Popular baby names in Illinois, 1941

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1941 were Mary for girls (2,798 babies) and Robert for boys (3,987). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 125,040 babies born in Illinois in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1941

Names given at least 15 times in Illinois that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Bernadine: 58 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Adrienne: 56 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Denise: 51 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marilynn: 46 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Paulette: 33 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marianne: 119 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lynn: 138 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Penny: 70 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Bernadette: 36 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jill: 52 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Terrence: 53 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Nick: 51 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jerome: 231 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dwight: 59 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Mary	2,798	–	1
2	Barbara	2,327	↑2	2
3	Patricia	2,250	–	3
4	Judith	2,138	↓2	6
5	Carol	1,877	–	4
6	Sandra	1,523	↑1	9
7	Sharon	1,468	↑1	15
8	Nancy	1,335	↓2	8
9	Linda	1,196	–	5
10	Karen	1,097	↑9	19
11	Judy	1,015	↓1	16
12	Joyce	985	↓1	13
13	Donna	883	↑1	20
14	Janet	871	↑1	18
15	Carolyn	847	↑5	11
16	Joan	788	↓4	17
17	Marilyn	777	–	30
18	Shirley	671	↓5	10
19	Janice	665	↑4	22
20	Margaret	664	↓2	12
21	Betty	652	↓5	7
22	Diane	642	↑2	40
23	Susan	621	↑4	27
24	Dorothy	603	↓3	14
25	Bonnie	572	↑3	33
26	Beverly	569	↓4	29
27	Ruth	535	↓2	28
28	Kathleen	506	↑5	36
29	Virginia	494	↑2	23
30	Phyllis	482	↓4	35
31	Gloria	444	↑3	26
32	Jean	417	↓3	32
33	Elizabeth	407	↑2	21
34	Helen	391	↓4	24
35	Carole	383	↓3	48
36	Geraldine	351	↑6	45
37	Frances	346	–	31
38	Arlene	340	↑10	77
39	Joanne	337	↑1	54
40	Alice	325	↓4	34
41	Lois	316	↓3	43
42	Ann	308	↓1	37
43	Dolores	302	new	57
44	Elaine	297	↓1	44
45	Darlene	295	new	76
46	Rita	280	new	63
47	Doris	278	↓8	38
48	Marie	278	new	42
49	Joann	270	↓3	58
50	Roberta	268	↓5	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Robert	3,987	–	2
2	James	3,646	–	1
3	John	3,431	–	3
4	William	2,714	↑1	4
5	Richard	2,649	↓1	5
6	Ronald	1,983	–	9
7	Thomas	1,777	↑1	8
8	Charles	1,733	↓1	6
9	David	1,709	↑1	7
10	Donald	1,457	↓1	10
11	Larry	1,397	–	11
12	Michael	1,197	↑1	16
13	Kenneth	1,175	↓1	15
14	Joseph	1,046	–	12
15	George	1,005	–	13
16	Edward	942	–	17
17	Jerry	932	↑1	14
18	Gerald	846	↑1	20
19	Gary	822	↑1	19
20	Dennis	817	↑1	23
21	Paul	811	↓4	18
22	Frank	698	–	21
23	Raymond	611	–	22
24	Roger	520	–	25
25	Daniel	476	↑4	31
26	Lawrence	450	↑2	34
27	Harold	434	–	24
28	Jack	428	↓3	32
29	Wayne	418	↑2	37
30	Carl	401	–	29
31	Walter	392	↓5	26
32	Fred	361	–	43
33	Arthur	360	–	33
34	Stephen	336	new	41
35	Ralph	323	↓1	38
36	Eugene	322	↑1	42
37	Terry	322	↑7	64
38	Anthony	314	–	46
39	Peter	284	↑2	44
40	Dale	277	↓1	59
41	Albert	273	↑5	40
42	Howard	271	↑1	47
43	Bruce	259	↓8	51
44	Leonard	258	↓8	54
45	Norman	258	↓5	49
46	Henry	257	↓4	28
47	Philip	254	↓2	52
48	Patrick	246	new	70
49	Roy	239	↓2	39
50	Bill	236	↓1	68

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