Illinois ★ 1942

Top names in Illinois, 1942

Mary led for girls with 3,206 babies ; Robert for boys with 4,588. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,206
2	Barbara	2,643
3	Patricia	2,593
4	Carol	2,291
5	Judith	2,228
6	Sharon	2,016
7	Sandra	1,917
8	Linda	1,562
9	Nancy	1,559
10	Karen	1,484
11	Donna	1,097
12	Judy	1,048
13	Joyce	1,041
14	Janet	1,017
15	Carolyn	983
16	Susan	915
17	Diane	912
18	Marilyn	807
19	Joan	796
20	Shirley	790
21	Kathleen	746
22	Margaret	744
23	Betty	736
24	Carole	678
25	Bonnie	659
26	Janice	614
27	Dorothy	609
28	Beverly	604
29	Virginia	525
30	Phyllis	522
31	Ruth	513
32	Gloria	476
33	Jean	469
34	Joanne	422
35	Helen	403
36	Elizabeth	373
37	Lois	366
38	Elaine	357
39	Frances	341
40	Darlene	340
41	Roberta	338
42	Geraldine	336
43	Alice	330
44	Arlene	329
45	Ann	325
46	Joann	319
47	Rita	313
48	Martha	302
49	Jacqueline	293
50	Sally	290
51	Dolores	287
52	Marlene	284
53	Diana	269
54	Jane	265
55	Rose	264
56	Doris	261
56	Marie	261
58	Kay	256
59	Gail	245
60	Rosemary	240
61	Sue	233
62	Catherine	231
63	Kathryn	228
64	Charlotte	227
64	Sheila	227
66	Connie	224
66	Marjorie	224
68	Peggy	221
69	Loretta	220
70	Brenda	217
71	Ellen	216
72	Norma	213
73	Maureen	209
74	Eileen	207
75	Charlene	197
75	Evelyn	197
77	Louise	194
77	Lynn	194
79	Marcia	190
80	Christine	187
81	Jo	181
82	Pamela	176
83	Suzanne	173
84	Pat	170
85	Anita	167
86	June	162
87	Cynthia	161
88	Delores	158
89	Dianne	155
90	Wanda	153
91	Jeanette	151
92	Lorraine	149
93	Juanita	147
94	Jeanne	145
95	Anna	144
96	Josephine	143
96	Katherine	143
98	Theresa	139
99	Constance	137
100	Joy	134

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,588
2	James	4,296
3	John	3,948
4	William	3,149
5	Richard	2,966
6	Ronald	2,300
7	Thomas	2,068
8	David	1,992
9	Charles	1,804
10	Donald	1,601
11	Michael	1,599
12	Larry	1,421
13	Kenneth	1,360
14	Edward	1,177
15	Dennis	1,175
16	Joseph	1,147
17	George	1,142
18	Gary	1,029
19	Jerry	940
20	Gerald	899
21	Paul	869
22	Frank	807
23	Roger	669
24	Raymond	650
25	Lawrence	591
26	Daniel	580
27	Jack	467
28	Stephen	462
29	Terry	457
30	Harold	455
31	Wayne	451
32	Walter	444
33	Arthur	435
34	Carl	430
34	Fred	430
36	Peter	396
37	Douglas	384
38	Ralph	367
39	Bruce	366
40	Anthony	365
41	Eugene	338
42	Patrick	317
43	Howard	316
44	Tom	295
45	Leonard	282
46	Dale	281
47	Louis	276
47	Norman	276
49	Stanley	274
50	Jim	272
51	Harry	271
52	Alan	266
52	Russell	266
54	Henry	262
55	Philip	256
56	Phillip	247
57	Bill	243
58	Steven	241
59	Roy	233
60	Jerome	231
61	Albert	224
62	Allen	223
63	Don	219
64	Martin	209
65	Francis	202
66	Barry	201
66	Earl	201
68	Marvin	200
69	Joe	197
70	Melvin	196
71	Glenn	195
72	Theodore	184
73	Bernard	176
74	Herbert	171
75	Steve	169
76	Frederick	168
77	Ronnie	165
78	Leroy	163
79	Ray	162
80	Bob	160
80	Gene	160
82	Lee	156
83	Andrew	153
84	Jeffrey	151
85	Clarence	146
86	Victor	145
87	Keith	140
88	Warren	139
89	Gordon	135
90	Allan	134
91	Mike	133
91	Timothy	133
93	Billy	132
93	Edwin	132
93	Samuel	132
96	Alfred	128
96	Jon	128
98	Leon	127
99	Vincent	126
100	Ernest	122