Illinois ★ 1956

Top names in Illinois, 1956

Mary led for girls with 4,010 babies ; Michael for boys with 5,952. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,010
2	Debra	3,192
3	Susan	3,078
4	Linda	2,744
5	Patricia	2,507
6	Deborah	2,407
7	Karen	2,368
8	Nancy	1,972
9	Barbara	1,870
10	Cynthia	1,867
11	Pamela	1,642
12	Donna	1,585
13	Diane	1,560
14	Kathleen	1,547
15	Sharon	1,399
16	Sandra	1,354
17	Carol	1,349
18	Cheryl	1,198
19	Janet	1,167
20	Denise	908
21	Catherine	830
21	Elizabeth	830
23	Brenda	811
23	Margaret	811
25	Laura	803
26	Janice	793
27	Kathy	779
28	Christine	767
29	Judith	712
30	Cathy	634
31	Theresa	612
32	Joyce	598
33	Teresa	590
34	Julie	587
35	Kim	585
36	Kimberly	582
37	Robin	575
38	Lynn	571
39	Gail	549
40	Rebecca	523
41	Joan	510
42	Lisa	506
43	Jean	505
44	Paula	490
45	Cindy	484
46	Carolyn	466
46	Diana	466
48	Ann	460
49	Dawn	452
50	Connie	449
51	Sheila	446
52	Rose	444
53	Jane	443
54	Judy	435
55	Kathryn	429
56	Peggy	419
57	Vicki	418
58	Beverly	415
59	Debbie	410
60	Lori	405
61	Marilyn	398
62	Bonnie	394
63	Katherine	390
64	Shirley	388
65	Darlene	382
66	Jo	372
66	Victoria	372
68	Rhonda	365
69	Rita	361
70	Sherry	359
71	Jill	355
72	Betty	352
73	Renee	337
74	Gloria	335
74	Laurie	335
76	Jacqueline	332
76	Valerie	332
78	Maureen	329
79	Dorothy	327
80	Ruth	320
81	Martha	311
82	Maria	310
83	Michelle	309
84	Vickie	302
85	Phyllis	300
86	Anita	294
86	Marcia	294
86	Tina	294
89	Ellen	293
90	Wendy	289
91	Beth	284
92	Sally	272
93	Angela	260
94	Anne	259
95	Colleen	250
96	Suzanne	247
97	Virginia	246
98	Joanne	245
98	Terry	245
100	Helen	244

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	5,952
2	James	4,943
3	John	4,927
4	Robert	4,679
5	David	4,602
6	William	3,262
7	Mark	3,153
8	Richard	2,977
9	Thomas	2,966
10	Steven	2,653
11	Joseph	1,799
12	Daniel	1,791
13	Charles	1,686
14	Gary	1,676
15	Kevin	1,632
16	Donald	1,615
17	Ronald	1,578
18	Kenneth	1,490
19	Paul	1,474
20	Jeffrey	1,462
21	Gregory	1,436
22	Timothy	1,392
23	Edward	1,228
24	Larry	1,117
25	Dennis	1,069
26	Scott	1,027
27	Stephen	992
28	Bruce	895
29	Brian	891
30	Anthony	890
31	George	855
32	Randy	851
33	Terry	834
34	Douglas	799
35	Patrick	755
36	Keith	692
37	Lawrence	649
38	Peter	630
39	Raymond	627
40	Frank	619
41	Roger	560
42	Jerry	550
43	Alan	500
44	Carl	496
45	Gerald	463
46	Dale	435
47	Russell	431
48	Craig	429
49	Wayne	428
50	Martin	418
51	Randall	412
52	Jeffery	407
53	Christopher	406
54	Ricky	374
55	Andrew	372
56	Philip	357
57	Danny	352
58	Walter	350
59	Stanley	341
60	Glenn	334
61	Harold	328
62	Arthur	306
63	Phillip	305
64	Rodney	303
65	Jack	301
66	Steve	295
67	Ralph	282
68	Louis	275
69	Henry	270
70	Roy	268
71	Leonard	264
71	Micheal	264
73	Bradley	252
73	Eric	252
75	Eugene	250
76	Dean	245
77	Jerome	244
78	Jay	242
79	Willie	240
80	Barry	239
81	Howard	234
82	Matthew	233
83	Darrell	232
84	Curtis	228
85	Albert	226
85	Allen	226
87	Samuel	224
88	Kurt	219
89	Frederick	217
90	Victor	211
91	Rick	210
92	Ronnie	201
93	Vincent	199
94	Theodore	194
94	Tony	194
96	Norman	189
97	Fred	187
98	Terrence	181
99	Melvin	170
100	Lee	169