State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1955 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 208,658 Illinois births in 1955 across 1,663 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#97Terrence#181 nationally
#94Kurt#150 nationally
#63Kimberly#111 nationally
#72Jerome#112 nationally
#67Maureen#100 nationally
#70Dawn#103 nationally
#77Bradley#107 nationally
#34Lynn#62 nationally
#49Martin#77 nationally
#92Theodore#120 nationally
#90Renee#117 nationally
#72Marcia#98 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,100US #1
#2Debra3,258US #4
#3Susan2,999US #5
#4Linda2,833US #3
#5Deborah2,739US #2
#6Patricia2,672US #6
#7Nancy2,123US #9
#8Karen1,986US #8
#9Barbara1,958US #7
#10Pamela1,676US #12
#11Diane1,552US #14
#12Donna1,545US #10
#13Cynthia1,502US #11
#14Kathleen1,500US #17
#15Sandra1,419US #13
#16Carol1,390US #15
#17Sharon1,213US #16
#18Janet1,185US #20
#19Cheryl1,019US #19
#20Denise1,005US #23
#21Elizabeth808US #21
#22Catherine787US #28
#23Margaret768US #24
#24Kathy759US #22
#25Brenda749US #18
#26Judith744US #31
#27Janice732US #25
#28Christine713US #40
#29Laura615US #41
#30Joyce596US #29
#31Gail584US #42
#32Rebecca551US #27
#33Theresa539US #38
#34Lynn538US #62
#35Paula525US #39
#36Marilyn521US #49
#37Joan505US #46
#38Teresa501US #26
#39Jean487US #60
#40Cathy478US #44
#41Beverly476US #34
#42Carolyn468US #30
#43Vicki459US #52
#44Diana443US #55
#45Jane441US #50
#46Julie438US #67
#47Peggy437US #51
#48Robin436US #33
#49Kathryn433US #59
#50Rose433US #54
#51Connie423US #35
#52Katherine420US #65
#53Ann412US #43
#54Bonnie411US #45
#55Jo405US #58
#56Betty399US #36
#57Gloria399US #47
#58Shirley398US #37
#59Judy396US #32
#60Sheila394US #57
#61Lisa374US #48
#62Rita360US #72
#63Kimberly358US #111
#64Debbie355US #63
#65Victoria342US #82
#66Jacqueline339US #73
#67Maureen333US #100
#68Rhonda332US #71
#69Kim325US #75
#70Dawn317US #103
#71Valerie316US #80
#72Marcia313US #98
#73Sherry312US #56
#74Wendy311US #90
#75Ruth310US #70
#76Phyllis307US #74
#77Darlene306US #76
#78Dorothy306US #64
#79Ellen303US #81
#80Martha301US #53
#81Cindy298US #79
#82Jill293US #102
#83Maria290US #69
#84Michelle289US #97
#85Lori282US #89
#86Joanne274US #88
#87Virginia271US #66
#88Vickie269US #68
#89Sally268US #95
#90Renee267US #117
#91Suzanne259US #86
#92Laurie258US #91
#93Sue258US #116
#94Colleen249US #110
#95Michele248US #93
#96Terry248US #83
#97Anne243US #84
#98Marsha238US #106
#99Terri238US #85
#100Anita237US #94

Boys

#1Michael5,899US #1
#2John4,800US #5
#3James4,782US #3
#4David4,744US #2
#5Robert4,720US #4
#6William3,378US #6
#7Thomas3,105US #8
#8Richard2,986US #7
#9Mark2,742US #9
#10Steven2,539US #10
#11Gary1,849US #12
#12Daniel1,777US #17
#13Joseph1,715US #13
#14Charles1,678US #11
#15Donald1,559US #14
#16Ronald1,530US #18
#17Paul1,417US #16
#18Gregory1,405US #24
#19Jeffrey1,401US #20
#20Kenneth1,390US #15
#21Kevin1,223US #27
#22Timothy1,199US #22
#23Dennis1,149US #23
#24Edward1,128US #25
#25Larry1,068US #19
#26Stephen1,043US #21
#27George874US #26
#28Anthony854US #31
#29Bruce848US #32
#30Scott815US #38
#31Terry813US #28
#32Randy811US #30
#33Patrick748US #41
#34Douglas695US #29
#35Brian664US #40
#36Lawrence654US #42
#37Frank641US #34
#38Raymond638US #36
#39Peter628US #35
#40Keith615US #39
#41Roger608US #37
#42Alan546US #43
#43Jerry515US #33
#44Gerald452US #48
#45Carl449US #47
#46Craig449US #50
#47Dale431US #52
#48Wayne410US #44
#49Martin385US #77
#50Walter383US #51
#51Philip371US #62
#52Christopher367US #49
#53Randall365US #53
#54Jeffery359US #73
#55Russell341US #57
#56Ricky337US #46
#57Stanley333US #64
#58Jack327US #60
#59Andrew326US #66
#60Danny326US #45
#61Arthur322US #56
#62Phillip306US #74
#63Leonard305US #88
#64Glenn299US #59
#65Ralph283US #67
#66Rodney276US #65
#67Henry274US #61
#68Harold268US #63
#69Steve261US #72
#70Roy260US #58
#71Louis248US #82
#72Jerome246US #112
#73Eugene245US #81
#74Barry244US #70
#75Eric243US #85
#76Micheal239US #87
#77Bradley238US #107
#78Allen231US #84
#79Howard230US #83
#80Samuel230US #71
#81Willie229US #54
#82Frederick228US #86
#83Darrell226US #91
#84Curtis217US #79
#85Albert216US #76
#86Matthew215US #105
#87Rick208US #109
#88Dean203US #111
#89Jon201US #115
#90Kim199US #98
#91Fred192US #97
#92Theodore187US #120
#93Lee185US #96
#94Kurt184US #150
#95Melvin183US #95
#96Harry173US #89
#97Terrence172US #181
#98Victor170US #101
#99Jay169US #103
#100Marvin164US #94

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑20Teresa#38
↑18Lisa#61
↑16Christopher#52
↑14Theresa#33
↑13Dawn#70
↑12Cathy#40
↑12Jeffery#54
↑11Katherine#52

Falling

↓29Marsha#98
↓15Ruth#75
↓15Martha#80
↓13Shirley#58
↓13Vickie#88
↓13Terrence#97
↓12Jacqueline#66
↓12Sally#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.