Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Illinois, 1955

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,100
2	Debra	3,258
3	Susan	2,998
4	Linda	2,833
5	Deborah	2,740
6	Patricia	2,672
7	Nancy	2,123
8	Karen	1,986
9	Barbara	1,958
10	Pamela	1,676
11	Diane	1,552
12	Donna	1,545
13	Cynthia	1,502
14	Kathleen	1,500
15	Sandra	1,419
16	Carol	1,390
17	Sharon	1,213
18	Janet	1,185
19	Cheryl	1,019
20	Denise	1,005
21	Elizabeth	808
22	Catherine	787
23	Margaret	768
24	Kathy	759
25	Brenda	749
26	Judith	744
27	Janice	732
28	Christine	713
29	Laura	615
30	Joyce	596
31	Gail	584
32	Rebecca	551
33	Theresa	539
34	Lynn	538
35	Paula	525
36	Marilyn	521
37	Joan	505
38	Teresa	502
39	Jean	487
40	Cathy	478
41	Beverly	476
42	Carolyn	468
43	Vicki	459
44	Diana	443
45	Jane	441
46	Julie	438
47	Peggy	436
47	Robin	436
49	Kathryn	433
49	Rose	433

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	5,900
2	John	4,800
3	James	4,782
4	David	4,744
5	Robert	4,719
6	William	3,378
7	Thomas	3,105
8	Richard	2,986
9	Mark	2,744
10	Steven	2,539
11	Gary	1,849
12	Daniel	1,776
13	Joseph	1,715
14	Charles	1,678
15	Donald	1,559
16	Ronald	1,530
17	Paul	1,418
18	Gregory	1,405
19	Jeffrey	1,401
20	Kenneth	1,390
21	Kevin	1,223
22	Timothy	1,199
23	Dennis	1,149
24	Edward	1,128
25	Larry	1,068
26	Stephen	1,043
27	George	875
28	Anthony	854
29	Bruce	847
30	Scott	815
31	Terry	813
32	Randy	811
33	Patrick	748
34	Douglas	695
35	Brian	664
36	Lawrence	654
37	Frank	641
38	Raymond	638
39	Peter	628
40	Keith	615
41	Roger	608
42	Alan	546
43	Jerry	515
44	Gerald	452
45	Carl	449
45	Craig	449
47	Dale	431
48	Wayne	410
49	Martin	385
50	Walter	383