Popular baby names in Illinois, 1944

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1944 were Mary for girls (3,109 babies) and Robert for boys (4,148). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 129,911 babies born in Illinois in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1944

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: 57 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marilynn: 52 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Adrienne: 44 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Renee: 76 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lenore: 39 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Margo: 51 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Holly: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lynn: 223 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Penelope: 68 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lynne: 118 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Terrence: 91 babies, 3× the national rate
Sheldon: 48 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jerome: 213 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Terrance: 49 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Conrad: 36 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Mary	3,109	–	1
2	Barbara	2,177	–	2
3	Patricia	2,103	–	4
4	Carol	2,005	–	5
5	Sharon	1,735	–	8
6	Linda	1,692	↑2	3
7	Judith	1,635	↓1	9
8	Sandra	1,535	↓1	6
9	Nancy	1,366	–	7
10	Karen	1,353	–	16
11	Susan	1,159	↑2	13
12	Donna	1,136	↓1	17
13	Kathleen	930	↑5	20
14	Judy	908	↓2	12
15	Janet	855	–	21
16	Diane	843	↓2	24
17	Joyce	813	↓1	18
18	Carolyn	781	↓1	11
19	Margaret	731	–	14
20	Marilyn	701	–	27
21	Shirley	662	↑1	15
22	Betty	653	↑1	10
23	Joan	606	↓2	22
24	Bonnie	599	↑1	34
25	Janice	558	↓1	28
26	Cheryl	518	new	36
27	Pamela	489	↑8	44
28	Ruth	488	–	32
29	Beverly	480	↓2	35
30	Dorothy	455	↓4	19
31	Virginia	436	↓1	26
32	Carole	434	↓3	43
33	Phyllis	419	↓2	40
34	Gloria	395	↓2	25
35	Jean	390	↓2	37
36	Elizabeth	374	↓2	23
37	Helen	347	↑2	31
38	Frances	328	↓1	33
39	Ann	317	↑10	39
40	Darlene	314	–	76
41	Alice	313	↑1	38
42	Jane	307	new	41
43	Joanne	294	↓5	55
44	Rita	294	↓8	54
45	Jacqueline	286	–	64
46	Martha	280	↑1	29
47	Roberta	278	↓1	70
48	Geraldine	273	↓7	53
49	Catherine	272	new	49
50	Gail	266	↓2	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Robert	4,148	–	2
2	James	4,073	–	1
3	John	3,746	–	3
4	Richard	2,863	–	5
5	William	2,742	–	4
6	Thomas	2,015	–	8
7	David	1,938	↑1	6
8	Michael	1,867	↑2	9
9	Ronald	1,732	↓2	10
10	Charles	1,588	↓1	7
11	Donald	1,389	–	11
12	Larry	1,196	–	12
13	Kenneth	1,169	–	16
14	Dennis	1,145	–	20
15	Gary	1,067	↑3	15
16	Joseph	1,024	↓1	13
17	George	1,012	–	14
18	Edward	956	↓2	18
19	Paul	841	–	17
20	Gerald	727	↑1	24
21	Jerry	682	↓1	19
22	Raymond	659	↑1	22
23	Frank	640	↓1	21
24	Roger	640	–	23
25	Daniel	619	–	25
26	Terry	483	–	43
27	Lawrence	470	–	32
28	Stephen	451	↑4	28
29	Wayne	444	↑2	37
30	Harold	400	↓1	27
31	Jack	381	↓1	30
32	Steven	363	new	52
33	Carl	362	↓5	36
34	Walter	360	↓1	26
35	Anthony	337	↑2	46
36	Alan	333	↑11	55
37	Arthur	322	↓2	29
38	Bruce	322	↓4	51
39	Fred	314	↓3	47
40	Peter	308	↓2	40
41	Ralph	303	↑1	42
42	Patrick	289	↓1	64
43	Eugene	277	↓4	48
44	Leonard	277	↓1	56
45	Dale	267	↓1	61
46	Howard	255	↓1	53
47	Douglas	245	↓7	34
48	Harry	242	new	49
49	Jim	240	–	68
50	Russell	240	new	63

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