State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1959 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 224,731 Illinois births in 1959 across 1,881 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#82Kurt#129 nationally
#68Sue#107 nationally
#97Jerome#133 nationally
#72Bradley#103 nationally
#79Maureen#106 nationally
#84Dan#110 nationally
#52Jean#77 nationally
#57Tom#82 nationally
#68Bill#93 nationally
#75Renee#100 nationally
#94Dave#119 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,698US #1
#2Susan2,705US #2
#3Linda2,405US #3
#4Karen2,283US #4
#5Patricia2,060US #6
#6Debra1,952US #7
#7Donna1,784US #5
#8Cynthia1,750US #8
#9Deborah1,601US #9
#10Nancy1,479US #14
#11Pamela1,449US #12
#12Barbara1,414US #11
#13Diane1,367US #19
#14Sandra1,311US #13
#15Kathleen1,305US #23
#16Laura1,244US #30
#17Cheryl1,228US #18
#18Kathy1,216US #15
#19Lisa1,212US #10
#20Sharon1,201US #17
#21Julie1,125US #26
#22Debbie1,094US #20
#23Carol1,082US #22
#24Brenda1,080US #16
#25Janet1,032US #28
#26Elizabeth990US #21
#27Denise980US #29
#28Lori943US #27
#29Cindy933US #25
#30Kimberly887US #33
#31Margaret736US #36
#32Teresa688US #24
#33Catherine676US #40
#34Dawn670US #54
#35Christine668US #43
#36Theresa659US #34
#37Cathy657US #39
#38Tammy649US #31
#39Janice624US #37
#40Kim566US #35
#41Robin543US #32
#42Lynn532US #63
#43Michelle523US #47
#44Ann511US #44
#45Judy498US #41
#46Judith490US #70
#47Paula482US #51
#48Carolyn476US #42
#49Diana475US #49
#50Joyce466US #50
#51Tina462US #53
#52Jean460US #77
#53Rebecca457US #38
#54Sheila453US #52
#55Connie450US #48
#56Jane446US #67
#57Peggy446US #57
#58Kathryn444US #69
#59Valerie441US #60
#60Rhonda438US #45
#61Annette437US #64
#62Gail419US #75
#63Jill417US #86
#64Joan400US #76
#65Beth392US #80
#66Beverly387US #55
#67Terri387US #46
#68Sue371US #107
#69Katherine370US #79
#70Laurie369US #56
#71Maria357US #62
#72Angela353US #68
#73Darlene352US #66
#74Vicki351US #73
#75Renee345US #100
#76Bonnie340US #71
#77Ellen337US #91
#78Sherry337US #58
#79Maureen333US #106
#80Amy322US #85
#81Shirley321US #61
#82Jennifer319US #78
#83Betty316US #59
#84Kelly309US #74
#85Ruth306US #97
#86Wendy304US #83
#87Martha301US #72
#88Joanne298US #92
#89Anita297US #87
#90Anne295US #82
#91Michele289US #89
#92Rose289US #88
#93Rita284US #98
#94Victoria283US #113
#95Leslie282US #84
#96Colleen276US #110
#97Gloria274US #81
#98Marilyn272US #109
#99Becky255US #102
#100Suzanne255US #96

Boys

#1Michael5,716US #1
#2John4,649US #4
#3James4,631US #3
#4David4,627US #2
#5Robert4,223US #5
#6Mark3,367US #6
#7William2,883US #7
#8Richard2,671US #8
#9Thomas2,624US #9
#10Steven2,295US #10
#11Kevin1,897US #14
#12Timothy1,840US #12
#13Daniel1,764US #18
#14Jeffrey1,712US #16
#15Joseph1,696US #13
#16Charles1,550US #11
#17Kenneth1,502US #15
#18Scott1,461US #24
#19Paul1,444US #17
#20Donald1,430US #19
#21Ronald1,407US #21
#22Gregory1,356US #23
#23Brian1,337US #22
#24Gary1,188US #20
#25Anthony1,157US #26
#26Edward1,034US #27
#27Larry973US #25
#28Dennis894US #29
#29Douglas822US #30
#30Stephen772US #28
#31Terry769US #33
#32George747US #32
#33Randy743US #31
#34Christopher735US #35
#35Patrick734US #43
#36Bruce670US #38
#37Steve668US #41
#38Keith667US #39
#39Peter664US #40
#40Mike635US #37
#41Frank630US #42
#42Craig612US #44
#43Raymond581US #45
#44Jerry540US #36
#45Eric526US #46
#46Alan518US #50
#47Jeff505US #52
#48Roger500US #47
#49Ricky492US #34
#50Dale488US #49
#51Jeffery488US #55
#52Lawrence468US #62
#53Randall441US #59
#54Carl433US #54
#55Russell412US #56
#56Jim409US #70
#57Tom404US #82
#58Matthew401US #63
#59Gerald393US #61
#60Andrew386US #58
#61Wayne375US #51
#62Phillip374US #74
#63Martin372US #79
#64Tim372US #60
#65Tony371US #53
#66Danny366US #48
#67Rodney345US #67
#68Bill344US #93
#69Rick342US #89
#70Philip337US #68
#71Joe325US #57
#72Bradley299US #103
#73Walter296US #66
#74Chris279US #72
#75Arthur276US #76
#76Glenn276US #80
#77Jack276US #85
#78Dean271US #95
#79Jay262US #88
#80Curtis260US #75
#81Darrell260US #90
#82Kurt254US #129
#83Ralph254US #84
#84Dan252US #110
#85Harold252US #87
#86Micheal250US #96
#87Roy250US #81
#88Greg248US #91
#89Louis241US #100
#90Todd238US #99
#91Victor238US #107
#92Eugene234US #106
#93Stanley233US #98
#94Dave228US #119
#95Allen224US #97
#96Howard221US #104
#97Jerome221US #133
#98Bryan216US #94
#99Leonard216US #109
#100Fred213US #112

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑20Angela#72
↑20Amy#80
↑16Connie#55
↑15Beth#65
↑14Tina#51
↑13Tammy#38
↑13Jeff#47
↑12Dawn#34

Falling

↓26Darlene#73
↓21Peggy#57
↓18Rita#93
↓18Stanley#93
↓16Rose#92
↓16Marilyn#98
↓14Vicki#74
↓14Shirley#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.