Popular baby names in Illinois, 1946

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1946 were Mary for girls (3,493 babies) and Robert for boys (4,957). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 160,769 babies born in Illinois in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1946

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: 44 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marla: 42 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Therese: 47 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Marilynn: 45 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Holly: 60 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Laurel: 73 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Penelope: 64 babies, 2× the national rate
Noreen: 48 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Terrence: 158 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Mary	3,493	–	1
2	Patricia	2,695	–	3
3	Linda	2,450	↑2	2
4	Barbara	2,441	↓1	4
5	Carol	2,317	↓1	5
6	Sharon	2,082	–	9
7	Susan	1,972	↑4	8
8	Nancy	1,898	↑1	7
9	Sandra	1,839	↓1	6
10	Judith	1,754	↓3	10
11	Karen	1,541	↓1	15
12	Kathleen	1,417	↑1	16
13	Donna	1,292	↓1	13
14	Diane	1,176	–	19
15	Janet	1,074	–	21
16	Judy	968	–	11
17	Margaret	867	–	17
18	Janice	836	↑4	22
19	Joyce	785	↓1	20
20	Cheryl	774	↑5	27
21	Marilyn	772	↓2	29
22	Carolyn	747	↓2	12
23	Shirley	720	↓2	18
24	Pamela	704	↑9	34
25	Betty	694	↓2	14
26	Bonnie	613	↑1	33
27	Beverly	589	↑2	30
28	Joan	560	↓4	28
29	Diana	516	↑5	42
30	Gloria	502	↓2	26
31	Jean	481	–	37
32	Ruth	479	↓2	38
33	Phyllis	471	↑5	41
34	Dorothy	467	↓8	23
35	Elizabeth	454	↑1	25
36	Jane	444	↓1	35
37	Cynthia	431	new	46
38	Christine	425	↑12	50
39	Connie	420	–	45
40	Virginia	397	↓8	31
41	Gail	358	new	49
42	Rita	358	↑1	56
43	Lynn	352	↑4	94
44	Frances	349	–	39
45	Joanne	341	↓5	57
46	Jacqueline	335	↓1	62
47	Alice	334	↓1	44
48	Darlene	333	new	71
49	Sue	327	new	61
50	Suzanne	323	new	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Robert	4,957	–	2
2	James	4,790	–	1
3	John	4,591	–	3
4	Richard	3,755	–	5
5	William	3,315	–	4
6	Michael	2,762	↑1	7
7	Thomas	2,619	↓1	8
8	David	2,428	–	6
9	Ronald	2,000	↑1	10
10	Charles	1,842	↓1	9
11	Dennis	1,633	↑4	17
12	Donald	1,563	↓1	13
13	Gary	1,485	–	12
14	Larry	1,428	↓2	11
15	Kenneth	1,418	↓1	15
16	Joseph	1,162	–	14
17	Edward	1,159	↑1	19
18	Paul	1,122	↑1	18
19	George	1,008	↓2	16
20	Daniel	913	↑1	21
21	Terry	823	↑6	26
22	Roger	766	↓2	23
23	Jerry	756	↓1	20
24	Frank	752	–	22
25	Raymond	686	–	25
26	Stephen	647	↑2	24
27	Gerald	640	↓4	27
28	Lawrence	605	↓2	31
29	Steven	591	↑2	28
30	Wayne	557	↓1	29
31	Bruce	535	↑5	32
32	Alan	500	↓2	49
33	Gregory	491	new	56
34	Jack	448	↓2	35
35	Walter	431	↓2	30
36	Carl	414	↑3	39
37	Patrick	398	↑6	59
38	Fred	389	↑2	51
39	Anthony	382	↑2	44
40	Arthur	380	↓5	36
41	Peter	368	↓4	38
42	Harold	366	↓8	33
43	Ralph	343	↓5	48
44	Dale	341	↑1	62
45	Russell	319	↑4	66
46	Eugene	313	↓4	57
47	Douglas	309	↓3	34
48	Jim	307	new	73
49	Danny	306	new	46
50	Tom	306	new	87

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