Popular baby names in Illinois, 1960

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1960 were Mary for girls (3,568 babies) and Michael for boys (5,415). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 223,437 babies born in Illinois in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1960

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: 149 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Colette: 57 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Derrick: 156 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	3,568	–	1
2	Susan	2,464	–	2
3	Karen	2,201	↑1	4
4	Linda	2,174	↓1	3
5	Patricia	1,985	–	7
6	Donna	1,678	↑1	5
7	Debra	1,652	↓1	8
8	Lisa	1,578	↑11	6
9	Cynthia	1,532	↓1	9
10	Laura	1,498	↑6	25
11	Nancy	1,444	↓1	15
12	Barbara	1,374	–	12
13	Deborah	1,361	↓4	10
14	Sandra	1,268	–	11
15	Diane	1,259	↓2	22
16	Pamela	1,254	↓5	14
17	Kathleen	1,192	↓2	27
18	Julie	1,176	↑3	28
19	Lori	1,174	↑9	20
20	Brenda	1,145	↑4	13
21	Sharon	1,128	↓1	16
22	Kathy	1,085	↓4	21
23	Cheryl	1,075	↓6	17
24	Kimberly	1,073	↑6	26
25	Denise	1,041	↑2	29
26	Elizabeth	1,039	–	18
27	Carol	1,038	↓4	23
28	Debbie	943	↓6	24
29	Janet	880	↓4	32
30	Cindy	775	↓1	30
31	Teresa	755	↑1	19
32	Dawn	743	↑2	57
33	Margaret	731	↓2	36
34	Theresa	720	↑2	35
35	Christine	681	–	40
36	Kim	673	↑4	34
37	Tammy	665	↑1	31
38	Catherine	634	↓5	42
39	Michelle	599	↑4	39
40	Cathy	580	↓3	46
41	Tina	566	new	45
42	Janice	564	↓3	41
43	Robin	552	↓2	33
44	Laurie	519	new	37
45	Ann	512	↓1	51
46	Diana	503	↑3	53
47	Lynn	496	↓5	64
48	Judy	489	↓3	48
49	Jill	472	new	76
50	Connie	466	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Michael	5,415	–	2
2	David	4,816	↑2	1
3	John	4,651	↓1	4
4	James	4,389	↓1	3
5	Robert	4,155	–	5
6	Mark	3,620	–	6
7	William	2,696	–	7
8	Thomas	2,564	↑1	9
9	Richard	2,444	↓1	8
10	Steven	2,258	–	10
11	Kevin	1,936	–	15
12	Daniel	1,867	↑1	17
13	Jeffrey	1,838	↑1	14
14	Timothy	1,814	↓2	11
15	Joseph	1,672	–	12
16	Kenneth	1,578	↑1	16
17	Scott	1,508	↑1	23
18	Brian	1,473	↑5	20
19	Charles	1,433	↓3	13
20	Paul	1,407	↓1	18
21	Ronald	1,390	–	21
22	Donald	1,346	↓2	19
23	Gregory	1,336	↓1	24
24	Anthony	1,284	↑1	25
25	Gary	1,061	↓1	22
26	Edward	1,002	–	26
27	Larry	815	–	28
28	Christopher	800	↑6	29
29	Douglas	791	–	30
30	Dennis	786	↓2	31
31	Patrick	759	↑4	45
32	Stephen	752	↓2	27
33	Keith	749	↑4	35
34	Mike	734	↑6	36
35	George	715	↓3	33
36	Randy	678	↓3	32
37	Terry	641	↓6	34
38	Frank	634	↑3	40
39	Peter	632	–	42
40	Steve	623	↓2	43
41	Eric	611	↑4	44
42	Jerry	604	↑2	37
43	Bruce	600	↓7	39
44	Craig	588	↓2	41
45	Raymond	525	↓2	46
46	Roger	514	↑2	47
47	Jeff	499	–	49
48	Alan	496	↓2	50
49	Jeffery	472	new	55
50	Andrew	463	new	51

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