Most popular girls’ names in Illinois, 1911

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,207
2	Helen	950
3	Dorothy	590
4	Margaret	527
5	Ruth	474
6	Mildred	453
7	Marie	382
8	Anna	361
9	Frances	322
10	Florence	303
11	Evelyn	284
12	Lillian	279
13	Elizabeth	274
14	Rose	271
15	Alice	254
16	Irene	243
17	Bernice	232
18	Lucille	224
19	Josephine	203
20	Virginia	202
21	Edna	197
22	Catherine	195
23	Gladys	183
24	Hazel	182
25	Ann	174

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eleanor	173
26	Gertrude	173
26	Grace	173
29	Ethel	164
29	Louise	164
31	Esther	155
32	Clara	151
33	Edith	139
34	Martha	137
35	Marjorie	133
36	Marion	124
37	Elsie	122
38	Agnes	121
39	Thelma	119
40	Pauline	116
41	Anne	111
41	Stella	111
43	Mabel	106
44	Genevieve	104
45	Ruby	103
46	Myrtle	100
47	Julia	98
48	Vera	96
49	Betty	95
50	Pearl	94
51	Violet	92
52	Jean	91
52	Kathryn	91
54	Lois	90
54	Viola	90
56	Emma	89
57	Sylvia	88
58	Leona	85
59	Beatrice	84
60	Eva	82
61	Blanche	81
62	Emily	78
62	Katherine	78
62	Mae	78
65	Doris	74
66	Harriet	70
67	Bessie	68
67	Vivian	68
69	Bertha	66
70	Charlotte	65
70	Jessie	65
72	Estelle	64
73	Marian	63
74	Marguerite	62
74	Sophie	62
76	Jane	61
77	Beulah	60
77	Ida	60
77	Lena	60
77	Nellie	60
77	Wilma	60
82	Theresa	59
83	Ella	56
83	Ellen	56
85	Loretta	55
86	Laura	54
86	Sarah	54
88	Juanita	53
89	Fern	52
89	Geraldine	52
89	Irma	52
92	Jennie	49
93	Alma	48
94	Jeanette	47
94	Minnie	47
96	Velma	45
97	Adeline	44
97	Angeline	44
97	Verna	44
100	Caroline	43
100	Victoria	43