Most popular girls’ names in Illinois, 1933

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,754
2	Barbara	1,720
3	Patricia	1,518
4	Betty	1,490
5	Joan	1,416
6	Dorothy	1,103
7	Shirley	1,011
8	Marilyn	929
9	Nancy	774
10	Carol	754
11	Dolores	740
12	Margaret	688
13	Helen	682
13	Joyce	682
15	Jean	648
16	Doris	596
17	Lois	593
18	Phyllis	575
19	Donna	547
20	Ruth	540
21	Norma	508
22	Virginia	503
23	Alice	428
24	Beverly	412
25	Geraldine	387

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Janet	370
27	Frances	368
28	Marlene	347
28	Rose	347
30	Elizabeth	341
31	Gloria	339
32	Arlene	334
33	Rita	328
34	Joanne	321
35	Anna	311
36	Marjorie	304
37	Evelyn	302
38	Lorraine	301
39	Delores	297
40	June	292
41	Rosemary	279
42	Elaine	265
43	Audrey	263
44	Ann	262
45	Marie	256
46	Eleanor	252
47	Carolyn	251
47	Irene	251
49	Jane	245
50	Mildred	242
51	Carole	237
52	Darlene	225
52	Loretta	225
54	Jacqueline	221
55	Catherine	220
56	Charlotte	219
56	Florence	219
58	Martha	217
59	Joann	205
60	Louise	197
61	Kathleen	186
61	Wanda	186
63	Peggy	183
64	Diane	174
64	Sally	174
66	Theresa	172
67	Wilma	171
68	Josephine	169
69	Grace	168
70	Marian	166
71	Juanita	162
72	Eileen	157
72	Judith	157
72	Marion	157
75	Lillian	155
76	Patsy	152
77	Lucille	144
78	Roberta	141
79	Jeanette	137
80	Vivian	136
81	Bernice	135
81	Pat	135
83	Constance	133
84	Jeanne	132
85	Esther	130
85	Sylvia	130
87	Bonnie	129
88	Pauline	122
89	Janice	121
90	Anne	118
90	Charlene	118
90	Sandra	118
93	Edna	116
94	Kathryn	113
95	Elsie	111
96	Jo	108
97	Edith	104
98	Laverne	103
99	Ellen	102
100	Violet	100