State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1965 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 190,078 Illinois births in 1965 across 1,885 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#94Andre#165 nationally
#76Derrick#129 nationally
#95Yolanda#139 nationally
#73Kurt#112 nationally
#87Peggy#124 nationally
#90Tom#127 nationally
#73Victoria#108 nationally
#95Dwayne#126 nationally
#82Jean#112 nationally
#87Jim#116 nationally
#69Tim#97 nationally
#78Tamara#104 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa3,072US #1
#2Mary2,101US #2
#3Karen1,756US #3
#4Kimberly1,737US #4
#5Susan1,712US #5
#6Julie1,400US #14
#7Laura1,343US #17
#8Patricia1,329US #6
#9Linda1,099US #8
#10Christine1,031US #21
#11Angela1,025US #10
#12Michelle1,023US #18
#13Cynthia1,004US #9
#14Deborah993US #13
#15Donna979US #7
#16Pamela954US #12
#17Dawn952US #26
#18Jennifer946US #20
#19Elizabeth925US #16
#20Sandra906US #15
#21Tammy895US #11
#22Lori851US #19
#23Sharon821US #22
#24Kathleen804US #34
#25Denise794US #28
#26Nancy791US #32
#27Debra782US #27
#28Barbara755US #25
#29Tina727US #29
#30Cheryl723US #31
#31Amy717US #35
#32Diane715US #40
#33Kelly666US #30
#34Carol635US #42
#35Brenda629US #23
#36Tracy590US #36
#37Theresa579US #45
#38Teresa564US #24
#39Jill562US #51
#40Margaret529US #52
#41Rhonda523US #37
#42Janet516US #55
#43Jacqueline512US #47
#44Maria499US #46
#45Robin498US #33
#46Wendy491US #39
#47Kathy486US #54
#48Rebecca459US #41
#49Kim454US #43
#50Beth451US #66
#51Catherine444US #57
#52Michele437US #48
#53Paula428US #49
#54Sheila428US #50
#55Stephanie407US #44
#56Cindy392US #53
#57Melissa384US #38
#58Sherry376US #56
#59Diana374US #64
#60Ann366US #59
#61Renee351US #68
#62Gina349US #70
#63Carolyn343US #58
#64Annette339US #71
#65Lynn334US #80
#66Suzanne334US #65
#67Debbie326US #62
#68Christina311US #74
#69Connie306US #61
#70Laurie300US #60
#71Andrea289US #63
#72Janice282US #73
#73Victoria280US #108
#74Valerie279US #67
#75Anne277US #77
#76Anita273US #94
#77Monica271US #72
#78Tamara267US #104
#79Kathryn265US #87
#80Katherine255US #79
#81Colleen249US #93
#82Jean247US #112
#83Sarah247US #92
#84Cathy246US #88
#85Maureen241US #107
#86Joyce238US #90
#87Peggy235US #124
#88Carla233US #76
#89Sherri233US #91
#90Penny230US #97
#91Leslie228US #75
#92Judith224US #102
#93Dana220US #78
#94Kristine219US #120
#95Yolanda219US #139
#96Jane217US #95
#97Tracey215US #85
#98Terri204US #69
#99Stacey203US #84
#100Vicki202US #114

Boys

#1Michael4,968US #1
#2John4,281US #2
#3James3,810US #4
#4David3,655US #3
#5Robert3,593US #5
#6Mark2,309US #7
#7William2,147US #6
#8Thomas2,042US #9
#9Richard2,005US #8
#10Steven1,878US #14
#11Jeffrey1,776US #10
#12Daniel1,712US #17
#13Timothy1,694US #12
#14Kevin1,634US #13
#15Brian1,613US #19
#16Joseph1,578US #11
#17Scott1,560US #15
#18Paul1,360US #16
#19Anthony1,298US #22
#20Kenneth1,272US #21
#21Christopher1,173US #18
#22Ronald1,143US #24
#23Charles1,107US #20
#24Eric1,059US #25
#25Gregory1,029US #23
#26Donald894US #26
#27Edward877US #29
#28Todd858US #30
#29Patrick751US #31
#30Gary749US #27
#31Douglas716US #32
#32Stephen625US #28
#33Keith605US #35
#34Peter588US #39
#35Matthew587US #36
#36Rodney572US #33
#37Andrew540US #37
#38George511US #34
#39Dennis475US #44
#40Frank475US #43
#41Larry471US #38
#42Jeffery465US #47
#43Raymond452US #45
#44Craig450US #46
#45Jerry437US #41
#46Terry422US #40
#47Bradley403US #72
#48Randy397US #42
#49Mike395US #51
#50Roger373US #49
#51Bruce365US #50
#52Alan355US #59
#53Carl333US #54
#54Tony326US #48
#55Steve325US #55
#56Darren324US #52
#57Martin320US #67
#58Jeff316US #62
#59Lawrence314US #66
#60Gerald299US #64
#61Russell298US #58
#62Darryl296US #68
#63Bryan283US #63
#64Phillip281US #70
#65Chris266US #60
#66Danny258US #56
#67Troy254US #53
#68Dale252US #83
#69Tim250US #97
#70Vincent248US #61
#71Philip245US #87
#72Randall242US #73
#73Kurt232US #112
#74Curtis230US #75
#75Dean229US #88
#76Derrick229US #129
#77Jon229US #78
#78Victor226US #98
#79Walter223US #82
#80Glenn219US #85
#81Ricky217US #57
#82Darrin216US #102
#83Joe215US #71
#84Wayne214US #65
#85Shawn211US #69
#86Sean209US #79
#87Jim206US #116
#88Jose203US #89
#89Jonathan194US #74
#90Tom194US #127
#91Allen192US #92
#92Arthur189US #96
#93Jay189US #90
#94Andre182US #165
#95Dwayne177US #126
#96Samuel174US #84
#97Greg173US #105
#98Louis173US #101
#99Billy170US #77
#100Henry169US #94

On the move since 1964

Rising

↑27Victoria#73
↑24Rodney#36
↑18Melissa#57
↑18Tamara#78
↑16Anita#76
↑15Wendy#46
↑15Sarah#83
↑14Stephanie#55

Falling

↓19Jim#87
↓18Tom#90
↓16Terri#98
↓14Jay#93
↓13Debbie#67
↓12Cathy#84
↓12Jane#96
↓12Ricky#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1964 rankings.