Most popular girls’ names in Illinois, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,395
2	Helen	2,264
3	Dorothy	2,202
4	Margaret	1,339
5	Ruth	1,286
6	Virginia	1,186
7	Mildred	1,102
8	Evelyn	876
8	Frances	876
10	Florence	826
11	Marie	710
12	Anna	695
13	Betty	681
14	Lorraine	665
15	Bernice	660
16	Irene	651
17	Alice	637
18	Lucille	628
19	Elizabeth	624
20	Lillian	608
21	Eleanor	590
22	Rose	588
23	Marjorie	568
24	Josephine	541
25	Jean	521

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Catherine	493
27	Doris	490
28	Louise	407
29	Esther	391
30	Edna	369
30	Lois	369
30	Marion	369
33	June	366
34	Gertrude	361
35	Grace	359
36	Gladys	347
37	Genevieve	342
38	Ann	331
39	Ethel	324
40	Martha	320
41	Jane	316
42	Violet	313
43	Edith	311
44	Hazel	301
45	Loretta	299
46	Pauline	294
47	Anne	285
48	Geraldine	283
49	Eileen	279
50	Elsie	277
51	Stella	276
52	Shirley	272
53	Thelma	269
54	Charlotte	268
54	Kathryn	268
56	Clara	260
57	Vivian	257
58	Ruby	249
59	Marian	248
60	Maxine	244
61	Wilma	243
62	Rita	241
63	Julia	239
64	Katherine	238
65	Sophie	228
66	Barbara	225
67	Leona	224
68	Pearl	223
69	Emily	222
70	Vera	218
71	Norma	212
72	Agnes	211
72	Phyllis	211
74	Harriet	201
75	Beatrice	194
76	Dolores	190
77	Viola	189
78	Patricia	182
79	Laverne	181
80	Adeline	177
80	Jeanette	177
80	Sylvia	177
83	Emma	174
84	Wanda	173
85	Sarah	163
86	Ellen	160
87	Juanita	159
88	Bessie	158
89	Bertha	155
90	Elaine	151
91	Marguerite	150
92	Rosemary	148
93	Marcella	146
94	Ida	145
95	Jeanne	143
95	Mabel	143
97	Nellie	141
98	Jennie	138
99	Theresa	137
100	Blanche	133
100	Janet	133
100	Velma	133