State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1961 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 220,531 Illinois births in 1961 across 1,935 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#77Kurt#129 nationally
#100Brad#142 nationally
#89Sue#130 nationally
#98Dave#130 nationally
#64Jean#92 nationally
#76Bill#104 nationally
#84Dwayne#111 nationally
#87Victoria#114 nationally
#78Maureen#104 nationally
#63Tom#88 nationally
#83Rick#108 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,158US #1
#2Susan2,365US #3
#3Lisa2,173US #2
#4Linda2,164US #4
#5Karen2,029US #5
#6Patricia1,642US #6
#7Laura1,511US #21
#8Donna1,466US #7
#9Cynthia1,421US #8
#10Deborah1,371US #10
#11Sandra1,342US #9
#12Debra1,341US #13
#13Nancy1,341US #16
#14Barbara1,291US #12
#15Lori1,267US #14
#16Julie1,259US #23
#17Pamela1,244US #15
#18Kathleen1,166US #29
#19Kimberly1,133US #22
#20Sharon1,119US #17
#21Cheryl1,081US #20
#22Diane1,079US #26
#23Brenda1,066US #11
#24Elizabeth1,024US #19
#25Denise1,008US #30
#26Carol977US #24
#27Kathy923US #25
#28Janet889US #32
#29Dawn811US #49
#30Teresa806US #18
#31Debbie805US #31
#32Michelle786US #34
#33Christine764US #39
#34Margaret716US #40
#35Tammy714US #28
#36Cindy687US #33
#37Robin646US #27
#38Jacqueline644US #37
#39Theresa624US #35
#40Catherine611US #48
#41Tina596US #41
#42Angela568US #38
#43Carolyn559US #42
#44Kim546US #36
#45Kelly532US #45
#46Janice527US #52
#47Laurie526US #43
#48Rhonda516US #46
#49Cathy509US #55
#50Rebecca494US #44
#51Lynn481US #71
#52Ann464US #54
#53Jennifer462US #47
#54Jill449US #74
#55Diana447US #56
#56Beth444US #65
#57Connie437US #50
#58Jane418US #72
#59Judith418US #83
#60Paula417US #60
#61Sheila416US #59
#62Maria413US #57
#63Renee406US #79
#64Jean388US #92
#65Sherry387US #53
#66Terri386US #51
#67Joyce384US #62
#68Wendy376US #61
#69Judy375US #58
#70Kathryn375US #93
#71Valerie357US #67
#72Gail353US #94
#73Peggy353US #88
#74Tracy353US #64
#75Amy348US #69
#76Annette344US #73
#77Vicki342US #76
#78Maureen337US #104
#79Michele328US #63
#80Joan325US #89
#81Katherine319US #86
#82Anne316US #90
#83Carla314US #77
#84Ellen314US #97
#85Suzanne310US #68
#86Colleen308US #106
#87Victoria302US #114
#88Beverly298US #66
#89Sue294US #130
#90Anita285US #91
#91Penny285US #101
#92Rita284US #105
#93Darlene283US #80
#94Bonnie281US #75
#95Leslie274US #84
#96Ruth269US #96
#97Gloria265US #82
#98Joanne258US #102
#99Julia252US #116
#100Anna246US #100

Boys

#1Michael5,411US #1
#2John4,775US #3
#3David4,725US #2
#4James4,352US #4
#5Robert4,157US #5
#6Mark3,528US #6
#7William2,612US #7
#8Thomas2,482US #9
#9Steven2,234US #10
#10Richard2,197US #8
#11Jeffrey1,913US #11
#12Kevin1,868US #14
#13Daniel1,823US #17
#14Timothy1,717US #15
#15Joseph1,701US #12
#16Scott1,558US #19
#17Brian1,489US #20
#18Charles1,466US #13
#19Kenneth1,464US #16
#20Gregory1,336US #23
#21Paul1,322US #18
#22Ronald1,262US #24
#23Anthony1,252US #25
#24Donald1,247US #22
#25Gary1,111US #21
#26Edward953US #29
#27Douglas852US #28
#28Christopher847US #26
#29Patrick738US #39
#30Larry732US #30
#31Keith715US #35
#32Mike707US #36
#33Stephen691US #27
#34Dennis680US #34
#35George667US #31
#36Eric637US #38
#37Peter624US #42
#38Randy619US #33
#39Frank616US #41
#40Steve612US #45
#41Terry612US #32
#42Craig601US #43
#43Jeffery571US #50
#44Bruce567US #40
#45Raymond557US #48
#46Jeff552US #49
#47Todd539US #46
#48Roger515US #47
#49Alan495US #51
#50Jerry491US #37
#51Andrew458US #52
#52Dale430US #58
#53Tony428US #53
#54Carl422US #56
#55Lawrence419US #67
#56Martin393US #73
#57Ricky392US #44
#58Matthew390US #59
#59Randall387US #63
#60Jim376US #78
#61Phillip373US #69
#62Tim367US #65
#63Tom367US #88
#64Darryl365US #80
#65Russell361US #55
#66Bradley360US #87
#67Gerald357US #62
#68Danny353US #54
#69Glenn342US #64
#70Wayne336US #61
#71Chris334US #57
#72Joe325US #60
#73Greg322US #77
#74Rodney303US #72
#75Dean287US #84
#76Bill284US #104
#77Kurt283US #129
#78Philip278US #79
#79Bryan274US #82
#80Walter267US #74
#81Curtis266US #75
#82Roy255US #83
#83Rick252US #108
#84Dwayne248US #111
#85Jay245US #81
#86Allen244US #96
#87Barry243US #66
#88Victor240US #99
#89Jack239US #90
#90Micheal235US #103
#91Jon233US #93
#92Vincent233US #98
#93Arthur227US #85
#94Stanley223US #106
#95Dan219US #115
#96Jose211US #107
#97Louis210US #105
#98Dave207US #130
#99Harold204US #94
#100Brad198US #142

On the move since 1960

Rising

↑46Jacqueline#38
↑26Todd#47
↑19Jennifer#53
↑17Tracy#74
↑16Angela#42
↑16Carolyn#43
↑16Carla#83
↑14Wendy#68

Falling

↓21Judy#69
↓18Beverly#88
↓16Peggy#73
↓15Annette#76
↓13Bonnie#94
↓13Dan#95
↓11Sue#89
↓11Ruth#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1960 rankings.