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Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1957 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 224,603 Illinois births in 1957 across 1,791 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#71Jerome#126 nationally
#86Kurt#141 nationally
#55Dawn#93 nationally
#75Renee#111 nationally
#66Jill#100 nationally
#73Bradley#107 nationally
#62Jay#88 nationally
#77Maureen#103 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,995US #1
#2Susan2,875US #2
#3Debra2,780US #4
#4Karen2,523US #5
#5Linda2,504US #3
#6Cynthia2,373US #7
#7Patricia2,326US #8
#8Deborah2,060US #6
#9Nancy1,893US #11
#10Barbara1,744US #9
#11Pamela1,540US #12
#12Donna1,500US #10
#13Diane1,490US #17
#14Kathleen1,483US #21
#15Sharon1,423US #14
#16Sandra1,344US #15
#17Carol1,341US #18
#18Cheryl1,317US #16
#19Brenda1,128US #13
#20Cindy1,016US #19
#21Denise1,005US #25
#22Janet1,004US #23
#23Kathy1,001US #20
#24Laura997US #31
#25Julie992US #28
#26Elizabeth928US #22
#27Margaret797US #29
#28Catherine777US #37
#29Christine764US #41
#30Kimberly759US #42
#31Janice700US #32
#32Lisa675US #26
#33Theresa672US #36
#34Debbie663US #27
#35Robin646US #30
#36Judith617US #53
#37Kim596US #35
#38Cathy590US #39
#39Rebecca569US #34
#40Lynn560US #61
#41Teresa549US #24
#42Ann548US #44
#43Joyce542US #40
#44Gail526US #54
#45Lori525US #45
#46Diana518US #43
#47Carolyn502US #33
#48Jean501US #67
#49Judy501US #38
#50Paula472US #49
#51Kathryn471US #65
#52Jane444US #56
#53Joan438US #60
#54Sheila435US #58
#55Dawn433US #93
#56Darlene423US #57
#57Peggy406US #62
#58Connie405US #47
#59Vicki398US #51
#60Beverly393US #48
#61Rhonda387US #52
#62Katherine380US #72
#63Sherry379US #55
#64Laurie377US #73
#65Valerie375US #76
#66Jill374US #100
#67Michelle374US #79
#68Shirley366US #46
#69Bonnie360US #64
#70Maria356US #71
#71Rose355US #69
#72Marilyn354US #82
#73Victoria352US #88
#74Betty340US #50
#75Renee333US #111
#76Tina330US #80
#77Maureen326US #103
#78Leslie324US #77
#79Jacqueline318US #91
#80Annette317US #97
#81Rita317US #78
#82Sue313US #104
#83Terri309US #68
#84Ellen307US #85
#85Gloria304US #66
#86Martha301US #63
#87Ruth300US #84
#88Vickie295US #70
#89Wendy295US #101
#90Jo293US #83
#91Angela281US #89
#92Joanne271US #94
#93Anita270US #81
#94Beth269US #108
#95Colleen268US #118
#96Phyllis262US #90
#97Anne259US #86
#98Anna258US #105
#99Jennifer258US #87
#100Marie256US #98

Boys

#1Michael6,230US #1
#2James5,041US #2
#3John4,814US #5
#4Robert4,644US #4
#5David4,480US #3
#6Mark3,371US #7
#7William3,205US #6
#8Thomas3,033US #9
#9Richard2,906US #8
#10Steven2,620US #10
#11Kevin1,824US #20
#12Joseph1,819US #12
#13Daniel1,789US #16
#14Charles1,740US #11
#15Ronald1,658US #17
#16Kenneth1,585US #14
#17Donald1,574US #15
#18Gary1,552US #13
#19Jeffrey1,539US #21
#20Gregory1,469US #23
#21Timothy1,463US #19
#22Paul1,451US #18
#23Scott1,209US #32
#24Larry1,148US #22
#25Edward1,122US #25
#26Brian1,104US #26
#27Anthony1,070US #27
#28Stephen1,010US #24
#29Dennis942US #28
#30Douglas855US #30
#31George853US #29
#32Terry822US #33
#33Randy818US #31
#34Bruce783US #34
#35Patrick758US #41
#36Keith740US #36
#37Lawrence686US #46
#38Peter647US #37
#39Raymond629US #39
#40Frank626US #38
#41Jerry571US #35
#42Roger547US #42
#43Dale505US #50
#44Alan489US #48
#45Jeffery484US #52
#46Ricky483US #40
#47Christopher480US #43
#48Carl452US #49
#49Steve448US #44
#50Andrew444US #56
#51Gerald438US #51
#52Craig425US #55
#53Martin409US #69
#54Russell403US #54
#55Randall401US #59
#56Wayne401US #47
#57Eric392US #60
#58Philip359US #68
#59Danny358US #45
#60Jack330US #67
#61Mike322US #53
#62Jay319US #88
#63Walter319US #58
#64Glenn308US #62
#65Rodney302US #70
#66Arthur295US #66
#67Stanley295US #81
#68Matthew294US #83
#69Rick280US #87
#70Phillip275US #79
#71Jerome272US #126
#72Ralph272US #76
#73Bradley268US #107
#74Harold266US #74
#75Roy259US #65
#76Micheal257US #85
#77Dean256US #93
#78Albert255US #84
#79Leonard249US #94
#80Barry248US #72
#81Louis244US #86
#82Joe240US #57
#83Henry239US #75
#84Curtis238US #80
#85Tony236US #71
#86Kurt229US #141
#87Howard228US #89
#88Allen227US #91
#89Eugene224US #92
#90Willie218US #63
#91Samuel215US #82
#92Billy214US #64
#93Vincent213US #97
#94Jeff212US #96
#95Victor212US #98
#96Darrell211US #90
#97Tom205US #116
#98Jim204US #106
#99Frederick196US #99
#100Fred195US #103

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑25Cindy#20
↑25Debbie#34
↑22Rick#69
↑17Steve#49
↑17Eric#57
↑16Michelle#67
↑16Jay#62
↑15Lori#45

Falling

↓24Jo#90
↓19Rose#71
↓14Henry#83
↓14Eugene#89
↓13Harold#74
↓13Louis#81
↓13Darrell#96
↓12Joan#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.