Popular baby names in Illinois, 1954

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1954 were Mary for girls (4,340 babies) and Michael for boys (5,696). Social Security records list 205,868 babies born in Illinois in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1954

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: 131 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kimberly: 219 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Derrick: 86 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Terrence: 213 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Maurice: 130 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Mary	4,340	–	1
2	Linda	3,033	–	2
3	Susan	2,986	↑1	5
4	Debra	2,888	↑2	6
5	Deborah	2,848	–	3
6	Patricia	2,692	↓3	4
7	Barbara	2,100	–	7
8	Nancy	2,023	–	9
9	Karen	1,935	–	8
10	Pamela	1,756	–	12
11	Kathleen	1,576	–	14
12	Diane	1,513	–	17
13	Cynthia	1,496	–	10
14	Donna	1,472	↑2	11
15	Sandra	1,408	–	13
16	Carol	1,394	↓2	15
17	Sharon	1,229	–	16
18	Janet	1,206	–	19
19	Cheryl	966	↑4	22
20	Denise	933	↑4	24
21	Margaret	861	↓2	21
22	Judith	827	↓1	30
23	Elizabeth	790	↑2	20
24	Janice	764	↓2	25
25	Brenda	721	↑1	18
26	Christine	690	↓6	43
27	Catherine	684	↑2	32
28	Gail	663	↑3	37
29	Joyce	649	↓2	28
30	Kathy	647	↓2	23
31	Marilyn	607	↑3	35
32	Laura	597	↑10	45
33	Joan	569	↑2	40
34	Paula	566	↓1	38
35	Rebecca	566	↓5	26
36	Lynn	508	↑9	63
37	Beverly	507	↓5	31
38	Carolyn	493	↓2	27
39	Jane	480	–	49
40	Kathryn	480	↑4	51
41	Diana	477	↑9	57
42	Connie	469	↑4	39
43	Jean	464	↓5	56
44	Rose	458	new	54
45	Shirley	444	↓5	33
46	Peggy	440	↓9	48
47	Theresa	439	↓4	47
48	Ann	437	↑1	44
49	Vicki	431	new	50
50	Judy	427	↓9	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Michael	5,696	–	1
2	Robert	4,949	–	2
3	James	4,894	–	3
4	John	4,777	–	4
5	David	4,305	–	5
6	William	3,359	↑1	6
7	Richard	3,276	↓1	7
8	Thomas	3,136	–	8
9	Steven	2,413	–	11
10	Mark	2,403	↑1	12
11	Gary	2,079	↓1	9
12	Charles	1,745	–	10
13	Joseph	1,681	↑2	13
14	Donald	1,586	–	14
15	Ronald	1,568	↓2	15
16	Daniel	1,567	–	18
17	Kenneth	1,485	–	17
18	Paul	1,391	–	16
19	Gregory	1,305	↑1	25
20	Jeffrey	1,238	↑4	23
21	Dennis	1,206	↓2	21
22	Larry	1,195	↓1	19
23	Kevin	1,121	↑10	28
24	Edward	1,109	↓1	22
25	Stephen	1,071	↓3	20
26	George	935	↓1	24
27	Timothy	929	–	26
28	Terry	877	↑1	27
29	Bruce	849	↓3	30
30	Lawrence	758	↓2	39
31	Patrick	744	↑1	38
32	Scott	727	↑4	40
33	Anthony	699	↓2	32
34	Douglas	693	↑3	29
35	Frank	649	–	36
36	Roger	637	↓6	34
37	Randy	621	↑4	33
38	Raymond	588	↓4	35
39	Alan	573	↓1	43
40	Jerry	565	↓1	31
41	Keith	524	↑3	45
42	Gerald	523	↓2	44
43	Brian	521	↑6	48
44	Peter	502	↓1	37
45	Dale	469	–	50
46	Randall	450	↑2	55
47	Wayne	443	↓5	41
48	Craig	441	↓1	51
49	Martin	398	new	79
50	Carl	394	↓4	47

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