Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Illinois, 1944

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,109
2	Barbara	2,177
3	Patricia	2,103
4	Carol	2,005
5	Sharon	1,735
6	Linda	1,692
7	Judith	1,635
8	Sandra	1,535
9	Nancy	1,366
10	Karen	1,353
11	Susan	1,159
12	Donna	1,136
13	Kathleen	930
14	Judy	908
15	Janet	855
16	Diane	843
17	Joyce	813
18	Carolyn	781
19	Margaret	731
20	Marilyn	701
21	Shirley	662
22	Betty	653
23	Joan	606
24	Bonnie	599
25	Janice	558
26	Cheryl	518
27	Pamela	489
28	Ruth	488
29	Beverly	480
30	Dorothy	455
31	Virginia	436
32	Carole	434
33	Phyllis	419
34	Gloria	395
35	Jean	390
36	Elizabeth	374
37	Helen	347
38	Frances	328
39	Ann	317
40	Darlene	314
41	Alice	313
42	Jane	307
43	Joanne	294
43	Rita	294
45	Jacqueline	286
46	Martha	280
47	Roberta	278
48	Geraldine	273
49	Catherine	272
50	Gail	266

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,148
2	James	4,073
3	John	3,746
4	Richard	2,863
5	William	2,742
6	Thomas	2,015
7	David	1,938
8	Michael	1,867
9	Ronald	1,732
10	Charles	1,588
11	Donald	1,389
12	Larry	1,196
13	Kenneth	1,169
14	Dennis	1,145
15	Gary	1,067
16	Joseph	1,024
17	George	1,012
18	Edward	956
19	Paul	841
20	Gerald	727
21	Jerry	682
22	Raymond	659
23	Frank	640
23	Roger	640
25	Daniel	619
26	Terry	483
27	Lawrence	470
28	Stephen	451
29	Wayne	444
30	Harold	400
31	Jack	381
32	Steven	363
33	Carl	362
34	Walter	360
35	Anthony	337
36	Alan	333
37	Arthur	322
37	Bruce	322
39	Fred	314
40	Peter	308
41	Ralph	303
42	Patrick	289
43	Eugene	277
43	Leonard	277
45	Dale	267
46	Howard	255
47	Douglas	245
48	Harry	242
49	Jim	240
49	Russell	240