Most popular girls’ names in Illinois, 1932

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,905
2	Barbara	1,731
3	Betty	1,582
4	Joan	1,577
5	Patricia	1,523
6	Dorothy	1,295
7	Shirley	1,051
8	Marilyn	1,018
9	Dolores	910
10	Helen	773
11	Nancy	739
12	Margaret	736
13	Lois	657
14	Jean	644
15	Joyce	641
16	Ruth	605
17	Doris	603
18	Carol	599
19	Norma	591
20	Virginia	586
21	Donna	577
22	Phyllis	565
23	Gloria	472
24	Geraldine	467
25	Beverly	443

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	425
27	Frances	401
28	Evelyn	389
29	Rose	379
30	Anna	354
31	Elizabeth	353
32	Joanne	339
32	Marjorie	339
34	Arlene	334
35	Rita	329
36	Marie	327
37	Lorraine	321
38	Delores	316
39	June	308
40	Janet	302
41	Marlene	294
42	Rosemary	288
43	Elaine	276
44	Mildred	272
45	Ann	268
46	Audrey	265
47	Martha	248
48	Catherine	244
49	Loretta	238
50	Eleanor	236
51	Charlotte	228
52	Florence	227
53	Carolyn	222
54	Jane	221
54	Theresa	221
56	Joann	212
57	Jacqueline	209
58	Wanda	202
59	Louise	200
59	Wilma	200
61	Josephine	195
61	Marion	195
63	Irene	193
64	Marian	188
64	Peggy	188
66	Darlene	178
66	Juanita	178
68	Grace	176
69	Lillian	171
70	Lucille	170
71	Bonnie	161
72	Clara	158
73	Esther	155
74	Diane	154
74	Sally	154
76	Bernice	153
76	Eileen	153
78	Patsy	152
79	Anita	144
79	Kathleen	144
81	Constance	141
82	Edith	140
83	Jeanette	136
84	Roberta	135
84	Vivian	135
86	Gladys	130
86	Jeanne	130
88	Edna	128
89	Anne	126
89	Pauline	126
91	Ruby	124
92	Janice	123
93	Sylvia	122
94	Katherine	120
95	Ellen	119
95	Judith	119
97	Kathryn	114
98	Laverne	109
99	Thelma	108
100	Carole	107