Popular baby names in Illinois, 1958

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1958 were Mary for girls (3,662 babies) and Michael for boys (5,996). Social Security records list 220,184 babies born in Illinois in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1958

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: 143 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Darnell: 66 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Derrick: 147 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Terrence: 137 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	3,662	–	1
2	Susan	2,798	–	2
3	Karen	2,481	↑1	4
4	Linda	2,396	↑1	3
5	Patricia	2,212	↑2	5
6	Debra	2,164	↓3	6
7	Cynthia	1,780	↓1	8
8	Nancy	1,734	↑1	12
9	Deborah	1,695	↓1	7
10	Pamela	1,579	↑1	11
11	Barbara	1,519	↓1	9
12	Donna	1,431	–	10
13	Cheryl	1,384	↑5	13
14	Kathleen	1,381	–	21
15	Diane	1,375	↓2	18
16	Sandra	1,267	–	15
17	Kathy	1,265	↑6	14
18	Sharon	1,243	↓3	17
19	Julie	1,239	↑6	23
20	Carol	1,126	↓3	20
21	Laura	1,099	↑3	29
22	Debbie	994	↑12	24
23	Elizabeth	994	↑3	22
24	Denise	969	↓3	27
25	Brenda	963	↓6	16
26	Janet	945	↓4	28
27	Lisa	914	↑5	19
28	Cindy	827	↓8	25
29	Lori	794	↑16	30
30	Kimberly	779	–	39
31	Margaret	767	↓4	31
32	Christine	743	↓3	43
33	Catherine	726	↓5	38
34	Theresa	677	↓1	33
35	Cathy	654	↑3	34
36	Peggy	630	new	42
37	Janice	618	↓6	35
38	Teresa	614	↑3	26
39	Lynn	552	↑1	60
40	Kim	546	↓3	40
41	Judy	537	↑8	36
42	Robin	537	↓7	32
43	Carolyn	536	↑4	37
44	Judith	527	↓8	62
45	Diana	518	↑1	45
46	Dawn	504	new	84
47	Darlene	489	new	49
48	Kathryn	471	new	58
49	Rebecca	455	↓10	41
50	Jane	449	new	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Michael	5,996	–	1
2	David	4,618	↑3	2
3	John	4,593	–	5
4	James	4,529	↓2	3
5	Robert	4,367	↓1	4
6	Mark	3,267	–	7
7	William	2,979	–	6
8	Thomas	2,874	–	9
9	Richard	2,752	–	8
10	Steven	2,312	–	10
11	Kevin	1,789	–	20
12	Timothy	1,719	↑9	13
13	Daniel	1,703	–	16
14	Joseph	1,696	↓2	12
15	Jeffrey	1,508	↑4	21
16	Charles	1,505	↓2	11
17	Paul	1,455	↑5	15
18	Kenneth	1,436	↓2	14
19	Ronald	1,432	↓4	19
20	Scott	1,401	↑3	25
21	Donald	1,400	↓4	18
22	Gary	1,326	↓4	17
23	Brian	1,306	↑3	24
24	Gregory	1,260	↓4	23
25	Larry	1,086	↓1	22
26	Edward	1,075	↓1	28
27	Anthony	1,028	–	27
28	Dennis	882	↑1	29
29	Stephen	849	↓1	26
30	Douglas	847	–	30
31	George	816	–	31
32	Terry	764	–	33
33	Keith	746	↑3	37
34	Randy	731	↓1	32
35	Bruce	717	↓1	36
36	Patrick	716	↓1	42
37	Frank	673	↑3	38
38	Mike	636	new	40
39	Steve	605	↑10	44
40	Jerry	598	↑1	35
41	Peter	597	↓3	41
42	Lawrence	581	↓5	52
43	Christopher	578	↑4	39
44	Ricky	561	↑2	34
45	Raymond	532	↓6	43
46	Dale	521	↓3	46
47	Eric	487	new	50
48	Alan	440	↓4	49
49	Andrew	434	↑1	55
50	Carl	429	↓2	51

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