Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Illinois, 1943

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,353
2	Barbara	2,507
3	Patricia	2,428
4	Carol	2,208
5	Sharon	2,120
6	Judith	2,030
7	Sandra	1,875
8	Linda	1,840
9	Nancy	1,609
10	Karen	1,520
11	Donna	1,155
12	Judy	1,063
13	Susan	1,040
14	Diane	1,016
15	Janet	971
16	Joyce	940
17	Carolyn	923
18	Kathleen	865
19	Margaret	841
20	Marilyn	826
21	Joan	734
22	Shirley	719
23	Betty	704
24	Janice	657
25	Bonnie	638
26	Dorothy	618
27	Beverly	588
28	Ruth	506
29	Carole	486
30	Virginia	479
31	Phyllis	468
32	Gloria	445
33	Jean	409
34	Elizabeth	407
35	Pamela	374
36	Rita	372
37	Frances	357
38	Joanne	355
39	Helen	348
40	Darlene	346
41	Geraldine	334
42	Alice	327
43	Lois	318
44	Diana	306
45	Jacqueline	303
46	Roberta	298
47	Martha	297
48	Gail	296
49	Ann	290
50	Arlene	286

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,545
2	James	4,390
3	John	4,025
4	Richard	3,079
5	William	3,044
6	Thomas	2,192
7	Ronald	2,191
8	David	1,937
9	Charles	1,766
10	Michael	1,714
11	Donald	1,550
12	Larry	1,460
13	Kenneth	1,282
14	Dennis	1,222
15	Joseph	1,191
16	Edward	1,082
17	George	1,063
18	Gary	1,040
19	Paul	881
20	Jerry	859
21	Gerald	828
22	Frank	704
23	Raymond	691
24	Roger	671
25	Daniel	653
26	Terry	553
27	Lawrence	522
28	Carl	449
29	Harold	446
30	Jack	435
31	Wayne	424
32	Stephen	406
33	Walter	394
34	Bruce	378
35	Arthur	376
36	Fred	375
37	Anthony	372
38	Peter	349
39	Eugene	342
40	Douglas	325
41	Patrick	309
42	Ralph	308
43	Leonard	298
44	Dale	297
44	Howard	297
46	Henry	294
47	Alan	279
48	Philip	275
49	Jim	272
50	Stanley	269