Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Illinois, 1942

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,206
2	Barbara	2,643
3	Patricia	2,593
4	Carol	2,291
5	Judith	2,228
6	Sharon	2,016
7	Sandra	1,917
8	Linda	1,562
9	Nancy	1,559
10	Karen	1,484
11	Donna	1,097
12	Judy	1,048
13	Joyce	1,041
14	Janet	1,017
15	Carolyn	983
16	Susan	915
17	Diane	912
18	Marilyn	807
19	Joan	796
20	Shirley	790
21	Kathleen	746
22	Margaret	744
23	Betty	736
24	Carole	678
25	Bonnie	659
26	Janice	614
27	Dorothy	609
28	Beverly	604
29	Virginia	525
30	Phyllis	522
31	Ruth	513
32	Gloria	476
33	Jean	469
34	Joanne	422
35	Helen	403
36	Elizabeth	373
37	Lois	366
38	Elaine	357
39	Frances	341
40	Darlene	340
41	Roberta	338
42	Geraldine	336
43	Alice	330
44	Arlene	329
45	Ann	325
46	Joann	319
47	Rita	313
48	Martha	302
49	Jacqueline	293
50	Sally	290

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,588
2	James	4,296
3	John	3,948
4	William	3,149
5	Richard	2,966
6	Ronald	2,300
7	Thomas	2,068
8	David	1,992
9	Charles	1,804
10	Donald	1,601
11	Michael	1,599
12	Larry	1,421
13	Kenneth	1,360
14	Edward	1,177
15	Dennis	1,175
16	Joseph	1,147
17	George	1,142
18	Gary	1,029
19	Jerry	940
20	Gerald	899
21	Paul	869
22	Frank	807
23	Roger	669
24	Raymond	650
25	Lawrence	591
26	Daniel	580
27	Jack	467
28	Stephen	462
29	Terry	457
30	Harold	455
31	Wayne	451
32	Walter	444
33	Arthur	435
34	Carl	430
34	Fred	430
36	Peter	396
37	Douglas	384
38	Ralph	367
39	Bruce	366
40	Anthony	365
41	Eugene	338
42	Patrick	317
43	Howard	316
44	Tom	295
45	Leonard	282
46	Dale	281
47	Louis	276
47	Norman	276
49	Stanley	274
50	Jim	272