Illinois ★ 1955

Top names in Illinois, 1955

Mary led for girls with 4,100 babies ; Michael for boys with 5,900. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,100
2	Debra	3,258
3	Susan	2,998
4	Linda	2,833
5	Deborah	2,740
6	Patricia	2,672
7	Nancy	2,123
8	Karen	1,986
9	Barbara	1,958
10	Pamela	1,676
11	Diane	1,552
12	Donna	1,545
13	Cynthia	1,502
14	Kathleen	1,500
15	Sandra	1,419
16	Carol	1,390
17	Sharon	1,213
18	Janet	1,185
19	Cheryl	1,019
20	Denise	1,005
21	Elizabeth	808
22	Catherine	787
23	Margaret	768
24	Kathy	759
25	Brenda	749
26	Judith	744
27	Janice	732
28	Christine	713
29	Laura	615
30	Joyce	596
31	Gail	584
32	Rebecca	551
33	Theresa	539
34	Lynn	538
35	Paula	525
36	Marilyn	521
37	Joan	505
38	Teresa	502
39	Jean	487
40	Cathy	478
41	Beverly	476
42	Carolyn	468
43	Vicki	459
44	Diana	443
45	Jane	441
46	Julie	438
47	Peggy	436
47	Robin	436
49	Kathryn	433
49	Rose	433
51	Connie	423
52	Katherine	419
53	Ann	412
54	Bonnie	411
55	Jo	405
56	Betty	399
56	Gloria	399
58	Shirley	398
59	Judy	396
60	Sheila	394
61	Lisa	374
62	Rita	360
63	Kimberly	358
64	Debbie	355
65	Victoria	342
66	Jacqueline	339
67	Maureen	333
68	Rhonda	332
69	Kim	325
70	Dawn	317
71	Valerie	316
72	Marcia	313
73	Sherry	312
74	Wendy	311
75	Ruth	310
76	Phyllis	307
77	Darlene	306
77	Dorothy	306
79	Ellen	303
80	Martha	301
81	Cindy	297
82	Jill	293
83	Maria	290
84	Michelle	289
85	Lori	282
86	Joanne	274
87	Virginia	271
88	Vickie	269
89	Sally	268
90	Renee	267
91	Suzanne	259
92	Laurie	258
92	Sue	258
94	Colleen	249
95	Michele	248
95	Terry	248
97	Anne	243
98	Marsha	238
98	Terri	238
100	Anita	237

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	5,900
2	John	4,800
3	James	4,782
4	David	4,744
5	Robert	4,719
6	William	3,378
7	Thomas	3,105
8	Richard	2,986
9	Mark	2,744
10	Steven	2,539
11	Gary	1,849
12	Daniel	1,776
13	Joseph	1,715
14	Charles	1,678
15	Donald	1,559
16	Ronald	1,530
17	Paul	1,418
18	Gregory	1,405
19	Jeffrey	1,401
20	Kenneth	1,390
21	Kevin	1,223
22	Timothy	1,199
23	Dennis	1,149
24	Edward	1,128
25	Larry	1,068
26	Stephen	1,043
27	George	875
28	Anthony	854
29	Bruce	847
30	Scott	815
31	Terry	813
32	Randy	811
33	Patrick	748
34	Douglas	695
35	Brian	664
36	Lawrence	654
37	Frank	641
38	Raymond	638
39	Peter	628
40	Keith	615
41	Roger	608
42	Alan	546
43	Jerry	515
44	Gerald	452
45	Carl	449
45	Craig	449
47	Dale	431
48	Wayne	410
49	Martin	385
50	Walter	383
51	Philip	371
52	Christopher	367
53	Randall	365
54	Jeffery	359
55	Russell	341
56	Ricky	337
57	Stanley	333
58	Jack	327
59	Andrew	326
59	Danny	326
61	Arthur	322
62	Phillip	306
63	Leonard	305
64	Glenn	299
65	Ralph	283
66	Rodney	276
67	Henry	274
68	Harold	268
69	Steve	261
70	Roy	260
71	Louis	248
72	Jerome	246
73	Eugene	245
74	Barry	244
75	Eric	243
76	Micheal	239
77	Bradley	238
78	Allen	231
79	Howard	230
79	Samuel	230
81	Willie	229
82	Frederick	228
83	Darrell	226
84	Curtis	217
85	Albert	216
86	Matthew	215
87	Rick	208
88	Dean	203
89	Jon	201
90	Kim	199
91	Fred	192
92	Theodore	187
93	Lee	185
94	Kurt	184
95	Melvin	183
96	Harry	173
97	Terrence	172
98	Victor	170
99	Jay	168
100	Marvin	164