Popular baby names in Illinois, 1945

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1945 were Mary for girls (2,929 babies) and Robert for boys (4,122). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 126,853 babies born in Illinois in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1945

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

Girls

Merle: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bernadine: 40 babies, 3× the national rate
Therese: 36 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Holly: 43 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Denise: 70 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Adrienne: 39 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lauren: 39 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lynn: 268 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lynne: 148 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Terrence: 94 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Terrance: 45 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	2,929	–	1
2	Patricia	2,109	↑1	4
3	Barbara	2,062	↓1	3
4	Carol	1,964	–	5
5	Linda	1,848	↑1	2
6	Sharon	1,574	↓1	8
7	Judith	1,479	–	9
8	Sandra	1,450	–	6
9	Nancy	1,341	–	7
10	Karen	1,267	–	16
11	Susan	1,262	–	10
12	Donna	1,058	–	17
13	Kathleen	990	–	19
14	Diane	929	↑2	22
15	Janet	852	–	20
16	Judy	801	↓2	13
17	Margaret	756	↑2	15
18	Joyce	730	↓1	18
19	Marilyn	676	↑1	27
20	Carolyn	647	↓2	12
21	Shirley	603	–	14
22	Janice	599	↑3	24
23	Betty	579	↓1	11
24	Joan	550	↓1	25
25	Cheryl	535	↑1	32
26	Dorothy	467	↑4	21
27	Bonnie	465	↓3	35
28	Gloria	453	↑6	23
29	Beverly	451	–	37
30	Ruth	437	↓2	33
31	Jean	409	↑4	38
32	Virginia	406	↓1	28
33	Pamela	405	↓6	42
34	Diana	378	new	43
35	Jane	359	↑7	36
36	Elizabeth	349	–	26
37	Carole	333	↓5	51
38	Phyllis	322	↓5	40
39	Connie	316	new	47
40	Joanne	313	↑3	53
41	Helen	307	↓4	31
42	Ann	299	↓3	39
43	Rita	287	↑1	59
44	Frances	286	↓6	34
45	Jacqueline	284	–	63
46	Alice	268	↓5	41
47	Lynn	268	new	>100
48	Geraldine	262	–	56
49	Elaine	259	new	44
50	Christine	257	new	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Robert	4,122	–	2
2	James	3,912	–	1
3	John	3,856	–	3
4	Richard	2,718	–	5
5	William	2,625	–	4
6	Thomas	2,042	–	8
7	Michael	1,939	↑1	9
8	David	1,818	↓1	6
9	Charles	1,489	↑1	7
10	Ronald	1,485	↓1	10
11	Donald	1,253	–	12
12	Larry	1,184	–	11
13	Gary	1,165	↑2	13
14	Kenneth	1,130	↓1	16
15	Dennis	1,077	↓1	19
16	Joseph	1,035	–	14
17	George	922	–	15
18	Edward	906	–	18
19	Paul	904	–	17
20	Roger	649	↑4	22
21	Daniel	646	↑4	24
22	Jerry	626	↓1	20
23	Gerald	583	↓3	25
24	Frank	580	↓1	21
25	Raymond	537	↓3	23
26	Lawrence	499	↑1	30
27	Terry	492	↓1	33
28	Stephen	469	–	26
29	Wayne	441	–	35
30	Alan	438	↑6	52
31	Steven	411	↑1	43
32	Jack	353	↓1	32
33	Walter	349	↑1	27
34	Harold	344	↓4	28
35	Arthur	333	↑2	34
36	Bruce	320	↑2	48
37	Peter	319	↑3	38
38	Ralph	307	↑3	44
39	Carl	305	↓6	39
40	Fred	305	↓1	51
41	Anthony	279	↓6	46
42	Eugene	266	↑1	50
43	Patrick	265	↓1	63
44	Douglas	261	↑3	29
45	Dale	255	–	61
46	Philip	255	new	58
47	Henry	237	new	37
48	Howard	229	↓2	54
49	Russell	229	↑1	64
50	Harry	228	↓2	47

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