Most popular girls’ names in Illinois, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,574
2	Betty	2,358
3	Dorothy	2,157
4	Helen	1,403
5	Shirley	1,355
6	Margaret	1,126
7	Ruth	1,035
8	Virginia	982
9	Dolores	938
10	Patricia	882
11	Lois	865
12	Doris	812
13	Jean	808
14	Barbara	767
15	Lorraine	763
16	Marilyn	716
17	Evelyn	708
18	Norma	660
19	Frances	593
20	Alice	585
21	Irene	541
22	Mildred	539
23	Rose	534
24	Marie	526
25	Marjorie	521

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joan	515
27	Gloria	506
28	Anna	505
29	Phyllis	502
30	June	490
31	Elizabeth	464
32	Florence	455
33	Lillian	454
34	Elaine	424
35	Eleanor	415
36	Rosemary	376
37	Catherine	374
38	Lucille	362
39	Rita	355
40	Geraldine	343
41	Josephine	342
42	Marion	341
43	Bernice	339
44	Beverly	326
45	Joyce	318
46	Louise	306
47	Martha	305
48	Wilma	287
49	Esther	286
50	Charlotte	278
51	Ann	277
52	Marian	274
53	Wanda	273
54	Theresa	266
55	Jane	262
55	Jeanne	262
57	Eileen	259
58	Laverne	257
58	Nancy	257
60	Donna	253
61	Grace	249
62	Audrey	245
63	Loretta	234
63	Vivian	234
65	Juanita	231
66	Gladys	222
67	Pauline	221
68	Edith	218
69	Ruby	210
70	Ethel	209
71	Carol	207
72	Violet	203
73	Genevieve	196
74	Gertrude	193
75	Edna	190
76	Clara	174
76	Jacqueline	174
78	Delores	173
78	Katherine	173
80	Thelma	170
81	Elsie	168
82	Kathryn	165
83	Arlene	160
83	Janet	160
85	Hazel	159
86	Harriet	157
87	Vera	151
88	Sylvia	150
89	Agnes	148
89	Roberta	148
91	Maxine	147
92	Julia	146
93	Jeanette	145
94	Emma	141
95	Ellen	140
96	Pearl	138
97	Leona	136
98	Anne	132
99	Carolyn	130
100	Kathleen	129