State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1958 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 220,185 Illinois births in 1958 across 1,832 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#90Kurt#134 nationally
#46Dawn#84 nationally
#73Maureen#110 nationally
#63Jill#98 nationally
#73Bradley#108 nationally
#65Tom#96 nationally
#97Marcia#128 nationally
#79Dan#109 nationally
#74Sue#102 nationally
#99Dave#126 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,662US #1
#2Susan2,798US #2
#3Karen2,481US #4
#4Linda2,396US #3
#5Patricia2,212US #5
#6Debra2,164US #6
#7Cynthia1,780US #8
#8Nancy1,734US #12
#9Deborah1,695US #7
#10Pamela1,579US #11
#11Barbara1,519US #9
#12Donna1,431US #10
#13Cheryl1,384US #13
#14Kathleen1,381US #21
#15Diane1,375US #18
#16Sandra1,267US #15
#17Kathy1,265US #14
#18Sharon1,243US #17
#19Julie1,239US #23
#20Carol1,126US #20
#21Laura1,099US #29
#22Debbie994US #24
#23Elizabeth994US #22
#24Denise969US #27
#25Brenda963US #16
#26Janet945US #28
#27Lisa914US #19
#28Cindy827US #25
#29Lori794US #30
#30Kimberly779US #39
#31Margaret767US #31
#32Christine743US #43
#33Catherine726US #38
#34Theresa677US #33
#35Cathy654US #34
#36Peggy630US #42
#37Janice618US #35
#38Teresa614US #26
#39Lynn552US #60
#40Kim546US #40
#41Judy537US #36
#42Robin537US #32
#43Carolyn536US #37
#44Judith527US #62
#45Diana518US #45
#46Dawn504US #84
#47Darlene489US #49
#48Kathryn471US #58
#49Rebecca455US #41
#50Jane449US #61
#51Tammy447US #44
#52Gail444US #72
#53Jean442US #73
#54Paula441US #53
#55Michelle434US #56
#56Ann433US #47
#57Joyce431US #46
#58Valerie418US #64
#59Rhonda416US #48
#60Vicki411US #57
#61Joan404US #68
#62Sheila393US #59
#63Jill388US #98
#64Bonnie386US #63
#65Tina385US #71
#66Annette383US #76
#67Shirley378US #52
#68Terri376US #51
#69Maria374US #65
#70Katherine371US #74
#71Connie363US #50
#72Laurie362US #70
#73Maureen352US #110
#74Sue352US #102
#75Rita348US #88
#76Rose348US #78
#77Ellen345US #93
#78Beverly334US #55
#79Sherry325US #67
#80Beth323US #95
#81Renee296US #105
#82Marilyn293US #96
#83Anita290US #82
#84Leslie289US #79
#85Anne285US #87
#86Betty285US #54
#87Martha280US #69
#88Victoria280US #109
#89Jacqueline277US #99
#90Ruth277US #90
#91Vickie277US #75
#92Angela276US #83
#93Gloria269US #77
#94Joanne267US #80
#95Michele259US #92
#96Wendy259US #107
#97Marcia257US #128
#98Phyllis251US #94
#99Sally249US #112
#100Amy246US #97

Boys

#1Michael5,997US #1
#2David4,620US #2
#3John4,592US #5
#4James4,529US #3
#5Robert4,366US #4
#6Mark3,266US #7
#7William2,980US #6
#8Thomas2,874US #9
#9Richard2,752US #8
#10Steven2,311US #10
#11Kevin1,789US #20
#12Timothy1,719US #13
#13Daniel1,704US #16
#14Joseph1,696US #12
#15Jeffrey1,507US #21
#16Charles1,506US #11
#17Paul1,454US #15
#18Kenneth1,435US #14
#19Ronald1,432US #19
#20Scott1,403US #25
#21Donald1,400US #18
#22Gary1,326US #17
#23Brian1,307US #24
#24Gregory1,261US #23
#25Larry1,086US #22
#26Edward1,075US #28
#27Anthony1,027US #27
#28Dennis882US #29
#29Stephen849US #26
#30Douglas847US #30
#31George816US #31
#32Terry764US #33
#33Keith746US #37
#34Randy730US #32
#35Bruce720US #36
#36Patrick715US #42
#37Frank673US #38
#38Mike635US #40
#39Steve605US #44
#40Jerry598US #35
#41Peter597US #41
#42Lawrence581US #52
#43Christopher578US #39
#44Ricky561US #34
#45Raymond532US #43
#46Dale521US #46
#47Eric487US #50
#48Alan440US #49
#49Andrew434US #55
#50Carl429US #51
#51Roger419US #47
#52Craig414US #53
#53Gerald403US #58
#54Jeffery399US #59
#55Martin389US #71
#56Russell388US #54
#57Danny387US #45
#58Wayne385US #48
#59Randall383US #62
#60Jeff366US #68
#61Rick365US #77
#62Philip349US #67
#63Tim329US #74
#64Matthew327US #60
#65Tom327US #96
#66Walter326US #63
#67Tony324US #57
#68Jim302US #87
#69Phillip299US #81
#70Rodney296US #65
#71Jack295US #80
#72Glenn291US #76
#73Bradley287US #108
#74Joe275US #56
#75Stanley271US #88
#76Ralph265US #78
#77Bill261US #99
#78Curtis257US #82
#79Dan255US #109
#80Arthur254US #72
#81Jay253US #86
#82Dean251US #97
#83Micheal247US #91
#84Allen240US #92
#85Harold238US #84
#86Barry237US #79
#87Howard237US #95
#88Darrell235US #90
#89Roy231US #75
#90Kurt230US #134
#91Leonard230US #102
#92Henry227US #83
#93Todd222US #116
#94Eugene216US #103
#95Albert215US #89
#96Fred214US #115
#97Bryan212US #101
#98Samuel209US #85
#99Dave208US #126
#100Vincent208US #98

On the move since 1957

Rising

↑34Jeff#60
↑32Tom#65
↑30Jim#68
↑23Mike#38
↑21Peggy#36
↑18Tony#67
↑16Lori#29
↑15Terri#68

Falling

↓19Jay#81
↓18Beverly#78
↓17Albert#95
↓16Sherry#79
↓15Victoria#88
↓14Ann#56
↓14Joyce#57
↓14Arthur#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1957 rankings.