Popular baby names in Illinois, 1950

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1950 were Linda for girls (4,385 babies) and James for boys (4,986). Social Security records list 179,698 babies born in Illinois in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1950

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: 83 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marla: 83 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Laurel: 89 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Margo: 72 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kimberly: 49 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Adrienne: 51 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Terrence: 174 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gregg: 65 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	4,385	–	1
2	Mary	3,812	–	2
3	Patricia	2,739	–	3
4	Susan	2,619	–	5
5	Barbara	2,395	–	4
6	Kathleen	2,027	–	10
7	Nancy	1,946	–	6
8	Carol	1,728	–	9
9	Sandra	1,612	–	8
10	Deborah	1,598	↑5	7
11	Karen	1,593	–	12
12	Sharon	1,543	↓2	11
13	Pamela	1,268	↑1	17
14	Diane	1,226	↑2	16
15	Donna	1,194	↓3	13
16	Janet	1,167	↑1	18
17	Judith	1,108	↓4	21
18	Margaret	997	–	15
19	Cynthia	945	↑2	23
20	Janice	931	↓1	22
21	Christine	905	↓1	28
22	Cheryl	769	↑1	29
23	Joyce	699	↓1	27
24	Brenda	669	↑3	14
25	Shirley	653	↑1	19
26	Carolyn	600	↓1	20
27	Elizabeth	597	↑2	24
28	Beverly	574	↑4	31
29	Marilyn	573	↓5	37
30	Catherine	559	↑1	34
31	Bonnie	536	↓3	33
32	Judy	525	↓2	25
33	Gail	499	↑5	42
34	Joan	488	↑2	40
35	Kathy	486	↑2	38
36	Gloria	474	↓2	30
37	Betty	473	↓4	26
38	Kathryn	454	↑7	46
39	Diana	453	↓4	47
40	Peggy	452	↑1	41
41	Jane	450	↓2	39
42	Jean	447	↓2	48
43	Rita	429	–	56
44	Connie	428	↓2	44
45	Jacqueline	409	↑3	55
46	Lynn	392	–	76
47	Marsha	388	new	68
48	Ruth	388	↓4	49
49	Rebecca	387	↑1	36
50	Debra	377	new	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	James	4,986	↑1	1
2	Robert	4,851	↓1	2
3	John	4,730	–	3
4	Michael	4,611	–	4
5	William	3,376	–	6
6	David	3,358	↑1	5
7	Richard	3,048	↓1	7
8	Thomas	2,930	–	8
9	Charles	1,992	–	9
10	Gary	1,834	↑2	10
11	Ronald	1,754	↓1	12
12	Donald	1,555	↓1	14
13	Steven	1,539	↑4	16
14	Dennis	1,444	↑1	17
15	Joseph	1,425	↑1	13
16	Larry	1,369	↓3	11
17	Kenneth	1,368	↓3	15
18	Paul	1,215	↑1	18
19	Daniel	1,213	↓1	21
20	Stephen	1,138	↑1	19
21	Mark	1,136	↑3	23
22	Gregory	1,102	↑1	25
23	Edward	1,082	↓3	22
24	George	1,016	↓2	20
25	Lawrence	769	↑1	33
26	Bruce	755	↑2	26
27	Terry	739	↓2	30
28	Frank	677	↑1	29
29	Roger	669	↓2	27
30	Raymond	667	–	31
31	Gerald	600	–	34
32	Patrick	597	↑1	38
33	Timothy	596	↑1	32
34	Jerry	585	↓2	24
35	Wayne	554	–	35
36	Douglas	520	↑1	28
37	Jeffrey	518	↑2	43
38	Alan	499	↓2	41
39	Dale	491	↑3	49
40	Anthony	467	↓2	36
41	Peter	447	↓1	37
42	Carl	418	↓1	44
43	Scott	391	new	82
44	Philip	389	–	53
45	Walter	382	–	40
46	Arthur	363	–	46
47	Jack	362	↓4	48
48	Kevin	361	new	73
49	Randall	353	new	70
50	Danny	347	new	39

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