Most popular girls’ names in Illinois, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,472
2	Dorothy	2,561
3	Helen	2,332
4	Margaret	1,469
5	Ruth	1,465
6	Virginia	1,186
7	Mildred	1,094
8	Betty	939
9	Evelyn	911
10	Frances	871
11	Florence	796
12	Marie	745
13	Anna	707
14	Lillian	644
14	Marjorie	644
16	Lorraine	643
17	Elizabeth	642
18	Irene	627
19	Alice	614
20	Eleanor	613
21	Bernice	610
22	Lucille	606
23	Jean	602
24	Rose	596
25	Doris	554

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Josephine	517
27	Shirley	512
28	June	490
29	Lois	476
30	Catherine	470
31	Marion	405
32	Gladys	386
33	Esther	379
34	Genevieve	357
35	Martha	355
36	Grace	353
37	Louise	345
38	Edna	340
39	Edith	330
39	Gertrude	330
41	Ann	315
42	Jane	311
43	Pauline	305
44	Anne	303
44	Ethel	303
46	Charlotte	295
47	Marian	291
48	Geraldine	284
48	Violet	284
50	Elsie	281
51	Ruby	279
52	Eileen	267
53	Kathryn	265
54	Wilma	263
55	Clara	259
56	Loretta	257
56	Norma	257
58	Pearl	256
58	Phyllis	256
60	Rita	255
61	Vivian	253
62	Stella	249
63	Katherine	248
64	Thelma	238
65	Elaine	236
66	Hazel	234
67	Barbara	230
68	Dolores	227
69	Harriet	222
69	Julia	222
71	Agnes	219
72	Sylvia	214
73	Sophie	208
74	Leona	206
75	Vera	204
76	Laverne	201
77	Emily	198
78	Maxine	194
79	Wanda	192
80	Patricia	190
81	Beatrice	189
82	Juanita	186
82	Rosemary	186
84	Jeanette	185
85	Adeline	182
86	Viola	181
87	Eva	171
88	Marguerite	168
89	Emma	164
89	Marcella	164
89	Myrtle	164
92	Ellen	160
93	Jeanne	158
94	Kathleen	151
95	Theresa	148
96	Bertha	144
96	Ida	144
98	Blanche	143
99	Janet	142
100	Mabel	140