State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 195,658 Illinois births in 1953 across 1,571 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#96Terrence#200 nationally
#67Jerome#107 nationally
#100Dawn#138 nationally
#83Bradley#118 nationally
#76Jeffery#109 nationally
#85Jill#114 nationally
#99Kim#127 nationally
#57Marcia#84 nationally
#56Martin#82 nationally
#79Dean#105 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,808US #1
#2Linda3,353US #2
#3Patricia2,782US #4
#4Susan2,771US #5
#5Deborah2,521US #3
#6Debra2,233US #7
#7Barbara2,209US #6
#8Nancy1,946US #8
#9Karen1,836US #9
#10Pamela1,744US #10
#11Kathleen1,625US #14
#12Diane1,400US #17
#13Cynthia1,397US #12
#14Carol1,372US #16
#15Sandra1,313US #11
#16Donna1,289US #13
#17Sharon1,259US #15
#18Janet1,187US #19
#19Margaret962US #20
#20Christine929US #32
#21Judith902US #30
#22Janice878US #22
#23Cheryl821US #28
#24Denise787US #31
#25Elizabeth753US #21
#26Brenda717US #18
#27Joyce670US #26
#28Kathy641US #23
#29Catherine618US #35
#30Rebecca602US #24
#31Gail586US #39
#32Beverly568US #34
#33Paula556US #40
#34Marilyn545US #36
#35Joan491US #37
#36Carolyn488US #25
#37Peggy486US #44
#38Jean484US #52
#39Jane479US #43
#40Shirley463US #29
#41Judy457US #27
#42Laura456US #51
#43Theresa454US #50
#44Kathryn452US #48
#45Lynn451US #67
#46Connie440US #47
#47Bonnie438US #45
#48Jacqueline438US #58
#49Ann423US #46
#50Diana410US #55
#51Cathy403US #56
#52Vicki402US #61
#53Betty396US #33
#54Gloria374US #38
#55Rita371US #64
#56Julie369US #74
#57Marcia366US #84
#58Ruth365US #62
#59Sheila364US #60
#60Jo356US #54
#61Rose351US #59
#62Katherine349US #63
#63Martha337US #41
#64Joanne330US #71
#65Dorothy326US #49
#66Teresa309US #42
#67Ellen305US #76
#68Suzanne304US #78
#69Victoria304US #82
#70Phyllis302US #69
#71Sally302US #81
#72Darlene298US #75
#73Marsha292US #83
#74Maureen283US #92
#75Virginia279US #53
#76Robin274US #66
#77Roberta267US #90
#78Sherry259US #70
#79Helen258US #65
#80Rhonda255US #85
#81Valerie253US #88
#82Alice251US #73
#83Marie248US #86
#84Constance246US #95
#85Jill244US #114
#86Vickie244US #79
#87Elaine232US #77
#88Anne230US #80
#89Wendy230US #110
#90Leslie229US #96
#91Jeanne227US #97
#92Maria225US #68
#93Cindy224US #99
#94Michelle222US #107
#95Frances217US #72
#96Michele217US #102
#97Wanda215US #57
#98Sue212US #106
#99Anita211US #89
#100Dawn210US #138

Boys

#1Michael5,471US #3
#2Robert4,851US #1
#3James4,763US #2
#4John4,612US #4
#5David4,039US #5
#6Richard3,349US #7
#7William3,280US #6
#8Thomas3,044US #8
#9Steven2,279US #11
#10Gary1,993US #10
#11Mark1,930US #12
#12Charles1,791US #9
#13Ronald1,542US #15
#14Donald1,536US #14
#15Joseph1,511US #13
#16Daniel1,429US #20
#17Kenneth1,403US #17
#18Paul1,383US #16
#19Dennis1,346US #19
#20Gregory1,154US #24
#21Larry1,149US #18
#22Stephen1,077US #21
#23Edward1,071US #23
#24Jeffrey1,054US #25
#25George921US #22
#26Bruce820US #28
#27Timothy820US #26
#28Lawrence759US #37
#29Terry744US #30
#30Roger738US #31
#31Anthony717US #32
#32Patrick670US #39
#33Kevin669US #36
#34Raymond665US #34
#35Frank658US #33
#36Scott634US #46
#37Douglas622US #27
#38Alan573US #43
#39Jerry514US #29
#40Gerald513US #42
#41Randy501US #35
#42Wayne496US #40
#43Peter485US #38
#44Keith456US #47
#45Dale450US #48
#46Carl406US #44
#47Craig406US #60
#48Randall397US #64
#49Brian387US #53
#50Danny381US #41
#51Philip375US #61
#52Stanley374US #62
#53Rodney352US #58
#54Ricky351US #51
#55Walter340US #45
#56Martin338US #82
#57Russell338US #71
#58Jack335US #57
#59Arthur332US #50
#60Ralph320US #59
#61Phillip316US #76
#62Glenn295US #67
#63Harold280US #56
#64Henry276US #54
#65Eugene273US #75
#66Christopher269US #63
#67Jerome264US #107
#68Louis264US #78
#69Leonard259US #85
#70Howard256US #77
#71Andrew255US #68
#72Allen252US #81
#73Frederick244US #80
#74Roy241US #55
#75Steve234US #84
#76Jeffery227US #109
#77Eric224US #89
#78Fred221US #92
#79Dean218US #105
#80Willie217US #49
#81Barry210US #73
#82Albert207US #69
#83Bradley204US #118
#84Lee199US #93
#85Micheal198US #88
#86Curtis195US #86
#87Rick186US #101
#88Samuel182US #70
#89Theodore179US #112
#90Darrell177US #103
#91Jay174US #99
#92Marvin171US #94
#93Harry170US #83
#94Melvin170US #91
#95Victor167US #106
#96Terrence164US #200
#97Jon162US #120
#98Bernard161US #119
#99Kim159US #127
#100Ronnie159US #79

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑25Rodney#53
↑22Suzanne#68
↑19Ricky#54
↑17Julie#56
↑16Theresa#43
↑13Willie#80
↑12Joanne#64
↑11Beverly#32

Falling

↓18Marsha#73
↓14Harry#93
↓11Bernard#98
↓10Bonnie#47
↓10Valerie#81
↓10Jeanne#91
↓9Vickie#86
↓9Roy#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.