Most popular girls’ names in Illinois, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,474
2	Helen	2,629
3	Dorothy	2,227
4	Ruth	1,440
5	Margaret	1,416
6	Mildred	1,107
7	Virginia	1,055
8	Evelyn	931
9	Marie	883
10	Florence	853
11	Frances	824
12	Anna	804
13	Irene	748
14	Lillian	724
15	Rose	689
16	Eleanor	687
17	Elizabeth	674
18	Bernice	646
19	Alice	640
20	Lucille	627
21	Josephine	624
22	Ann	504
23	Marjorie	503
24	Jean	502
25	Catherine	485

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Betty	479
27	Esther	427
28	Louise	419
29	Marion	411
30	Anne	407
31	Grace	402
31	Martha	402
33	Doris	390
34	Edna	382
35	Lois	375
36	Ethel	364
37	Genevieve	360
38	Edith	357
39	Gertrude	352
40	Gladys	335
41	Hazel	334
42	Pauline	327
43	June	317
44	Stella	316
45	Charlotte	313
46	Jane	312
47	Elsie	306
48	Lorraine	303
49	Marian	287
50	Violet	286
51	Clara	284
52	Agnes	276
52	Eileen	276
54	Julia	265
55	Thelma	264
56	Katherine	262
57	Ruby	257
58	Kathryn	254
59	Sophie	246
60	Leona	241
61	Pearl	240
62	Wilma	232
63	Emily	231
64	Vera	230
65	Phyllis	228
66	Loretta	226
67	Geraldine	225
68	Sylvia	215
69	Harriet	214
70	Barbara	213
70	Maxine	213
72	Marguerite	206
73	Viola	202
74	Vivian	198
75	Rita	192
75	Theresa	192
77	Beatrice	191
78	Adeline	188
79	Myrtle	185
80	Estelle	178
81	Wanda	177
82	Mabel	173
83	Bertha	171
83	Jeanette	171
85	Emma	167
85	Eva	167
85	Jennie	167
88	Laura	166
89	Juanita	165
89	Shirley	165
91	Ellen	157
92	Blanche	143
92	Norma	143
94	Dolores	142
94	Sarah	142
96	Alma	140
97	Olga	139
98	Lottie	136
99	Bessie	135
100	Ida	134