Most popular girls’ names in Illinois, 1925

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,497
2	Dorothy	2,417
3	Betty	2,308
4	Helen	1,763
5	Margaret	1,191
6	Virginia	1,170
7	Ruth	1,161
8	Shirley	1,113
9	Lorraine	800
10	Evelyn	799
11	Doris	791
12	Mildred	743
13	Jean	735
14	Lois	708
15	Frances	679
16	Alice	672
17	Patricia	651
18	Marjorie	624
19	Dolores	595
20	Anna	585
21	Florence	576
22	Irene	570
22	June	570
24	Norma	566
25	Gloria	564

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marie	560
27	Elizabeth	556
28	Barbara	523
29	Eleanor	519
30	Rose	491
31	Lillian	484
32	Bernice	446
33	Phyllis	428
34	Marilyn	420
35	Lucille	412
36	Elaine	397
37	Catherine	385
38	Josephine	381
39	Rita	366
40	Marion	362
41	Martha	358
42	Geraldine	340
43	Rosemary	339
44	Loretta	318
45	Grace	316
45	Louise	316
47	Ann	314
48	Wilma	310
49	Charlotte	307
50	Marian	297
51	Wanda	295
52	Laverne	290
53	Gladys	287
54	Esther	282
55	Joan	279
56	Jane	270
57	Vivian	248
58	Pauline	246
59	Eileen	239
60	Jeanne	236
61	Edith	231
62	Violet	228
63	Edna	222
64	Juanita	220
65	Ruby	214
66	Audrey	207
67	Genevieve	201
67	Gertrude	201
69	Nancy	194
70	Theresa	191
71	Maxine	190
72	Clara	189
73	Beverly	188
73	Ethel	188
73	Joyce	188
76	Vera	186
77	Katherine	183
78	Harriet	182
79	Carol	180
80	Thelma	178
81	Hazel	177
82	Jeanette	175
83	Kathryn	173
84	Anne	169
85	Elsie	167
86	Pearl	162
87	Leona	161
88	Ellen	152
89	Beatrice	149
89	Bertha	149
89	Julia	149
92	Jacqueline	148
93	Bette	146
94	Agnes	145
94	Kathleen	145
96	Roberta	141
97	Janet	140
98	Eva	139
98	Peggy	139
98	Sarah	139