Popular baby names in Illinois, 1959

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1959 were Mary for girls (3,699 babies) and Michael for boys (5,717). Social Security records list 224,728 babies born in Illinois in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1959

Names given at least 15 times in Illinois that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Caryn: 58 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Therese: 185 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Derrick: 168 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Terrence: 128 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	3,699	–	1
2	Susan	2,705	–	2
3	Linda	2,405	↑1	3
4	Karen	2,283	↓1	4
5	Patricia	2,059	–	6
6	Debra	1,952	–	7
7	Donna	1,784	↑5	5
8	Cynthia	1,750	↓1	8
9	Deborah	1,601	–	9
10	Nancy	1,479	↓2	14
11	Pamela	1,449	↓1	12
12	Barbara	1,414	↓1	11
13	Diane	1,366	↑2	19
14	Sandra	1,311	↑2	13
15	Kathleen	1,305	↓1	23
16	Laura	1,244	↑5	30
17	Cheryl	1,228	↓4	18
18	Kathy	1,216	↓1	15
19	Lisa	1,212	↑8	10
20	Sharon	1,201	↓2	17
21	Julie	1,125	↓2	26
22	Debbie	1,094	–	20
23	Carol	1,082	↓3	22
24	Brenda	1,080	↑1	16
25	Janet	1,032	↑1	28
26	Elizabeth	989	↓3	21
27	Denise	980	↓3	29
28	Lori	943	↑1	27
29	Cindy	933	↓1	25
30	Kimberly	887	–	33
31	Margaret	736	–	36
32	Teresa	688	↑6	24
33	Catherine	676	–	40
34	Dawn	670	↑12	54
35	Christine	669	↓3	43
36	Theresa	660	↓2	34
37	Cathy	657	↓2	39
38	Tammy	649	new	31
39	Janice	624	↓2	37
40	Kim	565	–	35
41	Robin	543	↑1	32
42	Lynn	532	↓3	63
43	Michelle	523	new	47
44	Ann	511	new	44
45	Judy	498	↓4	41
46	Judith	490	↓2	70
47	Paula	482	new	51
48	Carolyn	476	↓5	42
49	Diana	475	↓4	49
50	Joyce	467	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Michael	5,717	–	1
2	John	4,650	↑1	4
3	James	4,632	↑1	3
4	David	4,630	↓2	2
5	Robert	4,222	–	5
6	Mark	3,367	–	6
7	William	2,884	–	7
8	Richard	2,671	↑1	8
9	Thomas	2,624	↓1	9
10	Steven	2,295	–	10
11	Kevin	1,897	–	14
12	Timothy	1,839	–	12
13	Daniel	1,765	–	18
14	Jeffrey	1,712	↑1	16
15	Joseph	1,696	↓1	13
16	Charles	1,552	–	11
17	Kenneth	1,500	↑1	15
18	Scott	1,461	↑2	24
19	Paul	1,444	↓2	17
20	Donald	1,430	↑1	19
21	Ronald	1,407	↓2	21
22	Gregory	1,356	↑2	23
23	Brian	1,338	–	22
24	Gary	1,188	↓2	20
25	Anthony	1,157	↑2	26
26	Edward	1,033	–	27
27	Larry	973	↓2	25
28	Dennis	894	–	29
29	Douglas	822	↑1	30
30	Stephen	772	↓1	28
31	Terry	769	↑1	33
32	George	748	↓1	32
33	Randy	743	↑1	31
34	Christopher	735	↑9	35
35	Patrick	733	↑1	43
36	Bruce	670	↓1	38
37	Keith	667	↓4	39
38	Steve	667	↑1	41
39	Peter	664	↑2	40
40	Mike	635	↓2	37
41	Frank	629	↓4	42
42	Craig	612	new	44
43	Raymond	581	↑2	45
44	Jerry	539	↓4	36
45	Eric	526	↑2	46
46	Alan	518	↑2	50
47	Jeff	505	new	52
48	Roger	500	new	47
49	Ricky	492	↓5	34
50	Dale	488	↓4	49

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