Illinois ★ 1947

Top names in Illinois, 1947

Linda led for girls with 5,285 babies ; James for boys with 5,349. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	5,285
2	Mary	3,940
3	Patricia	3,009
4	Barbara	2,798
5	Carol	2,287
6	Susan	2,128
7	Nancy	2,103
8	Sandra	1,952
9	Sharon	1,922
10	Kathleen	1,643
11	Donna	1,546
12	Judith	1,528
13	Karen	1,514
14	Diane	1,238
15	Janet	1,072
16	Margaret	1,001
17	Cheryl	965
18	Judy	949
19	Pamela	936
20	Janice	889
21	Marilyn	833
22	Joyce	829
23	Carolyn	795
24	Cynthia	735
25	Shirley	670
26	Bonnie	645
27	Betty	637
28	Christine	603
29	Joan	589
30	Beverly	578
31	Gloria	550
32	Connie	535
33	Jean	521
34	Jane	512
35	Diana	510
36	Dorothy	490
37	Elizabeth	480
38	Virginia	477
39	Phyllis	471
40	Peggy	466
41	Lynn	465
42	Ruth	455
43	Catherine	432
44	Ann	404
45	Brenda	403
46	Gail	392
47	Kathy	380
48	Joanne	372
49	Rita	369
50	Alice	366
50	Marcia	366
52	Darlene	361
53	Sue	358
54	Jacqueline	355
55	Rosemary	354
56	Martha	353
57	Suzanne	352
58	Helen	339
59	Elaine	338
60	Paula	336
61	Marsha	321
62	Kathryn	318
62	Sally	318
64	Deborah	313
65	Maureen	309
66	Rose	305
67	Jo	304
68	Frances	303
69	Laura	302
69	Roberta	302
71	Ellen	287
72	Lois	271
73	Carole	270
74	Sherry	269
75	Sheila	267
76	Geraldine	258
77	Vicki	253
78	Katherine	246
79	Marie	245
80	Janis	241
81	Constance	240
82	Charlene	229
83	Anita	225
84	Eileen	224
85	Jeanne	220
86	Charlotte	219
87	Rebecca	218
87	Theresa	218
89	Marlene	211
90	Joann	200
90	Lynda	200
92	Doris	199
92	Kay	199
94	Cathy	190
95	Arlene	188
96	Jill	182
97	Evelyn	179
98	Dianne	178
99	Dolores	173
100	Gayle	171

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	5,349
2	Robert	5,333
3	John	5,152
4	William	3,679
5	Richard	3,535
6	Michael	3,431
7	David	3,072
8	Thomas	2,929
9	Ronald	2,205
10	Charles	1,890
11	Larry	1,747
12	Donald	1,649
13	Gary	1,638
14	Dennis	1,564
15	Kenneth	1,522
16	Joseph	1,458
17	Paul	1,229
18	Edward	1,220
19	George	1,200
20	Terry	974
21	Daniel	956
22	Steven	914
23	Stephen	846
24	Gregory	803
25	Frank	786
25	Roger	786
27	Jerry	776
28	Raymond	746
29	Gerald	715
30	Lawrence	704
31	Bruce	659
32	Wayne	617
33	Alan	589
34	Patrick	474
35	Anthony	471
36	Jack	462
37	Peter	445
38	Carl	440
39	Mark	431
40	Walter	428
41	Philip	425
42	Douglas	418
43	Timothy	415
44	Arthur	407
45	Dale	395
46	Ralph	377
47	Fred	375
48	Harold	365
49	Jeffrey	360
50	Eugene	340
51	Steve	339
52	Russell	332
53	Glenn	317
54	Danny	314
55	Mike	313
56	Leonard	310
57	Phillip	308
58	Howard	303
59	Craig	299
59	Martin	299
61	Albert	295
61	Roy	295
63	Allen	294
64	Stanley	287
65	Louis	286
66	Tom	284
67	Henry	274
68	Bill	269
69	Harry	259
70	Jim	256
71	Keith	249
72	Jerome	244
73	Barry	235
74	Joe	225
75	Norman	213
76	Lee	208
77	Brian	205
78	Randall	202
79	Earl	201
80	Andrew	195
81	Bernard	192
82	Don	187
83	Frederick	185
84	Terrence	180
85	Theodore	178
86	Scott	175
87	Rodney	171
88	Jon	169
88	Marvin	169
90	Samuel	167
91	Bob	165
91	Melvin	165
93	Dan	161
94	Ronnie	159
95	Clarence	152
96	Ernest	149
97	Gene	145
98	Allan	144
99	Leroy	143
99	Randy	143