Popular baby names in Illinois, 1943

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1943 were Mary for girls (3,353 babies) and Robert for boys (4,545). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 143,061 babies born in Illinois in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1943

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

Girls

Marilynn: 54 babies, 3× the national rate
Bernadine: 47 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lenore: 47 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Renee: 73 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Adrienne: 47 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Denise: 59 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Margo: 56 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Holly: 38 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Noreen: 46 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lynn: 228 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Terrence: 96 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	3,353	–	1
2	Barbara	2,507	–	2
3	Patricia	2,428	–	3
4	Carol	2,208	–	5
5	Sharon	2,120	↑1	8
6	Judith	2,030	↓1	7
7	Sandra	1,875	–	6
8	Linda	1,840	–	4
9	Nancy	1,609	–	9
10	Karen	1,520	–	15
11	Donna	1,155	–	17
12	Judy	1,063	–	13
13	Susan	1,040	↑3	18
14	Diane	1,016	↑3	24
15	Janet	971	↓1	20
16	Joyce	940	↓3	16
17	Carolyn	923	↓2	11
18	Kathleen	865	↑3	22
19	Margaret	841	↑3	14
20	Marilyn	826	↓2	27
21	Joan	734	↓2	21
22	Shirley	719	↓2	12
23	Betty	704	–	10
24	Janice	657	↑2	26
25	Bonnie	638	–	34
26	Dorothy	618	↑1	19
27	Beverly	588	↑1	32
28	Ruth	506	↑3	33
29	Carole	486	↓5	42
30	Virginia	479	↓1	25
31	Phyllis	468	↓1	39
32	Gloria	445	–	30
33	Jean	409	–	36
34	Elizabeth	407	↑2	23
35	Pamela	374	new	54
36	Rita	372	↑11	52
37	Frances	357	↑2	31
38	Joanne	355	↓4	49
39	Helen	348	↓4	28
40	Darlene	346	–	73
41	Geraldine	334	↑1	51
42	Alice	327	↑1	38
43	Lois	318	↓6	43
44	Diana	306	new	62
45	Jacqueline	303	↑4	65
46	Roberta	298	↓5	66
47	Martha	297	↑1	29
48	Gail	296	new	55
49	Ann	290	↓4	37
50	Arlene	286	↓6	90

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Robert	4,545	–	2
2	James	4,390	–	1
3	John	4,025	–	3
4	Richard	3,079	↑1	5
5	William	3,044	↓1	4
6	Thomas	2,192	↑1	8
7	Ronald	2,191	↓1	9
8	David	1,937	–	6
9	Charles	1,766	–	7
10	Michael	1,714	↑1	10
11	Donald	1,550	↓1	11
12	Larry	1,460	–	12
13	Kenneth	1,282	–	15
14	Dennis	1,222	↑1	20
15	Joseph	1,191	↑1	13
16	Edward	1,082	↓2	18
17	George	1,063	–	14
18	Gary	1,040	–	16
19	Paul	881	↑2	19
20	Jerry	859	↓1	17
21	Gerald	828	↓1	23
22	Frank	704	–	21
23	Raymond	691	↑1	22
24	Roger	671	↓1	24
25	Daniel	653	↑1	25
26	Terry	553	↑3	49
27	Lawrence	522	↓2	32
28	Carl	449	↑6	33
29	Harold	446	↑1	27
30	Jack	435	↓3	34
31	Wayne	424	–	41
32	Stephen	406	↓4	29
33	Walter	394	↓1	26
34	Bruce	378	↑5	51
35	Arthur	376	↓2	30
36	Fred	375	↓1	45
37	Anthony	372	↑3	44
38	Peter	349	↓2	39
39	Eugene	342	↑2	47
40	Douglas	325	↓3	28
41	Patrick	309	↑1	69
42	Ralph	308	↓4	40
43	Leonard	298	↑2	55
44	Dale	297	↑2	59
45	Howard	297	↓2	48
46	Henry	294	new	31
47	Alan	279	new	67
48	Philip	275	new	57
49	Jim	272	↑1	75
50	Stanley	269	↓1	54

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