Popular baby names in Illinois, 1949

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1949 were Linda for girls (4,997 babies) and Robert for boys (5,007). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 176,895 babies born in Illinois in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1949

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

Girls

Therese: 72 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kimberly: 46 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Adrienne: 63 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Marla: 52 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Celeste: 44 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lauren: 47 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Terrence: 162 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kurt: 75 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	4,997	–	1
2	Mary	3,731	–	2
3	Patricia	2,703	↑1	3
4	Susan	2,511	↑1	5
5	Barbara	2,404	↓2	4
6	Kathleen	1,932	↑4	9
7	Nancy	1,819	–	7
8	Carol	1,798	↓2	8
9	Sandra	1,791	↓1	6
10	Sharon	1,605	↓1	10
11	Karen	1,495	–	11
12	Donna	1,316	–	12
13	Judith	1,300	–	16
14	Pamela	1,214	↑1	21
15	Deborah	1,151	↑14	15
16	Diane	1,144	↓2	19
17	Janet	1,055	↓1	23
18	Margaret	1,011	↓1	14
19	Janice	905	↓1	24
20	Christine	871	↑3	30
21	Cynthia	826	↓1	27
22	Joyce	734	↓1	26
23	Cheryl	731	↓4	28
24	Marilyn	690	–	33
25	Carolyn	684	–	17
26	Shirley	671	–	18
27	Brenda	622	↑15	13
28	Bonnie	602	–	35
29	Elizabeth	560	↑5	25
30	Judy	547	↓8	20
31	Catherine	519	↑5	37
32	Beverly	515	↓2	31
33	Betty	501	↓6	22
34	Gloria	500	↑5	29
35	Diana	494	↓2	48
36	Joan	484	↓4	36
37	Kathy	469	↑7	42
38	Gail	452	↑8	51
39	Jane	447	↑1	41
40	Jean	437	↓3	45
41	Peggy	437	↓6	38
42	Connie	434	↓11	43
43	Rita	431	↑5	54
44	Ruth	431	↓6	47
45	Kathryn	413	new	52
46	Lynn	396	↓5	74
47	Dorothy	384	↓4	32
48	Jacqueline	383	new	58
49	Ann	375	–	44
50	Rebecca	372	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Robert	5,007	–	2
2	James	4,818	–	1
3	John	4,788	–	3
4	Michael	4,251	–	5
5	William	3,350	–	4
6	Richard	3,187	–	7
7	David	3,175	–	6
8	Thomas	2,960	–	8
9	Charles	1,923	↑1	9
10	Ronald	1,765	↓1	11
11	Donald	1,555	↑1	13
12	Gary	1,509	↑1	12
13	Larry	1,486	↓2	10
14	Kenneth	1,447	↑1	15
15	Dennis	1,379	↑1	16
16	Joseph	1,378	↓2	14
17	Steven	1,340	↑3	20
18	Daniel	1,193	↑1	22
19	Paul	1,176	↓1	17
20	Edward	1,161	↓3	21
21	Stephen	1,091	↑1	19
22	George	1,033	↓1	18
23	Gregory	990	↑1	31
24	Mark	887	↑8	24
25	Terry	798	↓2	28
26	Lawrence	782	↓1	32
27	Roger	726	↑2	25
28	Bruce	720	–	26
29	Frank	714	↓2	27
30	Raymond	640	↑1	30
31	Gerald	626	↓1	33
32	Jerry	606	↓6	23
33	Patrick	575	–	39
34	Timothy	564	↑2	34
35	Wayne	536	↓1	35
36	Alan	515	↓1	45
37	Douglas	514	↑6	29
38	Anthony	447	↓1	36
39	Jeffrey	433	↑3	48
40	Peter	428	↑4	38
41	Carl	424	↓3	43
42	Dale	403	↓3	54
43	Jack	387	↓2	47
44	Philip	386	↑1	55
45	Walter	379	↓5	37
46	Arthur	368	–	44
47	Phillip	336	new	66
48	Ralph	334	↓1	50
49	Harold	325	↓1	42
50	Craig	321	new	77

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