Popular baby names in Illinois, 1957

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1957 were Mary for girls (3,995 babies) and Michael for boys (6,230). Social Security records list 224,601 babies born in Illinois in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1957

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: 145 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Derrick: 134 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Terrence: 157 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	3,995	–	1
2	Susan	2,876	↑1	2
3	Debra	2,780	↓1	4
4	Karen	2,523	↑3	5
5	Linda	2,504	↓1	3
6	Cynthia	2,373	↑4	7
7	Patricia	2,326	↓2	8
8	Deborah	2,062	↓2	6
9	Nancy	1,893	↓1	11
10	Barbara	1,744	↓1	9
11	Pamela	1,540	–	12
12	Donna	1,500	–	10
13	Diane	1,491	–	17
14	Kathleen	1,483	–	21
15	Sharon	1,422	–	14
16	Sandra	1,344	–	15
17	Carol	1,341	–	18
18	Cheryl	1,317	–	16
19	Brenda	1,128	↑4	13
20	Cindy	1,016	↑25	19
21	Denise	1,005	↓1	25
22	Janet	1,004	↓3	23
23	Kathy	1,001	↑4	20
24	Laura	997	↑1	31
25	Julie	992	↑9	28
26	Elizabeth	928	↓4	22
27	Margaret	797	↓3	29
28	Catherine	777	↓7	37
29	Christine	764	↓1	41
30	Kimberly	759	↑6	42
31	Janice	700	↓5	32
32	Lisa	675	↑10	26
33	Theresa	672	↓2	36
34	Debbie	663	new	27
35	Robin	646	↑2	30
36	Judith	617	↓7	53
37	Kim	596	↓2	35
38	Cathy	590	↓8	39
39	Rebecca	569	↑1	34
40	Lynn	560	↓2	61
41	Teresa	549	↓8	24
42	Ann	548	↑6	44
43	Joyce	542	↓11	40
44	Gail	526	↓5	54
45	Lori	525	new	45
46	Diana	518	↑1	43
47	Carolyn	502	↓1	33
48	Jean	501	↓5	67
49	Judy	501	new	38
50	Paula	472	↓6	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Michael	6,230	–	1
2	James	5,041	–	2
3	John	4,813	–	5
4	Robert	4,644	–	4
5	David	4,480	–	3
6	Mark	3,370	↑1	7
7	William	3,205	↓1	6
8	Thomas	3,033	↑1	9
9	Richard	2,906	↓1	8
10	Steven	2,619	–	10
11	Kevin	1,822	↑4	20
12	Joseph	1,819	↓1	12
13	Daniel	1,789	↓1	16
14	Charles	1,740	↓1	11
15	Ronald	1,658	↑2	17
16	Kenneth	1,584	↑2	14
17	Donald	1,574	↓1	15
18	Gary	1,552	↓4	13
19	Jeffrey	1,539	↑1	21
20	Gregory	1,469	↑1	23
21	Timothy	1,463	↑1	19
22	Paul	1,451	↓3	18
23	Scott	1,210	↑3	32
24	Larry	1,148	–	22
25	Edward	1,123	↓2	25
26	Brian	1,104	↑3	26
27	Anthony	1,070	↑3	27
28	Stephen	1,010	↓1	24
29	Dennis	942	↓4	28
30	Douglas	855	↑4	30
31	George	853	–	29
32	Terry	822	↑1	33
33	Randy	818	↓1	31
34	Bruce	784	↓6	34
35	Patrick	758	–	41
36	Keith	740	–	36
37	Lawrence	686	–	46
38	Peter	647	–	37
39	Raymond	629	–	39
40	Frank	626	–	38
41	Jerry	571	↑1	35
42	Roger	547	↓1	42
43	Dale	505	↑3	50
44	Alan	489	↓1	48
45	Jeffery	484	new	52
46	Ricky	483	new	40
47	Christopher	480	new	43
48	Carl	452	↓4	49
49	Steve	448	new	44
50	Andrew	444	new	56

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