Popular baby names in Illinois, 1952

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1952 were Mary for girls (3,871 babies) and Michael for boys (5,199). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 194,608 babies born in Illinois in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1952

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: 127 babies, 3× the national rate
Charmaine: 74 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jeanine: 55 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Laurel: 94 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Marla: 87 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kimberly: 98 babies, 2× the national rate
Adrienne: 54 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Derrick: 60 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Terrence: 149 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Mary	3,871	↑1	2
2	Linda	3,710	↓1	1
3	Patricia	2,941	–	3
4	Susan	2,627	–	5
5	Deborah	2,587	↑1	4
6	Barbara	2,303	↓1	6
7	Nancy	2,199	–	7
8	Kathleen	1,898	–	11
9	Karen	1,720	–	8
10	Debra	1,608	↑8	9
11	Carol	1,550	↓1	12
12	Pamela	1,452	↑1	17
13	Diane	1,421	↑2	16
14	Donna	1,385	–	13
15	Sharon	1,372	↓3	14
16	Sandra	1,311	↓5	10
17	Christine	1,242	↑2	20
18	Janet	1,234	↓2	19
19	Cynthia	1,165	↑1	18
20	Judith	1,008	↓3	25
21	Margaret	944	–	21
22	Janice	901	–	23
23	Brenda	782	↑1	15
24	Cheryl	766	↓1	31
25	Elizabeth	766	↑1	22
26	Denise	749	↑14	33
27	Joyce	659	↓2	27
28	Catherine	657	–	34
29	Kathy	657	↑3	29
30	Gail	631	↓3	39
31	Joan	589	↑6	37
32	Carolyn	571	↓3	24
33	Marilyn	548	↓3	38
34	Rebecca	513	↑9	30
35	Jane	509	↑10	42
36	Peggy	504	↑3	43
37	Bonnie	496	↓3	41
38	Jean	494	–	50
39	Paula	491	↑7	47
40	Judy	486	↓9	26
41	Shirley	479	↓8	28
42	Connie	467	↓1	44
43	Beverly	463	↓8	35
44	Kathryn	455	↓8	48
45	Jacqueline	448	↑5	58
46	Laura	445	new	53
47	Lynn	429	↓5	71
48	Gloria	417	↓4	36
49	Ann	416	new	45
50	Betty	414	↓3	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Michael	5,199	↑1	4
2	Robert	5,064	↓1	2
3	John	4,979	↑1	3
4	James	4,854	↓1	1
5	David	3,845	–	5
6	William	3,554	–	6
7	Richard	3,426	–	7
8	Thomas	3,247	–	8
9	Gary	2,170	–	10
10	Steven	2,043	↑1	11
11	Charles	1,892	↓1	9
12	Mark	1,694	↑6	17
13	Donald	1,600	↓1	13
14	Ronald	1,570	↓1	15
15	Joseph	1,562	↑2	12
16	Daniel	1,497	↑3	20
17	Kenneth	1,456	↓3	16
18	Dennis	1,435	↓3	18
19	Larry	1,307	↓3	14
20	Paul	1,292	–	19
21	Stephen	1,156	↑1	21
22	Edward	1,153	↓1	23
23	George	1,093	↑1	22
24	Gregory	1,087	↓1	24
25	Bruce	868	↑1	25
26	Timothy	859	↑1	27
27	Lawrence	782	↓2	35
28	Jeffrey	772	↑5	31
29	Terry	724	↓1	29
30	Anthony	655	↑6	34
31	Patrick	651	↑1	37
32	Roger	648	↓2	30
33	Raymond	646	↓4	33
34	Frank	611	–	32
35	Kevin	610	↑5	43
36	Scott	570	↑5	54
37	Alan	559	↓6	42
38	Jerry	541	–	26
39	Douglas	539	–	28
40	Peter	525	↑2	36
41	Gerald	509	↓6	39
42	Wayne	486	↓5	38
43	Dale	455	↑3	46
44	Keith	453	–	49
45	Randy	441	new	41
46	Carl	414	↓3	45
47	Craig	390	↓2	59
48	Danny	385	new	40
49	Martin	371	–	80
50	Jack	367	new	52

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