Popular baby names in Illinois, 1951

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1951 were Linda for girls (4,089 babies) and Robert for boys (5,050). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 189,259 babies born in Illinois in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1951

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: 85 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Adrienne: 70 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marla: 76 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Noreen: 53 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Terrence: 178 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	4,089	–	1
2	Mary	3,779	–	2
3	Patricia	3,266	–	3
4	Susan	2,721	–	6
5	Barbara	2,382	–	5
6	Deborah	2,077	↑4	4
7	Nancy	2,049	–	7
8	Kathleen	1,916	↓2	10
9	Karen	1,864	↑2	8
10	Carol	1,653	↓2	11
11	Sandra	1,524	↓2	9
12	Sharon	1,459	–	13
13	Pamela	1,390	–	16
14	Donna	1,377	↑1	12
15	Diane	1,298	↓1	15
16	Janet	1,211	–	19
17	Judith	1,088	–	25
18	Debra	1,073	↑32	18
19	Christine	1,058	↑2	24
20	Cynthia	1,038	↓1	20
21	Margaret	1,027	↓3	17
22	Janice	1,022	↓2	21
23	Cheryl	744	↓1	30
24	Brenda	725	–	14
25	Joyce	725	↓2	28
26	Elizabeth	678	↑1	23
27	Gail	662	↑6	36
28	Catherine	640	↑2	34
29	Carolyn	597	↓3	22
30	Marilyn	570	↓1	41
31	Judy	551	↑1	26
32	Kathy	546	↑3	35
33	Shirley	535	↓8	27
34	Bonnie	534	↓3	37
35	Beverly	526	↓7	33
36	Kathryn	523	↑2	45
37	Joan	503	↓3	39
38	Jean	492	↑4	49
39	Peggy	487	↑1	40
40	Denise	480	new	48
41	Connie	475	↑3	44
42	Lynn	472	↑4	72
43	Rebecca	466	↑6	32
44	Gloria	453	↓8	31
45	Jane	449	↓4	43
46	Paula	440	new	51
47	Betty	436	↓10	29
48	Diana	434	↓9	50
49	Vicki	433	new	58
50	Jacqueline	424	↓5	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Robert	5,050	↑1	2
2	Michael	4,973	↑2	4
3	James	4,922	↓2	1
4	John	4,789	↓1	3
5	David	3,507	↑1	5
6	William	3,402	↓1	6
7	Richard	3,328	–	7
8	Thomas	3,093	–	8
9	Gary	2,187	↑1	10
10	Charles	1,975	↓1	9
11	Steven	1,915	↑2	13
12	Donald	1,578	–	15
13	Ronald	1,575	↓2	12
14	Kenneth	1,537	↑3	16
15	Dennis	1,468	↓1	17
16	Larry	1,447	–	11
17	Joseph	1,439	↓2	14
18	Mark	1,439	↑3	20
19	Daniel	1,371	–	21
20	Paul	1,251	↓2	18
21	Edward	1,173	↑2	23
22	Stephen	1,148	↓2	19
23	Gregory	1,080	↓1	25
24	George	1,018	–	22
25	Lawrence	870	–	33
26	Bruce	869	–	26
27	Timothy	780	↑6	28
28	Terry	749	↓1	30
29	Raymond	654	↑1	32
30	Roger	642	↓1	29
31	Alan	640	↑7	40
32	Patrick	634	–	39
33	Jeffrey	629	↑4	35
34	Frank	613	↓6	31
35	Gerald	577	↓4	36
36	Anthony	549	↑4	34
37	Wayne	548	↓2	37
38	Jerry	546	↓4	24
39	Douglas	541	↓3	27
40	Kevin	493	↑8	53
41	Scott	462	↑2	68
42	Peter	451	↓1	38
43	Carl	429	↓1	43
44	Keith	422	new	59
45	Craig	409	new	63
46	Dale	405	↓7	49
47	Walter	396	↓2	42
48	Randall	387	↑1	66
49	Martin	367	new	81
50	Arthur	366	↓4	44

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