Popular baby names in Illinois, 1947

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1947 were Linda for girls (5,285 babies) and James for boys (5,349). Social Security records list 181,382 babies born in Illinois in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1947

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

Girls

Marla: 58 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Melody: 87 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Holly: 79 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Terrence: 180 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	5,285	↑2	1
2	Mary	3,940	↓1	2
3	Patricia	3,009	↓1	3
4	Barbara	2,798	–	4
5	Carol	2,287	–	6
6	Susan	2,128	↑1	8
7	Nancy	2,103	↑1	7
8	Sandra	1,952	↑1	5
9	Sharon	1,922	↓3	9
10	Kathleen	1,643	↑2	11
11	Donna	1,546	↑2	10
12	Judith	1,528	↓2	12
13	Karen	1,514	↓2	13
14	Diane	1,238	–	18
15	Janet	1,072	–	23
16	Margaret	1,001	↑1	16
17	Cheryl	965	↑3	24
18	Judy	949	↓2	14
19	Pamela	936	↑5	28
20	Janice	889	↓2	22
21	Marilyn	833	–	29
22	Joyce	829	↓3	20
23	Carolyn	795	↓1	15
24	Cynthia	735	↑13	33
25	Shirley	670	↓2	19
26	Bonnie	645	–	35
27	Betty	637	↓2	17
28	Christine	603	↑10	45
29	Joan	589	↓1	30
30	Beverly	578	↓3	31
31	Gloria	550	↓1	27
32	Connie	535	↑7	43
33	Jean	521	↓2	40
34	Jane	512	↑2	36
35	Diana	510	↓6	48
36	Dorothy	490	↓2	26
37	Elizabeth	480	↓2	25
38	Virginia	477	↑2	34
39	Phyllis	471	↓6	37
40	Peggy	466	new	42
41	Lynn	465	↑2	75
42	Ruth	455	↓10	44
43	Catherine	432	new	46
44	Ann	404	new	41
45	Brenda	403	new	21
46	Gail	392	↓5	49
47	Kathy	380	new	64
48	Joanne	372	↓3	56
49	Rita	369	↓7	60
50	Alice	366	↓3	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	James	5,349	↑1	1
2	Robert	5,333	↓1	2
3	John	5,152	–	3
4	William	3,679	↑1	4
5	Richard	3,535	↓1	5
6	Michael	3,431	–	7
7	David	3,072	↑1	6
8	Thomas	2,929	↓1	8
9	Ronald	2,205	–	11
10	Charles	1,890	–	9
11	Larry	1,747	↑3	10
12	Donald	1,649	–	13
13	Gary	1,638	–	12
14	Dennis	1,564	↓3	17
15	Kenneth	1,522	–	15
16	Joseph	1,458	–	14
17	Paul	1,229	↑1	18
18	Edward	1,220	↓1	19
19	George	1,200	–	16
20	Terry	974	↑1	26
21	Daniel	956	↓1	22
22	Steven	914	↑7	24
23	Stephen	846	↑3	21
24	Gregory	803	↑9	33
25	Frank	786	↓1	23
26	Roger	786	↓4	25
27	Jerry	776	↓4	20
28	Raymond	746	↓3	27
29	Gerald	715	↓2	28
30	Lawrence	704	↓2	32
31	Bruce	659	–	29
32	Wayne	617	↓2	30
33	Alan	589	↓1	45
34	Patrick	474	↑3	53
35	Anthony	471	↑4	41
36	Jack	462	↓2	37
37	Peter	445	↑4	36
38	Carl	440	↓2	40
39	Mark	431	new	47
40	Walter	428	↓5	34
41	Philip	425	new	57
42	Douglas	418	↑5	31
43	Timothy	415	new	52
44	Arthur	407	↓4	38
45	Dale	395	↓1	63
46	Ralph	377	↓3	50
47	Fred	375	↓9	56
48	Harold	365	↓6	35
49	Jeffrey	360	new	66
50	Eugene	340	↓4	59

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