Most popular girls’ names in Illinois, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,554
2	Dorothy	2,673
3	Betty	2,275
4	Helen	1,836
5	Margaret	1,258
6	Ruth	1,252
7	Virginia	1,248
8	Shirley	1,006
9	Evelyn	849
10	Lorraine	846
11	Mildred	843
12	Frances	791
13	Doris	777
14	Jean	741
15	Florence	739
16	Marie	689
17	Lois	682
18	Marjorie	676
19	Irene	669
20	Alice	638
21	Anna	607
22	Lillian	597
23	Elizabeth	584
24	Eleanor	572
25	June	561

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Rose	558
27	Patricia	546
28	Dolores	537
29	Norma	483
30	Bernice	471
30	Lucille	471
32	Catherine	468
33	Barbara	465
34	Elaine	447
35	Josephine	414
36	Marion	413
37	Gloria	381
38	Phyllis	380
39	Martha	372
40	Marilyn	359
41	Louise	343
42	Rita	330
43	Ann	327
43	Marian	327
45	Geraldine	325
45	Grace	325
47	Esther	317
48	Rosemary	315
49	Edna	312
50	Loretta	309
51	Genevieve	297
52	Laverne	292
53	Wanda	291
54	Charlotte	287
55	Gladys	285
56	Eileen	280
57	Edith	279
58	Wilma	265
59	Joan	260
59	Violet	260
61	Vivian	249
62	Jane	246
62	Ruby	246
64	Pauline	242
65	Jeanne	236
65	Juanita	236
67	Gertrude	234
68	Kathryn	233
69	Thelma	226
70	Ethel	224
71	Clara	220
72	Anne	215
72	Maxine	215
74	Hazel	208
75	Audrey	201
76	Elsie	194
77	Pearl	191
78	Katherine	189
79	Harriet	182
79	Nancy	182
79	Vera	182
82	Leona	174
83	Agnes	171
84	Carol	168
84	Jeanette	168
86	Viola	166
87	Beatrice	164
87	Beverly	164
89	Marcella	162
90	Emma	159
91	Stella	156
91	Theresa	156
93	Julia	155
94	Joyce	153
95	Adeline	150
96	Bette	149
97	Sylvia	148
98	Jacqueline	146
99	Kathleen	145
100	Roberta	142