Most popular girls’ names in Illinois, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,519
2	Dorothy	2,503
3	Helen	1,975
4	Betty	1,486
5	Margaret	1,353
6	Virginia	1,342
7	Ruth	1,315
8	Mildred	904
9	Evelyn	820
10	Lorraine	815
11	Marjorie	812
12	Frances	749
13	Florence	716
14	Marie	697
15	Doris	695
16	Irene	674
17	Shirley	660
18	Elizabeth	633
19	Jean	619
20	Anna	615
21	Lillian	594
22	Eleanor	564
23	Alice	560
24	Bernice	529
25	Lucille	522

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Rose	509
27	Lois	499
28	June	494
29	Josephine	491
30	Catherine	424
31	Marion	369
32	Martha	364
33	Norma	356
34	Grace	344
35	Phyllis	340
36	Ann	335
37	Marian	329
38	Louise	324
39	Barbara	320
39	Dolores	320
41	Geraldine	312
42	Patricia	307
43	Elaine	303
44	Genevieve	301
45	Edna	294
46	Rita	290
47	Esther	289
48	Eileen	286
48	Wanda	286
50	Edith	283
51	Ethel	280
51	Gertrude	280
53	Gladys	273
54	Charlotte	271
55	Jane	270
56	Anne	265
57	Loretta	257
58	Pauline	253
59	Gloria	251
60	Vivian	246
61	Rosemary	245
62	Hazel	243
63	Kathryn	235
63	Wilma	235
65	Katherine	229
66	Violet	228
67	Clara	226
68	Laverne	211
68	Pearl	211
70	Ruby	210
71	Elsie	205
72	Jeanne	202
72	Julia	202
74	Thelma	201
75	Juanita	197
76	Maxine	192
76	Stella	192
78	Jeanette	191
79	Agnes	186
80	Marcella	184
81	Harriet	180
82	Marilyn	178
83	Leona	172
84	Sylvia	167
85	Beatrice	165
85	Viola	165
87	Vera	164
88	Audrey	162
89	Emily	160
90	Adeline	159
91	Muriel	153
92	Kathleen	152
93	Ellen	151
93	Nancy	151
95	Laura	148
96	Marguerite	147
97	Joan	143
98	Eva	142
98	Sophie	142
100	Theresa	141