Popular baby names in Illinois, 1953

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1953 were Mary for girls (3,808 babies) and Michael for boys (5,471). Michael ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 195,654 babies born in Illinois in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1953

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: 112 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jeanine: 52 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Marla: 104 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Adrienne: 61 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Derrick: 53 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Terrence: 164 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Mary	3,808	–	1
2	Linda	3,353	–	2
3	Patricia	2,782	–	4
4	Susan	2,771	–	5
5	Deborah	2,521	–	3
6	Debra	2,233	↑4	7
7	Barbara	2,209	↓1	6
8	Nancy	1,946	↓1	8
9	Karen	1,836	–	9
10	Pamela	1,744	↑2	10
11	Kathleen	1,625	↓3	14
12	Diane	1,400	↑1	17
13	Cynthia	1,397	↑6	12
14	Carol	1,372	↓3	16
15	Sandra	1,313	↑1	11
16	Donna	1,289	↓2	13
17	Sharon	1,258	↓2	15
18	Janet	1,187	–	19
19	Margaret	962	↑2	20
20	Christine	929	↓3	32
21	Judith	902	↓1	30
22	Janice	878	–	22
23	Cheryl	821	↑1	28
24	Denise	787	↑2	31
25	Elizabeth	753	–	21
26	Brenda	717	↓3	18
27	Joyce	670	–	26
28	Kathy	641	↑1	23
29	Catherine	618	↓1	35
30	Rebecca	602	↑4	24
31	Gail	585	↓1	39
32	Beverly	568	↑11	34
33	Paula	556	↑6	40
34	Marilyn	545	↓1	36
35	Joan	491	↓4	37
36	Carolyn	488	↓4	25
37	Peggy	486	↓1	44
38	Jean	484	–	52
39	Jane	479	↓4	43
40	Shirley	463	↑1	29
41	Judy	457	↓1	27
42	Laura	456	↑4	51
43	Theresa	454	new	50
44	Kathryn	452	–	48
45	Lynn	451	↑2	67
46	Connie	440	↓4	47
47	Bonnie	438	↓10	45
48	Jacqueline	438	↓3	58
49	Ann	423	–	46
50	Diana	410	new	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Michael	5,471	–	3
2	Robert	4,851	–	1
3	James	4,763	↑1	2
4	John	4,612	↓1	4
5	David	4,039	–	5
6	Richard	3,349	↑1	7
7	William	3,280	↓1	6
8	Thomas	3,044	–	8
9	Steven	2,279	↑1	11
10	Gary	1,993	↓1	10
11	Mark	1,930	↑1	12
12	Charles	1,791	↓1	9
13	Ronald	1,542	↑1	15
14	Donald	1,536	↓1	14
15	Joseph	1,511	–	13
16	Daniel	1,429	–	20
17	Kenneth	1,403	–	17
18	Paul	1,383	↑2	16
19	Dennis	1,346	↓1	19
20	Gregory	1,154	↑4	24
21	Larry	1,148	↓2	18
22	Stephen	1,077	↓1	21
23	Edward	1,071	↓1	23
24	Jeffrey	1,054	↑4	25
25	George	921	↓2	22
26	Bruce	820	↓1	28
27	Timothy	820	↓1	26
28	Lawrence	759	↓1	37
29	Terry	744	–	30
30	Roger	738	↑2	31
31	Anthony	717	↓1	32
32	Patrick	670	↓1	39
33	Kevin	668	↑2	36
34	Raymond	665	↓1	34
35	Frank	658	↓1	33
36	Scott	634	–	46
37	Douglas	622	↑2	27
38	Alan	573	↓1	43
39	Jerry	514	↓1	29
40	Gerald	513	↑1	42
41	Randy	501	↑4	35
42	Wayne	496	–	40
43	Peter	485	↓3	38
44	Keith	456	–	47
45	Dale	450	↓2	48
46	Carl	406	–	44
47	Craig	406	–	60
48	Randall	397	new	64
49	Brian	387	new	53
50	Danny	381	↓2	41

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