Most popular girls’ names in Illinois, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,594
2	Helen	1,307
3	Dorothy	957
4	Margaret	795
5	Mildred	655
6	Ruth	633
7	Marie	548
8	Anna	480
9	Florence	431
10	Evelyn	424
11	Frances	420
12	Elizabeth	410
13	Rose	408
14	Alice	371
15	Lillian	357
16	Bernice	345
17	Irene	337
18	Josephine	313
19	Virginia	310
20	Lucille	306
21	Edna	287
22	Catherine	278
23	Louise	263
24	Eleanor	259
25	Ann	257

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Hazel	240
27	Gertrude	224
28	Grace	223
29	Ethel	220
30	Gladys	217
31	Esther	213
32	Edith	205
33	Clara	197
34	Elsie	194
35	Anne	189
36	Marion	187
37	Jean	182
38	Marjorie	178
39	Agnes	177
40	Martha	169
41	Pauline	168
42	Mabel	163
42	Ruby	163
44	Pearl	153
44	Thelma	153
46	Stella	150
47	Violet	140
48	Genevieve	137
49	Betty	135
50	Lois	134
51	Julia	133
51	Katherine	133
53	Sylvia	132
54	Bertha	131
55	Emily	129
56	Viola	128
57	Marian	125
58	Sophie	121
59	Vera	120
60	Kathryn	118
61	Emma	116
62	Doris	113
62	Harriet	113
64	Jane	111
65	Leona	110
66	Eva	109
67	Myrtle	108
68	Bessie	107
68	Mae	107
70	Beatrice	104
71	Theresa	103
72	Vivian	102
73	Charlotte	99
74	Blanche	96
75	Marguerite	95
76	Loretta	94
77	Ida	92
78	Estelle	90
78	Velma	90
80	Laura	89
81	Geraldine	84
82	Alma	80
83	Adeline	79
83	Sarah	79
85	Opal	78
85	Wilma	78
87	Minnie	77
88	Beulah	76
88	Jeanette	76
88	Jennie	76
91	Barbara	72
92	Lena	71
93	Maxine	69
94	Wanda	68
95	Jessie	67
96	Ella	66
96	Ellen	66
96	Verna	66
99	Fern	65
100	Caroline	64