Most popular girls’ names in Illinois, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,332
2	Helen	1,835
3	Dorothy	1,349
4	Margaret	993
5	Ruth	965
6	Mildred	859
7	Marie	712
8	Anna	675
9	Evelyn	632
10	Frances	616
11	Florence	584
12	Virginia	550
13	Rose	519
14	Elizabeth	518
15	Lillian	499
16	Irene	482
17	Eleanor	475
18	Alice	473
19	Bernice	470
20	Lucille	433
21	Catherine	416
22	Josephine	412
23	Ann	389
24	Louise	310
25	Jean	308

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edna	293
26	Gladys	293
28	Grace	285
29	Ethel	283
30	Gertrude	276
31	Anne	271
32	Martha	262
33	Genevieve	260
34	Hazel	259
35	Esther	254
36	Marjorie	253
37	Edith	247
38	Clara	240
39	Lois	237
40	Betty	227
41	Elsie	221
41	Stella	221
43	Marion	220
44	Julia	212
45	Pauline	211
46	Violet	205
47	Doris	202
48	Jane	201
49	Ruby	193
50	Sophie	192
51	Kathryn	184
52	Katherine	180
53	Agnes	175
53	Charlotte	175
55	Thelma	167
56	Sylvia	165
57	Emily	162
58	Vera	161
59	Mabel	160
60	Vivian	157
61	Viola	153
62	Harriet	149
63	Marian	146
64	Bertha	143
64	Estelle	143
66	Myrtle	140
67	Pearl	138
68	Leona	136
69	Wilma	134
70	Emma	133
71	June	131
72	Beatrice	130
73	Loretta	127
74	Theresa	126
75	Eva	124
76	Lorraine	123
77	Laura	121
78	Adeline	120
79	Blanche	118
80	Nellie	115
81	Marguerite	114
82	Wanda	111
83	Barbara	110
84	Ida	107
85	Mae	106
86	Opal	105
87	Eileen	104
87	Juanita	104
89	Jennie	102
90	Sarah	101
91	Caroline	100
92	Bessie	98
92	Jeanette	98
94	Velma	97
95	Lena	96
96	Rita	95
97	Alma	94
97	Geraldine	94
99	Phyllis	93
100	Ellen	91