State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 205,866 Illinois births in 1954 across 1,632 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#84Terrence#184 nationally
#98Kurt#168 nationally
#83Dawn#124 nationally
#94Renee#132 nationally
#79Jerome#114 nationally
#64Maureen#97 nationally
#90Bernard#123 nationally
#76Jill#107 nationally
#49Martin#79 nationally
#77Bradley#106 nationally
#36Lynn#63 nationally
#70Wendy#95 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,340US #1
#2Linda3,033US #2
#3Susan2,985US #5
#4Debra2,888US #6
#5Deborah2,848US #3
#6Patricia2,692US #4
#7Barbara2,100US #7
#8Nancy2,023US #9
#9Karen1,935US #8
#10Pamela1,756US #12
#11Kathleen1,576US #14
#12Diane1,513US #17
#13Cynthia1,496US #10
#14Donna1,472US #11
#15Sandra1,408US #13
#16Carol1,394US #15
#17Sharon1,229US #16
#18Janet1,206US #19
#19Cheryl966US #22
#20Denise933US #24
#21Margaret861US #21
#22Judith827US #30
#23Elizabeth790US #20
#24Janice764US #25
#25Brenda721US #18
#26Christine690US #43
#27Catherine684US #32
#28Gail662US #37
#29Joyce649US #28
#30Kathy647US #23
#31Marilyn607US #35
#32Laura597US #45
#33Joan569US #40
#34Paula566US #38
#35Rebecca566US #26
#36Lynn508US #63
#37Beverly507US #31
#38Carolyn493US #27
#39Jane480US #49
#40Kathryn480US #51
#41Diana477US #57
#42Connie469US #39
#43Jean464US #56
#44Rose458US #54
#45Shirley444US #33
#46Peggy440US #48
#47Theresa439US #47
#48Ann437US #44
#49Vicki431US #50
#50Judy427US #29
#51Jo423US #53
#52Cathy421US #59
#53Robin408US #41
#54Jacqueline405US #68
#55Julie395US #70
#56Sheila395US #60
#57Betty392US #36
#58Teresa389US #34
#59Rita375US #67
#60Ruth372US #66
#61Bonnie371US #52
#62Gloria361US #42
#63Katherine360US #64
#64Maureen345US #97
#65Martha343US #46
#66Marcia340US #90
#67Sherry327US #62
#68Ellen318US #77
#69Marsha317US #86
#70Wendy308US #95
#71Darlene305US #76
#72Victoria303US #85
#73Rhonda300US #71
#74Valerie300US #87
#75Vickie300US #69
#76Jill296US #107
#77Sally289US #84
#78Joanne288US #78
#79Lisa285US #73
#80Dorothy278US #55
#81Phyllis278US #75
#82Michelle277US #94
#83Dawn274US #124
#84Virginia273US #61
#85Maria265US #65
#86Elaine262US #74
#87Roberta261US #102
#88Sue255US #106
#89Suzanne255US #82
#90Constance250US #111
#91Anne247US #80
#92Jeanne246US #112
#93Marian246US #104
#94Renee246US #132
#95Eileen245US #115
#96Anita242US #96
#97Leslie238US #99
#98Michele238US #89
#99Helen237US #72
#100Marie236US #79

Boys

#1Michael5,696US #1
#2Robert4,949US #2
#3James4,894US #3
#4John4,779US #4
#5David4,306US #5
#6William3,359US #6
#7Richard3,276US #7
#8Thomas3,136US #8
#9Steven2,413US #11
#10Mark2,403US #12
#11Gary2,079US #9
#12Charles1,745US #10
#13Joseph1,681US #13
#14Donald1,586US #14
#15Ronald1,568US #15
#16Daniel1,567US #18
#17Kenneth1,485US #17
#18Paul1,391US #16
#19Gregory1,305US #25
#20Jeffrey1,238US #23
#21Dennis1,206US #21
#22Larry1,194US #19
#23Kevin1,120US #28
#24Edward1,109US #22
#25Stephen1,071US #20
#26George936US #24
#27Timothy929US #26
#28Terry877US #27
#29Bruce849US #30
#30Lawrence758US #39
#31Patrick744US #38
#32Scott727US #40
#33Anthony699US #32
#34Douglas693US #29
#35Frank649US #36
#36Roger637US #34
#37Randy621US #33
#38Raymond588US #35
#39Alan573US #43
#40Jerry565US #31
#41Keith524US #45
#42Gerald523US #44
#43Brian521US #48
#44Peter502US #37
#45Dale469US #50
#46Randall450US #55
#47Wayne443US #41
#48Craig441US #51
#49Martin398US #79
#50Carl394US #47
#51Walter379US #49
#52Danny372US #42
#53Philip371US #62
#54Stanley369US #58
#55Glenn348US #63
#56Ricky340US #46
#57Jack336US #57
#58Ralph335US #61
#59Arthur328US #52
#60Russell327US #69
#61Rodney308US #66
#62Harold303US #60
#63Andrew283US #70
#64Henry280US #59
#65Phillip276US #75
#66Jeffery275US #90
#67Eugene271US #77
#68Christopher268US #64
#69Roy265US #56
#70Leonard249US #85
#71Steve249US #76
#72Howard247US #80
#73Allen246US #82
#74Louis244US #81
#75Frederick241US #83
#76Barry236US #68
#77Bradley233US #106
#78Micheal230US #88
#79Jerome226US #114
#80Albert221US #73
#81Eric221US #89
#82Rick216US #102
#83Willie216US #53
#84Terrence213US #184
#85Curtis212US #84
#86Harry206US #86
#87Lee197US #96
#88Jay196US #101
#89Samuel196US #71
#90Bernard193US #123
#91Darrell193US #95
#92Theodore193US #115
#93Dean189US #110
#94Victor188US #103
#95Fred185US #93
#96Kim183US #109
#97Jon176US #111
#98Kurt172US #168
#99Norman171US #99
#100Melvin170US #92

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑23Robin#53
↑19Wendy#70
↑17Rose#44
↑17Dawn#83
↑12Michelle#82
↑12Terrence#84
↑11Sherry#67
↑11Vickie#75

Falling

↓21Suzanne#89
↓20Helen#99
↓17Marie#100
↓17Fred#95
↓15Dorothy#80
↓14Bonnie#61
↓14Joanne#78
↓14Dean#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.