Illinois ★ 1940

Top names in Illinois, 1940

Mary led for girls with 2,770 babies ; Robert for boys with 3,840. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,770
2	Judith	2,199
3	Patricia	2,109
4	Barbara	2,033
5	Carol	1,677
6	Nancy	1,278
7	Sandra	1,216
8	Sharon	1,071
9	Linda	1,009
10	Judy	997
11	Joyce	879
12	Joan	787
13	Shirley	771
14	Donna	756
15	Janet	738
16	Betty	717
17	Marilyn	715
18	Margaret	704
19	Karen	702
20	Carolyn	685
21	Dorothy	662
22	Beverly	657
23	Janice	554
24	Diane	519
24	Ruth	519
26	Phyllis	484
27	Susan	454
28	Bonnie	449
29	Jean	431
30	Helen	424
31	Virginia	421
32	Carole	378
33	Kathleen	367
34	Gloria	365
35	Elizabeth	361
36	Alice	352
37	Frances	343
38	Lois	339
39	Doris	325
40	Joanne	318
41	Ann	309
42	Geraldine	287
43	Elaine	282
44	Rose	278
45	Roberta	265
46	Joann	261
47	Martha	259
48	Arlene	257
49	Norma	251
50	Jacqueline	248
51	Darlene	246
52	Dolores	242
52	Rosemary	242
54	Marie	232
54	Marlene	232
56	Charlotte	229
57	Catherine	215
58	Loretta	214
59	Rita	213
60	Gail	209
61	Kay	205
62	Evelyn	202
63	Jane	199
64	Sally	198
65	Brenda	197
65	Peggy	197
67	Marjorie	190
68	Ellen	184
69	Jeanette	181
70	Anna	178
71	Delores	177
72	Marcia	175
73	Wanda	172
74	Louise	167
75	Suzanne	165
76	Connie	163
77	Kathryn	162
77	Sue	162
79	Pat	159
80	Diana	155
81	June	154
82	Anita	153
83	Eleanor	152
84	Jo	150
85	Eileen	149
86	Charlene	148
87	Lorraine	145
87	Sheila	145
89	Sylvia	139
90	Josephine	132
91	Maureen	130
92	Florence	129
92	Irene	129
94	Katherine	128
95	Jeanne	127
96	Mildred	126
97	Yvonne	125
98	Audrey	124
98	Christine	124
100	Wilma	123

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,840
2	James	3,264
3	John	3,250
4	Richard	2,512
5	William	2,497
6	Ronald	1,748
7	Charles	1,576
8	Thomas	1,567
9	Donald	1,471
10	David	1,470
11	Larry	1,244
12	Kenneth	1,036
13	Michael	962
14	Joseph	960
15	George	917
16	Edward	878
17	Paul	803
18	Jerry	791
19	Gerald	725
20	Gary	692
21	Dennis	656
22	Frank	644
23	Raymond	598
24	Roger	520
25	Jack	444
26	Walter	419
27	Harold	416
28	Lawrence	414
29	Daniel	401
30	Carl	394
31	Wayne	386
32	Fred	380
33	Arthur	314
34	Ralph	301
35	Bruce	286
36	Leonard	273
37	Eugene	272
38	Anthony	270
39	Dale	266
40	Norman	265
41	Peter	264
42	Henry	256
42	Howard	256
44	Terry	249
45	Philip	246
46	Albert	244
47	Roy	227
48	Jerome	222
49	Bill	220
50	Stanley	216
51	Stephen	213
52	Jim	212
53	Tom	210
54	Phillip	205
55	Harry	203
56	Louis	202
56	Patrick	202
58	Allen	198
58	Joe	198
60	Don	195
61	Bernard	186
62	Melvin	183
62	Russell	183
64	Earl	182
65	Alan	176
66	Martin	166
67	Leroy	163
68	Douglas	160
69	Gene	159
70	Frederick	156
71	Marvin	152
72	Ray	150
73	Clarence	149
74	Theodore	144
75	Glenn	140
76	Francis	138
77	Billy	134
77	Ronnie	134
79	Lee	133
80	Warren	127
81	Bob	126
82	Ernest	125
83	Allan	122
84	Herbert	118
85	Steve	111
86	Edwin	109
87	Clifford	108
88	Andrew	107
88	Jon	107
90	Gordon	105
90	Lloyd	105
90	Samuel	105
93	Keith	104
94	Alfred	102
94	Barry	102
96	Mike	101
97	Jackie	95
98	Leslie	94
99	Darrell	92
100	Glen	89