State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1960 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 223,394 Illinois births in 1960 across 1,894 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#79Kurt#130 nationally
#78Sue#120 nationally
#77Victoria#114 nationally
#89Dwayne#123 nationally
#74Maureen#106 nationally
#82Dan#111 nationally
#58Tom#86 nationally
#49Jill#76 nationally
#32Dawn#57 nationally
#65Bradley#90 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,567US #1
#2Susan2,463US #2
#3Karen2,202US #4
#4Linda2,174US #3
#5Patricia1,983US #7
#6Donna1,679US #5
#7Debra1,652US #8
#8Lisa1,578US #6
#9Cynthia1,532US #9
#10Laura1,498US #25
#11Nancy1,444US #15
#12Barbara1,374US #12
#13Deborah1,361US #10
#14Sandra1,268US #11
#15Diane1,259US #22
#16Pamela1,253US #14
#17Kathleen1,192US #27
#18Julie1,176US #28
#19Lori1,173US #20
#20Brenda1,145US #13
#21Sharon1,128US #16
#22Kathy1,085US #21
#23Cheryl1,075US #17
#24Kimberly1,073US #26
#25Denise1,041US #29
#26Carol1,038US #23
#27Elizabeth1,038US #18
#28Debbie942US #24
#29Janet880US #32
#30Cindy775US #30
#31Teresa756US #19
#32Dawn743US #57
#33Margaret731US #36
#34Theresa720US #35
#35Christine681US #40
#36Kim672US #34
#37Tammy665US #31
#38Catherine634US #42
#39Michelle599US #39
#40Cathy581US #46
#41Tina566US #45
#42Janice564US #41
#43Robin552US #33
#44Laurie519US #37
#45Ann512US #51
#46Diana503US #53
#47Lynn496US #64
#48Judy491US #48
#49Jill472US #76
#50Connie466US #47
#51Rhonda464US #44
#52Paula456US #55
#53Rebecca455US #38
#54Jane452US #67
#55Kelly451US #52
#56Judith447US #74
#57Peggy447US #69
#58Angela443US #50
#59Carolyn440US #43
#60Sheila429US #56
#61Annette426US #62
#62Terri424US #49
#63Joyce413US #58
#64Kathryn408US #82
#65Sherry408US #54
#66Valerie401US #65
#67Jean394US #86
#68Maria392US #59
#69Beth378US #72
#70Beverly377US #60
#71Renee375US #93
#72Jennifer374US #61
#73Joan358US #80
#74Maureen354US #106
#75Katherine352US #81
#76Vicki351US #73
#77Victoria345US #114
#78Sue342US #120
#79Gail336US #90
#80Ellen334US #94
#81Bonnie331US #71
#82Wendy330US #63
#83Rita329US #96
#84Jacqueline326US #85
#85Ruth319US #97
#86Amy314US #77
#87Darlene306US #75
#88Shirley303US #70
#89Suzanne294US #78
#90Colleen293US #107
#91Tracy292US #84
#92Anita285US #87
#93Penny283US #113
#94Anne281US #88
#95Leslie271US #92
#96Andrea268US #115
#97Gloria268US #79
#98Martha268US #83
#99Carla262US #110
#100Joanne261US #99

Boys

#1Michael5,416US #2
#2David4,817US #1
#3John4,652US #4
#4James4,390US #3
#5Robert4,152US #5
#6Mark3,622US #6
#7William2,695US #7
#8Thomas2,565US #9
#9Richard2,444US #8
#10Steven2,257US #10
#11Kevin1,934US #15
#12Daniel1,865US #17
#13Jeffrey1,838US #14
#14Timothy1,814US #11
#15Joseph1,672US #12
#16Kenneth1,576US #16
#17Scott1,507US #23
#18Brian1,471US #20
#19Charles1,431US #13
#20Paul1,404US #18
#21Ronald1,390US #21
#22Donald1,346US #19
#23Gregory1,335US #24
#24Anthony1,284US #25
#25Gary1,060US #22
#26Edward1,001US #26
#27Larry815US #28
#28Christopher801US #29
#29Douglas790US #30
#30Dennis785US #31
#31Patrick757US #45
#32Stephen752US #27
#33Keith749US #35
#34Mike735US #36
#35George716US #33
#36Randy678US #32
#37Terry641US #34
#38Frank633US #40
#39Peter631US #42
#40Steve622US #43
#41Eric611US #44
#42Jerry603US #37
#43Bruce599US #39
#44Craig587US #41
#45Raymond525US #46
#46Roger514US #47
#47Jeff500US #49
#48Alan497US #50
#49Jeffery472US #55
#50Andrew463US #51
#51Lawrence455US #64
#52Ricky436US #38
#53Carl435US #53
#54Dale425US #54
#55Matthew413US #61
#56Tim412US #60
#57Randall407US #59
#58Tom400US #86
#59Jim395US #75
#60Martin392US #77
#61Tony389US #52
#62Russell388US #56
#63Danny373US #48
#64Gerald371US #62
#65Bradley352US #90
#66Joe345US #57
#67Phillip344US #66
#68Wayne335US #58
#69Philip328US #76
#70Chris319US #63
#71Rodney316US #68
#72Darryl314US #96
#73Todd314US #71
#74Greg312US #83
#75Jay307US #78
#76Bill298US #95
#77Walter291US #70
#78Glenn290US #74
#79Kurt281US #130
#80Bryan270US #88
#81Rick265US #101
#82Dan264US #111
#83Arthur261US #82
#84Jack261US #85
#85Victor261US #103
#86Dean260US #94
#87Curtis253US #79
#88Micheal253US #105
#89Dwayne242US #123
#90Louis238US #106
#91Harold234US #92
#92Ralph230US #89
#93Henry229US #84
#94Leonard229US #113
#95Allen228US #99
#96Roy224US #80
#97Jose221US #107
#98Willie220US #81
#99Barry217US #72
#100Vincent217US #98

On the move since 1959

Rising

↑29Kelly#55
↑26Laurie#44
↑18Bryan#80
↑17Victoria#77
↑17Todd#73
↑14Jill#49
↑14Angela#58
↑14Greg#74

Falling

↓17Gail#79
↓15Jean#67
↓14Darlene#87
↓13Joyce#63
↓12Joanne#100
↓12Rick#81
↓11Carolyn#59
↓11Martha#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1959 rankings.