Most popular girls’ names in Illinois, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,674
2	Dorothy	2,731
3	Helen	2,249
4	Margaret	1,463
5	Ruth	1,366
6	Betty	1,336
7	Virginia	1,266
8	Mildred	997
9	Evelyn	958
10	Frances	868
11	Florence	811
12	Marjorie	803
13	Lorraine	772
14	Irene	725
15	Marie	720
16	Anna	669
17	Lillian	662
18	Alice	657
19	Shirley	637
20	Doris	623
21	Rose	607
22	Elizabeth	606
22	Jean	606
24	Eleanor	603
25	Bernice	559

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Josephine	524
27	Lucille	522
28	June	467
29	Lois	465
30	Catherine	441
31	Martha	393
32	Marion	369
33	Phyllis	362
34	Ann	356
35	Barbara	352
36	Louise	350
37	Grace	344
38	Edna	343
39	Esther	340
40	Gladys	337
41	Norma	334
42	Elaine	329
43	Marian	328
44	Ethel	319
44	Genevieve	319
46	Jane	318
47	Edith	312
48	Gertrude	304
49	Geraldine	303
50	Pauline	289
51	Hazel	284
52	Vivian	283
53	Charlotte	282
54	Dolores	281
55	Violet	274
56	Rita	268
57	Anne	265
57	Clara	265
59	Eileen	261
59	Ruby	261
61	Wilma	258
62	Loretta	255
62	Patricia	255
64	Kathryn	250
64	Wanda	250
66	Maxine	234
67	Elsie	229
68	Juanita	227
69	Pearl	226
70	Rosemary	224
70	Thelma	224
72	Harriet	223
73	Leona	216
74	Agnes	214
75	Stella	212
76	Katherine	206
77	Jeanette	199
77	Jeanne	199
79	Julia	194
80	Laverne	189
81	Beatrice	183
82	Vera	178
83	Adeline	177
84	Sylvia	174
85	Sophie	172
86	Eva	166
87	Audrey	165
88	Emily	163
89	Viola	162
90	Emma	161
91	Margie	158
92	Bertha	153
93	Ellen	152
93	Marcella	152
95	Marguerite	151
96	Laura	145
97	Mabel	143
98	Joan	142
99	Janet	140
100	Muriel	139
100	Theresa	139