Most popular girls’ names in Illinois, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,416
2	Betty	2,316
3	Dorothy	2,014
4	Dolores	1,355
5	Helen	1,281
6	Shirley	1,272
7	Patricia	1,060
8	Margaret	984
9	Barbara	956
10	Ruth	943
11	Doris	871
12	Virginia	852
13	Lois	793
14	Lorraine	783
15	Jean	719
16	Marilyn	710
17	Norma	697
18	Joan	635
19	Rose	554
20	Evelyn	546
21	Phyllis	542
22	Alice	529
23	Anna	519
24	Mildred	507
25	Frances	504

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gloria	487
27	Marjorie	482
28	Florence	455
29	Marie	452
30	Irene	436
31	Elizabeth	427
32	June	417
33	Eleanor	390
34	Rosemary	386
35	Elaine	382
36	Beverly	379
37	Geraldine	373
38	Lillian	356
39	Marion	342
40	Rita	341
41	Joyce	338
42	Nancy	328
43	Catherine	322
44	Audrey	318
45	Martha	304
46	Josephine	301
47	Lucille	295
48	Donna	293
49	Bernice	292
50	Marian	283
51	Carol	282
52	Wilma	272
53	Louise	270
54	Theresa	268
55	Charlotte	266
56	Wanda	263
57	Delores	261
58	Grace	258
59	Loretta	257
60	Jeanne	249
61	Ann	225
61	Laverne	225
63	Eileen	224
64	Jane	223
64	Juanita	223
66	Esther	220
67	Gladys	219
68	Vivian	207
69	Jacqueline	199
70	Pauline	196
71	Edna	195
72	Thelma	181
73	Edith	173
74	Clara	171
75	Violet	170
76	Ethel	169
77	Katherine	164
78	Ruby	163
79	Kathleen	162
79	Kathryn	162
81	Elsie	160
82	Maxine	158
83	Jeanette	157
84	Vera	156
85	Carolyn	154
86	Joanne	145
87	Harriet	144
88	Arlene	143
89	Gertrude	142
89	Janet	142
91	Leona	141
91	Peggy	141
91	Sylvia	141
94	Ramona	140
95	Genevieve	136
96	Bonnie	133
97	Anne	130
98	Roberta	126
99	Darlene	121
99	Ellen	121