Popular baby names in Illinois, 1948

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1948 were Linda for girls (5,170 babies) and Robert for boys (4,960). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 171,755 babies born in Illinois in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1948

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

Girls

Adrienne: 63 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Therese: 59 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marla: 51 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Holly: 72 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Camille: 48 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kristine: 102 babies, 2× the national rate
Margo: 49 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Terrence: 191 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jeffery: 80 babies, 2× the national rate
Kurt: 53 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	5,170	–	1
2	Mary	3,646	–	2
3	Barbara	2,684	↑1	3
4	Patricia	2,607	↓1	4
5	Susan	2,377	↑1	5
6	Carol	1,907	↓1	8
7	Nancy	1,878	–	7
8	Sandra	1,722	–	6
9	Sharon	1,690	–	9
10	Kathleen	1,639	–	10
11	Karen	1,529	↑2	12
12	Donna	1,396	↓1	11
13	Judith	1,324	↓1	15
14	Diane	1,160	–	19
15	Pamela	1,133	↑4	22
16	Janet	1,028	↓1	24
17	Margaret	980	↓1	13
18	Janice	858	↑2	23
19	Cheryl	785	↓2	25
20	Cynthia	784	↑4	27
21	Joyce	729	↑1	21
22	Judy	720	↓4	16
23	Christine	668	↑5	35
24	Marilyn	660	↓3	33
25	Carolyn	656	↓2	14
26	Shirley	628	↓1	20
27	Betty	594	–	18
28	Bonnie	590	↓2	34
29	Deborah	578	new	30
30	Beverly	560	–	31
31	Connie	519	↑1	43
32	Joan	494	↓3	37
33	Diana	485	↑2	48
34	Elizabeth	485	↑3	26
35	Peggy	460	↑5	38
36	Catherine	452	↑7	41
37	Jean	448	↓4	47
38	Ruth	445	↑4	45
39	Gloria	442	↓8	28
40	Jane	439	↓6	39
41	Lynn	437	–	80
42	Brenda	417	↑3	17
43	Dorothy	400	↓7	29
44	Kathy	396	↑3	55
45	Phyllis	396	↓6	46
46	Gail	382	–	51
47	Paula	382	new	52
48	Rita	374	↑1	59
49	Ann	371	↓5	44
50	Joanne	371	↓2	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Robert	4,960	↑1	2
2	James	4,870	↓1	1
3	John	4,760	–	3
4	Michael	3,620	↑2	6
5	William	3,278	↓1	4
6	Richard	3,119	↓1	7
7	David	2,898	–	5
8	Thomas	2,762	–	8
9	Ronald	2,023	–	10
10	Charles	1,883	–	9
11	Larry	1,635	–	11
12	Donald	1,517	–	14
13	Gary	1,454	–	12
14	Joseph	1,416	↑2	13
15	Kenneth	1,379	–	15
16	Dennis	1,364	↓2	17
17	Edward	1,164	↑1	19
18	Paul	1,154	↓1	18
19	Daniel	1,100	↑2	22
20	Steven	1,044	↑2	23
21	George	999	↓2	16
22	Stephen	955	↑1	20
23	Terry	906	↓3	26
24	Gregory	779	–	32
25	Lawrence	706	↑5	31
26	Jerry	693	↑1	21
27	Frank	690	↓2	25
28	Bruce	670	↑3	28
29	Roger	666	↓3	24
30	Gerald	658	↓1	30
31	Raymond	619	↓3	27
32	Mark	614	↑7	29
33	Patrick	568	↑1	48
34	Wayne	516	↓2	34
35	Alan	509	↓2	46
36	Timothy	487	↑7	38
37	Anthony	469	↓2	41
38	Carl	437	–	42
39	Dale	423	↑6	56
40	Walter	414	–	35
41	Jack	412	↓5	43
42	Jeffrey	396	↑7	58
43	Douglas	392	↓1	33
44	Peter	392	↓7	37
45	Philip	392	↓4	54
46	Arthur	381	↓2	44
47	Ralph	356	↓1	51
48	Harold	345	–	36
49	Danny	331	new	39
50	Steve	327	new	60

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