Most popular girls’ names in Illinois, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,337
2	Betty	2,415
3	Dorothy	2,352
4	Helen	1,609
5	Shirley	1,164
6	Margaret	1,071
7	Ruth	1,059
8	Virginia	1,044
9	Doris	842
10	Jean	795
11	Patricia	778
12	Dolores	776
13	Lorraine	775
14	Evelyn	749
15	Lois	744
16	Mildred	690
17	Barbara	672
18	Frances	640
19	Norma	632
20	Alice	621
21	Marjorie	611
22	Irene	607
23	Florence	606
24	Anna	562
25	Rose	561

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marie	558
27	Gloria	540
28	Marilyn	538
29	June	522
30	Phyllis	492
31	Eleanor	490
32	Elizabeth	488
33	Lillian	463
34	Joan	415
35	Elaine	407
36	Lucille	390
37	Catherine	384
38	Bernice	381
39	Rosemary	367
40	Josephine	364
41	Marion	344
42	Wanda	332
43	Geraldine	316
44	Rita	315
45	Louise	309
46	Martha	304
47	Wilma	296
48	Esther	295
49	Loretta	294
50	Marian	292
51	Ann	287
52	Beverly	286
53	Joyce	284
54	Grace	274
55	Audrey	271
55	Charlotte	271
57	Violet	262
58	Jeanne	252
59	Laverne	248
60	Juanita	243
61	Eileen	238
61	Pauline	238
63	Jane	234
64	Edna	231
64	Gladys	231
66	Ruby	229
67	Carol	218
68	Nancy	212
69	Gertrude	211
70	Theresa	210
71	Edith	208
72	Vivian	207
73	Elsie	199
74	Thelma	197
75	Ethel	196
76	Clara	195
77	Vera	183
78	Leona	179
79	Donna	177
80	Katherine	176
81	Harriet	173
82	Genevieve	170
83	Maxine	166
84	Kathryn	165
85	Agnes	157
86	Hazel	155
87	Anne	154
87	Arlene	154
89	Kathleen	150
90	Julia	148
91	Jeanette	145
92	Beatrice	142
93	Delores	141
94	Jacqueline	139
95	Sylvia	138
96	Roberta	137
97	Janet	135
97	Peggy	135
99	Bette	133
100	Emma	128
100	Pearl	128