
#3James4,923US #1
#4John4,789US #3
#5David3,507US #5
#6William3,402US #6
#7Richard3,328US #7
#8Thomas3,093US #8
#9Gary2,187US #10
#10Charles1,975US #9
#11Steven1,915US #13
#12Donald1,578US #15
#13Ronald1,575US #12
#14Kenneth1,537US #16
#15Dennis1,468US #17
#16Larry1,447US #11
#17Joseph1,439US #14
#18Mark1,439US #20
#19Daniel1,371US #21
#20Paul1,251US #18
#21Edward1,173US #23
#22Stephen1,147US #19
#23Gregory1,080US #25
#24George1,018US #22
#25Lawrence870US #33
#26Bruce869US #26
#27Timothy780US #28
#28Terry749US #30
#29Raymond654US #32
#30Roger642US #29
#31Alan640US #40
#32Patrick634US #39
#33Jeffrey629US #35
#34Frank613US #31
#35Gerald577US #36
#36Anthony550US #34
#37Wayne548US #37
#38Jerry546US #24
#39Douglas541US #27
#40Kevin493US #53
#41Scott462US #68
#42Peter451US #38
#43Carl429US #43
#44Keith422US #59
#45Craig409US #63
#46Dale405US #49
#47Walter396US #42
#48Randall387US #66
#49Martin367US #81
#50Arthur366US #44
#51Philip357US #55
#52Danny349US #41
#53Jack348US #48
#54Stanley330US #54
#55Glenn319US #58
#56Randy318US #56
#57Harold315US #46
#58Ralph315US #51
#59Brian314US #75
#60Allen306US #72
#61Eugene293US #65
#62Russell291US #73
#63Howard290US #74
#64Phillip287US #79
#65Leonard268US #80
#66Henry266US #47
#67Andrew260US #69
#68Albert257US #60
#69Christopher257US #61
#70Frederick256US #78
#71Jerome250US #103
#72Roy247US #52
#73Barry234US #71
#74Steve234US #86
#75Louis231US #76
#76Fred225US #87
#77Rodney223US #84
#78Theodore214US #99
#79Harry210US #70
#80Samuel207US #67
#81Norman202US #90
#82Lee190US #92
#83Melvin190US #88
#84Dean188US #105
#85Eric186US #93
#86Micheal183US #97
#87Bernard178US #107
#88Curtis178US #91
#89Terrence178US #193
#90Earl172US #95
#91Francis162US #85
#92Willie161US #45
#93Clifford157US #101
#94Darrell153US #109
#95Rick153US #143
#96Ernest150US #83
#97Marvin150US #96
#98Joe147US #57
#99Ricky147US #102
#100Jay143US #116

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑32Debra#18
↑21Denise#40
↑18Randy#56
↑16Victoria#64
↑15Julie#81
↑15Anne#82
↑12Sheila#63
↑12Valerie#80

Falling

↓16Elaine#85
↓13Marsha#60
↓13Dorothy#67
↓12Rita#55
↓10Betty#47
↓10Virginia#69
↓9Diana#48
↓9Joanne#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.