Most popular girls’ names in Illinois, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,442
2	Betty	2,263
3	Dorothy	1,739
4	Dolores	1,461
5	Patricia	1,441
6	Joan	1,297
7	Barbara	1,287
8	Shirley	1,234
9	Helen	1,075
10	Marilyn	1,008
11	Margaret	897
12	Lois	844
13	Ruth	790
14	Virginia	777
15	Jean	753
16	Doris	752
17	Norma	700
18	Phyllis	625
19	Lorraine	608
20	Nancy	591
21	Alice	584
22	Rose	494
23	Joyce	487
24	Frances	479
25	Evelyn	476

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gloria	443
27	Carol	437
28	Rosemary	432
29	Elizabeth	427
30	Anna	425
30	Geraldine	425
32	Marjorie	424
33	Marie	412
34	Beverly	409
35	Rita	400
36	Donna	390
37	Irene	382
38	Mildred	369
39	Elaine	362
40	June	351
41	Florence	348
42	Eleanor	347
43	Delores	332
44	Lillian	313
45	Catherine	307
46	Joanne	288
47	Martha	283
48	Theresa	282
49	Charlotte	278
50	Louise	269
51	Audrey	268
52	Josephine	267
53	Wanda	266
54	Marion	263
55	Wilma	253
56	Janet	250
57	Ann	247
58	Jacqueline	244
59	Lucille	237
60	Loretta	236
61	Marian	233
62	Bernice	219
63	Jane	212
64	Carolyn	210
65	Eileen	202
66	Jeanne	200
67	Grace	198
68	Gladys	186
69	Juanita	178
70	Jeanette	176
71	Sally	172
72	Clara	169
73	Arlene	167
73	Pauline	167
75	Darlene	162
75	Esther	162
77	Laverne	160
78	Edna	159
78	Vivian	159
80	Edith	157
81	Joann	156
82	Violet	153
83	Kathryn	151
84	Peggy	147
85	Bonnie	146
85	Vera	146
87	Katherine	143
88	Kathleen	142
89	Elsie	141
89	Genevieve	141
89	Roberta	141
89	Thelma	141
93	Ethel	135
93	Maxine	135
95	Ruby	133
96	Anne	131
97	Anita	128
98	Patsy	122
99	Sylvia	120
100	Beatrice	116