Most popular girls’ names in Illinois, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,381
2	Helen	2,653
3	Dorothy	2,373
4	Ruth	1,523
5	Margaret	1,480
6	Virginia	1,239
7	Mildred	1,144
8	Frances	1,032
9	Florence	952
10	Marie	912
11	Evelyn	899
12	Anna	815
13	Irene	802
14	Josephine	723
15	Lucille	720
16	Bernice	710
17	Elizabeth	706
18	Eleanor	705
19	Lillian	678
20	Alice	667
21	Rose	642
22	Betty	641
23	Lorraine	621
24	Jean	610
25	Marjorie	581

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Catherine	527
27	Doris	471
28	Ann	462
29	Grace	447
30	Marion	430
31	Lois	422
32	Esther	417
33	Edna	398
34	June	387
35	Louise	386
36	Gladys	379
37	Genevieve	376
37	Gertrude	376
39	Ethel	369
40	Martha	365
41	Anne	358
42	Pauline	350
43	Jane	344
44	Hazel	325
45	Edith	311
46	Charlotte	297
47	Stella	292
48	Violet	283
49	Clara	282
50	Vivian	277
51	Geraldine	275
51	Shirley	275
53	Ruby	268
54	Elsie	267
55	Julia	266
56	Kathryn	262
57	Harriet	261
57	Sophie	261
59	Agnes	260
59	Marian	260
61	Katherine	257
62	Eileen	250
62	Thelma	250
64	Emily	249
65	Wilma	248
66	Phyllis	241
67	Pearl	239
68	Loretta	238
68	Vera	238
70	Sylvia	236
71	Leona	234
72	Wanda	225
73	Marguerite	224
74	Maxine	222
75	Rita	213
76	Bertha	212
77	Viola	210
78	Barbara	207
79	Emma	204
80	Adeline	200
81	Mabel	197
82	Laverne	190
83	Beatrice	184
84	Norma	183
85	Jeanette	180
86	Juanita	179
87	Ida	176
88	Myrtle	165
89	Blanche	163
90	Eva	162
91	Jeanne	161
92	Lottie	159
93	Marcella	157
94	Dolores	156
95	Laura	150
96	Bessie	147
96	Jennie	147
98	Estelle	144
99	Theresa	142
100	Elaine	140
100	Rosemary	140