Most popular girls’ names in Illinois, 1910

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,076
2	Helen	917
3	Dorothy	553
4	Margaret	501
5	Mildred	426
6	Ruth	423
7	Marie	374
8	Anna	370
9	Florence	308
10	Frances	287
11	Lillian	268
11	Rose	268
13	Elizabeth	259
13	Evelyn	259
15	Irene	231
16	Bernice	213
17	Alice	212
18	Gertrude	190
19	Catherine	184
19	Josephine	184
21	Hazel	183
22	Gladys	182
23	Ann	181
24	Ethel	174
25	Edna	171

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Grace	171
27	Eleanor	169
28	Lucille	168
29	Virginia	155
30	Edith	145
31	Louise	140
32	Agnes	133
33	Elsie	126
34	Pauline	125
35	Esther	123
36	Mabel	122
37	Clara	118
37	Jean	118
37	Martha	118
40	Thelma	110
41	Marion	104
42	Anne	102
42	Viola	102
44	Betty	101
44	Violet	101
46	Myrtle	99
47	Marjorie	98
48	Bertha	97
49	Pearl	92
50	Katherine	91
51	Eva	90
51	Julia	90
51	Ruby	90
54	Stella	89
55	Emma	88
56	Genevieve	86
57	Nellie	81
58	Harriet	79
59	Sylvia	76
60	Opal	75
60	Sophie	75
62	Mae	72
63	Bessie	70
63	Laura	70
65	Beatrice	68
65	Doris	68
65	Ida	68
65	Kathryn	68
69	Emily	67
69	Jane	67
69	Minnie	67
72	Charlotte	65
73	Lois	64
74	Theresa	63
75	Blanche	60
75	Estelle	60
75	Marian	60
78	Alma	59
78	Marguerite	59
78	Vera	59
81	Leona	58
81	Wilma	58
83	Vivian	56
84	Adeline	54
84	Ella	54
84	Jennie	54
87	Ellen	53
87	Lena	53
87	Velma	53
90	Beulah	52
91	Sarah	49
92	Loretta	48
93	Norma	45
94	Fern	44
94	Geraldine	44
96	Jessie	43
97	Victoria	42
98	Juanita	41
99	Caroline	38
99	Jeanette	38
99	Lottie	38