State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1962 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 213,062 Illinois births in 1962 across 1,917 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#91Andre#187 nationally
#78Dan#120 nationally
#79Kurt#121 nationally
#94Sue#135 nationally
#59Tom#98 nationally
#98Jerome#131 nationally
#55Bradley#87 nationally
#88Dwayne#119 nationally
#80Maureen#108 nationally
#81Bill#108 nationally
#64Kathryn#89 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,782US #2
#2Lisa2,348US #1
#3Susan2,253US #3
#4Karen2,057US #4
#5Linda1,936US #5
#6Patricia1,534US #6
#7Laura1,490US #21
#8Cynthia1,447US #8
#9Lori1,327US #11
#10Donna1,314US #7
#11Kimberly1,314US #16
#12Debra1,298US #15
#13Julie1,298US #22
#14Sandra1,244US #10
#15Deborah1,235US #9
#16Nancy1,184US #19
#17Pamela1,148US #13
#18Barbara1,142US #14
#19Sharon1,082US #17
#20Diane1,042US #26
#21Brenda1,017US #12
#22Kathleen1,016US #29
#23Elizabeth959US #20
#24Cheryl948US #24
#25Carol899US #28
#26Denise886US #30
#27Kathy840US #27
#28Dawn809US #50
#29Michelle808US #31
#30Janet773US #35
#31Tammy766US #23
#32Christine730US #39
#33Teresa729US #18
#34Debbie716US #32
#35Margaret705US #43
#36Theresa687US #40
#37Tina656US #33
#38Cindy642US #34
#39Kelly634US #38
#40Jennifer619US #41
#41Robin591US #25
#42Laurie565US #42
#43Angela559US #36
#44Catherine558US #53
#45Kim542US #37
#46Jacqueline531US #44
#47Carolyn528US #46
#48Maria500US #49
#49Diana496US #57
#50Sheila495US #52
#51Jill490US #72
#52Ann488US #56
#53Rhonda477US #45
#54Janice462US #58
#55Sherry462US #48
#56Cathy454US #62
#57Beth436US #66
#58Lynn433US #71
#59Connie429US #51
#60Rebecca423US #47
#61Renee403US #76
#62Judith391US #86
#63Jane390US #73
#64Kathryn387US #89
#65Tracy386US #55
#66Amy379US #61
#67Valerie373US #67
#68Paula372US #60
#69Terri363US #54
#70Judy360US #63
#71Michele360US #59
#72Jean352US #95
#73Annette344US #75
#74Suzanne341US #65
#75Wendy326US #64
#76Carla325US #78
#77Katherine325US #84
#78Joyce321US #74
#79Peggy310US #93
#80Maureen303US #108
#81Vicki302US #85
#82Joan301US #94
#83Penny295US #92
#84Stephanie292US #70
#85Leslie287US #80
#86Anne286US #83
#87Gina286US #102
#88Bonnie277US #79
#89Anita274US #81
#90Beverly273US #69
#91Regina271US #91
#92Gail269US #103
#93Colleen265US #101
#94Sue265US #135
#95Ellen262US #109
#96Andrea259US #99
#97Rita255US #110
#98Victoria253US #121
#99Sherri246US #82
#100Julia242US #120

Boys

#1Michael5,338US #1
#2John4,684US #3
#3David4,402US #2
#4James4,131US #4
#5Robert3,769US #5
#6Mark3,151US #6
#7Thomas2,412US #9
#8William2,402US #7
#9Steven2,149US #12
#10Richard2,122US #8
#11Jeffrey2,032US #10
#12Scott1,987US #11
#13Daniel1,833US #17
#14Kevin1,828US #14
#15Joseph1,697US #13
#16Timothy1,690US #16
#17Brian1,591US #20
#18Gregory1,375US #21
#19Kenneth1,331US #18
#20Paul1,314US #19
#21Anthony1,297US #24
#22Charles1,288US #15
#23Donald1,176US #23
#24Ronald1,175US #25
#25Gary943US #22
#26Edward867US #29
#27Christopher850US #26
#28Douglas839US #27
#29Stephen738US #28
#30Todd725US #30
#31Eric683US #33
#32Patrick678US #40
#33Keith662US #36
#34George647US #32
#35Larry643US #31
#36Mike629US #39
#37Peter607US #43
#38Terry605US #34
#39Dennis588US #37
#40Frank576US #42
#41Steve561US #46
#42Jeff551US #44
#43Randy541US #35
#44Jeffery535US #45
#45Bruce529US #41
#46Raymond492US #48
#47Matthew476US #56
#48Craig474US #51
#49Jerry467US #38
#50Andrew465US #49
#51Roger456US #47
#52Carl401US #58
#53Vincent397US #66
#54Alan391US #53
#55Bradley385US #87
#56Lawrence382US #70
#57Phillip375US #68
#58Dale373US #62
#59Tom373US #98
#60Tony372US #52
#61Glenn368US #55
#62Martin366US #74
#63Tim365US #72
#64Jim362US #85
#65Russell358US #57
#66Randall348US #64
#67Gerald346US #65
#68Chris341US #60
#69Darryl338US #83
#70Danny330US #54
#71Ricky321US #50
#72Joe293US #59
#73Philip287US #81
#74Rodney281US #76
#75Dean272US #86
#76Wayne270US #63
#77Greg262US #77
#78Dan259US #120
#79Kurt258US #121
#80Curtis254US #73
#81Bill253US #108
#82Jon253US #84
#83Victor252US #96
#84Jay249US #80
#85Bryan245US #82
#86Troy243US #67
#87Walter238US #79
#88Dwayne234US #119
#89Barry233US #61
#90Jack227US #99
#91Andre218US #187
#92Rick217US #110
#93Ralph214US #97
#94Jose205US #103
#95Roy205US #90
#96Stanley205US #106
#97Micheal202US #104
#98Jerome201US #131
#99Johnny198US #69
#100Samuel197US #88

On the move since 1961

Rising

↑39Vincent#53
↑17Todd#30
↑17Dan#78
↑14Maria#48
↑13Jennifer#40
↑11Sheila#50
↑11Suzanne#74
↑11Matthew#47

Falling

↓20Gail#92
↓14Ricky#71
↓13Roy#95
↓11Joyce#78
↓11Ellen#95
↓11Victoria#98
↓10Rebecca#60
↓9Rick#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1961 rankings.