Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Illinois, 1949

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	4,997
2	Mary	3,731
3	Patricia	2,703
4	Susan	2,511
5	Barbara	2,404
6	Kathleen	1,932
7	Nancy	1,819
8	Carol	1,798
9	Sandra	1,791
10	Sharon	1,605
11	Karen	1,495
12	Donna	1,316
13	Judith	1,300
14	Pamela	1,214
15	Deborah	1,151
16	Diane	1,144
17	Janet	1,055
18	Margaret	1,011
19	Janice	905
20	Christine	871
21	Cynthia	826
22	Joyce	734
23	Cheryl	731
24	Marilyn	690
25	Carolyn	684
26	Shirley	671
27	Brenda	622
28	Bonnie	602
29	Elizabeth	560
30	Judy	547
31	Catherine	519
32	Beverly	515
33	Betty	501
34	Gloria	500
35	Diana	494
36	Joan	484
37	Kathy	469
38	Gail	452
39	Jane	447
40	Jean	437
40	Peggy	437
42	Connie	434
43	Rita	431
43	Ruth	431
45	Kathryn	413
46	Lynn	396
47	Dorothy	384
48	Jacqueline	383
49	Ann	375
50	Rebecca	372

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	5,007
2	James	4,818
3	John	4,788
4	Michael	4,251
5	William	3,350
6	Richard	3,187
7	David	3,175
8	Thomas	2,960
9	Charles	1,923
10	Ronald	1,765
11	Donald	1,555
12	Gary	1,509
13	Larry	1,486
14	Kenneth	1,447
15	Dennis	1,379
16	Joseph	1,378
17	Steven	1,340
18	Daniel	1,193
19	Paul	1,176
20	Edward	1,161
21	Stephen	1,091
22	George	1,033
23	Gregory	990
24	Mark	887
25	Terry	798
26	Lawrence	782
27	Roger	726
28	Bruce	720
29	Frank	714
30	Raymond	640
31	Gerald	626
32	Jerry	606
33	Patrick	575
34	Timothy	564
35	Wayne	536
36	Alan	515
37	Douglas	514
38	Anthony	447
39	Jeffrey	433
40	Peter	428
41	Carl	424
42	Dale	403
43	Jack	387
44	Philip	386
45	Walter	379
46	Arthur	368
47	Phillip	336
48	Ralph	334
49	Harold	325
50	Craig	321