State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 194,607 Illinois births in 1952 across 1,562 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#97Renee#154 nationally
#92Bradley#141 nationally
#86Jeffery#134 nationally
#96Gayle#135 nationally
#95Andrea#132 nationally
#82Jill#118 nationally
#49Martin#80 nationally
#74Jerome#105 nationally
#93Michelle#124 nationally
#91Rick#119 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,871US #2
#2Linda3,710US #1
#3Patricia2,941US #3
#4Susan2,627US #5
#5Deborah2,587US #4
#6Barbara2,303US #6
#7Nancy2,199US #7
#8Kathleen1,898US #11
#9Karen1,720US #8
#10Debra1,608US #9
#11Carol1,550US #12
#12Pamela1,452US #17
#13Diane1,421US #16
#14Donna1,384US #13
#15Sharon1,372US #14
#16Sandra1,311US #10
#17Christine1,242US #20
#18Janet1,234US #19
#19Cynthia1,165US #18
#20Judith1,008US #25
#21Margaret944US #21
#22Janice901US #23
#23Brenda782US #15
#24Cheryl766US #31
#25Elizabeth766US #22
#26Denise749US #33
#27Joyce659US #27
#28Catherine657US #34
#29Kathy657US #29
#30Gail631US #39
#31Joan589US #37
#32Carolyn571US #24
#33Marilyn548US #38
#34Rebecca513US #30
#35Jane509US #42
#36Peggy504US #43
#37Bonnie496US #41
#38Jean494US #50
#39Paula491US #47
#40Judy486US #26
#41Shirley479US #28
#42Connie467US #44
#43Beverly463US #35
#44Kathryn455US #48
#45Jacqueline448US #58
#46Laura445US #53
#47Lynn429US #71
#48Gloria417US #36
#49Ann416US #45
#50Betty414US #32
#51Diana407US #51
#52Vicki406US #61
#53Cathy393US #56
#54Sheila384US #64
#55Marsha381US #75
#56Ruth371US #57
#57Marcia368US #80
#58Rita365US #66
#59Theresa364US #60
#60Katherine361US #59
#61Victoria359US #74
#62Martha355US #40
#63Ellen343US #70
#64Rose342US #62
#65Phyllis334US #65
#66Jo325US #55
#67Dorothy321US #46
#68Sally315US #81
#69Darlene309US #77
#70Virginia305US #49
#71Valerie302US #87
#72Teresa299US #52
#73Julie293US #85
#74Helen290US #63
#75Roberta281US #88
#76Joanne274US #78
#77Vickie273US #76
#78Alice272US #69
#79Maureen261US #94
#80Sherry256US #68
#81Jeanne251US #98
#82Jill244US #118
#83Anne241US #79
#84Rhonda240US #95
#85Wendy235US #105
#86Constance229US #92
#87Elaine228US #73
#88Frances225US #67
#89Marie224US #82
#90Suzanne222US #84
#91Anita219US #91
#92Sue216US #113
#93Michelle205US #124
#94Doris204US #83
#95Andrea198US #132
#96Gayle197US #135
#97Renee191US #154
#98Claudia190US #111
#99Yvonne189US #103
#100Lois188US #86

Boys

#1Michael5,199US #4
#2Robert5,064US #2
#3John4,979US #3
#4James4,855US #1
#5David3,845US #5
#6William3,554US #6
#7Richard3,426US #7
#8Thomas3,247US #8
#9Gary2,170US #10
#10Steven2,043US #11
#11Charles1,892US #9
#12Mark1,694US #17
#13Donald1,600US #13
#14Ronald1,570US #15
#15Joseph1,562US #12
#16Daniel1,497US #20
#17Kenneth1,456US #16
#18Dennis1,435US #18
#19Larry1,307US #14
#20Paul1,292US #19
#21Stephen1,156US #21
#22Edward1,153US #23
#23George1,093US #22
#24Gregory1,087US #24
#25Bruce868US #25
#26Timothy859US #27
#27Lawrence782US #35
#28Jeffrey772US #31
#29Terry724US #29
#30Anthony654US #34
#31Patrick651US #37
#32Roger648US #30
#33Raymond646US #33
#34Frank611US #32
#35Kevin610US #43
#36Scott570US #54
#37Alan559US #42
#38Jerry541US #26
#39Douglas539US #28
#40Peter525US #36
#41Gerald509US #39
#42Wayne486US #38
#43Dale455US #46
#44Keith453US #49
#45Randy441US #41
#46Carl414US #45
#47Craig390US #59
#48Danny385US #40
#49Martin371US #80
#50Jack367US #52
#51Stanley365US #58
#52Walter361US #44
#53Randall360US #63
#54Philip358US #60
#55Arthur357US #47
#56Glenn354US #61
#57Ralph345US #56
#58Brian324US #64
#59Russell312US #70
#60Henry311US #50
#61Harold302US #51
#62Eugene293US #71
#63Christopher281US #57
#64Phillip279US #74
#65Roy265US #55
#66Leonard264US #83
#67Andrew260US #68
#68Frederick253US #76
#69Howard249US #73
#70Fred244US #90
#71Louis243US #79
#72Allen242US #78
#73Ricky238US #81
#74Jerome234US #105
#75Barry224US #69
#76Albert222US #66
#77Steve220US #85
#78Rodney216US #84
#79Harry211US #75
#80Micheal208US #94
#81Samuel194US #67
#82Dean192US #103
#83Lee191US #92
#84Theodore191US #100
#85Curtis180US #86
#86Jeffery180US #134
#87Bernard179US #111
#88Eric179US #88
#89Melvin173US #91
#90Marvin169US #95
#91Rick166US #119
#92Bradley165US #141
#93Willie164US #48
#94Norman162US #96
#95Darrell161US #109
#96Clifford159US #99
#97Francis158US #89
#98Jay153US #106
#99Vincent152US #101
#100Earl149US #98

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑26Ricky#73
↑24Teresa#72
↑14Denise#26
↑11Vickie#77
↑11Randy#45
↑10Jane#35
↑10Jeanne#81
↑9Rebecca#34

Falling

↓13Lois#100
↓13Norman#94
↓12Suzanne#90
↓12Allen#72
↓10Constance#86
↓10Earl#100
↓9Judy#40
↓9Frances#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.