Popular baby names in Illinois, 1962

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1962 were Mary for girls (2,783 babies) and Michael for boys (5,338). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 213,086 babies born in Illinois in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1962

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

Girls

Karyn: 66 babies, 3× the national rate
Therese: 114 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Andre: 218 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Derrick: 184 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tyrone: 176 babies, 2× the national rate
Curt: 72 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Mary	2,783	–	2
2	Lisa	2,347	↑1	1
3	Susan	2,253	↓1	3
4	Karen	2,058	↑1	4
5	Linda	1,935	↓1	5
6	Patricia	1,533	–	6
7	Laura	1,490	–	21
8	Cynthia	1,447	↑1	8
9	Lori	1,327	↑6	11
10	Donna	1,314	↓2	7
11	Kimberly	1,314	↑8	16
12	Debra	1,299	↑1	15
13	Julie	1,298	↑3	22
14	Sandra	1,244	↓3	10
15	Deborah	1,235	↓5	9
16	Nancy	1,185	↓4	19
17	Pamela	1,148	–	13
18	Barbara	1,142	↓4	14
19	Sharon	1,083	↑1	17
20	Diane	1,042	↑2	26
21	Brenda	1,016	↑2	12
22	Kathleen	1,016	↓4	29
23	Elizabeth	959	↑1	20
24	Cheryl	948	↓3	24
25	Carol	899	↑1	28
26	Denise	886	↓1	30
27	Kathy	840	–	27
28	Dawn	810	↑1	50
29	Michelle	808	↑3	31
30	Janet	773	↓2	35
31	Tammy	765	↑4	23
32	Christine	730	↑1	39
33	Teresa	728	↓3	18
34	Debbie	716	↓3	32
35	Margaret	706	↓1	43
36	Theresa	687	↑3	40
37	Tina	656	↑4	33
38	Cindy	642	↓2	34
39	Kelly	634	↑6	38
40	Jennifer	619	new	41
41	Robin	591	↓4	25
42	Laurie	565	↑5	42
43	Angela	559	↓1	36
44	Catherine	558	↓4	53
45	Kim	542	↓1	37
46	Jacqueline	530	↓8	44
47	Carolyn	528	↓4	46
48	Maria	500	new	49
49	Diana	496	new	57
50	Sheila	495	new	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Michael	5,338	–	1
2	John	4,684	–	3
3	David	4,402	–	2
4	James	4,133	–	4
5	Robert	3,766	–	5
6	Mark	3,150	–	6
7	Thomas	2,410	↑1	9
8	William	2,402	↓1	7
9	Steven	2,148	–	12
10	Richard	2,123	–	8
11	Jeffrey	2,032	–	10
12	Scott	1,986	↑4	11
13	Daniel	1,833	–	17
14	Kevin	1,828	↓2	14
15	Joseph	1,698	–	13
16	Timothy	1,691	↓2	16
17	Brian	1,589	–	20
18	Gregory	1,374	↑2	21
19	Kenneth	1,331	–	18
20	Paul	1,314	↑1	19
21	Anthony	1,298	↑2	24
22	Charles	1,290	↓4	15
23	Donald	1,177	↑1	23
24	Ronald	1,175	↓2	25
25	Gary	941	–	22
26	Edward	868	–	29
27	Christopher	851	↑1	26
28	Douglas	840	↓1	27
29	Stephen	738	↑4	28
30	Todd	724	↑17	30
31	Eric	685	↑5	33
32	Patrick	678	↓3	40
33	Keith	662	↓2	36
34	George	647	↑1	32
35	Larry	643	↓5	31
36	Mike	629	↓4	39
37	Peter	608	–	43
38	Terry	605	↑3	34
39	Dennis	588	↓5	37
40	Frank	576	↓1	42
41	Steve	560	↓1	46
42	Jeff	550	↑4	44
43	Randy	542	↓5	35
44	Jeffery	534	↓1	45
45	Bruce	529	↓1	41
46	Raymond	492	↓1	48
47	Matthew	476	new	56
48	Craig	474	↓6	51
49	Jerry	468	↑1	38
50	Andrew	465	new	49

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