Most popular girls’ names in Illinois, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,287
2	Helen	2,578
3	Dorothy	2,107
4	Margaret	1,493
5	Ruth	1,478
6	Mildred	1,167
7	Frances	975
8	Virginia	964
9	Marie	941
10	Florence	908
11	Evelyn	896
12	Anna	841
13	Lillian	762
14	Irene	735
15	Elizabeth	700
16	Rose	696
17	Bernice	664
18	Lucille	653
19	Eleanor	629
20	Josephine	626
21	Alice	610
22	Catherine	509
23	Ann	459
24	Jean	456
25	Grace	449

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marjorie	431
27	Louise	404
28	Edna	402
29	Martha	400
30	Anne	390
30	Esther	390
30	Gertrude	390
30	Marion	390
34	Gladys	370
35	Edith	365
36	Ethel	358
37	Betty	357
37	Doris	357
39	Stella	350
40	Genevieve	339
41	Lois	327
42	Hazel	322
43	Elsie	310
43	Jane	310
45	Pauline	308
46	Clara	294
47	Charlotte	285
48	June	283
49	Agnes	279
49	Violet	279
51	Sophie	274
52	Julia	268
53	Katherine	265
54	Marian	258
55	Eileen	249
56	Kathryn	248
56	Lorraine	248
58	Emily	247
59	Thelma	246
60	Sylvia	244
61	Pearl	239
62	Ruby	234
63	Wilma	230
64	Loretta	225
65	Vera	218
66	Harriet	214
67	Beatrice	207
68	Leona	206
68	Rita	206
70	Eva	203
70	Vivian	203
72	Bertha	201
73	Geraldine	198
74	Wanda	197
75	Phyllis	194
76	Marguerite	193
77	Emma	192
78	Maxine	191
79	Viola	189
80	Barbara	186
81	Estelle	185
82	Mabel	181
83	Bessie	180
84	Ida	174
84	Myrtle	174
86	Adeline	173
87	Jennie	166
87	Laura	166
89	Nellie	158
90	Theresa	155
91	Blanche	153
91	Ellen	153
93	Juanita	148
94	Sarah	147
95	Beulah	144
96	Jeanette	142
97	Angeline	139
98	Alma	138
99	Jessie	136
100	Lottie	134