Popular baby names in Illinois, 1942

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1942 were Mary for girls (3,206 babies) and Robert for boys (4,588). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 144,416 babies born in Illinois in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1942

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

Girls

Therese: 45 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Adrienne: 72 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bernadine: 48 babies, 3× the national rate
Karin: 49 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Bonita: 96 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jill: 76 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lynn: 194 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Penny: 109 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Denise: 49 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Renee: 47 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Terrence: 102 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Nick: 62 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sheldon: 50 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Scott: 57 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Mary	3,206	–	1
2	Barbara	2,643	–	2
3	Patricia	2,593	–	3
4	Carol	2,291	↑1	5
5	Judith	2,228	↓1	7
6	Sharon	2,016	↑1	11
7	Sandra	1,917	↓1	6
8	Linda	1,562	↑1	4
9	Nancy	1,559	↓1	8
10	Karen	1,484	–	16
11	Donna	1,097	↑2	20
12	Judy	1,048	↓1	15
13	Joyce	1,041	↓1	13
14	Janet	1,017	–	19
15	Carolyn	983	–	10
16	Susan	915	↑7	21
17	Diane	912	↑5	28
18	Marilyn	807	↓1	27
19	Joan	796	↓3	18
20	Shirley	790	↓2	12
21	Kathleen	746	↑7	24
22	Margaret	744	↓2	14
23	Betty	736	↓2	9
24	Carole	678	↑11	35
25	Bonnie	659	–	34
26	Janice	614	↓7	25
27	Dorothy	609	↓3	17
28	Beverly	604	↓2	32
29	Virginia	525	–	23
30	Phyllis	522	–	37
31	Ruth	513	↓4	33
32	Gloria	476	↓1	31
33	Jean	469	↓1	36
34	Joanne	422	↑5	48
35	Helen	403	↓1	26
36	Elizabeth	373	↓3	22
37	Lois	366	↑4	44
38	Elaine	357	↑6	45
39	Frances	341	↓2	30
40	Darlene	340	↑5	78
41	Roberta	338	↑9	66
42	Geraldine	336	↓6	47
43	Alice	330	↓3	39
44	Arlene	329	↓6	83
45	Ann	325	↓3	38
46	Joann	319	↑3	58
47	Rita	313	↓1	55
48	Martha	302	new	29
49	Jacqueline	293	new	69
50	Sally	290	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Robert	4,588	–	2
2	James	4,296	–	1
3	John	3,948	–	3
4	William	3,149	–	4
5	Richard	2,966	–	5
6	Ronald	2,300	–	9
7	Thomas	2,068	–	8
8	David	1,992	↑1	6
9	Charles	1,804	↓1	7
10	Donald	1,601	–	10
11	Michael	1,599	↑1	13
12	Larry	1,421	↓1	12
13	Kenneth	1,360	–	15
14	Edward	1,177	↑2	17
15	Dennis	1,175	↑5	20
16	Joseph	1,147	↓2	11
17	George	1,142	↓2	14
18	Gary	1,029	↑1	18
19	Jerry	940	↓2	16
20	Gerald	899	↓2	22
21	Paul	869	–	19
22	Frank	807	–	21
23	Roger	669	↑1	25
24	Raymond	650	↓1	24
25	Lawrence	591	↑1	30
26	Daniel	580	↓1	28
27	Jack	467	↑1	34
28	Stephen	462	↑6	32
29	Terry	457	↑8	52
30	Harold	455	↓3	27
31	Wayne	451	↓2	41
32	Walter	444	↓1	26
33	Arthur	435	–	29
34	Carl	430	↓4	36
35	Fred	430	↓3	46
36	Peter	396	↑3	39
37	Douglas	384	new	23
38	Ralph	367	↓3	38
39	Bruce	366	↑4	50
40	Anthony	365	↓2	44
41	Eugene	338	↓5	45
42	Patrick	317	↑6	64
43	Howard	316	↓1	49
44	Tom	295	new	89
45	Leonard	282	↓1	57
46	Dale	281	↓6	63
47	Louis	276	new	51
48	Norman	276	↓3	53
49	Stanley	274	new	56
50	Jim	272	new	74

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