Most popular girls’ names in Illinois, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,607
2	Dorothy	2,557
3	Betty	1,897
4	Helen	1,862
5	Margaret	1,386
6	Ruth	1,261
7	Virginia	1,207
8	Evelyn	844
9	Mildred	839
10	Lorraine	814
11	Shirley	794
12	Florence	741
13	Frances	735
14	Marjorie	727
15	Doris	694
16	Irene	669
17	Anna	624
18	Jean	611
19	Marie	603
20	Lois	598
21	Elizabeth	594
22	Alice	570
23	Lillian	568
24	June	566
25	Eleanor	538

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Rose	497
27	Lucille	495
28	Bernice	480
29	Josephine	458
30	Dolores	444
31	Catherine	412
32	Norma	385
33	Marion	375
34	Patricia	372
35	Barbara	360
36	Elaine	350
37	Louise	341
38	Martha	335
39	Phyllis	334
40	Geraldine	333
41	Ann	325
42	Rita	318
43	Gladys	311
43	Marian	311
45	Marilyn	310
46	Grace	307
47	Genevieve	302
48	Loretta	295
49	Edith	286
50	Esther	284
51	Eileen	283
52	Wanda	281
53	Charlotte	277
54	Jane	267
54	Wilma	267
56	Rosemary	265
57	Edna	261
58	Violet	260
59	Laverne	257
60	Gloria	255
61	Ethel	253
62	Ruby	250
63	Jeanne	248
64	Clara	247
65	Vivian	245
66	Gertrude	243
67	Pauline	242
68	Juanita	236
69	Kathryn	225
70	Thelma	221
71	Elsie	220
72	Leona	213
73	Hazel	211
74	Anne	205
75	Agnes	197
76	Katherine	195
77	Audrey	194
78	Maxine	190
79	Jeanette	187
79	Julia	187
81	Harriet	186
82	Pearl	182
83	Vera	181
84	Stella	180
85	Beatrice	160
85	Marcella	160
87	Joan	159
88	Emily	158
88	Kathleen	158
88	Nancy	158
91	Sophie	156
92	Adeline	153
93	Bette	151
93	Emma	151
95	Viola	149
96	Eva	148
97	Beverly	147
98	Muriel	144
99	Sylvia	143
100	Carol	137