Most popular girls’ names in Illinois, 1913

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,956
2	Helen	1,591
3	Dorothy	1,183
4	Margaret	936
5	Ruth	774
6	Mildred	707
7	Marie	639
8	Frances	542
9	Florence	517
10	Anna	505
11	Evelyn	483
12	Rose	456
13	Irene	429
14	Virginia	426
15	Lillian	422
16	Alice	420
17	Elizabeth	409
18	Josephine	403
19	Bernice	380
20	Lucille	377
21	Eleanor	322
22	Catherine	317
23	Ann	285
24	Louise	279
25	Esther	274

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edna	271
27	Ethel	260
27	Gladys	260
29	Anne	239
29	Grace	239
31	Gertrude	235
32	Jean	232
33	Hazel	218
34	Marjorie	215
35	Edith	214
36	Elsie	210
37	Martha	204
38	Julia	200
39	Genevieve	194
40	Clara	191
41	Marion	190
42	Betty	182
43	Thelma	179
44	Agnes	176
44	Ruby	176
44	Stella	176
47	Pauline	170
48	Lois	167
49	Kathryn	164
50	Emma	162
51	Leona	154
52	Doris	150
53	Katherine	143
53	Pearl	143
55	Jane	141
56	Emily	140
56	Mabel	140
58	Sophie	136
59	Charlotte	135
60	Violet	134
61	Vivian	133
62	Vera	130
63	Bertha	127
64	Beatrice	125
65	Viola	124
66	Eva	122
67	Wilma	120
68	Blanche	118
68	Sylvia	118
70	Loretta	116
71	Harriet	114
72	Myrtle	112
73	Marguerite	107
74	Laura	105
75	Marian	104
76	Beulah	103
76	Mae	103
76	Opal	103
79	Ida	101
80	Jennie	100
81	Adeline	99
82	Nellie	98
82	Sarah	98
84	Juanita	97
84	Theresa	97
86	Estelle	93
87	Velma	90
88	Lorraine	89
89	Bessie	87
89	Jessie	87
91	Maxine	86
92	Alma	82
92	Barbara	82
94	Wanda	81
95	Lena	79
96	Phyllis	78
97	Eileen	76
97	Geraldine	76
99	Ellen	75
99	Verna	75