Most popular girls’ names in Illinois, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,043
2	Helen	2,432
3	Dorothy	1,809
4	Margaret	1,401
5	Ruth	1,365
6	Mildred	1,131
7	Marie	857
8	Anna	853
9	Florence	849
9	Virginia	849
11	Frances	830
12	Evelyn	806
13	Lillian	689
14	Elizabeth	669
15	Rose	658
16	Eleanor	630
17	Lucille	626
18	Alice	615
19	Irene	613
20	Josephine	612
21	Bernice	597
22	Catherine	504
23	Ann	469
24	Jean	434
25	Louise	419

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edna	395
27	Esther	391
28	Grace	388
29	Gladys	384
30	Anne	381
30	Gertrude	381
32	Martha	337
33	Genevieve	334
33	Marjorie	334
35	Edith	333
36	Pauline	329
37	Elsie	327
38	Marion	324
39	Hazel	322
40	Betty	310
40	Lois	310
42	Ethel	305
43	Clara	303
44	Doris	298
45	Agnes	294
46	Julia	282
47	Stella	279
48	Violet	276
49	Thelma	269
50	Sophie	263
51	Jane	259
52	Kathryn	254
53	Pearl	244
54	Leona	242
55	Katherine	232
56	Charlotte	230
57	Emily	218
58	Sylvia	216
58	Vera	216
60	Vivian	207
61	Loretta	206
62	Eileen	204
63	Wilma	203
64	Ruby	200
65	Mabel	199
66	Emma	190
66	June	190
68	Estelle	185
69	Marian	181
70	Bertha	180
71	Harriet	175
71	Marguerite	175
73	Lorraine	173
73	Rita	173
75	Beatrice	169
76	Viola	166
77	Phyllis	165
78	Ida	162
79	Barbara	160
79	Bessie	160
79	Nellie	160
82	Laura	159
83	Eva	156
83	Jennie	156
85	Blanche	155
86	Adeline	154
87	Juanita	150
87	Theresa	150
89	Wanda	148
90	Angeline	143
91	Geraldine	142
92	Alma	138
93	Myrtle	136
94	Maxine	134
95	Ellen	130
96	Lena	126
96	Olga	126
96	Velma	126
99	Norma	119
100	Mae	118