State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1963 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 206,913 Illinois births in 1963 across 1,916 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#82Andre#173 nationally
#77Kurt#116 nationally
#87Dan#124 nationally
#69Tom#103 nationally
#95Jerome#128 nationally
#53Bradley#82 nationally
#65Jim#92 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa2,828US #1
#2Mary2,658US #2
#3Susan2,109US #3
#4Karen1,851US #4
#5Linda1,695US #5
#6Laura1,566US #16
#7Patricia1,386US #7
#8Lori1,365US #8
#9Kimberly1,306US #11
#10Donna1,253US #6
#11Julie1,236US #22
#12Sandra1,213US #9
#13Cynthia1,202US #10
#14Deborah1,158US #13
#15Pamela1,154US #14
#16Barbara1,059US #17
#17Nancy1,015US #23
#18Tammy1,002US #12
#19Debra992US #21
#20Kathleen978US #28
#21Sharon971US #19
#22Christine937US #29
#23Diane928US #31
#24Elizabeth917US #20
#25Denise885US #27
#26Cheryl838US #24
#27Brenda823US #15
#28Michelle784US #26
#29Carol747US #33
#30Dawn715US #52
#31Teresa693US #18
#32Kathy687US #34
#33Angela682US #30
#34Tina679US #35
#35Janet674US #40
#36Theresa670US #38
#37Kelly649US #32
#38Margaret649US #46
#39Jennifer609US #36
#40Debbie598US #41
#41Cindy579US #37
#42Maria541US #43
#43Catherine537US #53
#44Robin534US #25
#45Sheila530US #50
#46Kim510US #39
#47Rhonda486US #45
#48Paula484US #42
#49Ann474US #57
#50Jacqueline473US #51
#51Sherry467US #49
#52Amy456US #54
#53Beth450US #66
#54Laurie446US #47
#55Diana440US #62
#56Jill433US #68
#57Rebecca432US #44
#58Janice419US #63
#59Connie414US #55
#60Lynn411US #73
#61Tracy404US #48
#62Carolyn393US #56
#63Cathy390US #67
#64Renee385US #74
#65Terri371US #58
#66Jane367US #75
#67Annette364US #71
#68Wendy363US #60
#69Michele357US #59
#70Gina348US #79
#71Judith331US #91
#72Suzanne325US #65
#73Valerie303US #69
#74Carla299US #82
#75Jean297US #97
#76Anne296US #80
#77Kathryn296US #93
#78Penny294US #86
#79Judy292US #70
#80Melissa289US #61
#81Joan288US #95
#82Joyce288US #84
#83Colleen285US #98
#84Katherine280US #87
#85Gail271US #105
#86Anita269US #77
#87Sherri269US #78
#88Stephanie269US #64
#89Maureen262US #108
#90Vicki262US #100
#91Peggy260US #106
#92Beverly259US #81
#93Leslie259US #72
#94Rita255US #115
#95Tamara250US #111
#96Regina249US #92
#97Sarah248US #94
#98Bonnie236US #83
#99Anna235US #102
#100Dana233US #88

Boys

#1Michael5,180US #1
#2John4,491US #2
#3David4,265US #3
#4James4,049US #4
#5Robert3,966US #5
#6Mark2,958US #6
#7Thomas2,339US #9
#8William2,328US #7
#9Richard2,210US #8
#10Scott1,997US #12
#11Steven1,982US #14
#12Jeffrey1,972US #10
#13Kevin1,803US #11
#14Daniel1,789US #19
#15Joseph1,721US #13
#16Timothy1,720US #15
#17Brian1,564US #20
#18Paul1,444US #17
#19Kenneth1,420US #18
#20Gregory1,299US #21
#21Charles1,233US #16
#22Anthony1,225US #22
#23Ronald1,216US #23
#24Donald1,088US #25
#25Gary905US #24
#26Edward898US #27
#27Todd885US #30
#28Christopher857US #26
#29Patrick824US #35
#30Douglas802US #28
#31Eric748US #31
#32Keith715US #33
#33Stephen634US #29
#34Peter629US #40
#35Terry629US #32
#36Larry618US #36
#37George583US #34
#38Frank564US #41
#39Dennis545US #39
#40Andrew527US #42
#41Jeffery518US #46
#42Mike516US #44
#43Matthew489US #50
#44Jeff486US #48
#45Jerry486US #38
#46Bruce484US #43
#47Randy476US #37
#48Raymond463US #45
#49Carl439US #54
#50Steve434US #49
#51Craig430US #51
#52Roger426US #53
#53Bradley404US #82
#54Tony388US #52
#55Alan386US #56
#56Gerald379US #60
#57Lawrence376US #68
#58Martin370US #62
#59Phillip358US #70
#60Darryl346US #80
#61Tim344US #79
#62Vincent336US #61
#63Russell329US #57
#64Dale328US #69
#65Jim326US #92
#66Bryan310US #73
#67Chris304US #59
#68Glenn299US #64
#69Tom297US #103
#70Randall296US #65
#71Ricky289US #47
#72Danny284US #55
#73Philip280US #83
#74Joe276US #58
#75Rodney276US #76
#76Walter269US #77
#77Kurt256US #116
#78Wayne252US #63
#79Jay251US #85
#80Curtis249US #72
#81Troy248US #66
#82Andre243US #173
#83Victor243US #97
#84Dean240US #86
#85Roy224US #89
#86Barry220US #67
#87Dan220US #124
#88Greg220US #81
#89Bill219US #113
#90Jon217US #84
#91Dwayne209US #115
#92Jack209US #102
#93Rick207US #111
#94Arthur206US #91
#95Jerome200US #128
#96Allen198US #90
#97Harold198US #96
#98Micheal197US #106
#99Samuel195US #87
#100Jose189US #98

On the move since 1962

Rising

↑20Paula#48
↑19Bryan#66
↑17Gina#70
↑14Amy#52
↑13Tammy#18
↑12Sherri#87
↑11Gerald#56
↑11Walter#76

Falling

↓15Carolyn#62
↓13Kathryn#77
↓12Laurie#54
↓12Peggy#91
↓11Greg#88
↓10Bonnie#98
↓10Tom#69
↓9Judith#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1962 rankings.