Popular baby names in Illinois, 1955

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1955 were Mary for girls (4,100 babies) and Michael for boys (5,900). Social Security records list 208,654 babies born in Illinois in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1955

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: 129 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Rochelle: 77 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Derrick: 86 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Terrence: 172 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tyrone: 136 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Mary	4,100	–	1
2	Debra	3,258	↑2	4
3	Susan	2,998	–	5
4	Linda	2,833	↓2	3
5	Deborah	2,740	–	2
6	Patricia	2,672	–	6
7	Nancy	2,123	↑1	9
8	Karen	1,986	↑1	8
9	Barbara	1,958	↓2	7
10	Pamela	1,676	–	12
11	Diane	1,552	↑1	14
12	Donna	1,545	↑2	10
13	Cynthia	1,502	–	11
14	Kathleen	1,500	↓3	17
15	Sandra	1,419	–	13
16	Carol	1,390	–	15
17	Sharon	1,213	–	16
18	Janet	1,185	–	20
19	Cheryl	1,019	–	19
20	Denise	1,005	–	23
21	Elizabeth	808	↑2	21
22	Catherine	787	↑5	28
23	Margaret	768	↓2	24
24	Kathy	759	↑6	22
25	Brenda	749	–	18
26	Judith	744	↓4	31
27	Janice	732	↓3	25
28	Christine	713	↓2	40
29	Laura	615	↑3	41
30	Joyce	596	↓1	29
31	Gail	584	↓3	42
32	Rebecca	551	↑3	27
33	Theresa	539	↑14	38
34	Lynn	538	↑2	62
35	Paula	525	↓1	39
36	Marilyn	521	↓5	49
37	Joan	505	↓4	46
38	Teresa	502	new	26
39	Jean	487	↑4	60
40	Cathy	478	new	44
41	Beverly	476	↓4	34
42	Carolyn	468	↓4	30
43	Vicki	459	↑6	52
44	Diana	443	↓3	55
45	Jane	441	↓6	50
46	Julie	438	new	67
47	Peggy	436	↓1	51
48	Robin	436	new	33
49	Kathryn	433	↓9	59
50	Rose	433	↓6	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Michael	5,900	–	1
2	John	4,800	↑2	5
3	James	4,782	–	3
4	David	4,744	↑1	2
5	Robert	4,719	↓3	4
6	William	3,378	–	6
7	Thomas	3,105	↑1	8
8	Richard	2,986	↓1	7
9	Mark	2,744	↑1	9
10	Steven	2,539	↓1	10
11	Gary	1,849	–	12
12	Daniel	1,776	↑4	17
13	Joseph	1,715	–	13
14	Charles	1,678	↓2	11
15	Donald	1,559	↓1	14
16	Ronald	1,530	↓1	18
17	Paul	1,418	↑1	16
18	Gregory	1,405	↑1	24
19	Jeffrey	1,401	↑1	20
20	Kenneth	1,390	↓3	15
21	Kevin	1,223	↑2	27
22	Timothy	1,199	↑5	22
23	Dennis	1,149	↓2	23
24	Edward	1,128	–	25
25	Larry	1,068	↓3	19
26	Stephen	1,043	↓1	21
27	George	875	↓1	26
28	Anthony	854	↑5	31
29	Bruce	847	–	32
30	Scott	815	↑2	38
31	Terry	813	↓3	28
32	Randy	811	↑5	30
33	Patrick	748	↓2	41
34	Douglas	695	–	29
35	Brian	664	↑8	40
36	Lawrence	654	↓6	42
37	Frank	641	↓2	34
38	Raymond	638	–	36
39	Peter	628	↑5	35
40	Keith	615	↑1	39
41	Roger	608	↓5	37
42	Alan	546	↓3	43
43	Jerry	515	↓3	33
44	Gerald	452	↓2	48
45	Carl	449	↑5	47
46	Craig	449	↑2	50
47	Dale	431	↓2	52
48	Wayne	410	↓1	44
49	Martin	385	–	77
50	Walter	383	new	51

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